Who has made the most runs in an Ashes Test only to end on the losing side?
Also, which bowlers have the most caught-and-bowled dismissals in each format?
The Ashes record is held by the England opener Herbert Sutcliffe, who scored 303 runs - 176 and 127 - in a seven-day Test in Melbourne in 1924-25. Next comes Paul Collingwood, with 228 (206 and 22 not out) for England in Adelaide in 2006-07. The record for Australia is 219, by Stan McCabe (187 not out and 32) in Sydney during the Bodyline series in 1932-33.
Before the Surrey pair of Rory Burns and Jason Roy at Edgbaston in 2019, the last time England fielded openers from the same county in the Ashes was at The Oval in 1989,when Graham Gooch went in first with his Essex team-mate John Stephenson, who was winning his only cap.
Rather surprisingly, perhaps, England's feat at Lord's - when Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes demolished Ireland for 38 - was only the third time the opening pair bowled unchanged in the fourth innings of a match, and won it. The other two instances were both in the 19th century: in Cape Town in 1898-99, Schofield Haigh and Albert Trott bowled South Africa out for 35, while at Lord's in 1888, the Australians Charles Turner and Jack Ferris knocked England over for 62, in 47 four-ball overs.
This has only happened once mid-series, back in the 1884-85 Ashes. After England won the first Test in Adelaide, the Australian XI demanded a half-share of the gate money for the remaining matches. This was refused - they might have got a better reception if they'd won! - and an entirely new side was selected for the second match, in Melbourne: not surprisingly, England won by ten wickets to go two up (they eventually took the series 3-2). Most of the "strikers" returned for the third Test, which Australia won.
In Test cricket there's a tie at the top: Muttiah Muralitharan and Anil Kumble both took 35 return catches. They are well clear of Shane Warne and Daniel Vettori, who are next with 21. Murali also leads the way in one-day internationals, with 34, five ahead of New Zealand's Chris Harris. And in T20Is, the Afghanistan offspinner Mohammad Nabi has seven caught-and-bowleds, one more than Pakistan's Mohammad Hafeez.
Steven Lynch is the editor of the updated edition of Wisden on the Ashes