Cooper Connolly in IPL:
- 72 (44)
- 36 (22)

Cooper Connolly’s T20I career (11 matches):
- 28 (30)

#IPL @punjabkingsipl.bsky.social

Highest Test batting average in Australia:

167 - Beau Webster
144 - Kurtis Patterson
102.5 - Albert Trott
98.5 - Hanif Mohammed
98.22 - Don Bradman
86.25 - Adam Voges
83.16 - Faf du Plessis

#Ashes #Ashes25 #AUSvENG

Ollie Pope high scores in each #Ashes series:

2021/22:
35 at the Gabba, dismissed by Cameron Green

2023:
42 at Lord’s, dismissed by Cameron Green

2025/26:
46 at Perth, dismissed by Cameron Green

Today:
England 110
Sam Harper 110
#ashes #bbl15

Match 9 (Thunder vs Heat) is the first match of #BBL15 where both teams have taken the Power Surge at the same point in their batting innings (15th over).

Alex Carey’s Test batting average:

Batting at 7 or 8: 32.02
Batting at 5 or 6: 110.75

#Ashes2025

‪Both achieved this feat in their home state, with a pink ball, in England’s second innings.‬

‪NB: ‘3 years’ isn’t entirely accurate in Richardson’s case (it was 2 years and 10 months), but don’t let the truth get in the way of a good story.‬

2nd Ashes Test 2021:

Jhye Richardson, having not played Test cricket for 3 years, takes his maiden Test 5-wicket haul in his 3rd Test.

2nd Ashes Test 2025:

Michael Neser, having not played Test cricket for 3 years, takes his maiden Test 5-wicket haul in his 3rd Test.

#Ashes

Ben Stokes has scored 77 runs in the ongoing #Ashes series (4 innings).

Mitchell Starc scored 77 runs yesterday.

50 and 5WH for West Indies in the same Test:

Baron Constantine
Denis Atkinson (x2)
Collie Smith
Wes Hall (x2)
Garfield Sobers (x3)
Keith Boyce
Derick Parry
Malcolm Marshall (x5)
Carl Hooper (x2)
Chris Gayle (x2)
Dwayne Bravo (x2)
Roston Chase (x3)
Jason Holder (x2)
Kemar Roach

#NZvWI

England has not played a Test match in Australia without Dawid Malan since 2014.

#Ashes #AUSvENG

Harshit Rana in IPL:

34 matches
59 runs
9.83 average

Harshit Rana in T20Is:

5 matches
48 runs
48 average

#AUSvIND #IPL

Tim David most balls faced in a T20i innings:

83 (52) vs SA (for Australia)
58 (46) vs Hong Kong (for Singapore)
64* (44) vs Nepal (SIN)
77 (43) vs Nepal (SIN)
102* (37) vs WI (AUS)
92* (32) vs Malaysia (SIN)
38 (29) vs Qatar (SIN)

#AUSvSA

In other words, this is only the second time in Test history where 40 wickets have fallen in each match of a 3-Test series.

Most wickets in a 3-match Test series:

120 - WI v AUS, 2025
120 - SA v IND, 2018
118 - SL v AUS, 2004
118 - PAK v SL, 2000
118 - SL v IND, 2015
117 - SL v AUS, 2016

#WIvAUS

Lowest top score of a 3-match Test series:

70 - Bobby Abel, ENG v AUS, 1888
75 - Brandon King, WI v AUS, 2025
87 - Mohammed Azhuruddin, IND v NZ, 1995
88* - Desmond Haynes, PAK v WI, 1986
94 - Alec Bannerman, AUS v ENG, 1882/83

No hundreds scored in a 3-match Test series:

- AUS v ENG, 1882/83
- ENG v AUS, 1888
- PAK v WI, 1986
- IND v NZ, 1995
- WI v AUS, 2025

#WIvAUS

Shamar Joseph’s match figures of 5/129 are his worst to date against Australia.

#WIvAUS

Shubman Gill’s top scores in Test cricket.

269 vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
161 vs ENG, Edgbaston, 2025
147 vs ENG, Headingley, 2025
128 vs AUS, Ahmedabad, 2023

All of his top three scores have come in this series, both of his top two in this match.

#INDvsENG

Pat Cummins has batted 100 innings in Test cricket.

50 as captain
50 not as captain

Karun Nair’s Test batting average by captain:

Virat Kohli - 73.8
Ajinkya Rahane - 5.0
Shubman Gill - 0.0

#ENGvsIND

Pat Cummins takes his 300th Test wicket with Hashim Amla in the commentary box.

His 1st and 50th Test wickets were both Hashim Amla.

#WTCFinal

Mitchell Starc has the most first over wickets in the history of international cricket.

#WTCFinal

Ollie Pope career runs against select opponents:

205 - Ireland (1 innings)
171 - Zimbabwe (1 innings)
157 - Australia (10 innings)

#ENGvZIM

Jos Buttler vs Mitchell Starc in T20s:

132 runs
71 balls
185.9 strike rate
1 dismissal

#IPL #GTvsDC

Hardik Pandya has never scored a century in professional domestic cricket.

Virat Kohli IPL boundaries: 1001
Kevin Pietersen IPL runs: 1001

Zak Crawley has the 13th highest First Class batting average out of the 16 batters opening on Day 1 of the County Championship season.

#CountyChampionship

Ibrahim Zadran has twice as many ODI hundreds as Steve Waugh.

#ENGvsAFG #ChampionsTrophy