7th of August, 2015. A day after Stuart Broad's historic 8 for 15, England became the first country to bowl a million balls in Test cricket. The first two Tests were played on Australian soil, but with England's penchant for hosting more Tests than Australia, there was no doubt that England would be the first to reach the million-ball milestone in Test cricket.
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