ENGLAND IN SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES

Bowling Stats

E1956
England in South Africa Test Series
24 Dec 1956 – 01 Mar 1957
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SERIES WINNERdrawn2-2 (5)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
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Bowling in England in South Africa Test Series

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.81
26#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSHugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.19
37#1 · wkts
Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.90
21#3 · wkts
  1. 4Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.2119
  2. 5Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.7218
  3. 6Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.6715
  4. 7Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.9314
  5. 8Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.4511
  6. 9Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.339
  7. 10Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.508
  8. 11Clive van Ryneveld4 mat · avg 41.504
  9. 12Tony Lock1 mat · avg 19.002

Best figures

Test
Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.81
7/36#2
BEST FIGURESHugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.19
9/113#1
Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.50
6/40#3
  1. 4Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.215/20
  2. 5Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.904/20
  3. 6Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.724/22
  4. 7Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.333/35
  5. 8Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.933/37
  6. 9Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.673/51
  7. 10Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.452/7
  8. 11Clive van Ryneveld4 mat · avg 41.502/38
  9. 12Tony Lock1 mat · avg 19.001/17

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.21
1.62#2 · econ
BEST ECONTony Lock1 mat · avg 19.00
1.46#1 · econ
Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.67
1.71#3 · econ
  1. 4Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.502.04
  2. 5Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.902.20
  3. 6Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.192.23
  4. 7Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.452.23
  5. 8Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.332.40
  6. 9Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.812.56
  7. 10Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.932.68
  8. 11Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.722.79
  9. 12John Watkins2 mat · avg 0.003.29
  10. 13Clive van Ryneveld4 mat · avg 41.503.53

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.50
12.50#2 · avg
BEST AVGTrevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.21
12.21#1 · avg
Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.81
13.81#3 · avg
  1. 4Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.9014.90
  2. 5Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.1917.19
  3. 6Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.6724.67
  4. 7Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.9324.93
  5. 8Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.7228.72
  6. 9Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.4529.45
  7. 10Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.3332.33

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.50
36.75#2 · SR
BEST SRJohnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.81
32.38#1 · SR
Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.90
40.67#3 · SR
  1. 4Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.2145.11
  2. 5Hugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.1946.32
  3. 6Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.9355.79
  4. 7Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.7261.67
  5. 8Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.4579.18
  6. 9Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.3380.67
  7. 10Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.6786.40

Most maidens

Test
Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.67
81#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSHugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.19
105#1 · mdns
Jim Laker5 mat · avg 29.45
46#3 · mdns
  1. 4Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.2143
  2. 5Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.8137
  3. 6Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.7234
  4. 7Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.9032
  5. 8Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.3327
  6. 9Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.9320
  7. 10Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.5014
  8. 11Tony Lock1 mat · avg 19.0011
  9. 12Clive van Ryneveld4 mat · avg 41.508
  10. 13John Watkins2 mat · avg 0.005
  11. 14Denis Compton2 mat · avg 0.001

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Neil Adcock5 mat · avg 14.90
5#2 · 3w
MOST 3wHugh Tayfield5 mat · avg 17.19
6#1 · 3w
Johnny Wardle4 mat · avg 13.81
4#3 · 3w
  1. 4Trevor Bailey5 mat · avg 12.214
  2. 5Peter Heine5 mat · avg 28.722
  3. 6Trevor Goddard5 mat · avg 24.672
  4. 7Brian Statham4 mat · avg 24.932
  5. 8Peter Loader4 mat · avg 32.331
  6. 9Frank Tyson2 mat · avg 12.501
bowling battle

England vs South Africa

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsSouth Africa
89Wickets95
2.25Economy2.31
0Dot balls0
199Maidens265
123-wkt hauls15

Best bowling figures

1Hugh TayfieldSA · match 4 · Johannesburg9/113
2Hugh TayfieldSA · match 3 · Durban8/69
3Johnny WardleENG · match 2 · Cape Town7/36
4Frank TysonENG · match 5 · Port Elizabeth6/40
5Hugh TayfieldSA · match 5 · Port Elizabeth6/78
6Trevor BaileyENG · match 1 · Johannesburg5/20
7Johnny WardleENG · match 2 · Cape Town5/53
8Johnny WardleENG · match 3 · Durban5/61
9Hugh TayfieldSA · match 2 · Cape Town5/130
10Neil AdcockSA · match 5 · Port Elizabeth4/20
RECENT RESULTS 3 matches