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AUSTRALIAN TEST RECORDS

RESULTS v ALL OPPONENTS

Team First Test Tests Won Lost Draw Tie % Won Last 10 Tests England 1876-77 351 146 110 95 - 41.6 WWWDWWDLWL South Africa 1902-03 98 52 26 20 - 53.1 WLWLLWWLLL West Indies 1930-31 116 58 32 25 1 50.0 DWWDWWWWWD New Zealand 1945-46 60 34 8 18 - 56.7 WLWDWWWWWW India 1947-48 100 43 29 27 1 43.0 WLDLLWLDWL Pakistan 1956-57 66 33 15 18 - 50.0 LLLWWWDLWW Sri Lanka 1982-83 31 19 4 8 - 61.3 DDWWWLLLWW Zimbabwe 1999-00 3 3 - - - 100.0 WWW Bangladesh 2003-04 6 5 1 - - 83.3 WWWWLW World XI 2005-06 1 1 - - - 100.0 W TOTAL 832 394 225 211 2 47.4 LWLWWWWWWL

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RECENT TESTS

Date Venue Opponent Result for Australia Captain

Jan-18 Sydney Mar-18 Durban England

Won by an inns and 123 runs SPD Smith South Africa Won by 118 runs SPD Smith

Mar-18 Port Elizabeth South Africa Lost by 6 wkts Mar-18 Cape Town South Africa Lost by 322 runs SPD Smith SPD Smith

Mar-18 Johannesburg South Africa Lost by 492 runs Oct-18 Dubai Pakistan Drawn TD Paine TD Paine

Oct-18 Abu Dhabi Dec-18 Adelaide

Pakistan India Dec-18 Perth Stadium India Dec-18 Melbourne Jan-19 Sydney Jan-19 Brisbane India India Sri Lanka Lost by 373 runs Lost by 31 runs Won by 146 runs Lost by 137 runs Drawn

TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine Won by an inns and 40 runs TD Paine

Feb-19 Canberra Aug-19 Birmingham Aug-19 Lord’s Aug-19 Leeds Sep-19 Manchester Sep-19 Oval Nov-19 Brisbane Nov-19 Adelaide Dec-19 Perth Sri Lanka England England England England England Pakistan Pakistan

Won by 366 runs Won by 251 runs Drawn

TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine

Lost by 1 wicket Won by 185 runs Lost by 135 runs

TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine Won by an inns and 5 runs TD Paine Won by an inns and 48 runs TD Paine New Zealand Won by 296 runs TD Paine

Dec-19 Melbourne Jan-20 Sydney Dec-20 Adelaide New Zealand Won by 247 runs New Zealand Won by 279 runs India Won by 8 wickets TD Paine TD Paine TD Paine

Dec-20 Melbourne India Lost by 8 wickets TD Paine

Series Venue Opponent Result for Aus Margin Captain 2017-18 Bangladesh Bangladesh Draw 1-1 (2) SPD Smith Australia England Won 4-1 (5) SPD Smith South Africa South Africa Lost 3-1 (4) SPD Smith/TD Paine 2018-19 U.A.E. Pakistan Lost 1-0 (2) TD Paine Australia India Lost 1-2 (4) TD Paine Australia Sri Lanka Won 2-0 (2) TD Paine 2019 England England Draw 2-2 (5) TD Paine 2019-20 Australia Pakistan Won 2-0 (2) TD Paine Australia New Zealand Won 3-0 (3) TD Paine 2020-21 Australia India TD Paine

RECENT TEST SERIES IN AUSTRALIA

Series Opponent 2013-14 England 2014-15 India 2015-16 New Zealand West Indies 2016-17 South Africa Pakistan 2017-18 England 2018-19 India Sri Lanka 2019-20 Pakistan 2019-20 New Zealand 2020-21 India Result for Aus Margin Captain Won 5-0 (5) MJ Clarke Won 4-0 (4) MJ Clarke/SPD Smith Won 2-0 (3) SPD Smith Won 2-0 (3) SPD Smith Lost 1-2 (3) SPD Smith Won 3-0 (3) SPD Smith Won 4-1 (5) SPD Smith Lost 1-2 (4) TD Paine Won 2-0 (2) TD Paine Won 2-0 (2) TD Paine Won 3-0 (3) TD Paine TD Paine

RECENT TEST SERIES ABROAD

Series Venue Opponent Result for Aus Margin Captain 2013 England England Lost 3-0 (5) MJ Clarke 2013-14 South Africa South Africa Won 2-1 (3) MJ Clarke 2014-15 U.A.E. Pakistan Lost 2-0 (2) MJ Clarke West Indies West Indies Won 2-0 (2) MJ Clarke 2015 England England Lost 3-2 (5) MJ Clarke 2015-16 New Zealand New Zealand Won 2-0 (2) SPD Smith 2016-17 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Lost 3-0 (3) SPD Smith India India Lost 1-2 (4) SPD Smith 2017-18 Bangladesh Bangladesh Draw 1-1 (2) SPD Smith South Africa South Africa Lost 3-1 (4) SPD Smith/TD Paine 2018-19 U.A.E. Pakistan Lost 1-0 (2) TD Paine 2019 England England Draw 2-2 (5) TD Paine

Player SR Waugh RT Ponting AR Border SK Warne ME Waugh

Batsman RT Ponting AR Border SR Waugh MJ Clarke ML Hayden ME Waugh JL Langer MA Taylor DC Boon SPD Smith GS Chappell Matches Player 168 GD McGrath 168 IA Healy 156 MJ Clarke 145 DC Boon 128 JL Langer Matches Player 124 MA Taylor 119 ML Hayden 115 NM Lyon 107 RW Marsh 105 AC Gilchrist Matches 104 103 97 96 96

MOST RUNS

Matches Inn NO Runs Best 50 100 Average 168 287 29 13,378 257 62 41 51.85 156 265 44 11,174 205 63 27 50.56 168 260 46 10,927 200 50 32 51.06 115 198 22 8,643 329* 27 28 49.11 103 184 14 8,625 380 29 30 50.74 128 209 17 8,029 153* 47 20 41.82 105 182 12 7,696 250 30 23 45.27 104 186 13 7,525 334* 40 19 43.50 107 190 20 7,422 200 32 21 43.66 72 130 16 7,164 239 28 26 62.84 87 151 19 7,110 247* 31 24 53.86

HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORE

Score Batsman Opponent Venue Series 380 ML Hayden Zimbabwe Perth WACA 2003-04 335* DA Warner Pakistan Adelaide 2019-20 334 DG Bradman England Leeds 1930 334* MA Taylor Pakistan Peshawar 1998-99 329* MJ Clarke India Sydney 2011-12 311 RB Simpson England Manchester 1964 307 RM Cowper England Melbourne 1965-66 304 DG Bradman England Leeds 1934 299* DG Bradman South Africa Adelaide 1931-32 270 DG Bradman England Melbourne 1936-37

Wkt Runs Batsmen

Opponent Venue Series 1st 382 WM Lawry & RB Simpson West Indies Bridgetown 1964-65 2nd 451 WH Ponsford & DG Bradman England The Oval 1934 3rd 315 RT Ponting & DS Lehmann West Indies Port of Spain 2002-03 4th 449 AC Voges & SE Marsh West Indies Hobart 2015-16 5th 405 SG Barnes & DG Bradman England Sydney 1946-47 6th 346 JHW Fingleton & DG Bradman England Melbourne 1936-37 7th 217 KD Walters & GJ Gilmour New Zealand Christchurch 1976-77 8th 243 RJ Hartigan & C Hill England Adelaide 1907-08 9th 154 ES Gregory & JM Blackham England Sydney 1894-95 10th 163 PJ Hughes & AC Agar England Nottingham 2013

HIGHEST PARTNERSHIPS

Runs Wkt Batsmen Opponent Venue Series 451 2nd WH Ponsford & DG Bradman England The Oval 1934 449 4th AC Voges & SE Marsh West Indies Hobart 2015-16 405 5th SG Barnes & DG Bradman England Sydney 1946-47 388 4th WH Ponsford & DG Bradman England Leeds 1934 386 4th RT Ponting & MJ Clarke India Adelaide 2011-12 385 5th SR Waugh & GS Blewett South Africa Johannesburg 1996-97 382 1st WM Lawry & RB Simpson West Indies Bridgetown 1964-65 361 2nd DA Warner & M Labuschagne Pakistan Adelaide 2019-20 352 4th RT Ponting & MJ Clarke Pakistan Hobart 2009-10 346 6th JHW Fingleton & DG Bradman England Melbourne 1936-37

MOST CENTURIES

Batsman v Ban Eng Ind NZ Pak SAf SL WI WXI Zim Total RT Ponting 1 8 8 2 5 8 1 7 - 1 41 SR Waugh 2 10 2 2 3 2 3 7 - 1 32 ML Hayden - 5 6 1 1 6 3 5 1 2 30 DG Bradman - 19 4 - - 4 - 2 - - 29 MJ Clarke - 7 7 4 1 5 3 1 - - 28 AR Border - 8 4 5 6 - 1 3 - - 27 SPD Smith - 11 7 2 2 1 1 2 - - 26 GS Chappell - 9 1 3 6 - - 5 - - 24 JL Langer - 5 3 4 4 2 2 3 - - 23 DA Warner 2 3 4 4 5 4 - 1 - - 23 RN Harvey - 6 4 - - 8 - 3 - - 21 DC Boon - 7 6 3 1 - 1 3 - - 21

Bowler SK Warne GD McGrath NM Lyon DK Lillee MG Johnson B Lee CJ McDermott JN Gillespie MA Starc R Benaud Matches Balls Maidens Runs Wickets Average 5i 10m Best 145 40,704 1,761 17,995 708 25.42 32 10 8-71 124 29,248 1,471 12,186 563 21.64 29 3 8-24 98 24,874 774 12,465 394 31.63 18 3 8-50 70 18,467 652 8,493 355 23.92 23 7 7-83 73 16,001 515 8,891 313 28.40 12 3 8-61 76 16,531 547 9,554 310 30.82 10 - 5-30 71 16,586 581 8,332 291 28.63 14 2 8-97 71 14,234 629 6,770 259 26.14 8 - 7-37 59 12,095 399 6,741 252 26.75 13 2 6-50 63 19,108 805 6,704 248 27.03 16 1 7-72

MOST WICKETS IN SERIES

Bowler Series Matches Balls Runs Wickets Average 5i 10 Best CV Grimmett 1935-36 v SAf in SAf 6 2,077 642 44 14.59 5 3 7-40 TM Alderman 1981 v Eng in Eng 6 1,950 893 42 21.26 4 - 6-135 RM Hogg 1978-79 v Eng in Aus 6 1,740 527 41 12.85 5 2 6-74 TM Alderman 1989 v Eng in Eng 6 1,616 712 41 17.37 6 1 6-128 SK Warne 2005 v Eng in Eng 5 1,517 797 40 19.93 3 2 6-46 DK Lillee 1981 v Eng in Eng 6 1,870 870 39 22.30 2 1 7-44 MG Johnson 2013-14 v Eng in Aus 5 1,132 517 37 13.97 3 - 6-99 WJ Whitty 1910-11 v SAf in Aus 5 1,395 632 37 17.08 2 - 6-178 GD McGrath 1997 v Eng in Eng 6 1,499 701 36 19.47 2 - 8-38 AA Mailey 1920-21 V Eng in Aus 5 1,465 946 36 26.27 4 2 9-121

BEST BOWLING IN A TEST

Score Batsman Opponent Venue 16-137 RAL Massie England Lord’s

14-90 FR Spofforth England

The Oval 14-199 CV Grimmett South Africa Adelaide Series 1972 1882 1931-32

13-77 MA Noble England 13-110 FR Spofforth England Melbourne 1901-02 Melbourne 1878-79

13-148 BA Reid England

Melbourne 1990-91 13-154 NM Lyon Bangladesh Chittagong 2016-17 13-173 CV Grimmett South Africa Durban 1935-36 13-217 MG Hughes West Indies Perth WACA 1988-89 13-236 AA Mailey England Melbourne 1920-21

Score Bowler

Opponent Venue Series 9-121 AA Mailey England Melbourne 1920-21 8-24 GD McGrath Pakistan Perth WACA 2004-05 8-31 FJ Laver England Manchester 1909 8-38 GD McGrath England Lord’s 1997 8-43 AE Trott England Adelaide 1894-95 8-50 NM Lyon India Bengaluru 2016-17 8-53 RAL Massie England Lord’s 1972 8-59 AA Mallett Pakistan Adelaide 1972-73 8-61 MG Johnson South Africa Perth WACA 2008-09 8-65 H Trumble England The Oval 1902

MOST DISMISSALS

Wicket-keeper Matches Catches Stumpings Dismissals AC Gilchrist 96 379 37 416 IA Healy 119 366 29 395 RW Marsh 97 343 12 355 BJ Haddin 66 262 8 270 ATW Grout 51 163 24 187 TD Paine 33 144 7 151 WAS Oldfield 54 78 52 130 GRA Langley 26 83 15 98 MS Wade 22 63 11 74 H Carter 28 44 21 65

MOST DISMISSALS IN A SERIES

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 29 29 - BJ Haddin England England 2013 28 28 - RW Marsh England Australia 1982-83 27 25 2 IA Healy 26 26 - RW Marsh England England 1997 West Indies Australia 1975-76 26 21 5 IA Healy England England 1993 26 24 2 AC Gilchrist England England 2001 26 24 2 AC Gilchrist England Australia 2006-07 26 25 1 TD Paine England Australia 2017-18

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 10 10 - AC Gilchrist New Zealand Hamilton 1999-00 9 8 1 GRA Langley England Lord’s 1956 9 9 - RW Marsh England Brisbane 1982-83 9 9 - IA Healy England Brisbane 1994-95 9 8 1 AC Gilchrist England Sydney 2006-07 9 9 - BJ Haddin Pakistan Sydney 2010-11 9 9 - BJ Haddin India Brisbane 2014-15

MOST DISMISSALS IN AN INNINGS

Dismissals Catches Stumpings Wicket-keeper Opponent Venue Series 6 6 - ATW Grout South Africa Johannesburg 1957-58 6 6 - IA Healy England Birmingham 1997 6 6 - RW Marsh England Brisbane 1982-83 6 6 - BJ Haddin India Brisbane 2014-15

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDSMAN

Fieldsman Catches Fieldsman Catches Fieldsman Catches RT Ponting 196 MJ Clarke 134 SPD Smith 119 ME Waugh 181 ML Hayden 128 SR Waugh 112 MA Taylor 157 SK Warne 125 RB Simpson 110 AR Border 156 GS Chappell 122 IM Chappell 105

MOST CATCHES IN A SERIES BY A FIELDSMAN

Catches Fieldsman Opponent Venue Series 15 JM Gregory England Australia 1920-21 14 GS Chappell England Australia 1974-75 13 RB Simpson South Africa South Africa 1957-58 13 RB Simpson West Indies Australia 1960-61 12 DF Whatmore India India 1979-80 12 AR Border England England 1981

Catches Fieldsman Opponent Venue Series 7 GS Chappell England Perth WACA 1974-75 7 ML Hayden Sri Lanka Galle 2003-04 6 JM Gregory England Sydney 1920-21 6 VY Richardson South Africa Durban 1935-36 6 RN Harvey England Sydney 1962-63 6 IM Chappell New Zealand Adelaide 1973-74 6 DF Whatmore India Kanpur 1979-80 6 ME Waugh India Chennai 2000-01 6 SPD Smith Sri Lanka Colombo 2016-17 6 SPD Smith South Africa Cape Town 2017-18 6 SPD Smith England The Oval 2019-20 6 DA Warner England Leeds 2019-20

MOST CATCHES IN AN INNINGS BY A FIELDSMAN

Catches Fieldsman Opponent Venue Series 5 VY Richardson South Africa Durban 1935-36 5 SPD Smith South Africa Cape Town 2017-18 (24 instances of 4 catches in an innings)

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