THE ASHES (AUSTRALIA IN ENGLAND)

Bowling Stats

T1948
The Ashes (Australia in England)
10 Jun 1948 – 14 Aug 1948
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SERIES WINNERAustralia4-0 (5)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in The Ashes (Australia in England)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.33
27#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSRay Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.63
27#1 · wkts
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.22
18#3 · wkts
  1. 4Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.1513
  2. 5Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.0911
  3. 6Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.679
  4. 7Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.449
  5. 8Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.007
  6. 9Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.405
  7. 10Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.205
  8. 11Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.605
  9. 12Sam Loxton3 mat · avg 49.333
  10. 13Alec Coxon1 mat · avg 57.333
  11. 14Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 79.333
  12. 15Doug Wright1 mat · avg 61.502

Best figures

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.33
5/36#2
BEST FIGURESRay Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.63
6/20#1
Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.09
5/40#3
  1. 4Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.205/131
  2. 5Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.224/81
  3. 6Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.154/125
  4. 7Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.444/138
  5. 8Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.603/53
  6. 9Sam Loxton3 mat · avg 49.333/55
  7. 10Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.003/72
  8. 11Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.672/32
  9. 12Alec Coxon1 mat · avg 57.332/90
  10. 13Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.402/118
  11. 14Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 79.331/27
  12. 15Ken Cranston1 mat · avg 79.001/28

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.40
1.87#2 · econ
BEST ECONDoug Ring1 mat · avg 44.00
1.57#1 · econ
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.33
2.04#3 · econ
  1. 4Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.092.10
  2. 5Charlie Barnett1 mat · avg 0.002.12
  3. 6Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.602.14
  4. 7Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.152.18
  5. 8Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.002.33
  6. 9Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.202.34
  7. 10Sam Loxton3 mat · avg 49.332.35
  8. 11Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.632.38
  9. 12Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.672.43
  10. 13Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.222.51
  11. 14Alec Coxon1 mat · avg 57.332.73
  12. 15Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.443.04

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.67
22.67#2 · avg
BEST AVGRay Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.63
19.63#1 · avg
Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.15
23.15#3 · avg
  1. 4Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.3323.33
  2. 5Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.2026.20
  3. 6Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.0933.09
  4. 7Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.2238.22
  5. 8Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.6043.60
  6. 9Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.4452.44
  7. 10Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.4058.40
  8. 11Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.0061.00

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.67
56.00#2 · SR
BEST SRRay Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.63
49.52#1 · SR
Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.15
63.77#3 · SR
  1. 4Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.2067.20
  2. 5Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.3368.74
  3. 6Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.2291.50
  4. 7Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.0994.45
  5. 8Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.44103.56
  6. 9Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.60122.40
  7. 10Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.00156.86
  8. 11Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.40187.20

Most maidens

Test
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.22
75#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSBill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.33
91#1 · mdns
Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.09
70#3 · mdns
  1. 4Jack Young3 mat · avg 58.4064
  2. 5Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.0060
  3. 6Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.6357
  4. 7Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.1543
  5. 8Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.4442
  6. 9Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.6029
  7. 10Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 22.6722
  8. 11Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.2014
  9. 12Doug Ring1 mat · avg 44.0013
  10. 13Alec Coxon1 mat · avg 57.3313
  11. 14Doug Wright1 mat · avg 61.5012
  12. 15Sam Loxton3 mat · avg 49.3311

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 23.33
5#2 · 3w
MOST 3wRay Lindwall5 mat · avg 19.63
5#1 · 3w
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 38.22
4#3 · 3w
  1. 4Keith Miller4 mat · avg 23.152
  2. 5Jim Laker3 mat · avg 52.442
  3. 6Ernie Toshack4 mat · avg 33.091
  4. 7Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 61.001
  5. 8Eric Hollies1 mat · avg 26.201
  6. 9Dick Pollard2 mat · avg 43.601
  7. 10Sam Loxton3 mat · avg 49.331
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
89Wickets61
2.19Economy2.68
0Dot balls0
348Maidens290
153-wkt hauls8

Best bowling figures

1Ray LindwallAUS · match 5 · The Oval6/20
2Bill JohnstonAUS · match 1 · Nottingham5/36
3Ernie ToshackAUS · match 2 · Lord's5/40
4Ray LindwallAUS · match 2 · Lord's5/70
5Eric HolliesENG · match 5 · The Oval5/131
6Bill JohnstonAUS · match 5 · The Oval4/40
7Sir Alec BedserENG · match 3 · Manchester4/81
8Bill JohnstonAUS · match 4 · Leeds4/95
9Ray LindwallAUS · match 3 · Manchester4/99
10Sir Alec BedserENG · match 2 · Lord's4/100
RECENT RESULTS 1 match