Records tumble in third-shortest Ashes Test

6 Ashes Tests have ended inside the scheduled first two days of play. This is the first such instance in over 100 years and the first ever Down Under. The last time it happened was at Trent Bridge in 1921, which happens to be the only such Test since the start of the 20th century.

847 -Balls bowled in the Perth Test - the third shortest in terms of balls bowled in Ashes contests and shortest ever on Australian soil. Both shorter Tests came in the 1888 Ashes series in England: 788 balls at Old Trafford and 792 at Lord's. The previous shortest Ashes Test in Australia lasted 911 balls, at the SCG in 1894/95.