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Ashes Series Countdown

  • 14-02-2005 9:21pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 157
    ... which is the score made by injured Aussie captain Steve Waugh at The Oval in 2001


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Ah yes, the countdown on BBC Sport. :D

    Why not post up all of these until the event, Kev?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DMC wrote:
    Ah yes, the countdown on BBC Sport. :D

    Why not post up all of these until the event, Kev?


    Thats the plan DMC! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 156
    ... which is the number of Ashes Test tosses won by Australia, to England's 150


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 155
    ... which is the runs conceded, for one wicket, by Martin Bicknell on his Test debut in 1993


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 154
    ... which is Australia skipper Ricky Ponting's highest score against England


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 153
    ... which was scored by Australia's Billy Murdoch in the first Test in England in 1880


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 152
    ... which England great WG Grace made on his Test debut at The Oval in 1880


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 151
    ... which was the target Australia were set to win the fourth Test in 1981 - they lost


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 150
    ... which Derek Randall made to help England to victory in the fourth Test in 1979


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 149
    ... which was scored by Ian Botham in the famous Headingley win of 1981


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 148
    ... which is the most dismissals made in Ashes Tests, by Australia's Rod Marsh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 147
    ... Australia's best seventh wicket stand in England, by Steve Waugh and Merv Hughes in 1989


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    Time for a pic of Merv in full flight.....

    HUGHES_Merv.jpg


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 146
    ... which was Justin Langer's score after day one in Melbourne in 2002 - he went on to 250


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 145
    ... which was Michael Vaughan's sixth century of 2002, made at the Melbourne Cricket Ground


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,726 ✭✭✭✭DMC


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 144
    ... which was England skipper FS Jackson's highest Test score, made at Headingley in 1905


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 143
    ... which is the number of balls faced by Adam Gilchrist for his 152 in the first Test of 2001


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 142
    ... the number of runs conceded by Stuart MacGill for seven wickets at the MCG in 1998


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 141
    ... which is the number of wickets taken in Ashes Tests by Austalia's Hugh Trumble


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 140
    ... the weight, in kilograms, of 1920/21 Aussie captain Warwick 'Big Ship' Armstrong


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 139
    ... which is the best ever Ashes series batting average (139.14) by Don Bradman in 1930


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 138
    ... which was scored by Mark Waugh on debut at Adelaide in 1990/91


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 137
    ... which England's Geoffrey Boycott scored in his last Ashes innings, at The Oval in 1981


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 136
    ... which was made by Australia's Mark Taylor in his first Ashes innings, at Headingley in 1989


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 135
    ... Ashes dismissals recorded by Australian keeper Ian Healy - 123 catches and 12 stumpings


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 134
    ... which wicket-keeper Ian Healy made in the drawn first Test at Brisbane in 1998


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 133
    ... Graham Gooch's score when he became the only Ashes batsman out handled the ball


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 132
    ... England wickets taken in Tests by Shane Warne, at an average of 23.03


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 131
    ... Don Bradman's score in his first Test in England, in 1930 - he made 974 runs in the series


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 130
    ... the Ashes record 10th wicket stand, set by England's Tip Foster and Wilfred Rhodes in 1903/04


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 129
    ... England's paltry lead after following on at Headingley in 1981 - enter Bob Willis


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 128
    ... Australian wickets taken in Tests by Bob Willis, at an average of 26.14


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 127
    ... Australia's Ashes record 10th wicket stand, by Johnny Taylor and Arthur Mailey in 1924-5


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 126
    ... amount England trailed in their second innings at Headingley in 1981 when Botham arrived


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 125
    ... the number Ashes Tests, out of 306, won by Australia


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 124
    ... target needed by Australia at The Oval in 1997 - Andy Caddick took 5-42 in a 19-run win


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 122
    ... Australia's first innings total at the MCG in 1904, despite Victor Trumper's 74


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 121
    ... runs conceded for nine wickets by Australia's Arthur Mailey to win the MCG Test in 1921


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 120
    ... scored by England's Archie MacLaren in the "match of the century" at the MCG in 1895


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 119
    ... margin of defeat for England in third Test of the 1920-21 tour - Australia won the series 5-0


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 118
    ... Ian Botham's score in 102 balls at Old Trafford to win 1981 series


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    sorry for missing a few days

    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 114
    ... Graham Thorpe's unbeaten score against Australia on Test debut at Trent Bridge in 1993


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 112
    ... made by Chris Broad in Melbourne as England won their last Ashes series in 1986/87


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 111
    ... total England bowled Australia out for at Headingley in 1981


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 110
    ... England batsman Tony Greig's only Ashes century, made at Brisbane in 1974/75


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 109
    ... Australia all-rounder Keith Miller's only Ashes century in England, at Lord's in 1953


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 107
    ... Australia's victory target in their last Ashes Test win, in Melbourne in 2002/03


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 106
    ... wickets taken by SF Barnes against Australia in 20 matches at an average of 21.58


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 105
    ... number of dismissals (ct 97, st 8) by Alan Knott - most by an Englishman - in 34 Ashes Tests


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,192 ✭✭✭✭KevIRL


    DAYS UNTIL THE FIRST TEST: 104
    ... total England bowled Australia out for to gain a consolation win in 1997


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