Stats: Interesting facts and numbers from Day 1 of the 3rd Ashes Test

Australia were bowled out for 136 in the first innings

The third Test of the Investec Ashes series between hosts England and Australia started today at Edgbaston. England won the first Test comfortably at Cardiff before Australia bounced back by winning the Lords Test by mammoth 405 runs.

Well, it was England’s turn to shine in the 3rd Test and they have started it well. Michael Clarke won the toss and surprisingly chose to bat on the green surface at Edgbaston. It was the good toss to lose for Alastair Cook’s side as they restricted the Aussies for just 136 runs.

James Anderson was the hero with the bowl for England by adding 6 wickets to his tally. Steven Finn troubled the Australian batsman early on with his inswinging deliveries.

England started their 1st innings poorly as they lost Adam Lyth early to Josh Hazlewood. England managed to put 133 runs on the board with the loss of 3 wickets by the end of day 1 of the 3rd test.

Here are some interesting numbers and statistics from the 3rd test match:

0 – Number of times that the team batting first had won the match at Edgbaston (They have lost 4 and drawn 2).

1 – Number of time that Steven Smith had scored in the single digit in his last 16 innings. (He averages 123 in this period).

1 – Number of time the team batting first in the last 7 Tests at Edgbaston has made a score of 300+ in the first innings (putting Clarke’s decision to bat first in some disarray).

3 – Number of times Australia has been bowled out in less than 40 overs in the 1st innings of the Ashes Test after winning the toss and batting first.

8 – Instances when Australia has lost 7 wickets for less than 100 runs on the board since 2010 (This only happened thrice between 2000 and 2009).

9 – Number of times Chris Rodgers has made 50+ scores in his last 11 innings, which also includes one 49 not out score as well (Golden form).

14 – Number of Ashes Tests played at Edgbaston, fewest for any England stadium that has been hosting Ashes for more than 100 years.

18 – 5 wicket hauls for James Anderson while representing England (Third highest in all-time England list).

24.31 – Ian Bell’s average is the lowest average recorded by any top-4 batsman around the world in the last year.

277 – Number of deliveries that James Anderson took before taking his 1st wicket today.