The Ashes (Australia in England)

18 Jun - 27 Aug 1981

3-1 (6)
England
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs 533 Allan Border 399 Sir Ian Botham 392 Geoff Boycott 370 Mike Gatting 316 Graham Yallop
Highest Score 149 Sir Ian Botham 137 Geoff Boycott 123 Allan Border 114 Graham Yallop 103 Dirk Wellham
Best Strike Rate 0.93 Sir Ian Botham 0.77 Chris Old 0.69 Graham Dilley 0.54 Alan Knott 0.51 Martin Kent
Most sixes 7 Sir Ian Botham 1 Mike Gatting 1 David Gower 1 Bob Taylor 1 Rod Marsh
Most Fours 62 Allan Border 57 Sir Ian Botham 41 Mike Gatting 35 Kim Hughes 34 Graham Yallop
Best Averages 66 Paul Allott 63.5 Dirk Wellham 59.33 Alan Knott 59.22 Allan Border 44.75 Chris Tavaré
Most 50s 12 Geoff Boycott 12 Sir Ian Botham 12 Mike Gatting 12 Graham Yallop 12 Kim Hughes
Most 100s 12 Geoff Boycott 12 Sir Ian Botham 12 Graham Yallop 12 Allan Border 10 John Dyson