The 2015 Ashes series - by numbers

Image: England won the 2015 Investec Ashes Test series 3-2

The extraordinary 2015 Investec Ashes series by numbers...

18 - number of days played out of a maximum 25. The fewest number in a five-match, five-day Ashes series.

28 - players used - 13 by England and 15 by Australia.

508 - runs by Steve Smith, top run-scorer in the series and the first Australian to pass the 500-mark in England since Matthew Elliott in 1997.

Image: Steve Smith of Australia celebrates after reaching his double century at Lord's

215 - the top individual innings of the series - Smith again, at Lord's.

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5 - centuries scored, two by England and three by Australia.

21 - wickets by Stuart Broad, the most successful bowler on show.

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6 - five-wicket hauls, four by England and two by Australia.

7 - catches by Peter Nevill at Lord's. The most by an Australian wicket-keeper on debut.

18.3 - overs in the shortest completed first innings in Test history, Australia's 60 all out at Trent Bridge.

14 - extras in that Trent Bridge debacle, where sundries top-scored for the first time in an Ashes innings.

Image: Stuart Broad looks on in disbelief after a stunning catch from Ben Stokes at Trent Bridge

19 - deliveries sent down by Broad for his five-wicket haul in Nottingham, the joint fewest in history alongside Australia's Ernie Toshack in 1947.

300 wickets and 2,000 runs - Broad and Mitchell Johnson both reached this rare double landmark during the series, each man becoming the second to do so for their country. Sir Ian Botham and Shane Warne are the others.

24 - Mark Wood's score in the first innings at the Oval was made entirely of boundaries. The highest such score in an Ashes Test.

22 in 21 balls - Alastair Cook scored at quicker than a run-a-ball for the first time in 213 Test innings on day two at the Oval.

Image: Ian Bell has had a poor 2015 so far

24.29 - Ian Bell's Test average in the year 2015. His lowest in any calendar year at Test level. Will the Bell toll?

32 - England's best opening partnership in the series. End of the Lyth?

50 - Aggregate runs, across seven innings, by the Marsh brothers - Mitch and Shaun. Back to the drawing board...

14 - years since Australia's last Ashes series win in England. And counting. 

10 - number of top six batsmen in the series who averaged below 30.

4 - successful DRS reviews out of 36. Well played umps...

1 - number of times Michael Clarke has enforced the follow-on, at The Oval in his final match before retirement.

0 - number of Ashes centuries in England by Cook and David Warner. Few would have predicted that at the start of the series.

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