All time Ashes XIs

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Best Ever Performances in an Ashes Series:

01. Alastair Cook (2010/11: 766 runs at 127.66)
02. Mark Taylor (1989: 839 runs at 83.90)
03. Don Bradman (1930: 974 runs at 139.14)
04. Walter Hammond (1928/29: 905 runs at 113.12)
05. David Gower (1985: 732 runs at 81.33)
06. Ian Botham (1981: 399 runs at 36.27 & 34 wickets at 20.58)
07. Adam Gilchrist (2001: 340 runs at 68.00 & 26 dismissals)
08. Shane Warne (2005: 40 wickets at 19.92)
09. Jim Laker (1956: 46 wickets at 9.60)
10. Rodney Hogg (1978/79: 41 wickets at 12.85)
11. Terry Alderman (1981: 42 wickets at 21.25

Records | Test matches | Batting records | Most runs in a series | ESPN Cricinfo
Records | Test matches | All-round records | 250 runs and 20 wickets in a series | ESPN Cricinfo
Records | Test matches | All-round records | 300 runs and 15 wicketkeeping dismissals in a series | ESPN Cricinfo
Records | Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in a series | ESPN Cricinfo

Jack Gregory (1920/21: 442 runs at 73.66, 23 wickets at 24.17 and 15 catches)

 

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Surely Martin Bicknell, Mark Ealham and Mark Illott are unlucky to miss out there?

Is you number 11 Nick Cook, the left arm spinner? I remember him often failing to release the ball in his delivery stride, like he had the yips or something. Was very odd.

He had a quite strange test career. He took loads of wickets for virtually nothing in his first few tests circa 1983 but didn't keep it up and was dropped. Emburey returning from his ban pretty much did for him. Then he came back against Aus in 1989, did nothing and, IIRC, buggered off to SA with Gatting in 1989/90.

I'm sure there's another batch of worse picks. Most of them probably played in 1989.

Mark Ealham was, imo, by no means the worst of a pretty moderate bunch in the 1990s. Cleaning up your lower order at Edgbaston in our 1997 win probably elevates him beyond Craig White's Ashes performances actually.