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AUS vs ENG: Stats Preview ahead of the Australia vs England 2nd Test Ashes 2025-26 in Brisbane

AUS vs ENG 2nd Test, Ashes 2025-26, Test Approaching Milestones and Records :The Ashes 2025-26 produced one of the shortest test matches ever. Australia, who were behind after the first innings, went on to win the game by 8 wickets, courtesy of a blistering century by Travis Head. Mitchell Starc had a ten-wicket haul, and he won the Player of the Match award. Now, the Australia cricket team will take on the England cricket team in the second game. This test will be played at the Gabba in Brisbane on December 4-8, starting at 9:30 AM IST. Australia struggled with injuries to Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood. Now opener Usman Khawaja has also been ruled out due to an injury. Travis Head is likely to open with Jake Weatherald. England have revealed their playing XI and added spin all-rounder Will Jacks, replacing injured Mark Wood. This is the pink-ball test, which will add more to this game. We saw a two-day test in Perth, and this game might get over also in a short time. But just like the first game, there are a few good records on the line. Here, we will talk about big records and milestones which are lined up and can be achieved in the Australia vs England 2nd Test Ashes 2025-26 clash at The Gabba AUS vs ENG 2nd Test, Ashes 2025-26: Approaching Test Records and Test Cricket Milestones Ahead of the AUS vs ENG 2nd Test atThe Gabba 4 - Captain Steve Smith needs four more runs to complete 11500 runs in tests. He will become only the fourth Australian to do so. 79 - English opener Ben Duckett needs 79 runs more to complete 3000 runs in his test career 128 - No. 1 ranked batter Harry Brook needs 128 runs in two innings to complete 3000 Test runs. If he can do it in the first innings, he will become the fourth-fastest overall to do it in 53 innings. 2 - Joe Root has 66 test fifties to his name. If he can score consecutive fifties in two innings, he will equal Sachin Tendulkar (68) for the joint-most test half-centuries ever. 2 - Nathan Lyon is near a massive record. He has 562 test wickets, and two more wickets will help him surpass Glenn McGrath (563) and become Australia's second-highest wicket-taker in Tests. 2 - Ben Stokes took a fifer in Perth and reached 235 wickets. He needs two more wickets to surpass Alec Bedser and get into the top ten wicket-takers for England in tests. 8 - Nathan Lyon has 592 in his career and is just 8 short of becoming only the fifth Australian with 600 international wickets. Also Read: Live Cricket Score 8 - Starc took ten wickets in Perth and will love bowling in Brisbane. If he can take 8 more wickets, he will equal the the great Courtney Walsh (738) with the 14th most wickets in international cricket.