2nd Test, Australia v England, Statistical Highlights

12/05/2025 00:00

It was the 1552nd Test match in cricket history.
It was Australia’s 616th and England’s 783rd match.
It was the 298th match between these two sides. The record now reads :Australia 119, England 93,drawn 86.
It was the 143rd match between these two sides in England. The recordnow reads : Australia 43, England 40, drawn 60.
It was the 102nd match at this ground- 33rd between these two sides.Australia has won 14, England 5 and drawn 14. England has now notbeaten Australia in a match at Lord’s since 1934 when England won byan innings and 38 runs.
Umpires Steve Bucknor and John Holder were officiating in their 58thand 11th match respectively.
Mike Atherton was captaining England after a gap of more than threeyears. He had last captained England against West Indies at St.John’sin March 1998.
When Glenn McGrath trapped Mike Atherton LBW in England’s firstinnings, it was the 15th time he was dismissing this opener.McGrathbecame first Australian and only the fifth bowler in Test annals todismiss a particular batsman on as many as 15 occasions. The table isheaded by England’s Alec Bedser who dismissed Australia’s ArthurMorris 18 times. The details :

When he dismissed Mark Butcher in first innings, Glenn McGrath becameonly the second bowler in Test cricket to complete century ofdismissals of left-handed batsmen. At the end of this Test McGrath hasclaimed 101 LHB victims . Only West Indian Courtney Walsh (104) isahead of McGrath,however it must be noted that Walsh had a tally of519 wickets as against McGrath’s 338. The following table lists thebowlers with most LHB victims :

In terms of percentage of left-handed victims, McGrath holds thesecond place among the bowlers with 200 or more wickets in a career.McGrath’s percentage of 29.88 is second only to South African ShaunPollock whose percentage of left-handed batsmen works out to be35.06.The details :

Mike Atherton (in second innings) completed his 1000 runs in his 16thmatch against Australia. He became 13th Englishman to accomplish thisfeat. Others to do so for England are Geoff Boycott (1549 runs in 19matches), Graham Gooch (1543 in 25),David Gower (1445 in 18),StanleyJackson (1415 in 20), John Edrich (1361 in 17), Len Hutton (1258 in12),Herbert Sutcliffe (1212 in 13),Jack Hobbs (1143 in 17),DenisCompton (1139 in 15), Mike Gatting (1073 in 16),Ken Barrington (1065in 13) and Alan Knott (1039 in 21).
England has now lost 20 matches under Atherton’s captaincythe secondworst performance by any captain in Test cricket. Australia’s AllanBorder holds the dubious distinction of losing most matches, howeverhe had won 32 matches for his country as against Atherton’s 13.Atherton ,in the meantime, went past the tally of India’s Nawab ofPataudi (Sen.) and Sri Lankan Arjuna Ranatunga who had 19 losses totheir name.
The catch of Darren Gough in second innings off the bowling of JasonGillespie was 158th for Mark Waugh in his 113th matchmaximum by anyfielder in Test cricket. He surpassed former team mate Mark Taylor’stally of 157 catches (from 104 matches). Taylor had reached thefielding pinnacle in January 1999 when he caught Mark Ramprakash offthe bowling of Glenn McGrath at Sydney Test match.The following tablegives in-depth details about the leading fielders in Test cricket :

Australia has now played 20 matches at a stretch without a drawwinning 18 and losing only 2- a new record for Australia. Thisbettered the previous sequence of 19 consecutive matches without adraw which Australia had from 1884-85 (v England,Adelaide) to 1891-92(v England,Adelaide). Australia is now inching towards England’salltime record of most consecutive matches without a draw. England hada run of 22 consecutive result oriented matches from 1884-85 to1891-92 which included 17 wins and 5 losses.
Steve Waugh has now appeared in 64 matches which Australia eventuallywon – most by any player in Test history. He surpassed the tally ofViv Richards who have appeared in 63 `won’ matches for West Indies.
The Man of Match award was ninth for Glenn McGrath in his Test career.