12 Days of Christmas: Joe Root and Stuart Broad in our Christmas countdown
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Wednesday 30 December 2015 15:06, UK
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On the 12th Day of Christmas… Finn's Ashes wickets
England seamer Steve Finn returned from the Test wilderness to take 12 Australia scalps during The Ashes, including 6-37 in the Baggy Greens' second innings at Edgbaston in his comeback game.
On the 11th Day of Christmas… England maximums
Eoin Morgan's men cracked the ball over the ropes 11 times during their T20 international against Australia at Cardiff in August, with the skipper amassing seven sixes in his score of 74.
On the 10th Day of Christmas… Willey sixes
David Willey pummelled 10 maximums in Northamptonshire's T20 Blast quarter-final win over Sussex at Hove en route to a 40-ball hundred, the fastest by an Englishman in T20 cricket.
On the ninth Day of Christmas… Rashid's redemption
England spinner Adil Rashid became the ninth bowler in Test history to ship over 100 runs in the first innings and take a five-for in the second during England's clash with Pakistan in Abu Dhabi.
On the eighth Day of Christmas… Broad's scalps before lunch
Stuart Broad ran amok on the opening morning of the fourth Ashes Test, the seamer (8-15 from 9.3 overs) the first man to take eight wickets in a Test before lunch as Australia were skittled for 60.
On the seventh Day of Christmas… Rushworth five-fors
Durham's metronomic paceman Chris Rushworth took seven five-wicket hauls in County Championship Division One in 2015 as he seized a chart-topping 83 scalps in total.
On the sixth Day of Christmas… Hales' successive sixes
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Not Basil Brush on a loop but Alex Hales striking six sixes in a row for Nottinghamshire versus Warwickshire, three off Boyd Rankin and three of Ateeq Javid.
On the fifth Day of Christmas… Ashes funnies
The Ashes summer was not only memorable for England regaining the urn but also for Joe Root impersonating Bob Willis, Alastair Cook being hit where it hurts and Ian Ward getting drenched!
On the fourth Day of Christmas… Sangakkara's consecutive centuries
Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara bowed out from ODI cricket after the 2015 World Cup and he departed in style by stroking successive tons against Bangladesh, England, Australia and Scotland.
On the third Day of Christmas… Buttler's quick-fire tons
Jos Buttler has scored England's three quickest ODI tons, with his 61-ball effort against Sri Lanka in 2014 followed by a 66-ball ton against New Zealand in June and bested by a 46-ball masterclass against Pakistan in November.
On the second Day of Christmas… De Villiers pummels West Indies
West Indies must be sick of the sight of AB de Villiers! The South Africa sensation cracked the fastest ODI century (31 balls) against them in January and then the quickest 150 (64 balls) against them at the World Cup.
On the first Day of Christmas… Record-breaking Root
England's golden boy and captain in waiting Joe Root has plundered 2,131 runs across all formats in 2015, beating the tallies of Kevin Pietersen (2,120) and Paul Collingwood (2,026) from 2007.
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