England batsmen are on the threshold of breaking the 114 year old record fifth wicket partnership in the Ashes series. DJ Malan and JM Bairstow of England had added 174 runs in an unfinished partnership for the fifth wicket against Australia in the ongoing test at Perth. They need another 19 runs to establish a record partnership for the fifth wicket against Australia in the Ashes series. The present record  is 192 runs between R Foster and LC Braund which was at Sydney in Dec 1903.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
01	LC Braund, RE Foster	5	192	2	Eng	Aus	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
02	JM Bairstow, DJ Malan	5	174*	1	Eng	Aus	Perth	14 Dec 2017
03	AC MacLaren, R Peel	5	162	2	Eng	Aus	Melbourne	01 Mar 1895

DJ Malan-JM Bairsow pair has already gone post the hitherto the previous second best stand for the fifth wicket by England batsmen against Australia  – 162 runs between AC MacLaren and Peel at Melbourne  in Mar 1895 – another 122 year, nine month old record