5 facts about Australian cricket history that you probably didn't know

#2 Only team in cricket history to have won a Test series after trailing 0-2

Gubby Allen's England during the 1936-37 Ashes in Australia

When it comes to a five-Test series, then the first two Tests pretty much set the tone for the rest of the series and if a team wins the first two, then the series is pretty much over. As a result, there is no team in cricket history which has won a five-Test series from being 0-2 down, with the exception of one.

Back in the 1936-37 Ashes in Australia, England had the hosts on the mat in the first two Tests, having handed them innings defeats at Brisbane and Sydney. It is inconceivable for a team to then fight back from that sort of hammerings and then win the next three Tests.

However, Australia did just that and in the very next Test at Melbourne, the visitors started their fightback with a 365 run win. The fourth one at Adelaide was won by 148 runs and then the unthinkable became a possibility when the teams went back to Melbourne for the 5th Test.

It might be said that the belief had gone out of the England team as Australia steamrolled them to win by an innings and 200 runs. They had completed a comeback that has never since been managed in Test cricket. In each of those Tests, Bradman scored heavily. He made 270 in the third, 212 in the 4th and in the decider, he slammed 169.