Ashes Records in England

[aussie tragic]

Here are some England and Australia Ashes records (by Venue), that are up for grabs in this series:

1st Test: Sophia Gardens – Nil (no previous tests)

2nd Test: Lords
Highest Score: Wally Hammond 240, Don Bradman 254
Most Match Runs: Wally Hammond 242, Don Bradman 255
Best Innings Bowling: Hedley Verity 8-43, Glenn McGrath 8-38
Best Match Bowling: Hedley Verity 15-104, Bob Massie 16-137
Best Allround Match: Ian Botham 90 runs & 7-158, Keith Miller 58 runs & 10-152
Most Match Dismissals: Tim Evans 7 (6c, 1st), Gil Langley 9 (8c, 1st)
Highest Score as WK: Les Ames 120, Adam Gilchrist 90

3rd Test: Edgbaston
Highest Inning Score: David Gower 215, Dean Jones 157
Most Match Runs: David Gower 215, Mark Waugh 199
Best Innings Bowling: Wilford Rhodes 7-17, Shane Warne 6-46
Best Match Bowling: Colin Blythe 11-102, Shane Warne 10-162
Best Allround Match: Andrew Flintoff 141 runs & 7-131, Shane Warne 50 runs & 10-162
Most Match Dismissals: Paul Downton 4c, Rod Marsh 7c
Highest Score as WK: Alec Stewart 65, Adam Gilchrist 152

4th Test: Headingly
Highest Score – Geoff Boycott 181, Don Bradman 334
Most Match Runs – Mark Butcher 220, Don Bradman 334
Best Innings Bowling – Bob Willis 8-43, Jason Gillespie 7-37
Best Match Bowling – Fred Trueman 11-88, Charles Macartney 11-85
Best Allround Match: Ian Botham 199 runs & 7-109, Warrick Armstrong 98 runs & 7-166
Most Match Dismissals: Bob Taylor 7c, Adam Gilchrist 7c
Highest Score as WK: Alec Stewart 78, Wayne Phillips 91

5th Test: The Oval
Highest Score – Len Hutton 364, Bill Ponsford 266
Most Match Runs – Len Hutton 364, Don Bradman 321
Best Innings Bowling – George Lohmann 7-36, Hugh Trumble 8-65
Best Match Bowling – Fred Martin 12-102, Fred Spofforth 14-90
Best Allround Match: George Hirst 101 runs & 6-84, Hugh Trumble 71 runs & 12-173
Most Match Dismissals: Alec Stewart 6c, Wally Grout 6c
Highest Score as WK: Alan Knott 92, Ian Healy 83*

Edit: Allrounder records changed to min 50 runs and 5 wkts

Edit again: HS as wk added

 

[zaremba]

Thanks for this.

Not sure that 1-48 in one match and 1-44 in another reallly qualify as all-round performances though?

 

[aussie tragic]

Thanks for this.

Not sure that 1-48 in one match and 1-44 in another reallly qualify as all-round performances though?

I agree, however it was either add the best result or leave it blank

Edit: I did another search and Ken Mackay and Trumble have better allrounder performance than Mark Waugh (I had previosuly set the search for min 100 runs)

 

[Adamc]

I would lower the batting cutoff to 50 runs and increase the bowling cutoff to three wickets (which conveniently allows Warne's 50 runs and 10 wickets at Edgbaston to qualify).

 

[The Sean]

I would lower the batting cutoff to 50 runs and increase the bowling cutoff to three wickets (which conveniently allows Warne's 50 runs and 10 wickets at Edgbaston to qualify).

Agreed - also means that Miller qualifies for Lord's with 58 runs and 10-152.

 

[aussie tragic]

Agreed - also means that Miller qualifies for Lord's with 58 runs and 10-152.

Yes I've now added that and also added WK highest scores....no surprise that Ames, Stewart, Knott and Gilchrist appear, however it was also nice to see Healy there

 

[aussie tragic]

Here are the best records for an Ashes series in England (all are 6 Tests unless stated)

Top 10 Batsmen in a Series

1. Don Bradman 974 runs @ 139.14 (7 Inn) (5 Tests)
2. Mark Taylor 839 runs @ 83.90 (11 Inn)
3. Don Bradman 758 runs @ 94.75 (8 Inn) (5 Tests)
4. David Gower 732 runs @ 81.33 (9 Inn)
5. Arthur Morris 696 runs @ 87.00 (9 Inn) (5 Tests)
6. Graeme Gooch 673 runs @ 56.08 (12 Inn)
7. Allan Border 597 runs @ 66.33 (11 Inn)
8. Bill Ponsford 569 runs @ 94.83 (7 Inn) (4 Tests)
9. Dean Jones 566 runs @ 70.75 (9 Inn)
10. Dennis Compton 562 runs @ 62.44 (10 Inn) (5 Tests)

Top 10 Bowlers in a Series

1. Jim Laker 46 wkts @ 9.61 (5 Tests)
2. Terry Alderman 42 wkts @ 21.26
3. Terry Alderman 41 wkts @ 17.37
4. Shane Warne 40 wkts @ 19.92 (5 Tests)
5. Alec Bedser 39 wkts @ 17.49 (5 Tests)
6. Dennis Lillee 39 wkts @ 22.31
7. Glenn McGrath 36 wkts @ 19.47
8. Ian Botham 34 wkts @ 20.59
9. Shane Warne 34 wkts @ 25.79
10. Glenn McGrath 32 wkts @ 16.94 (5 Tests)

Most successful Wicketkeepers

1. Ian Healy 27 dismissals (25c 2st)
2. Adam Gilchrist 26 dismissals (24c 2st) (5 Tests)
3. Ian Healy 26 dismissals (21c 5st)
4. Rod Marsh 23 dismissals (21c 2st) (5 Tests)
=5. Rod Marsh 23 dismissals (23c)
=5. Alec Stewart 23 dismissals (23c)
7. Wally Grout 21 dismissals (20c 1st) (5 Tests)
8. Paul Downton 20 dismissals (19c 1st)

Most successful Allrounders (Min. 200 runs and 2.5 wkts per Test)

1. Ian Botham: 399 runs @ 36.27 and 34 wkts @ 20.59
2. Andrew Flintoff: 402 runs @ 40.20 and 24 wkts @ 27.29 (5 Tests)
3. Shane Warne: 249 runs @ 27.66 and 40 wkts @ 19.92 (5 Tests)
4. Ian Botham: 250 runs @ 31.25 and 31 wkts @ 27.58
5. Keith Miller 203 runs @ 22.55 and 21 wkts @ 21.23 (5 Tests)
6. Fred Jackson 492 runs @ 70.28 and 13 wkts @ 15.46 (5 Tests)
7. Monty Noble 367 runs @ 52.42 and 13 wkts @ 31.23 (5 Tests)
8. Warrick Armstrong 252 runs @ 31.50 and 16 wkts @ 33.62 (5 Tests)
9. Hugh Trumble 232 runs @ 38.66 and 15 wkts @ 25.00 (5 Tests)

Most successful Wicketkeeper-Batsmen (200 runs @ 3 dismissals per Test)

1. Adam Gilchrist: 340 runs @ 68.00 and 26 dismissals (5 Tests)
2. Ian Healy: 296 runs @ 59.20 and 26 dismissals
3. Rod Marsh: 242 runs @ 34.57 and 23 dismissals (5 Tests)
4. Alec Stewart: 268 runs @ 24.36 and 23 dismissals
5. Ian Healy: 225 runs @ 25.00 and 27 dismissals
6. Jack Russell: 314 runs @ 39.25 and 18 dismissals

 

[The Sean]

3. Don Bradman 806 runs @ 201.50 (5 Inn) (5 Tests)

The series above was at home against South Africa in 1931/32.

 

[aussie tragic]

The series above was at home against South Africa in 1931/32.

Oops, fixed...I also added some more allround performances (200 runs and 2.5 wkts per Test)

 

[PhoenixFire]

1. Don Bradman 974 runs @ 139.14 (7 Inn) (5 Tests)

That has to go down as one of the most amazing sporting performances of all time. The average is even more amazing when you factor in that he didn't get any not-outs, making the average a real runs per innings job. The bloke was a total freak.

 

[GIMH]

Pietersen will blow that one out the water tbh

 

[stumpski]

Some of them do look pretty beatable though ... I'll be keeping an eye on those.


I think 'Tim Evans' should be Godfrey, btw.

 

[zaremba]

Pietersen will blow that one out the water tbh

I'm looking forward very much to your posts in the early hours of tomorrow morning when the booze has really started to kick in.

[Cut to GIMH slumped at his computer in a pool of bodily fluids at 11.30am tomorrow, TV still tuned to ESPN Classic]

 

[zaremba]

Some of them do look pretty beatable though ... I'll be keeping an eye on those.


I think 'Tim Evans' should be Godfrey, btw.

Whisper it quietly, but the wicketkeeping records may be at risk from both Haddin and (gasp!) Prior.

 

[aussie tragic]

I think 'Tim Evans' should be Godfrey, btw.

Yes, his full name was Thomas Godfrey Evans so I don't know how I came up with 'Tim'

 

[aussie tragic]

Whisper it quietly, but the wicketkeeping records may be at risk from both Haddin and (gasp!) Prior.

And I'm also thinking Dean Jone's 157 HS for an Aussie at Edgbaston would be a great one for Hussey to break

 

[stumpski]

Geoff Boycott made 191 at Headingley in 1977, I remember it well (it was his 100th f-c 100 for good measure). He only batted once, so the Butcher match record isn't affected.