On Thursday (1st August), England and Australia will meet at Edgbaston (Birmingham) to begin the first Test of the Ashes 2019. It will also be the opening Test of the inaugural ICC World Test Championship (2019-21).
While it is the five-match Test series, every win will add 24 points for the winning side. Meanwhile, both teams will earn 12 points for each tie and 8 points for each draw in this Ashes 2019.
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While England is hosting the Ashes 2019, Australia is the defending champions. However, England haven’t lost a home Ashes series since 2005.
Venue stats (Edgbaston, Birmingham)
Average totals in overall and each Test innings
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Overall |
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| Average Total | First innings | Second innings | Third innings | Fourth innings |
| 268.83 | 308.43 | 318.18 | 242.51 | 156.86 |
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Last 10 matches |
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| Average Total | First innings | Second innings | Third innings | Fourth innings |
| 268.17 | 259.10 | 329 | 281.78 | 161.50 |
England and Australia – Test records at this venue
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | Win% |
| England | 51 | 28 | 8 | 0 | 15 | 54.90 |
| Australia | 14 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 21.43 |
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Teams stats
England vs Australia head-to-head Test records
| Stats | Total Tests | England Won | Australia Won | Tied | Draw |
| Overall | 346 | 108 | 144 | 0 | 94 |
| The Ashes | 330 | 106 | 134 | 0 | 90 |
| In England | 163 | 50 | 48 | 0 | 65 |
| At Edgbaston (Birmingham) | 14 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| In the last 10 Tests | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 |
Forms in last 10 Tests
| Team | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw |
| England | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Australia | 3 | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Players’ stats
England
(Bowling)
i) Right-arm pacer Stuart Broad (444 wickets in 127 Tests) is six wickets away to complete his 450 Test wickets. After James Anderson (575 wickets), Broad will be the second England bowler to take 450 Test wickets. Meanwhile, he will also be the seventh overall bowler and slowest bowler to complete 450 Test wickets.
ii) Stuart Broad (282 wickets) needs to take eight more wickets to become the second most Test wicket-taker as a pace bowler at home. While he is currently in the third position, the top two in this list are the English pacer James Anderson (368 wickets) and the former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath (289 wickets).
iii) Stuart Broad (95 wickets) is also five wickets away to complete his 100 Test wickets against Australia. He will be the ninth English bowler to take 100 Test wickets against Australia.
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iv) Stuart Broad (393 wickets) needs to claim seven more wickets to complete his 400 international wickets at home. He will be the second England bowler and fourth pace bowler to claim 400 international wickets at home. The top three in this list are English pacer James Anderson (509 wickets), former Australian pacer Glenn McGrath (449 wickets) and former South African pacer Shaun Pollock (442 wickets).
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v) Another right-arm pacer James Anderson (104 wickets) needs to pick up six more wickets to become the third most Test wicket-taker for England against Australia. While Anderson is currently standing in the joint sixth position of this list, the top three English bowlers in this list are Ian Botham (148 wickets), Bob Willis (128 wickets) and Wilfred Rhodes (109 wickets).
(Batting)
i) Ben Stokes (2,992 runs) is eight runs away to complete his 3,000 international runs in England.
ii) Jos Buttler (996 runs) needs to score four more runs to complete his 1,000 Test runs in England.
(Fielding)
i) Jonny Bairstow (149 catches) is just one catch away to complete his 150 Test catches as a wicketkeeper. He will be the seventh English wicketkeeper to claim 150 Test catches.
ii) Joe Root (96 catches) needs to take four more catches to complete his 100 catches as a non-wicketkeeper. He will be the ninth English non-wicketkeeper to take 100 Test catches.
Australia
(Batting)
i) Steven Smith (953 runs) needs to add 47 more runs to complete his 1,000 Test runs on the English soil. He will be the 17th Australian batsman to score 1,000 Test runs in England.
ii) The left-handed batsman David Warner (12,917 runs) is 83 runs away to complete his 13,000 international runs as an opening batsman. After Matthew Hayden (14,825 runs), Warner will be the second Aussie opening batsman to score 13,000 international runs.
(Bowling)
i) Off-spinner Nathan Lyon (343 wickets) is seven wickets away to complete his 350 Test wickets. He will be the fourth Australian bowler to claim 350 Test wickets. Before him, Shane Warne (708 wickets), Glenn McGrath (563 wickets) and Dennis Lillee (355 wickets) claimed 350 Test wickets for Australia.
ii) The right-arm pacer Josh Hazlewood (244 wickets) needs to take six more wickets to complete his 250 international wickets. Hazlewood will be the 16th Australian bowler and 14th Australian pacer to claim 250 international wickets.
iii) Another right-arm pacer Pat Cummins (94 wickets) is six wickets behind to complete his 100 Test wickets.
(Fielding)
i) Wicketkeeper Tim Paine (92 dismissals made; 87 catches and 5 stumpings) is eight dismissals away to complete his 100 Test dismissals as a wicketkeeper. He will be the seventh Australian wicketkeeper to make 100 Test dismissals.
ii) Tim Paine (148 catches) is also two catches away to complete his 150 catches in the international career. He will be the seventh Australian wicketkeeper to take 150 international catches.