Ashes Series Countdown

KevIRL

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

DMC

Ah yes, the countdown on BBC Sport.

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

KevIRL

DMC wrote:

Ah yes, the countdown on BBC Sport.

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

Thats the plan DMC!

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

DMC

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

DMC

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

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

DMC

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

DMC

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

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

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

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

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

KevIRL

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

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

KevIRL

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

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

KevIRL

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