Ashes stat attack: England

Date released: 9 July 2009

With eight days to go we countdown to the the Ashes Test at Lord's with a great story each day for ten days. Today: an Ashes squads stat-pack.

Stats updated to include First Ashes Test 2009

Below you will find a list of each member of the England squad's statistics for all Tests; Tests at Lord's and Ashes Tests.

Promising signs

Bopara: Scored a memorable 143 against West Indies at Lord's There are promising signs for England fans hoping for victory for the home team at the Home of Cricket: almost all the batsmen's averages improve at Lord's - the only exception being Paul Collingwood (averages 44.20 in Tests; 41.60 at Lord's).

The most notable leap in average score is Ravi Bopara's (49.62 in Tests; 143.00 at Lord's) but from just six Tests and only one at Lord's this may not be surprising.

Pietersen's average improves at Lord's and against the Aussies From a larger 'sample size' the batsmen with the next biggest average leaps at Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff - again, perhaps not a big surprise.

England's two, key big match players are also statistical rarities in that their career averages also improve when facing the Australians.

Spin & swing at Lord's?

England's bowling attack also offers some hints as to who fares better at 'HQ'.

Spin & swing: Panesar and Anderson have good records at Lord's James Anderson (twice) and Monty Panesar (once) already have their names on the Honours Boards at Lord's for taking five-wicket hauls.

Who can forget Graham Onions' dream debut here earlier this summer? His 5-38 against West Indies ensured his name is etched on the board in the England dressing room too.

Stat pack - England

Squad: Strauss; Cook; Bopara; Pietersen; Collingwood; Prior; Flintoff; Broad; Swann; Anderson; Panesar; Bell; Onions; Harmison

^{Stats include First Ashes Test of 2009}

Andrew Strauss
Height: 5'11"
Age: 32
Role: Batsman & captain

Alastair Cook
Height: 6'2"
Age: 24
Role: Batsman

Ravi Bopara
Height: 5'10"
Age: 24
Role: Batsman

Kevin Pietersen
Height: 6'4"
Age: 29
Role: Batsman

Paul Collingwood
Height: 5'11"
Age: 33
Role: Batsman

Matthew Prior
Height: 5'11"
Age: 27
Role: Wicket-keeper

Andrew Flintoff
Height: 6'4"
Age: 31
Role: All-rounder

Stuart Broad
Height: 6'5"
Age: 23
Role: All-rounder

Graeme Swann
Height: 6'0"
Age: 30
Role: Bowler

James Anderson
Height: 6'2"
Age: 26
Role: Bowler

Monty Panesar
Height: 6'1"
Age: 27
Role: Bowler

Ian Bell
Height: 5'10"
Age: 27
Role: Batsman

Graham Onions
Height: 6'2"
Age: 26
Role: Bowler

Steve Harmison
Height: 6'4"
Age: 30
Role: Bowler

England squad totals

Average age: 28
Tests: 483 (avg. 34.5)
at Lord's: 95 (avg. 6.7)
Ashes: 96 (avg. 6.8)