Watson's lbw woes and losing the first Test
Statistical highlights from the fourth day of the first Ashes Test in Cardiff
Bishen Jeswant
11-Jul-2015
Shane Watson was trapped lbw for the 14th time against England • Getty Images
8 Number of wins for England in their last 15 Ashes Tests at home. England only lost one of these 15 Tests and drew the remaining six.
15 Number of times in the last 17 Ashes (going back to 1982) that the team taking a 1-0 lead has gone on to win the Ashes. The only exceptions were the Ashes series of 2005 and 1997.
29 Number of times Shane Watson has been dismissed lbw in Tests, the most for any Australian batsman in the last 10 years. Ricky Ponting has been trapped in front on 26 occasions during this period. Overall, Alastair Cook has been dismissed lbw the most times in the last 10 years - 39 times.
17 Number of 50-plus scores for David Warner in the last two years, more than any other batsman. Three other batsmen - Joe Root, Steven Smith and Misbah-ul-Haq - have made 16 scores each of 50 or more. Warner has scored 2037 runs in this period at an average of 52.23.
33 Runs scored by Steven Smith in the fourth innings of this Test. Smith's career batting average in the fourth innings is 29.75, while he averages 89.64 in the first innings of Tests. Click here to Smith's career batting summary.
12 Number of 50-plus scores for Mitchell Johnson in Tests, the most for any Australian player when batting at No. 8 or below. He went past Shane Warne who has 11 such scores. Daniel Vettori holds the overall record with 23 scores of 50 or more when batting at No. 8 or below.
72 The partnership between Johnson and Mitchell Starc, the second-highest eighth wicket partnership for Australia in the fourth innings of a Test match. The highest such partnership for Australia is 76 between Warne and Ricky Ponting at Old Trafford in 2005.
77 Runs scored by Johnson in the fourth innings of this Test, the second-highest score by an Australian batsman in the fourth innings of a Test when batting at No. 8 or below. The only time an Australian batsman scored more was when Rod Marsh scored 91 against England in 1972.