The Ashes: Top four stats from the first Test match

Single-digit surprise

England v Australia - 1st Specsavers Ashes Test: Day Five

Shockingly, for the first time in their Cricketing history, Australia triumphed a Test match where both of their openers got scalped on single-digit scores in both innings of the match. Both Cameron Bancroft and David Warner were making their Test comebacks along with Steve Smith but couldn't make any sort of impact with the bat, unlike Smith. Bancroft could only manufacture a meager 15 runs from his two attempts and Stuart Broad had the better of Warner in both innings as he got dismissed for scores of 2 and 8.

Batting all Test

England v Australia - 1st Specsavers Ashes Test: Day Two

Another incredible stat coming out from the Ashes opener was that Rory Burns managed to bat in all five days of the Test match. Burns is only the 4th English player and the 10th overall to achieve this rather surprising feat. Moreover, this is only the 2nd time that such an instance has occurred in an Ashes Test. The first time it happened was back in 1977 with Geoffrey Boycott the man under the limelight.