Let the stats tell the story:
Total runs over four Tests
Australia 57 wickets for 2587 – average 45.38 a wicket.
England 80-1837 – 22.96 a wicket.
Boundaries struck
Australia 284, England 203.
Sixes
Australia 37, England 17.
Centuries
Australia (8)
David Warner 124 and 112.
Michael Clarke 148 and 113.
Brad Haddin 118.
Chris Rogers 116.
Steve Smith 111
Shane Watson 103.
England (1)
Ben Stokes 120.
Interposed batting averages
David Warner – 491 runs at 70.14.
Brad Haddin – 390 at 65.00
Michael Clarke – 347 at 49.57.
Shane Watson – 293 at 41.85
Chris Rogers – 333 at 41,62
Mitchell Johnson – 149 at 37.25
Kevin Pietersen – 285 at 35.62.
Steve Smith – 205 at 34.16.
Ben Stokes – 200 at 33.33.
Ian Bell – 217 at 31.00
Michael Carberry – 238 at 29.75.
Alastair Cook – 232 at 29.00
Joe Root – 192 at 27.42.
George Bailey – 136 at 27.20.
Five wickets in an innings
Australia (4)
Mitchell Johnson – 7-40, 5-42, and 5-63.
Nathan Lyon – 5-50.
England (1)
Stuart Broad – 6-81
Interposed bowling averages
Mitchell Johnson – 31 wickets at 14.32.
Ryan Harris – 14 at 26.00.
Peter Siddle – 13 at 26.07.
Stuart Broad – 17 at 26,82.
Nathan Lyon – 16 a 26.93
Shane Watson – 4 at 29.25.
Chris Tremlett – 4 at 30.00.
Tim Bresnan – 5 at 41.20.
Jimmy Anderson – 11 at 45.63.
Ben Stokes 7 at 47.28.
Steve Smith – 1 at 58.00.
Graeme Swann – 7 at 80,00.
Monty Panesar – 3 at 85.66.
Comprehensive in all departments, with one to go at the SCG.
This Australian team deserves to go through the series as a unit. So unless there any serious injuries, and there doesn’t appear to be, leave the side intact.
And when the Ashes are all over next week, take a bow Darren Lehmann, Steve Rixon, and Craig McDermott. A magnificent job behind the scenes.
But there’s a tougher assignment ahead – South Africa in South Africa.
That will be the true litmus test.
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