Pitch Report: 2019 Ashes series – Lord’s, London

Pitch Report

Cricket365
August 8, 2019

And so the Ashes head to Lord’s, a ground where Australia have generally had things their own way over the years. England’s wins in 2009 and 2013 very much against the historical run of play…

Lord’s: Overview

Established: 1814
First Test: 1884
Capacity: 30,000
Floodlights: Yes
Ends: Pavilion End, Nursery End
Home Teams: Middlesex, England

Lord’s: Test statistics

Tests: 138
Won batting first: 50 (36%)
Won batting second: 39 (28%)
Drawn: 49 (36%)

Home wins: 55
Away wins: 32
Neutral wins: 2

Won toss: W50 L39 D49
Won toss, batted: W37 L26 D36
Won toss, fielded: W13 L13 D13

Highest totals:
729/6d (232.0 overs), Australia v England, June 27 1930
682/6d (177.0 overs), South Africa v England, July 31 2003
653/4d (162.0 overs), England v India, July 26 1990
652/8d (168.4 overs), West Indies v England, August 23 1973
632/4d (196.0 overs), Australia v England, June 17 1993

Lowest totals:
38 (15.4 overs), Ireland v England, July 24 2019
42 (17.0 overs), India v England, June 20 1974
47 (32.3 overs), New Zealand v England, June 19 1958
53 (22.3×5 overs), Australia v England, June 22 1896
53 (50.0×4 overs), England v Australia, July 16 1888

Runs per over: 2.91
Runs per wicket: 31.25

Lord’s: Key points

England have won four of their last five Tests at Lord’s, all by wide margins
Only Pakistan (twice) have beaten England here in seven Tests since Australia’s 405-run win four years ago
Lord’s has become a bowling paradise in the last couple of years; in its last four Tests no side has reached 400, with seven instances of teams bowled out for under 200 – two of those for under 100.
The rain-affected 2016 draw between England and Sri Lanka is the only one of the last eight Lord’s Tests to even reach the final day. Even the recent four-day Test between England and Ireland was wrapped up in three.
James Anderson’s injury means he won’t add to his 103 Test wickets at Lord’s here, yet he may not be the loss one might expect: only seven of those 103 (at an average north of 50) have come in three Tests against Australia.
England’s win against Australia in 2009 was their first Ashes win at Lord’s since World War Two.
There has only been one Ashes draw at Lord’s in the last 38 years – and that only because rain saved England from a Glenn McGrath-inspired thrashing in 1997.

Lord’s: Last 10 Tests

July 24-26 2019: England (85 & 303) beat Ireland (207 & 38) by 143 runs
August 9-12 2018: England (396/7d) beat India (107 & 130) by an innings and 159 runs
May 24-27 2018: Pakistan (363 & 66/1) beat England (184 & 242) by nine wickets
Sept 7-9 2017: England (194 & 107/1) beat West Indies (123 & 177) by nine wickets
July 6-9 2017: England (458 & 233) beat South Africa (361 & 119) by 211 runs
July 14-17 2016: Pakistan (339 & 215) beat England (272 & 207) by 75 runs
June 9-13 2016: England (416 & 233/7d) drew with Sri Lanka (288 & 78/1)
July 16-19 2015: Australia (566/8d & 254/2d) beat England (312 & 103) by 405 runs
May 21-25 2015: England (389 & 478) beat New Zealand (523 & 220) by 124 runs
July 17-21 2014: India (295 & 342) beat England (319 & 223) by 95 runs

Lord’s: England v Australia statistics

Tests: 36
England wins: 7 (1884, 1886, 1890, 1896, 1934, 2009, 2013)
Australia wins: 15 (1888, 1899, 1909, 1921, 1930, 1948, 1956, 1961, 1972, 1985, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2005, 2015)
Draws: 14 (1893, 1902, 1905, 1912, 1926, 1938, 1953, 1964, 1968, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1997)

Lord’s: Individual stats

Highest runscorers
2015 @ 53.02, Graham Gooch (England), 1975-1994
1937 @ 43.04, Alastair Cook (England), 2006-2018
1562 @ 52.06, Andrew Strauss (England), 2004-2012
1476 @ 44.72, Alec Stewart (England), 1990-2003
1264 @ 46.81, Ian Bell (England), 2005-2015

Highest England runscorers v Australia
467 @ 58.37, David Gower, 1980-1989
395 @ 65.83, Arthur Shrewsbury Sr, 1884-1893
364 @ 60.66, Frank Woolley, 1912-1930

Highest Australian runscorers v England
551 @ 78.71, Don Bradman, 1930-1948
503 @ 100.60, Allan Border, 1980-1993
411 @ 102.75, Warren Bardsley, 1909-1926

Highest scores
333, Graham Gooch (England) v India, July 26 1990
259, Graeme Smith (South Africa) v England, July 31 2003
254, Don Bradman (Australia) v England, June 27 1930
240, Wally Hammond (England) v Australia, June 24 1938
226, Jonathan Trott (England) v Bangladesh, May 27 2010

Highest England scores v Australia
240, Wally Hammond, June 24 1938
180, Joe Root, July 18 2013
175, John Edrich, July 31 1975

Highest Australia scores v England
254, Don Bradman, June 27 1930
215, Steve Smith, July 16 2015
206*, Bill Brown, June 24 1938

Most wickets
103 @ 23.89, James Anderson (England), 2003-2018
90 @ 27.22, Stuart Broad (England), 2008-2019
69 @ 24.53, Ian Botham (England), 1978-1992
63 @ 22.12, Fred Trueman (England), 1952-1965
47 @ 18.76, Bob Willis (England), 1973-1984

Most England wickets v Australia
21 @ 11.53, Hedley Verity, 1934-1938
19 @ 21.15, Fred Trueman, 1956-1964
15 @ 7.26, Johnny Brigggs, 1886-1888

Most Australia wickets v England
26 @ 11.50, Glenn McGrath, 1997-2005
19 @ 14.63, Charlie Turner, 1888-1893
19 @ 19.57, Shane Warne, 1993-2005

Best bowling figures
20.5-8-34-8, Ian Botham (England) v Pakistan, June 15 1978
20.3-8-38-8, Glenn McGrath (Australia) v England, June 19 1997
22.3-8-43-8, Hedley Verity (England) v Australia, June 22 1934
34.5-17-51-8, Derek Underwood (England) v Pakistan, August 8 1974
27.2-9-53-8, Bob Massie (Australia) v England, June 22 1972

Best England bowling figures v Australia
22.3-8-43-8, Hedley Verity, June 22 1934
39.1×4-23-36-7, George Ulyett, July 21 1884
36-15-61-7, Hedley Verity, June 22 1934

Best Australia bowling figures v England
20.3-8-38-8, Glenn McGrath, June 19 1997
27.2-9-53-8, Bob Massie, June 22 1972
32.5-7-84-8, Bob Massie, June 22 1972