England bowlers in ignominious company

England's bowlers were battered from pillar to post in Australia's monstrous first innings in the third Magellan Ashes and left the WACA Ground with an unwanted record.

James Anderson (4-116), Stuart Broad (0-141), Chris Woakes (1-128), Craig Overton (2-110) and Moeen Ali (1-120) are just the eighth quintet in Test history to each concede 100 or more runs in the same innings.

It's the third time it's happened to England, after instances in 1979 against the West Indies at Lord's and in 2009 against Australia in Cardiff.

Australia have never suffered the ignominious feat, with Bangladesh, West Indies, New Zealand and Zimbabwe (twice) the other members on the list.

Anderson and Broad are the only pair to feature on the list twice, and it gets worse for Broad.

The 31-year-old's figures of 0-142 from 35 overs are his worst bowling figures in his 112-Test career.

England's WACA bowling card

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However, there was some good news for 'Broaderson' on Sunday.

The pair, thanks to Anderson's four wickets, moved past the West Indies legends Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose as the most prolific fast-bowling duo in Test cricket history.

Anderson and Broad now have 765 wickets playing together, three more than the 762 Ambrose and Walsh combined to take.

The most prolific bowling duo of all time, however, is Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath. The Australian legends took a massive 1,001 wickets in Tests together - 513 of them Warnes, and 488 for McGrath.

It was tough going for Anderson, Broad and the rest of England's attack as Australia posted 9-662 declared, their highest ever total against their Ashes rivals on home soil.

The mammoth score beats the previous best of 8-659 declared at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1946 when Sir Donald Bradman and Sid Barnes each scored 234.

2017-18 International Fixtures

Magellan Ashes Series

Australia Test squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Cameron Bancroft, Usman Khawaja, Peter Handscomb, Shaun Marsh, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine (wk), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood, Jackson Bird.

England Test squad: Joe Root (c), James Anderson (vc), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Gary Ballance, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Mason Crane, Tom Curran, Ben Foakes, Dawid Malan, Craig Overton, Ben Stokes, Mark Stoneman, James Vince, Chris Woakes.

First Test Australia won by 10 wickets. Scorecard

Second Test Australia won by 120 runs (Day-Night). Scorecard

Third Test WACA Ground, December 14-18. Tickets

Fourth Test MCG, December 26-30. Tickets

Fifth Test SCG, January 4-8 (Pink Test). Tickets

Gillette ODI Series v England

First ODI MCG, January 14. Tickets

Second ODI Gabba, January 19. Tickets

Third ODI SCG, January 21. Tickets

Fourth ODI Adelaide Oval, January 26. Tickets

Fifth ODI Perth Stadium, January 28. Tickets

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England Manuka Oval, February 2. Tickets

Gillette T20 trans-Tasman Tri-Series

First T20I Australia v NZ, SCG, February 3. Tickets

Second T20I – Australia v England, Blundstone Arena, February 7. Tickets

Third T20I – Australia v England, MCG, February 10. Tickets

Fourth T20I – NZ v England, Wellington, February 14

Fifth T20I – NZ v Australia, Eden Park, February 16

Sixth T20I – NZ v England, Seddon Park, February 18

Final – TBC, Eden Park, February 21