Five Extraordinary First Balls In Ashes History

England‘s Rory Burns has an undesirable place within the report books after changing into solely the second batsman to be out to the first ball of an Ashes collection. Let's have a look at 5 mem

1) Until this week the one man to be dismissed by the first ball of an Ashes collection was Derbyshire’s Stan Worthington, caught by wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield off the bowling of Ernie McCormick, additionally in Brisbane, to open the 1936/37 Ashes.

Worthington made simply eight within the second innings and one other duck, off 4 balls, within the third Test in Melbourne.

Though England recovered to win the Brisbane Test, Worthington made simply 74 runs at 12.33 within the collection and by no means performed for England once more as Don Bradman’s Australia gained the Ashes 3-2.