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Daily Mail, Thursday, August 1, 2019
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ENGLAND WINS 6
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AUSTRALIA WINS 3
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DRAWS 5
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Top Ashes score:
215, D Gower, Eng, 1985
Best bowling figures:
7-17, W Rhodes, Eng, 1902LORD’S
ENGLAND WINS 7
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AUSTRALIA WINS 15
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DRAWS 14
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Top Ashes score:
254, D Bradman, Aus, 1930
Best bowling figures:
8-38, G McGrath, Aus, 1997HEADINGLEY
ENGLAND WINS 7
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AUSTRALIA WINS 9
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DRAWS 8
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Top Ashes score:
334, D Bradman, Aus, 1930
Best bowling figures:
8-43, B Willis, Eng, 1981OLD TRAFFORD
ENGLAND WINS 7
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AUSTRALIA WINS 7
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DRAWS 15
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Top Ashes score:
311, B Simpson, Aus, 1964
Best bowling figures:
10-53, J Laker, Eng, 1956THE OVAL
ENGLAND WINS 16
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AUSTRALIA WINS 7
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DRAWS 14
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Top Ashes score:
364, L Hutton, Eng, 1938
Best bowling figures:
8-65, H Trumble, Aus, 1902WHERE DO ENGLAND FEEL MOST AT HOME?
THE ASHES 1ST TEST 83
ASHES STATS
TO BOWL
YOU OVER
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Paine: I’m a lucky man
T
O THE list of crick-
eters who suspect
Tim Paine is lucky
to be Australia’s
Test captain can be
added Tim Paine himself.
At least, that’s how it sounded
as he prepared to join a glittering
roll call of recent Ashes leaders.
Each of the last seven to have
captained Australia against Eng-
land — Steve Smith, Michael
Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Steve
Waugh, Allan Border, Mark Taylor
and Greg Chappell — had a
decent case to lead a World XI.
Paine, meanwhile, is the man
who took charge while Smith and
David Warner were on the
naughty step. He is, frankly, Aus-
tralia’s accidental captain. ‘I real-
ise how lucky I am — the position
I’ve come from and the positionI’m now in,’ he said on the eve of
a series that, despite everything,
could earn him a place in the pan-
theon. ‘I’m enjoying the job, lov-
ing being in England and being
part of an Ashes series. I’m look-
ing to enjoy it as much as I can.’
It’s certainly one way of easing
the pressure on yourself, and there
is no doubting Paine’s role in
encouraging Australia to snarl a
bit less and smile a bit more ever
since their edifice came crumbling
down in Cape Town last year.
But he has averaged 27 with the
bat since taking the job, and pre-
sided over Australia’s first home
defeat by India. From 200 first-
class innings, he has made a
grand total of one century.
Does he worry about his position
in the team? ‘No, not at all. I’m 34years old, mate. I don’t really care
about my place in the side any
more. I’m here to do a job. I’ve
been put in this team to captain
and wicketkeep to the best of my
ability. That’s all I can do.
‘At 34, if you’re looking further
ahead than the next Test match
you’re kidding yourself.’
That may not be the kind of
uncompromising talk English
cricket fans have come to expect
from Australian captains, but
from the start, Paine’s brief
extended beyond wins and losses
and into the less tangible realm
of image and reputation.
With that in mind, the touring
side have turned for inspiration,
albeit perhaps mistakenly, to Brit-
ain’s most famous prime minister.
Regardless, Australia are attempt-
ing a tricky balancing act: beating
England and wooing the public.‘We’re going to play competitive
cricket like any other nation,’ said
Paine. ‘Our guys understand what’s
expected of them. They are role
models, not just for Australian
people but all around the world.’
Asked if he would rather win theAshes or preside over a well-
behaved team, he replied: ‘I
believe we can do both.’
You suspect, though, that if Paine
were to become the first Austral-
ian captain to win in England since
Waugh in 2001, the odd transgres-
sion would be easily forgiven.
‘It’s a huge opportunity to do
something some of our great
teams haven’t done in the last 20
years,’ he said. ‘We’ve got some
self-belief we can do it.’l
ENGlAND managed a 17-run
consolation win over
Australia in the final T20 match
of the Women’s Ashes at Bristol.
lauren Winfield and Katherine
Brunt put on 55 for the sixth
wicket to help take England to
139-5, and Ellyse Perry scored an
unbeaten 60 as the Aussies
fell short. Australia won the
points-based series 12-4.MAlCOlM NASH, the Glamor-
gan bowler who entered cricket
folklore when Sir Garfield Sobers
struck him for six sixes in an over,
has died at the age of 74.
Nash’s career, however, was
about far more than one historic
over, the first time the six-sixes
feat was achieved in first-class
cricket. The Abergavenny-born
left-armer’s 17-year first-class
career between 1966 and 1983 saw
him take 993 wickets, while also
scoring 7,129 runs and taking 148
catches.
Only three men
have taken
more wickets
for Glamorgan
than Nash, who
captained the
Welsh county and
had a Test trial for
England in 1976.
‘Malcolm was a true Glamorgan
legend whose exploits have gone
down in club folklore,’ chief exec-
utive Hugh Morris told the club
website. ‘His name is connected
with that of Garry Sobers and
St Helen’s but he was a fantastic
cricketer who was an integral
part of the club’s history and the
side that lifted the County Cham-
pionship in 1969.’
Nash (above) died in hospital in
london after being taken ill at a
function at lord’s on Tuesday.Nash, of the
six Sobers
sixes, dies
at age of 74
462 deliveries in his two Tests
in 1934, failing to claim a victim.AUSSIES IN A FLAP
Most Ashes ducks:
11 Syd Gregory (Aus)10 Glenn McGrath (Aus)10 Shane Warne (Aus)SHANE BOWLS MAIDEN
OVER (488 TIMES)
MOST ASHES MAIDENS:
488 Shane Warne (Aus)
457 Charlie Turner (Aus)
448 Hugh Trumble (Aus)HAT-TRICK HEROES
(AND THEIR VICTIMS)
B Bates (Eng) — MCG, 1883
(McDonnell, Giffen, Bonnor)
J Briggs (Eng) — SCG, 1892
(Giffen, Blackham, Callaway)
J Hearne (Eng) — Headingley, 1899
(Hill, Gregory, Noble)H Trumble (Aus) — MCG, 1902
(Gunn, Jones, Barnes)
H Trumble (Aus) — MCG, 1904
(Bosanquet, Warner, Lilley)
S Warne (Aus) — MCG, 1994
(DeFreitas, Gough, Malcolm)
D Gough (Eng) — SCG, 1999
(Healy, MacGill, Miller)
P Siddle (Aus) — Gabba, 2010
(Cook, Prior, Broad)GREGORY’S
HALF-CENTURY
Australia’s Syd Gregory is the
only player to make 50 Ashes
appearances. He played 52Tests against England between
1890 and 1912, winning 19, losing
19 and drawing 14.CHUCKING IT AWAY
Several records tumbled when
England thrashed Australia by
a record innings and 579 runs
at the Oval in 1938.
England posted a staggering
first-innings total of 903 for
seven declared — with
Australian bowler Chuck
Fleetwood-Smith taking just
one wicket for an eye-
watering 298 runs.Urn respect: Tim Paine with
England’s Joe Root PABy LAWRENCE BOOTH
FIVE-TIMES Ashes winner Ian
Bell’s season is over before it
began following more injury
agony. The Warwickshire
veteran had been recovering
from a toe ligament injury
incurred at the Pakistan Super
League in February. But the
37-year-old then suffered a
tendon issue in his left knee
that limited him to just two
second XI matches.
Further investigation from
specialists revealed he would
be sidelined until the autumn.BELL SEASON OVER
BEFORE IT STARTS
Treble top: Warne takes
the wicket of Devon Malcolm
— and a hat-trick — in 1994
GETTY IMAGESRICHARD GIBSONENGLAND TRAIL BY 4,000
ALL-TIME ASHES TOTALS:
Australia runs 164,866
England runs 161,006
Australia wickets 5,402
England wickets 5,200BOYCOTT’S WEEK
AT THE CREASE
Geoffrey Boycott spent an
incredible 6 days, 7 hours and
38 minutes batting in Ashes
Tests — more than any other
England batsman.NOT SO GRAND
90
Marcus Trescothick is the
only Englishman to score
1,000 runs against the Aussies
without a ton. His top score
was 90 at Edgbaston in 2005.CAN’T CATCH A BREAK
Len Hopwood has the
misfortune of bowling the
most balls without taking an
Ashes wicket. He sent downAUSSIES BAT ALL THE WAY DOWN
Australia hold the record partnership for each wicket:
1st 329 Geoff Marsh & Mark Taylor (Trent Bridge, 1989)
2nd 451 Bill Ponsford & Don Bradman (The Oval, 1934)
3rd 276 Don Bradman & Lindsay Hassett (Gabba, 1946)
4th 388 Bill Ponsford & Don Bradman (Headingley, 1934)
5th 405 Sid Barnes & Don Bradman (SCG, 1946)
6th 346 Jack Fingleton & Don Bradman (MCG, 1937)
7th 165 Clem Hill & Hugh Trumble (MCG, 1898)
8th 243 Roger Hartigan & Clem Hill (Adelaide, 1908)
9th 154 Syd Gregory & Jack Blackham (SCG, 1894)
10th 163 Phillip Hughes & Ashton Agar (Trent Bridge, 2013)