Bowling

[bigfluffylemon]

47. I also missed Makan, only one other with more than 3 tests. The rest I missed only had 1-3 tests...

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47. I also missed Makan, only one other with more than 3 tests. The rest I missed only had 1-3 tests...

47!!!

[Durhamfootman]

fluffy showing us his ashes knowledge

[Durhamfootman]

I rather think that the 1 to 3 testers were most likely drafted in for ashes down under series... which means they were going badly and whilst we were all stoically ignoring those series by then, the aussie media would have had all this stuff front and centre, force feeding it down the throats of anyone unfortunate enough to be unable to avoid it, so perhaps a bit easier for ex pats to remember

[bigfluffylemon]

I rather think that the 1 to 3 testers were most likely drafted in for ashes down under series... which means they were going badly and whilst we were all stoically ignoring those series by then, the aussie media would have had all this stuff front and centre, force feeding it down the throats of anyone unfortunate enough to be unable to avoid it, so perhaps a bit easier for ex pats to remember

Maybe. As I said, I missed mainly 1-3 testers.

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Cummins expects to play all 6 Tests which I expect. Meanwhile Stokes expects to be rotating between 8 fast bowlers.
Anderson and Broad have played 9 series in which they played in all 5 Tests.

Most overs bowled in an Ashes Series

260.1 - Lyon
222.3 - Anderson
211.0 - Cummins
195.0 - Broad
190.5 - Hazelwood
169.2 - Ali
167.0 - Woakes
162.3 - Starc
121.1 - Wood
116.5 - Stokes
106.2 - Robinson
81.1 - Boland
80.4 - Green

Will Ali have a sore finger after the first day since he is just used to 4 overs?

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ICC Rankings
5.6.23

Batting
5 Root
16 Bairstow
18 Brook
23 Pope
31 Stokes
34 Duckett
54 Foakes
55 Crawley
70 Lees
81 J Overton

Bowling

2 Anderson
7 Robinson
10 Broad
25 Leach
35 Wood
39 Stokes
52 Potts
67 Root
70 Ahmed
82 Tongue
88 Jacks

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Most Test Wickets
bowlers still bowling 100+ wickets

685 Anderson (40)
582 Broad (36)
483 Lyon (35)
474 Ashwin (36)
370 Southee (34)
317 Boult (33)
311 Sharma (34)
308 Starc (33)
280 Rabada (28)
265 Jadeja (34)
261 Roach (34)
258 Wagner (37)
244 Shah (37)
233 Al Hasan (36)
227 Shami (32)
222 Hazelwood (32)
220 Cummins (30)

195 Ali
194 Stokes
175 T Islam
171 Lakmal
169 Yadav
164 Gabriel
161 Perera
158 Maharaj
155 Holder
148 Miraz
130 Woakes
128 Bumrah
124 Leach
117 Bishoo

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Points gained/lost in the rankings

Bowling
Tongue +177 (59)
Root +39 (65)
Robinson +1 (5)
Broad -1 (10)
Stokes -10 (39)
Anderson -16 (4)

Batting
Duckett +111 (18)
Stokes +47 (23)
Brook +12 (13)
Crawley -2 (56)
Pope -13 (31)
Root -21 (5)
Bairstow -27 (19)

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Points gained lost in the rankings

Bowling
Wood +28 (26)
Broad +17 (6)
Ali +10 (50)
Stokes -12 (41)
Robinson -26 (7)
Woakes -27 (36)

Batting
Crawley +27 (48)
Stokes +26 (18)
Brook +23 (12)
Root -24 (7)
Bairstow -25 (22)
Duckett -35 (24)

[bigfluffylemon]

How did Woakes lose so many points for a match analysis of 6-141?

Especially when Broad gains points for 5-103?

Not a great deal between those performances, I would argue. Certainly not 50 ranking points.

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How did Woakes lose so many points for a match analysis of 6-141?

Especially when Broad gains points for 5-103?

Not a great deal between those performances, I would argue. Certainly not 50 ranking points.

He has not been playing Tests since the WI so he loses points every Test he misses. That is 15 Tests. Anderson missed Headingley and lost 8 points

Highest career ratings

1 Anderson, Broad
4 Robinson
18 Ali, Woakes Aug 2020
19 Stokes
23 Leach
26 Wood
52 Potts
59 Tongue

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Points gained/lost after 4th Test

Batsmen
Crawley +72 (35)
Bairstow +30 (19)
Ali +18 (52)
Brook +12 (11)
Root +10 (3)
Stokes +2 (18)
Duckett -26 (29)

Bowling
Woakes +39 (31)
Wood +37 (23)
Ali -5 (52)
Broad -10 (8)
Stokes -14 (41)
Anderson -24 (4)

Cummins lost more points than Anderson - 26 and dropped down to 3.

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Bowling Partnerships

Gough and Caddick (30 Tests)

980.4 189 2376 127 25.79 3.34 46.3 - Gough (32)
1032.1 228 3089 106 29.14 2.99 58.4 - Caddick (34)
2012.5 417 5465 233 23.45 2.71 51.83

Hoggard and Harmison (45 Tests)

1662.4 317 5383 174 30.93 3.23 57.3 - Harmison (31)
1495.1 300 5025 166 30.27 3.36 54.0 - Hoggard (32)
3157.5 617 10408 340 30.61 3.29 55.7

Anderson and Broad (138 Tests)

5012.1 1326 13625 537 25.37 2.71 56.0 - Anderson (41)
4709.2 1073 14145 502 28.17 3.00 56.2 - Broad (37)
9721.3 2399 27770 1039 26.72 2.85 56.1