- 60 is Australia's seventh lowest ever Test total.
- Australia faced 111 balls which is the fewest of any team in the first innings of a Test.
- It was also the third fewest balls faced by Australia in any innings.
- Never before in an Ashes Test has extras top scored for a team.
- It has been 16 years (Sri Lanka in 1999) since both Australian openers failed to trouble the scorers.
- Five wickets were taken in 25 balls - the fewest number of deliveries since ball-by-ball data began in 2002.
- Stuart Broad claimed the fastest five-wicket haul in Test history, taking 5/6 from only 19 balls before finishing with the miserly figures of 8/15 from 9.3 overs with five maidens.
- His final figures are the best figures in an Ashes Test.
- Before today only Graham McKenzie (6/34) took more wickets before lunch on the opening day of a Test.
- England's lead of 214 is the third biggest lead in Test history after day one.
- Joe Root is the first batsman to score a century on day one of an Ashes Test batting in the 2nd innings of the match.