Defeat within the second Take a look at prolonged England’s depressing Ashes file at Lord’s to seven wins in 38 matches.
Ben Stokes’ staggering 155 was not sufficient to keep away from a 43-run defeat which stretched England’s winless run in opposition to their arch-rivals at the Home of Cricket to a decade.
Right here, the PA information company takes a statistical look at Australia’s visits to Lord’s.
No home comforts
The Lord’s hospitality could also be world well-known – Sunday’s unsavoury confrontations within the Lengthy Room however – however sadly for England, their guests from the opposite aspect of the world have too usually made themselves at home.
Sunday noticed the conclusion of Australia’s sixteenth win at Lord’s, drawing 15 Checks alongside the best way to depart England profitable simply 18 per cent of their conferences.
England’s back-to-back wins in 2009, in a sport arrange by Sir Andrew Strauss and Sir Alastair Prepare dinner’s opening stand of 196 and clinched by Andrew Flintoff’s 5 for 92, and 2013 when Joe Root made 180 and Graeme Swann took 9 wickets within the match are their solely successes in 23 makes an attempt since profitable in 1934.
Actually, England received extra Ashes Checks at Lord’s previous to 1900 – 4 out of seven, having solely performed the primary in 1884 – than their three within the 123 years since.
The bottom witnessed solely that solitary 1934 home win in the entire of the twentieth century, when Hedley Verity took 15 wickets to sentence the good Sir Donald Bradman’s aspect to an innings defeat.
Australia have received on seven of their final 11 visits since a run of attracts within the Seventies and early Nineteen Eighties, and all by comfy margins.
Sunday’s was simply the closest by runs, with Australia victorious by 239 in 2005 and 405 in 2015 in addition to chasing targets with 4, six and eight wickets to spare and finishing a thumping innings win in 1993 after declaring on 632 for 4.
Smith closing on the Don
Bradman is the main run-scorer in Ashes Checks at Lord’s, intently adopted by Steve Smith after his first-innings century this time round.
Bradman scored 551 runs in eight innings, together with scores of 254, 102 not out and 89. Smith’s file could be very related, with 215 in 2015, 110 throughout Wednesday and Thursday and 92 in 2019, including an additional half-century with 58 in the identical sport as his double-century.
He has additionally had one innings fewer than Bradman, having been pressured off by concussion in 2019 as Marnus Labuschagne took his place.
Allan Border scored 503 runs in 9 Lord’s innings, that means solely Australian batters have reached 500 in Ashes Checks there. David Gower, with 467, is the one Englishman within the high six, with Stokes’ efforts over the weekend lifting him to 387.
Amongst these to have performed at least twice, ex-Australia captain Steve Waugh’s 115.50 is the best common. Waugh scored 231 runs in 5 innings with solely two dismissals.
Compatriots David Boon, Warren Bardsley and Border additionally averaged over 100 at Lord’s, with Percy Chapman (91.00) the one Englishman within the high 10, even when excluding Australia tempo bowler Dennis Lillee, who scored 115 in three innings with no dismissals and due to this fact no common.
Glenn McGrath edges Verity because the main wicket-taker, 26 to 21, with each males averaging simply over 11 in these video games. England’s Fred Trueman and Australia pair Charlie Turner and Shane Warne took 19 apiece.
Johnny Briggs boasts the most effective common, taking 15 Australian wickets at 7.26 in Lord’s Checks.
Bob Massie, with 16 at 8.56, is the main Australian, with Englishman George Ulyett (eight at 10.12) additionally under Verity and McGrath’s averages amongst these with at least 5 Ashes wickets at HQ.
