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CRAIG OVERTON became the third England Test debutant to top-score from No 9. Charlie Absolom made 52 in his only Test, at Melbourne in 1879, and Jack Board hit 29 at Johannesburg in 1899. WHEN Nathan Lyon trapped Jimmy Anderson lbw, it was his 55th Test scalp of the year, making him the world’s leading wicket-taker in 2017. India’s Ravichandran Ashwin later joined Lyon on 55 during his side’s Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi. ALASTAIR COOK broke into the top 10 of England’s Ashes run-scorers during his first-innings 37 — leapfrogging Kevin Pietersen. Cook has 2,163 Ashes runs at 37.94 apiece.