Ashes
Test cricket between Australia and England is known as Ashes. Ashes is considered the most popular cricketing event in test match cricket. It is also the series having exactly five test matches and the one who wins the series will take the Ashes trophy. If the series ends in a draw then, the country which had hold the Ashes trophy earlier will hold the trophy. Click here for the history of Ashes:
Contents: Ashes record
1. Team Records
1.1 Record for Ashes win for Australia and England
1.2 Highest team score in Ashes
2. Batting Records
2.1 Record for most runs in Ashes
2.2 Record for most centuries in Ashes
2.3 Record for highest batting average in Ashes
2.4 Record for highest individual batting score in Ashes
2.5 Record for highest partnership in Ashes
3. Bowling Records
3.1 Record for most wickets in Ashes
3.2 Record for best bowling average in Ashes
3.3 Record for hat-trick in Ashes
1.1 Record for Ashes win for Australia and England
1.2 Highest team score in Ashes
2. Batting Records
2.1 Record for most runs in Ashes
2.2 Record for most centuries in Ashes
2.3 Record for highest batting average in Ashes
2.4 Record for highest individual batting score in Ashes
2.5 Record for highest partnership in Ashes
3. Bowling Records
3.1 Record for most wickets in Ashes
3.2 Record for best bowling average in Ashes
3.3 Record for hat-trick in Ashes
Team Records
Record of Ashes win for Australia and England
Australia won | England won | Draw | Ashes winning ratio | |
Matches = 316 | 131 | 91 | 88 | 1.44 |
Series =75 | 37 | 30 | 8 | 1.23 |
Record for highest team score in Ashes
Team | Team score | Year |
England | 903/7 | 1938 |
Australia | 729/6 | 1930 |
Australia | 701/10 | 1934 |
Australia | 695/10 | 1930 |
Australia | 674/6 | 1938 |
Batting Records in ashes
Record for most runs in Ashes
Player | Country | Runs |
Don Bradman | Australia | 5028 |
Jack Hobbs | England | 3636 |
Alan Border | Australia | 3548 |
David Gower | England | 3269 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 3200 |
Record for most centuries in Ashes
Name | Team | No. of Century |
Don Bradman | Australia | 19 |
Jack Hobbs | England | 12 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 10 |
Wally Hammond | England | 9 |
Greg Chappell | Australia | 9 |
David Gower | England | 9 |
Record for the highest batting average in Ashes
Player | Country | Batting Average |
Don Bradman | Australia | 89.78 |
Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 66.85 |
Ken Barrington | England | 63.96 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 58.18 |
Leonard Hutton | England | 56.46 |
Record for highest individual runs in ashes
Player | Country | Individual runs |
Leonard Hutton | England | 364 |
Don Bradman | Australia | 334 |
Hen Barriagton | England | 256 |
Wally Hammond | England | 251 |
Mark Taylor | Australia | 219 |
Record for highest partnership in Ashes
Partners | Country | Runs in partnership |
WH Ponstord and DG Bradman | Australia | 451 |
SG Barnes and DG Bradman | Australia | 405 |
SG Barnes and DG Bradman | Australia | 388 |
L Hutton and M Leyland | England | 382 |
GA Gooch and DI Gower | England | 351 |
Bowling records in ashes
Record for most wicket takers in Ashes
Player name | Country | Wickets | Best |
Shane Warne | Australia | 195 | 8/71 |
Dennis Lillee | Australia | 167 | 7/89 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 157 | 8/38 |
Ian Botham | England | 148 | 6/78 |
Record for best bowling average in Ashes
George Lohmann has taken 77 wickets against Australia in 15 matches with bowing average of 13.01.Name | Country | Bowling average |
George Lohmann | England | 13.01 |
Charlie Turner | England | 16.53 |
Bobby Peel | England | 16.98 |
Jim Laker | England | 18.27 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 20.98 |
Record for hat-trick in ashes
Darren Gough is the one and only player to record hat-trick in Ashes. He managed to take hat-trick in 19898/1999 test match in Sydney.
Player | Team | Year |
Darren Gough | England | 1998/1999 |
Interesting fact about ashes trophy
The Ashes urn trophy is totally different than the typical trophy made of precious metal. A Ashes urn is believed to contain something that surely, no trophy in world has got; a burnt cricket ball. Another interesting thing is that, the team which wins Ashes is considered to win the trophy but the trophy is always keep in M.C.C museum at Lord's no matter which team retain Ashes. So, after 1998-99, the representation of Ashes urn is provided to winning team as the official Ashes trophy.
We call Ashes game but, Aussies and English think Ashes as their pride. That's why, the Ashes series is considered as the most popular event in test match cricket. Though Australia seems ahead of England in Ashes record but, effort of every player makes the clash equal virtually. Ashes series has gave was legends and is creating legends. And, surely, the next Ashes series will bring the same.
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Records in Ashes
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