Australia players celebrating with the Ashes trophy and urn after drawing the series against England to retain the Ashes — Reuters This year's Ashes turned out to be the most intriguing series in the history of cricket after it witnessed many records being tumbled.
113-year-old unwanted record broken at The Oval
During the recently concluded Ashes series, both Australia and England went through the problem of creating a stable and sound opening partnership. And, the same was witnessed when Australia's opener Marcus Harris was dismissed for nine in the first innings, and at that time Australia reached 18.
Due to the openers' struggle to score runs for both the teams, a 113-years-old world got broken. And, that was the lowest average opening partnership in a Test series of five or more matches.
After the Harris got out, the average first wicket partnership in the Ashes 2019 now stands at 12.55. The previous record was 14.16 during in the five-Test series between South Africa and England in 1906.
Smith equals Gavaskar's long-standing record
Steve Smith was phenomenal touch throughout the 2019 Ashes. Steve Smith's tally of 774 runs in just seven innings is a feat of wonder. With this score, Smith has equalled Sunil Gavaskar's 49-year-old record of scoring 774 runs in a single series.
Just like Smith, Gavaskar had scored 774 runs in 1970-71 Test series against the unstoppable West Indian team of that time. He had scored four centuries and three half-centuries in four matches and seven innings.
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