Ashes Series 2021 22 Adelaide Test Fifth day

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 148^th win against England. The head to head summary between the two teams read thus

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 97^th win against England on home soil. The head to head summary between the two teams on Australia’s home soil read thus

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 396^th win against all oppositions.

Australia won this test by 275 runs to provide its 249th win against all oppositions on home soil

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 631^st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings. It also provides the 340th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 297th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in a test innings against England. It also provides the 161^st occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil against England.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 95th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test.  It also provides the 62nd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil in the fourth innings of a test.

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 46th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in the fourth innings of a test against England. It also provides the 32nd occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings on home soil against England in the fourth innings of a test

JA Richardson captured five for 42 in England’s second innings to provide the 25th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test. It also provides the eighth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test.

It also provides the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test against England. It also provides the second occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings in a day-night test against England.

lso provides the 68th occasion of a bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings at Adelaide. It also provides the 25th occasion of an Australian bowler capturing five or more wickets in an innings against England at Adelaide.

NM Lyon’s aggregate of wickets against England on home soil read 49. He required one more wicket for his 50 wickets. If he gets it, he would then become the 19^th Australian bowler to capture 50 plus wickets against England on home soil. He also would earn the distinction of becoming the seventh Australian spin bowler to perform such a feat.

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 in this game to provide the 37^th occasion of an England batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings. It also provides the twelfth occasion of an England batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings against Australia

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 in this game to provide the third occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings. The three occasions are listed below

Prior to JC Buttler’s hit wicket dismissal, RT Spooner was the England wicket keeper batsman who was dismissed hit wicket in a test innings. He was dismissed hit wicket for 11 against India at Delhi in Nov 1951. Thus JC Buttler’s hit wicket dismissal in this test has occurred 50 years after RT Spooner’s dismissal

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 to provide the first occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings against Australia

JC Buttler was dismissed hit wicket for 26 to provide the 18th occasion of an  wicket keeper batsman dismissed hit wicket in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

JC Buttler was at the crease for 258 minutes and faced 207 deliveries before he was dismissed hit wicket. His stay at the crease and the number of deliveries faced is a record in each of its categories when a wicket keeper batman was dismissed hit wicket {with the data available}

The previous record for stay at the crease belonged to RW Marsh of Australia who stayed at the crease for 167 minutes before he was dismissed hit wicket against West Indies at Kingston in Feb 1973.

The previous record for number of deliveries faced belonged to DL Murray of West Indies who faced 79 deliveries before he was dismissed hit wicket against England at Birmingham in Aug 1973.

SPD Smith took six catches in this test to provide the tenth occasion of a captain taking six or more wickets in a test. It also provides the third occasion of his taking six catches in a test. He now shares the record for taking six plus catches on most occasions with SP Fleming of New Zealand. Both have taken six plus catches on three occasions.

SPD Smith took six catches in this test to provide the 46^th occasion of a a fieldsman other than wicket keeper taking six or more wickets in a test. It also provides the fourth occasion of his taking six catches in a test. He now holds the record for taking six plus catches on most occasions. The previous record was credited to SP Fleming of New Zealand who had taken six plus catches on three occasions.

DA Warner’s run aggregate in Australia’s winning matches read 4574 at the end of this test. SPD Smith has an aggregate of 4568 runs in Australia’s winning matches. They became the eighth and ninth Australian batsmen to score 4500 plus runs in Australia’s winning tests. The following table lists all these batsmen

JM Anderson was dismissed for 2 in England’s second innings in this test providing the 100^th occasion of his being dismissed for single digit score. He became the first batsman to be dismissed for single digit score on 100 occasions in the annals of test cricket. He went past CA Walsh who held this record with 99 single digit scores.

SPD Smith’s run aggregate in Australia’s winning matches as captain read 2205  at the end of this test. He occupies the fifth place in the list of Australian captains who have scored most runs in Australia’s winning tests

DW Malan-JE Root added 138 runs for the third wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 1054^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings. It also provides the 487th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil

DW Malan-JE Root added 138 runs for the third wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 324^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 164th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings on away soil against Australia.

DW Malan-JE Root added 138 runs for the third wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 37^th occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings against Australia  at Adelaide

DW Malan-JE Root added 138 runs for the third wicket in England’s first innings to provide the 20th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings in a day-night test. It also provides the third occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings in a day-night test. It also provides the first occasion of England batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings in a day-night test against Australia

It also provides the third occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in a test innings in a day-night test against Australia

MA Starc captured four wickets in England’s first innings which fetched him an aggregate of 50 wickets in day-night tests. He became the first bowler in the annals of test cricket to capture fifty wickets in day-night tests.

JE Root’s 62 in England’s first innings represent his 25^th half century while leading England. He not only became the first England captain to score 25 half centuries but also owns the record for most half centuries by an England captain. He went past AN Cook who had scored 24 half centuries while leading England.

JE Root’s 62 in England’s first innings represent his 37th fifty while leading England. He now owns the record for most fifties by an England captain. He went past AN Cook who had scored 36 fifties while leading England.

JE Root’s 62 in England’s first innings represent his 25^th half century while leading England. He became the seventh captain in the annals of test cricket to score 25 or more half centuries. The following table lists these seven captains.

JE Root’s 62 in England’s first innings represent his 75^th fifty of his test career. He became the 13^th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 75 plus fifties. The following table lists all these thirteen batsmen

JE Root’s 62 in England’s first innings represent his eleventh fifty while leading England against Australia. He owns the record for most fifties by an England captain against Australia. He went past PBH May who had scored ten fifties.

JE Root’s run aggregate in the calendar year read 1606. He completed 1600 runs when he was on 56 during his knock of 62 in England’s innings. He became the fourth batsman to total 1600 plus runs in a calendar year. The following table lists these four batsmen.

JC Buttler scored a duck in England’s first innings to provide the 166th  occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings. It also provides the 85th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings on away soil

JC Buttler scored a duck in England’s first innings to provide the 57th  occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings against Australia. It also provides the 31^st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings on away soil against Australia

It also provides the seventh occasion of an England wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings at Adelaide against England.

JC Buttler scored a duck in England’s first innings to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings in a day-night test. All the seven occasions are tabulated below

JC Buttler scored a duck in England’s first innings to provide the second occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a duck in a test innings in a day-night test against Australia.  Prior to this, Mohammad Rizwan of Pakistan had scored a duck against Australia at Adelaide in Nov 2019.

JC Buttler’s duck in this test represent his sixth duck in his test career. All his six ducks are tabulated below. It also represent his first duck against Australia.

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the 111^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings. It also provides the 63rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings on home soil

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the 50^th occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings against England. It also provides the 33rd occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings on home soil against England.

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the eleventh occasion of an Australian opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings against England at Adelaide.

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the fifth occasion of a opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings in a day-night test. All such occasions are tabulated below

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the third occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings in a day-night test against England. Both such occasions are tabulated below

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the second occasion of his as an opening batsman dismissed run out in a test innings in a day-night test. Both such occasions are tabulated below

DA Warner was dismissed run out for 13 in Australia’s second innings to provide the fourth occasion of his being dismissed run out while opening the innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

DA Warner and NM Lyon were making their 25^th appearance on home soil against England in this game. They became the 40^th and 41^st Australian cricketers to play 25 or more tests against England on home soil

Those who have taken a wicket with the second ball of their first over on Test debut are furnished below. The list includes the latest entrant MJ Neser of Australia, who became the eleventh bowler to perform the feat

On December 17, 2021, MJ Neser became the fifth Australian bowler and his feat provides the 95th occasion in the world to claim a wicket in his first over of a Test match, when he got England opener Haseeb Hameed caught by MA Stars with his second delivery on the second day of the second Test match Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, the second test of the Ashes series 2021-22

The feat of capturing a wicket in the first over on Test debut is not as rare as it seems. It has taken place on as many as 95 occasions, thirtysix for England, ten for New Zealand, fifteen for Australia, eight for West Indies, six for India, five for Pakistan, eight for South Africa, five for Sri Lanka and two for Zimbabwe.

The prime feat is, of course, to capture a wicket with the first delivery of the first over bowled by a test debutant. There are twenty-one bowlers who have achieved this feat, the last being GP Vijolen of South Africa who dismissed England opener AN Cook at Johannesburg in 2015-16.

The others to do so are six Englishmen: Bill Bradley v Aus (Victim: F. Laver) at Manchester 1899, Ted Arnold v Aus (V.T. Trumper) at Sydney 1903-04, George Macaulay v SA (G.A.L. Hearne) at Cape Town 1922-23, Maurice Tate v SA (M.J. Susskind) at Birmingham 1924, Dick Howarth v SA (D.V. Dyer) at The Oval in 1947 and Richard Illingworth v WI (P.V. Simmons) at Nottingham in 1991. Two Australians, Arthur Coningham v Eng (A.R. Maclaren) at Melbourne 1894-95, and NM Lyon v SL (KC Sangakkara) at Galle in 2011, two New Zealanders namely, Matthew Henderson v Eng (E.W. Dawson) in 1929-30 and Horace Dennis Smith v Eng (E. Paynter) in 1932-33 both at Christchurch, a Pakistani, Intikhab Alam v Australia (C.C. McDonald) at Karachi in 1959-60, and a West Indian, Tyrell Francis Johnson v Eng (W.W. Keeton) at the Oval in 1939, two Sri Lankans MKGCP Lakshitha v Ban (Mohd Ashraful) at Col-SSC in 2002, RMS Eranga v Aus (SR Watson) at Col-SSC in 2011, Two South Africans DL Piedt v Zimbabwe (MA Vermeulen) at Harare in 2014 and GP Vijolen v Eng (AN Cook) at Johannesburg in 2015-16.

One finds it quite extraordinary that, an Aussie Coningham, two Kiwis, Henderson and Smith and a West Indian Johnson, were never again chosen to represent their country after their only Test appearance, when they took a wicket with the very first delivery. As amazing as the classic instances of batsmen, Andy Ganteaume of West Indies and Robert Redmond of New Zealand, who scored a debut century in the first and only Test of their career, and then never appeared again in Test cricket.

Seven bowlers have also claimed a wicket in their first over on debut, New Zealand’s Alan Fisher Lissett v WI (A.P. Binns) at Dunedin 1955-56; Eric William Dempster v SA (D.J. McGlew) at Auckland 1952-53 and Bert Sutcliffe v Eng (A. Wharton) at Headingley in 1949, England’s A Hornby v Aus (F.E. Allan) at Melbourne in 1878-79; Maurice Leyland v WI (G. Challenor) at The Oval 1928; M.S. Nicholas v NZ (H. Foley) at Christchurch in 1929-30 and West Indies’ Lester Anthony King v Ind (M.L. Jaismha) at Kingston in 1961-62. But I am unable to trace which specific delivery of the first over it was. Can any reader throw some light on this?

Those who have taken a wicket with the second ball of their first over on Test debut are two Englishmen, Wilf Barber v SA (H.B. Cameron) at Leeds in 1935 and Bob Appleyard v Pak (Hanif Mohammad) at Nottingham in 1954. Five Australians, Colin McCool v NZ (D.A.N. McRae) at Wellington in 1945-46; Frank Mission v WI (C.C. Hutton) at Melbourne in 1960-61; Peter Philpott v WI (C.C. Hunte) at Kingston in 1964-65 and Geoff Dymock v NZ (J.M. Parker) at Adelaide in 1973-74, MJ Neser v Eng (Haseeb Hameed} at Adelaide in 2021-22, two South Africans George Alexander Rowe v Eng (T.C.O’Brian) at Johannesburg in 1895-96 and Geoffrey Walter Ashton Cubb v England (J.T. Ikn) at Nottingham in 1951; and a West Indian John Cameron v Eng (H. Gimblett) at Lord’s in 1939 and a New Zealander, Bruce Alexander Grenfell Murray v India (S. Abid Ali) at Wellington in 1967-68.

The bowlers who claimed a wicket with their third ball are five Englishmen, Rolly Jenkins v SA (E.A.B. Rowan) at Durban in 1948-49; Mike Hendrick v India (E.D. Solkar) at Manchester in 1974 and Greame Hick v WI (P.V. Simmons) at Lord’s in 1991, GP Swann Vs Ind (G Gambhir} at Chennai in 2008-09, R Johnson v Zim (M Vermeulen) at Chester-le-Street in 2003, two Australians, Ian Johnson v Eng (L. Hutton) at Sydney in 1946-47 and Eric Freeman v India (S. Abid Ali) at Brisbane in 1967-68. Two Sri Lankans, Kuruppuarachchi v Pak (Mudassar Nazar) in 1985-86 and Duleep Liyanage v Ind (M.A. Taylor) in 1992-93, both at Colombo, two West Indians, Peter Lashley v Eng (G. Boycott) at Leeds in 1966 and Cletan Lambert v Eng (M.R. Ramprakash) at The Oval in 1991, two New Zealanders, Keith Thomson v India (F. M. Engineer) at Wellington in 1967-68 and Brendon Bracewell v Eng (G.A. Gooch) at The Oval in 1978, an Indian Manohar Hardikar v WI (R.B. Kanhai) at Bombay in 1958-59 and a Zimbabwean, Henry Olanga v Pak (Saeed Anwar) at Harare in 1994-95.

Those who took a wicket with their fourth ball are nine Englishmen, Nobby Clarke v SA (R.H. Caterall) at the Oval in 1929; Dough Wright v Aus (J.H.W. Fingleton) at Nottingham in 1938; Jim Laker v West Indies (C.L. Walcott) at Bridgetown 1947-48; Harold Rhodes v Ind (P. Roy) at Leeds in 1959; David Steele v Aus (A.A. Mallett) at Lord’s 1975, John Emburey v NZ (B.A. Edgar) at Lord’s in 1978, Edward Ernest Hemmings v Pak (Javed Miandad) at Birmingham in 1982 and Chris Cowdrey v Ind (Kapil Dev) at Bombay in 1984-85, R Johnson v Zim (S Carlisle) at Chester-le-Street in 2003, two West Indians, David Holford (F.J.Titmus) at Manchester in 1966 and Jimmy Adams v SA (W.J. Cronje) at Bridgetown 1991-92, an Australian, Fredrick William Freer v Eng (C. Washbrook) at Sydney in 1946-47, a South African Athol Matthew Rowan v England (L. Hutton) at Nottingham 1947, an Indian, Woorkery Raman v WI (C.A. Walsh) at Madras 1987-88, a New Zealander Gordon Lindsay Weir (G. B. Legge) at Wellington in 1929-30 and a Sri Lankan, Saliya Ahangama v Ind ( M.A. Azharuddin) at Colombo in 1985-86, a Zimbabwean, Robert Peall v Pak (Aamer Sohail) and a Pakistani Shahid Nazir v Zim (A.D.R. Campbell) at Sheikhupura in 1996-97.

Those who took a wicket with their fifth ball are five Englishmen, George Simpson, Hayward v SA (J.W. Zulch) at Johannesburg 1909-10; Len Coldwell v Pak (Imtiaz Ahmed) at Lord’s 1962; Robin Jackman v WI (C.G. Greenidge) at Bridgetown 1980-81; Darren Gough v NZ (Martin Crowe) at Old Trafford 1994 and Ronnie Irani v Ind (M.A. Azharuddin) at Edgbaston in 1996, an Australian, Ashley Mallett v Eng (M.C. Cowdrey) at The Oval in 1968, a South African, Graham Anton Chevalier v Aus (A.P. Sheahan) at Cape Town in 1969-70, a New Zealander, Brain Yuile v Eng (E.R. Dexter) at Auckland in 1962-63, and two Indians, Montu Banerjee v WI (D.St E. Atkinson) at Calcutta in 1948-49, Chetan Sharma v Pak (Mohsin Khan) at Lahore in 1984-85 and a Pakistani, Mohammad Sami v NZ (Mark Richardson) at Auckland in 2000-01.

Those who took a wicket with their sixth ball are six Englishmen Maurice Leyland v WI (G. Challenor) at The Oval 1928, Edward Winchester Clarke v SA (R.H. Catterall) at The Oval 1929, Geoff Pullar v WI (F.M.M. Worrell) at Port-of-Spain 1959-60; Mike Selvey v WI (R.C. Fredericks) at Manchester in 1976 and Derek Pringle v Ind (Yashpal Shrama) at Lord’s in 1982, GP Swann v Ind (R Dravid) at Chennai in 2008-09, a South African, Denys Paul Beck Morkel v Eng (P. Holmes) at Johannesburg in 1929-30, an Indian, Vaman Kumar v Pak (Imtiaz Ahmed) at Delhi 1961-62 and a Pakistani Fazl-e-Akbar v SA (G. Kirsten) at Durban in 1997-98.

Two Australian bowlers captured a wicket with the seventh delivery of their first over (8 ball over), Ron Gaunt v SA (R.J. Westcott) at Durban in 1957-58 and Tony Mann v Ind (G.R. Viswanath) at Brisbane in 1977-78.

It may be noted that Aussie, Ian Johnson, West Indians Peter Lashley and Cleton Lambert, New Zealand’s Bruce Murray and Keith Thomson and England’s Greame Hick had made their debut in an earlier Test before they bowled their first over in a later Test.