Finally got #khawaja out. Man that guy’s a hell of a batter. #TheAshes #BBCCricket #ENGvAUS #EnglandCricket

Most scores of 50-plus in Test cricket

119 SR Tendulkar (Ind) 51x100/68x50
103 RT Ponting (Aus) 41/62
103 JH Kallis (SA) 45/58
99 R Dravid (Ind) 36/63
96 S Chanderpaul (WI) 30/66
90 AR Border (Aus) 27/63
90 KC Sangakkara (SL) 38/52
90 AN Cook (Eng) 33/57
90 JE ROOT (Eng) 30/60

Can Joe Root become the fourth man to reach 50 in 100 Test innings?

Next current batter is Steve Smith, on 70: 32 hundreds but only 38 fifities.

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When he caught Alex Carey, Ben Stokes became the seventh member of an exclusive club - and the sixth was his team-mate James Anderson!

1,000 runs, 100 wkts, 100 ct in Tests

JM Anderson (E) 1,332 runs/690 wkts/105 ct in 183 Tests
IT Botham (E) 5,200/383/120 in 102
CL Hooper (WI) 5,762/114/115 in 102
JH Kallis (SA/Wld) 13,289/292/200 in 166
GS Sobers (WI) 8,032/235/109 in 93
BA STOKES (E) 6,075/197/100 in 97
SK Warne (A) 3,154/708/125 in 145

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England's highest second-innings totals in women's ODIs:

298-8 to lose to Australia, Hamilton 2021/22
285 to lose to Australia, Christchurch 2021/22
279-7 to lose to Australia, Southampton 2023 TODAY
272 to lose to New Zealand, Chennai 2006/07
267-8 to beat Australia, Bristol 2023 WEDNESDAY
256 to lose to Australia, Taunton 2005

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GTFO #TheAshes #ENGvAUS

I don’t think anyone expected that. #ENGvAUS #TheAshes

Losing Test after two 4th-innings 100 stands

Eng v Aus by 193, 1924/25
JB Hobbs/H Sutcliffe 110 1st
FE Woolley/AP Freeman 128 9th

SL v Aus by 96, 2007/08
MS Atapattu/KC Sangakkara 143 2nd
KC Sangakkara/ST Jayasuriya 107 4th

Ban v SL by 107, 2008/09
Mohammad Ashraful/Shakib al Hasan 112 6th
Shakib al Hasan/Mushfiqur Rahim 111 7th

Ind v Eng by 118, 2018
KL Rahul/AM Rahane 118 4th
KL Rahul/RR Pant 204 6th

Eng v Aus by 43, 2023
BA Stokes/BM Duckett 132 5th
BA Stokes/SCJ Broad 108 7th

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The crickets getting interesting!! #ENGvAUS #Ashes2023

Ben Stokes’ declaration after 468 balls at Birmingham was the earliest in the first innings of an Ashes Test, superseding 523 balls when Bradman declared at 200-9 at Melbourne in January 1937. Australia went on to win the Test by 365 runs.
The record for an early declaration in the first innings of a women's Ashes Test is 534 balls, when Mary Duggan declared with England 254-8 at The Oval in 1963; England went on to beat Australia by 49 runs. So Stokes is ahead of her, too. #TheAshes #ENGvAUS

It's been a while since I've seen a tier one nation so forlornly out of touch with how to respond. Australia are just bedraggled. It seems like every player is in it for themselves, looking to save the day out of frustration and bullheaded solo plays. Oh and look, there's an interception. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS #rugby

England dominating all areas with a calm consistency. Australia have looked troubled since the off. On the plus side, we have a high-scoring game and a fast-moving one too, these halves are not taking much more than the official 40. Stoppages at a minimum, not counting the worthless scrummaging, so it's all a bit breathless. England continue to force desperate defense from the Wallabies and it's a penalty to England on the Aussie 22. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS

Wallabies all over the place. Lealiifano fails to make 10 from kick-off. Then a steal from a lineout and Aus are in the ENglish half again. Penalty but they choose to kick to corner. Australia will need to find some rhythm and a lot more consistency to close this gap. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS #rugby

Welcome to the secondf half, let's see how Australia responds. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS

RT @WelshDalaiLama@twitter.com
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We now go live to Australia's gameplan

#England clesrly dominating the scoreboard, despite #Australia's territory and attacking pace. England have constrained Australia to penalties, while Daly and Farrell have made mincemeat out of the Gold defense in return. Handling errors a-plenty, and it will be a dashing second half to see if England can hold on to their lead.

So far a thrilling, fast-paced quarter-final.

#rwc2019 #rugby #ENGvAUS

Australia has all the good-looking running play, but none of the support. Gold territory and ball in hand is 2 to 1, but the points say otherwise. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS

The game is slamming back and forth from end to end. Now it's a penalty for England. Farrell to kick. #rwc2019 #ENGvAUS #rugby

20 mins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 14-3 🇦🇺

Jonny May must have forgotten sometrhing in the Australia try zone coz he's back there already after a nifty intercept, and Farrell re-runs his conversion and we are given a second converted try in two minutes. Gulp.

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Three minutes of pace followed by three minutes of dead scrums. Free kicks abound. #rwc2019 #engvaus

Australia kick off, England kick it back, and Australia wastes no time throwing together some fast ball in hand attacks deep into white territory. Knock on brings it down but it's a fast, no-nonsense first three minutes - no gentle probing here. First scrum gets a gold free kick for early engagement from England. #rugby #rwc2019 #engvaus