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England VS. Australia Fourth Test Highlights, Old Trafford
- Stuart Broad became the fifth bowler, and second fast bowler after team-mate James Anderson, to take 600 Test wickets.
- For the seventh time in their Test history, England had six scores of over 50 in the same innings. Their record is seven (against Australia in 1934, also at Old Trafford). Four of these occasions have been against Australia.
- Of this number above, England's first innings saw the third occasion of six of their first seven in the order passing 50. The other two occasions were against Australia at The Oval in 1893 and against West Indies at Kingston in 1929/30 (where their first six hit 50 each). At Melbourne in 1965-66, England's first seven passed 40 with five going on beyond 50.
- Zak Crawley's 189 is the highest score by an England opener against Australia since Sir Alastair Cook's unbeaten 244 at Melbourne in 2017-18.
- Crawley's innings is the joint-seventh highest by an England opener against Australia in all Tests between the two countries.
- Crawley's score is the highest by an England opener at Old Trafford surpassing Tim Robinson's 166 against Pakistan in 1987. The top four scores by openers on the ground have all been by England's opponents with Bob Simpson's 311 for Australia in 1964 leading the way.
- England's 592 is their third-highest total at Old Trafford. Their top two highest are both against Australia, 627 for 9 in 1934 and 611 in 1964.
- Jonny Bairstow became the sixth player in Tests to be left marooned on 99 when a team has been dismissed. Alex Tudor finished unbeaten on 99 against New Zealand at Edgbaston in 1999 when England completed a seven-wicket win. The last England player to be left unbeaten on 99 when his side was dismissed was Sir Geoffrey Boycott, against Australia at Perth in 1978-79.
- Bairstow became the fourth wicket-keeper to score 90 or more in one innings and take six catches in the same Test in matches between England and Australia. He joins Rod Marsh, Adam Gilchrist and Matt Prior (who is the only one in this list to reach a century in the said match).
- Marnus Labuschagne became the fourth Australian player to score a minimum of fifty in one innings and a century in the other of an Old Trafford Test. Preceding him are Steve Smith, Steve Waugh (twice) and Bill Lawry.
- Chris Woakes's 5 for 62 in Australia's first innings is the 100th five-wicket haul in Tests at Old Trafford.
- Joe Root overtook Denis Compton (818) with most Test runs at Old Trafford. Root has now scored 874 at the venue.
- The last occasion of an Old Trafford Test losing its final day to weather was in 1987 between England and Pakistan.
- The last time that an Ashes Test had no play on its final day was at Headingley in 1975 but this was due to vandalism of the wicket, not weather.
- The recently-concluded Test saw the tenth occasion of an Ashes Test having no play on its final day. Tests during this period had a different number of playing days and some also included a rest day. The last occasions where the last day of an Ashes Test (scheduled for a minimum of five playing days or longer) had its last day lost were at Old Trafford in 1930; The Oval in 1964 and Headingley in 1975. In 1930, the match mentioned above was the Fourth Test which left the series level at 1-1 with Australia regaining the Ashes in the Fifth Test winning 2-1. In 1964, The Oval was the final Test of the series with Australia winning the series 1-0 whilst in 1975 Headingley was the third of four Tests and that match's result, with Australia leading 1-0 having won the previous series in Australia, meant that they retained the Ashes with no play on the final day after the vandalism to the wicket.
- Broad also became the third English player after Sir Ian Botham and Wilfred Rhodes to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets against Australia in Tests. Two Australian players (George Giffen and Monty Noble) have achieved the feat but, between the two countries, Broad is the first left-hander to do so.
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