England VS. Australia First Test Highlights, Edgbaston

In a Test which shared remarkable similarities to the 2005 England and Australia Test on the same ground, it was Australia who came back at the end to take the lead in the Ashes series.

Below are some highlights of the Test.

The 407 runs scored is the joint-ninth highest for a first day in an England and Australia Test. The highest is Australia's 475 for 2 at The Oval in 1934. The 407 runs scored in 2023 is exactly the same number as scored in 2005.
It is also the fourth-highest number on the first day of an Ashes series bettered only by the combined total of 427 for 12 wickets at Edgbaston in 2001, England's 422 for 4 at Trent Bridge in 1938 and England's 410 for 8 at The Oval in 1880.
England's first innings saw the seventth first-day declaration in Test history. It was also Ben Stokes's second such declaration following the Mount Maunganui Test against New Zealand in 2022-23. It is the first such declaration in Ashes history.
Nathan Lyon's first innings analysis of 29-1-149-4 (R/O 5.13) is his most expensive by runs per over in an innings where he has bowled a minimum of 25 overs. Previously, his 47-1-215-3 (R/O 4.57) against India at Chennai in 2012-13 was his most expensive.
Joe Root's fourth Test century against Australia is his first against them since 2015.
Alex Carey became the first Australian wicket-keeper to effect five dismissals in the first innings of an Ashes series opening Test. Bob Taylor achieved the same for England at Brisbane in 1978-79.
In Ashes Tests during this century, Carey is only the second wicket-keeper on either side to effect two (or more) stumpings in the same innings. Jonny Bairstow, at Lord's in 2019, is the only other wicket-keeper to do so since 1999.
Carey's performance in making five dismissals in an innings and scoring a fifty provides only the eleventh such occasion by an Australian wicket-keeper. In total, Carey's is the fortieth such instance from all countries.
Carey became the first wicket-keeper in an Edgbaston Test to score a fifty and make more than six dismissals in the match. South Africa's John Waite (in 1960) and Australia's Rod Marsh (in 1975) had both made six dismissals and made a fifty at Edgbaston.
Carey also became the eighth wicket-keeper, and second from Australia after Bert Oldfield in 1924-25, to make three stumpings and score a fifty in the same Test. The most recent to do so was Rishabh Pant for India against Sri Lanka at Bengaluru in 2021-22.
England's scoring rate of 5.04 runs per over in their first innings is the fourth highest in Ashes Tests between the sides. Australia's 254 for 2 (R/O 5.18) at Lord's in 2015 heads the list.
This rate is, though, the highest by either side in the first innings of an Ashes-opening Test surpassing England's 294 (R/O 4.49) in 2001, also at Edgbaston.
Marnus Labuschagne's first-innings duck is his first golden duck in Tests.
Usman Khawaja became only the second Australian opener to score a century at Edgbaston. The other was Mark Taylor in 1997.
Khawaja became only the fourth Australian opener after Matthew Hayden, Justin Langer and Chris Rogers to bat through a full day's play against England this century.
Khawaja also became the first Australian player, and sixth from all countries, to bat on all days of an Edgbaston Test. Rory Burns is, though, the only other player in these circumstances to bat on all five days, the other games not including a fifth day's play.
For the second time at Edgbaston, Lyon took eight (or more) wickets in a match on the ground. His is the fifth such feat by an Australian bowler.
The 518 balls faced by Khawaja in the Test is a record (where such exist) at Edgbaston surpassing the 483 by West Indian Roy Fredericks against England in 1973.
Khawaja's marathon is the fourth highest by an Australian player in England. Bob Simpson tops the list with 749 balls faced at Old Trafford in 1964.
Khawaja's 796 minutes of batting in the Test is the second-longest by an Australian player behind only Mark Taylor's 938-minutes vigil against Pakistan at Peshawar in 1998-99.
It is the third longest in England where he slots into third place behind Mark Richardson (813 minutes for New Zealand vs. England at Lord's in 2004) and Bruce Mitchell (801 minutes for South Africa vs. England at The Oval in 1947). It is also the longest at Edgbaston surpassing Peter May's 680 minutes for England vs. West Indies in 1957.
During his first innings, Khawaja reached 1000 runs against England.
Khawaja did, though, become the first Australian opener since Justin Langer at Perth in 2006-07 to be dismissed bowled in both innings in a Test against England.
Pat Cummins became the seventeenth Australian pace bowler to score 1000 Test runs.
The unbeaten partnership of 55 between Cummins and Lyon in Australia's second innings is the fourth-highest for the ninth wicket by a side winning in the fourth innings. The highest is 81 between V.V.S. Laxman and Ishant Sharma for India against Australia at Mohali in 2010-11.
Cummins's unbeaten 44 is the highest score by a number 9 in a winning team in the fourth innings of a match. Previously, Ravichandran Ashwin's unbeaten 42 for India against Bangladesh at Mirpur in 2022-23 was the best.
The last occasion of a team winning the toss, batting and declaring their first innings before losing the match was South Africa against Australia at Adelaide in 2016-17.
Australia's successful chase is the third-highest in the fourth innings of an Edgbaston Test. The highest is England's 378 for 3 against India in 2022 followed by South Africa's 283 for 5 against England in 2008.
The 34 double-figure innings in the match is the most in any Test in England, the previous highest being jointly 31 (England vs. Pakistan at Old Trafford in 2001 and England vs. South Africa at Lord's in 2012).
It is also the second-highest number in an Ashes Test, the highest being 36 at Melbourne in 1907-08.