2nd Test, Australia v England, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1552nd Test match in cricket history

Rajneesh Gupta24-Jul-2001

• It was the 1552nd Test match in cricket history.
• It was Australia’s 616th and England’s 783rd match.
• It was the 298th match between these two sides. The record now reads :
  Australia 119, England 93,drawn 86.

• It was the 143rd match between these two sides in England. The record
  now reads : Australia 43, England 40, drawn 60.

• It was the 102nd match at this ground- 33rd between these two sides.
  Australia has won 14, England 5 and drawn 14. England has now not
  beaten Australia in a match at Lord’s since 1934 when England won by
  an innings and 38 runs.

• Umpires Steve Bucknor and John Holder were officiating in their 58th
  and 11th match respectively.

• Mike Atherton was captaining England after a gap of more than three
  years. He had last captained England against West Indies at St.John’s
  in March 1998.

• When Glenn McGrath trapped Mike Atherton LBW in England’s first
  innings, it was the 15th time he was dismissing this opener.McGrath
  became first Australian and only the fifth bowler in Test annals to
  dismiss a particular batsman on as many as 15 occasions. The table is
  headed by England’s Alec Bedser who dismissed Australia’s Arthur
  Morris 18 times. The details :

• When he dismissed Mark Butcher in first innings, Glenn McGrath became
  only the second bowler in Test cricket to complete century of
  dismissals of left-handed batsmen. At the end of this Test McGrath has
  claimed 101 LHB victims . Only West Indian Courtney Walsh (104) is
  ahead of McGrath,however it must be noted that Walsh had a tally of
  519 wickets as against McGrath’s 338. The following table lists the
  bowlers with most LHB victims :

• In terms of percentage of left-handed victims, McGrath holds the
  second place among the bowlers with 200 or more wickets in a career.
  McGrath’s percentage of 29.88 is second only to South African Shaun
  Pollock whose percentage of left-handed batsmen works out to be
  35.06.The details :

• Mike Atherton (in second innings) completed his 1000 runs in his 16th
  match against Australia. He became 13th Englishman to accomplish this
  feat. Others to do so for England are Geoff Boycott (1549 runs in 19
  matches), Graham Gooch (1543 in 25),David Gower (1445 in 18),Stanley
  Jackson (1415 in 20), John Edrich (1361 in 17), Len Hutton (1258 in
  12),Herbert Sutcliffe (1212 in 13),Jack Hobbs (1143 in 17),Denis
  Compton (1139 in 15), Mike Gatting (1073 in 16),Ken Barrington (1065
  in 13) and Alan Knott (1039 in 21).

• England has now lost 20 matches under Atherton’s captaincythe second
  worst performance by any captain in Test cricket. Australia’s Allan
  Border holds the dubious distinction of losing most matches, however
  he had won 32 matches for his country as against Atherton’s 13.
  Atherton ,in the meantime, went past the tally of India’s Nawab of
  Pataudi (Sen.) and Sri Lankan Arjuna Ranatunga who had 19 losses to
  their name.

• The catch of Darren Gough in second innings off the bowling of Jason
  Gillespie was 158th for Mark Waugh in his 113th matchmaximum by any
  fielder in Test cricket. He surpassed former team mate Mark Taylor’s
  tally of 157 catches (from 104 matches). Taylor had reached the
  fielding pinnacle in January 1999 when he caught Mark Ramprakash off
  the bowling of Glenn McGrath at Sydney Test match.The following table
  gives in-depth details about the leading fielders in Test cricket :

• Australia has now played 20 matches at a stretch without a draw
  winning 18 and losing only 2- a new record for Australia. This
  bettered the previous sequence of 19 consecutive matches without a
  draw which Australia had from 1884-85 (v England,Adelaide) to 1891-92
  (v England,Adelaide). Australia is now inching towards England’s
  alltime record of most consecutive matches without a draw. England had
  a run of 22 consecutive result oriented matches from 1884-85 to
  1891-92 which included 17 wins and 5 losses.

• Steve Waugh has now appeared in 64 matches which Australia eventually
  won – most by any player in Test history. He surpassed the tally of
  Viv Richards who have appeared in 63 `won’ matches for West Indies.

• The Man of Match award was ninth for Glenn McGrath in his Test career.