The Ashes (Australia in England)

08 Jun - 17 Aug 1961

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Australia
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs 468 Raman Subba Row 420 Bill Lawry 378 Ted Dexter 364 Ken Barrington 338 Neil Harvey
Highest Score 181 Peter Burge 180 Ted Dexter 137 Raman Subba Row 130 Bill Lawry 117 Norm O'Neill
Best Strike Rate 136 Peter May 45 Richie Benaud 1.95 Tony Lock 0.5 Mike Smith
Most sixes 3 Alan Davidson 2 Brian Close 1 Fred Trueman 1 Raman Subba Row 1 Ted Dexter
Most Fours 51 Ted Dexter 48 Bill Lawry 38 Raman Subba Row 38 Ken Barrington 35 Norm O'Neill
Best Averages 52.5 Bill Lawry 47.43 Peter Burge 46.8 Raman Subba Row 45.5 Ken Barrington 44 David Allen
Most 50s 10 Raman Subba Row 10 Geoff Pullar 9 Ken Barrington 9 Ted Dexter 8 Peter May
Most 100s 10 Raman Subba Row 9 Ted Dexter 8 Neil Harvey 8 Peter Burge 8 Norm O'Neill