ENG vs AUS, Ashes 2023, Final Test: Stats Preview of Players’ Records and Approaching Milestones

Australia and England will face each other for one last time in the fifth match of the Ashes 2023, on July 27, 2023, at the Kennington Oval, in London 

Australia will be coming into the contest on the back of the Ashes retention as the rain had the final say in the fourth Tests in the last two days, resulting in a draw. Currently, Australia lead the Ashes 2-1, and they would hope to win the final match, not only to win the series but also to gain 12 valuable WTC points.

Meanwhile, all the hopes in the Australian dressing room will rely on Steven Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to score big, while the trio of Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Starc will be their key in the bowling department. 

England, on the other hand, will come into the contest after their chance to stay alive in the series got ruined by incessant rains in the last game. Notably, they ticked every box in the third and fourth Tests, respectively. However, the drawn result in the fourth Test meant that they failed to bring back ‘The Ashes’ back home.

England batters were over the Australian bowlers as six out of the top seven batters crossed the 50-run mark. Zak Crawley scored a remarkable century (189 runs) while Jonny Bairstow toyed with the Aussie bowlers scoring 99* off 81, he missed out on his century, due to lack of batters in another end. England would look to continue their Bazball approach and will hope to gain valuable 12 points in WTC 

Here are some of the important stats and numbers ahead of the final Ashes Test match between England and Australia 

Head-to-Head: England and Australia have met each other 360 times in Test cricket, with the English side winning on 111 occasions and the Aussies on 152. 97 encounters ended up in a stalemate.  

 35 – Alex Carey (965) needs 35 runs to reach the milestone of 1000 runs in Tests.  

4 – Usman Khawaja (46) is four grabs away from completing 50 catches in Tests.  

115 – Usman Khawaja (4885) needs 115 runs to complete 5000 Test runs. 

7 – David Warner (993) requires seven fours to reach 1000 fours in Test cricket.  

97 – David Warner (8403) requires 103 runs to complete 8500 Test Runs. 

3 – Ben Stokes (197) needs three wickets to get to 200 wickets in the oldest format of the game.  

8 – Joe Root (42) needs 8 sixes to complete 50 sixes in Test Cricket.  

6 – Mitchell Marsh (44) requires six scalps to complete 50 wickets in the longest format of the game.  

1 – England skipper Ben Stokes (99) requires one catch to reach 100 catches in Test cricket.  

4 – Crawley (46) is four grabs away from completing 50 catches in Tests.  

4 – Crawley (296) needs four more boundaries to complete 300 fours in the longer format of the game.

3 – Ben Stokes (297) needs three scalps to reach 300 wickets in international cricket.

12 – Mitchell Marsh (1488) needs 12 runs to complete 1500 runs in the longest format of the game. 

7 – Marsh (193) needs seven fours to reach 200 fours in the oldest format of the game.