Twitter reacts as Rory Burns and Joe Denly put together the first 50-plus opening stand of the series

First 50 run Opening Partnership in 2019

— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall)

Woooooohooooo 50 run opening partnership !! bat the out the game now lads !!

— ⚽KentishSaint⚽ (@whiittaker1990)

Get out the bunting. A 50 run opening partnership in this series 😂

— Rob Sutton (@RobSutton22)

The first 50 run opening partnership in the series...in the final Test. Wow.

— Len (@LenM4)

Fuck. A 50 run opening partnership. Still be 90-3

— Phil Coleman (@PhilC93_)

Australia's opening partnership:

02

13

11

13

12

10

01

00

05



England's opening partnership:

22

19

00

09

10

15

10

00

27

54



First ever 50+ opening stand in this Ashes from both the teams, getting runs from New balls seems to be problem for openers.

— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra)

A 50-run opening stand?!



- The 1st after min. 25 INTERVENING TEST stands

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- The 1st by 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 in 2019

- The 1st in 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 after 22 intervening stands (and in 2019)

— Victor Tarapore (@VictorTarapore)

That was the first 50 partnership in a Test for an England opening pair since the first Test against the West Indies at the Kensington Oval in January. Maybe they only do it at Oval venues??

— George Thorpe (@MrGeorgeThorpe)