Test matches in England in 2005 progressed, it became clearer and clearer that the pitch would take plenty of turn near the end. England took advantage of being inserted and came back strongly, especially considering the 239-run drubbing they had received at Lord's a couple of weeks earlier. The Australian bowlers were smashed to all corners on the first day as, for the first time in their 493-Test history, Australia conceded more than 400 runs in a first day of Test cricket. The English mentality seemed to be to attack from the outset, and it was helped by the freak injury that Glenn McGrath sustained before
South African cricket team in England in 1924 South African cricket team in England in 1924 The South African cricket team toured England in the 1924 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 3-0 with 2 matches drawn. The tourists, with their ages on the first day of the first match of the tour on 3 May, were: George Parker (24) also played three first-class matches (including the first two Tests) and Aubrey Faulkner (42) played one match, the Third Test. The manager was George Allsop. South Africa's score of 30 at Edgbaston is still the only completed innings in Test match