Ashes Stats: Alastair Cook becomes the fastest and slowest player to 12,000 Test runs
Aussie attack just the third in Test history to each take 20 wickets in a series
Benedict Bermange
Cricket Statistician
Sunday 7 January 2018 11:57, UK
Alastair Cook reached 12,000 Test runs on day four at the SCG, Benedict Bermange explains how he was both the quickest and slowest player to reach the milestone...
Australia have provided just the third case of four bowlers taking at least 20 wickets for a side in a series:
20+ wickets for the same team in a series
Team
Season
Bowlers
WI v Eng
1995
Bishop, Walsh, K Benjamin, Ambrose
Aus v Eng
2006/07
Clark, Warne, McGrath, Lee
Aus v Eng
2017/18
Starc, Hazlewood, Cummins, Lyon
Both Marsh brothers reached their centuries with the other brother batting at the same time - just the fourth time that has happened in Test history:
Sibling centuries in the same Test
Brothers
Match
Venue
Year
Ian & Greg Chappell
Aus v WI
Bridgetown
1973
Ian & Greg Chappell
Aus v NZ
Wellington
1974
Mark & Steve Waugh
Aus v WI
Kingston
1995
Shaun & Mitchell Marsh
Aus v Eng
Sydney
2018
When Alastair Cook reached five in his second innings he reached 12,000 Test runs. He is the youngest to get there:
Youngest players to 12,000 Test runs
Years
Days
Name
33
13
Alastair Cook
35
176
Sachin Tendulkar
35
214
Ricky Ponting
36
32
Jacques Kallis
37
68
Kumar Sangakkara
37
339
Rahul Dravid
He also took the least time:
Least time to reach 12,000 Test runs
Years
Days
Name
11
312
Alastair Cook
14
167
Kumar Sangakkara
14
179
Rahul Dravid
14
225
Ricky Ponting
15
338
Jacques Kallis
18
337
Sachin Tendulkar
But took the most innings:
Innings to 12,000 Test runs
Innings
Name
224
Kumar Sangakkara
247
Ricky Ponting
247
Sachin Tendulkar
249
Jacques Kallis
255
Rahul Dravid
275
Alastair Cook
Only two England bowlers have ever conceded more runs in a Test innings than Mason Crane did here:
Most runs conceded by an England bowler in a Test innings
Runs
Wickets
Name
Opposition
Venue
Season
217
3
Ian Botham
Pakistan
The Oval
1987
204
6
Ian Peebles
Australia
The Oval
1930
193
1
Mason Crane
Australia
Sydney
2017/18
192
4
Adil Rashid
India
Mumbai
2016/17
190
1
Moeen Ali
India
Chennai
2016/17
190
2
Ashley Giles
Sri Lanka
Colombo-SSC
2003/04
In England's last seven away Tests, they have conceded four of their 10 highest totals outside England.
All five Tests of this series have progressed to the fifth day - first Ashes series since 1994/95. The last Ashes series in England in 2015 lasted just 18 days, none of the five Tests going past the fourth day.
Sydney reached a top temperature of 47.3C today, the highest temperature recorded by a weather station in the Sydney metropolitan area in 79 years.