THE ASHES 2017-18

37 Alastair Cook’s top score in six innings. It is the only time the England opener has passed 20 en route to a series average of 13.83. 29.33captain batting average of Joe Root, who has not fared much better than his predecessor. 181 Mitchell Marsh’s first innings in the series brought more runs than Root (176) or Cook (83) have managed in six. 239 Australia skipper Steve Smith’s first-innings score in the third Test, meanwhile, was more than any England batsman had made in the series up to that point, other than Dawid Malan (248). 662 Australia’s total before declaring nine down in their first innings in Perth was their third-highest on home soil and their fifth-highest in an Ashes Test. 5 five different England bowlers conceded more than 100 runs in that innings. It is only the eighth time in Test history that has happened, and the third involving an England attack. 0 times England have taken 20 wickets in a Test in the current series. Australia made 173 without loss to win by 10 wickets in Brisbane and also declared their first innings in Adelaide on 442 for eight.