Adelaide, Dec. 19 -- England pacer Jofra Archer became the first England player in 30 years to take a five-wicket haul and score a half-century in a Test match in Australia on Friday.

The express quick achieved this feat during his side's do-or-die third Ashes clash against Australia at Adelaide Oval. While in the first innings, Archer took a five-wicket haul, returning with figures of 5/53, he also led a brilliant fightback for his side with the bat alongside his skipper Ben Stokes, scoring a 105-ball 51, with five fours and a six, with some shots befitting a top-order batter.

Previously, it was pacer Darren Gough who had taken a five-wicket haul and scored a fifty during a Test match in Australia, way back in 1995 at Sydney. The game ...