THE ASHES (AUSTRALIA IN ENGLAND)

Batting Stats

T1961
The Ashes (Australia in England)
08 Jun 1961 – 17 Aug 1961
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SERIES WINNERAustralia2-1 (5)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
category leaders

Batting in The Ashes (Australia in England)

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Ken Barrington5 mat · avg 45.50364
  2. 5Neil Harvey5 mat · avg 42.25338
  3. 6Peter Burge5 mat · avg 47.43332
  4. 7Norm O'Neill5 mat · avg 40.50324
  5. 8Geoff Pullar5 mat · avg 31.89287
  6. 9Peter May4 mat · avg 38.86272
  7. 10Bob Simpson5 mat · avg 23.88191
  8. 11Colin Cowdrey4 mat · avg 21.00168
  9. 12John Murray5 mat · avg 20.00160
  10. 13Ken Mackay5 mat · avg 22.57158
  11. 14Alan Davidson5 mat · avg 30.20151
  12. 15David Allen4 mat · avg 44.00132

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Bill Lawry5 mat · avg 52.50130
  2. 5Norm O'Neill5 mat · avg 40.50117
  3. 6Neil Harvey5 mat · avg 42.25114
  4. 7Peter May4 mat · avg 38.8695
  5. 8Colin Cowdrey4 mat · avg 21.0093
  6. 9Ken Barrington5 mat · avg 45.5083
  7. 10Alan Davidson5 mat · avg 30.2077
  8. 11Bob Simpson5 mat · avg 23.8876
  9. 12Brian Booth2 mat · avg 42.0071
  10. 13Ken Mackay5 mat · avg 22.5764
  11. 14Geoff Pullar5 mat · avg 31.8963
  12. 15Colin McDonald3 mat · avg 19.0054

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Ken Barrington5 mat · avg 45.5038
  2. 5Norm O'Neill5 mat · avg 40.5035
  3. 6Peter May4 mat · avg 38.8632
  4. 7Peter Burge5 mat · avg 47.4326
  5. 8Neil Harvey5 mat · avg 42.2522
  6. 9Brian Booth2 mat · avg 42.0018
  7. 10David Allen4 mat · avg 44.0015
  8. 11Colin Cowdrey4 mat · avg 21.0015
  9. 12John Murray5 mat · avg 20.0014
  10. 13Alan Davidson5 mat · avg 30.2013
  11. 14Ken Mackay5 mat · avg 22.5713
  12. 15Bob Simpson5 mat · avg 23.8812

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
  1. 4Ken Barrington5 mat · avg 45.5045.50
  2. 5David Allen4 mat · avg 44.0044.00
  3. 6Neil Harvey5 mat · avg 42.2542.25
  4. 7Ted Dexter5 mat · avg 42.0042.00
  5. 8Brian Booth2 mat · avg 42.0042.00
  6. 9Norm O'Neill5 mat · avg 40.5040.50
  7. 10Peter May4 mat · avg 38.8638.86
  8. 11Geoff Pullar5 mat · avg 31.8931.89
  9. 12Alan Davidson5 mat · avg 30.2030.20
  10. 13Graham McKenzie3 mat · avg 25.0025.00
  11. 14Bob Simpson5 mat · avg 23.8823.88
  12. 15Ken Mackay5 mat · avg 22.5722.57

Most fifties

Test
  1. 4Norm O'Neill5 mat · avg 40.502
  2. 5Geoff Pullar5 mat · avg 31.892
  3. 6Peter May4 mat · avg 38.862
  4. 7Bob Simpson5 mat · avg 23.882
  5. 8Ken Mackay5 mat · avg 22.572
  6. 9Raman Subba Row5 mat · avg 46.801
  7. 10Ted Dexter5 mat · avg 42.001
  8. 11Colin Cowdrey4 mat · avg 21.001
  9. 12Alan Davidson5 mat · avg 30.201
  10. 13Brian Booth2 mat · avg 42.001
  11. 14Colin McDonald3 mat · avg 19.001
batting battle

England vs Australia

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsAustralia
2479Total runs2330
10,329.17Strike rate233,000.00
5Sixes3
237Fours197
11Fifties13

Highest individual scores

1Peter BurgeAUS · match 5 · The Oval181
2Ted DexterENG · match 1 · Birmingham180
3Raman Subba RowENG · match 5 · The Oval137
4Bill LawryAUS · match 2 · Lord's130
5Norm O'NeillAUS · match 5 · The Oval117
6Neil HarveyAUS · match 1 · Birmingham114
7Raman Subba RowENG · match 1 · Birmingham112
8Bill LawryAUS · match 4 · Manchester102
9Peter MayENG · match 4 · Manchester95
10Colin CowdreyENG · match 3 · Leeds93
RECENT RESULTS 4 matches