Ashes Stats: Dawid Malan, Mark Stoneman, James Vince create history
Mitchell Starc the 22nd Australian to 150 Test wickets; Cameron Bancroft becomes David Warner's 10th opening partner
Friday 24 November 2017 09:21, UK
England batsmen Dawid Malan, James Vince and Mark Stoneman created an Ashes first at the Gabba. Sky Sports statistician Benedict Bermange explains how…
Stoneman (53), Vince (83) and Malan (56) provided the first ever instance of three Ashes debutants scoring fifties in the same innings.
Cameron Bancroft became David Warner's 10th different opening partner in Test cricket - only Alick Bannerman and Arthur Morris (12) have had more opening partners than Warner for Australia.
England's three least experienced members in their top six - Stoneman, Vince and Malan - hit fifties and contributed 192 runs; their three most experienced - Joe Root, Alastair Cook and Moeen Ali - amassed just 52.
Australia's three least experienced - Bancroft, Usman Khawaja and Peter Handscomb - made just 30 runs while the experienced trio - Warner, Steve Smith and Shaun Marsh - have so far contributed 136.
The last time Marsh was 44 not out at stumps was against South Africa at Centurion in February 2014 - a plus point for England is that he was dismissed without addition next day but a plus point for Australia is that they ended up winning by 281 runs.
Stuart Broad became Josh Hazlewood's first wicket in Test cricket in 67.3 overs - his previous one was Murali Vijay at Dharamsala in March.
England lost their last six wickets for 56 runs - the 13th successive time in completed innings at Brisbane they have lost their last six wickets for under 100 (a sequence which began in Nov 1990).
When he dismissed Malan, Starc became the 22nd Australian to take 150 Test wickets - next in his sights is 21st-placed Bill Johnston, who took 160.
Fewest Tests to 150 wickets among left-arm pacers:
34 - Mitchell Johnson
35 - Bill Johnston
37 - Alan Davidson / Mitchell Starc
40 - Trent Boult
41 - Wasim Akram
