TOP SPIN AT THE TEST: Mark Wood’s five-wicket haul was his FIRST in a home Test, Mitchell Marsh’s outstanding record against England continues – and Steve Smith climbs to third in the all-time Ashes run-scoring charts
- England bowled the Australians out for 263 before falling to 68-3 at Headingley
- Mail Sport takes a look at some of the important stats from the end of day one
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The first day of the third Ashes Test entertained spectators at Headingley with a record-breaking spell of English fast bowling, a five wicket haul, a challenging Australian century and over a dozen wickets.
England bowled the Aussies for 263, despite Mitchell Marsh’s impressive knock of 118, before falling to 68-3 on stumps with Yorkshire pair Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root in the crease.
LAWRENCE COOTH from Mail Sport takes a look at the big stats of the day from Headingley.
- Mark Wood took five wickets in a home Test for the first time, on the 14th attempt. His previous five-wicket hauls have been at St Lucia (five for 41 v West Indies in 2018-19), Johannesburg (five for 46 v South Africa in 2019-20) and Hobart (six for 37 v Australia in 2021-22 ).
- Wood’s figures of five for 34 meant he finished an innings with a Test bowling average of less than 30 for the first time in his career.
Mark Wood’s fast pace helped Australia take 263 on day one of the third Ashes Test
England regretted dropping Mitchell Marsh after the Australian scored a stunning century
England ended the day 68-3 with Jonny Bairstow (left) and Joe Root (right) at the crease
- Mitchell Marsh has now made three Test hundreds – all against England, after 181 in Perth and 101 in Sydney, both in 2017-18. Against England he has made 527 runs at 52; against all others 851 out of 20.
- Steve Smith only made 22, but it was enough to lift him to third on the all-time Ashes list, ahead of former Australian captain Allan Border’s total of 3,222.
- Ahead of Smith are Don Bradman (5,028) and Jack Hobbs (3,636). Border also made 326 runs against England in non-Ashes matches.
- England’s donations to the Australian totals continued as they allowed a further 23 extras, in addition to the 44 at Edgbaston and the 74 at Lord’s – a total of 141. Australia gave up a total of 68 extras.