The Ashes (England in Australia)

01 Dec - 10 Feb 1979

5-1 (6)
England
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs 284 David Gower 229 Graeme Wood 209 Kim Hughes 209 Derek Randall 172 Graham Yallop
Highest Score 129 Kim Hughes 102 Graham Yallop 102 David Gower 100 Graeme Wood 81 Peter Toohey
Best Strike Rate 0.64 Trevor Laughlin 0.51 Gary Cosier 0.46 David Gower 0.44 Peter Toohey 0.43 Alan Hurst
Most sixes 3 Kim Hughes 1 Derek Randall
Most Fours 25 David Gower 19 Derek Randall 14 Kim Hughes 13 Graham Yallop 13 Sir Ian Botham
Best Averages 56.8 David Gower 41.8 Derek Randall 38.17 Graeme Wood 34.83 Kim Hughes 28.67 Graham Yallop
Most 50s 6 Geoff Boycott 6 Derek Randall 6 Peter Toohey 6 Graeme Wood
Most 100s 6 David Gower 6 Graham Yallop 6 Kim Hughes 6 Graeme Wood