THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Batting Stats

T1978
The Ashes (England in Australia)
01 Dec 1978 – 10 Feb 1979
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SERIES WINNEREngland5-1 (6)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
category leaders

Batting in The Ashes (England in Australia)

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
Graham Yallop6 mat · avg 32.58
391#2 · runs
MOST RUNSDavid Gower6 mat · avg 42.00
420#1 · runs
Derek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
385#3 · runs
  1. 4Kim Hughes6 mat · avg 28.75345
  2. 5Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.67344
  3. 6Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.10291
  4. 7Geoff Boycott6 mat · avg 21.92263
  5. 8Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.36246
  6. 9Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 23.40234
  7. 10Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.63221
  8. 11Bob Taylor6 mat · avg 26.00208
  9. 12Mike Brearley6 mat · avg 16.73184
  10. 13Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.56149
  11. 14Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.14148
  12. 15Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.50146

Highest score

Test
Kim Hughes6 mat · avg 28.75
129#2
HIGHESTDerek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
150#1
Graham Yallop6 mat · avg 32.58
121#3
  1. 4David Gower6 mat · avg 42.00102
  2. 5Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.67100
  3. 6Bob Taylor6 mat · avg 26.0097
  4. 7Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.6391
  5. 8Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.5681
  6. 9Geoff Boycott6 mat · avg 21.9277
  7. 10Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.1074
  8. 11Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.3674
  9. 12Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 23.4064
  10. 13Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.1461
  11. 14Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.5060
  12. 15Mike Brearley6 mat · avg 16.7353

Most sixes

Test
Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.10
2#2 · sixes
MOST SIXESKim Hughes6 mat · avg 28.75
3#1 · sixes
Derek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
1#3 · sixes
  1. 4Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.361
  2. 5Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.631
  3. 6Bob Willis6 mat · avg 11.001

Most fours

Test
Derek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
35#2 · fours
MOST FOURSDavid Gower6 mat · avg 42.00
38#1 · fours
Graham Yallop6 mat · avg 32.58
34#3 · fours
  1. 4Kim Hughes6 mat · avg 28.7529
  2. 5Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.1029
  3. 6Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.3622
  4. 7Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 23.4020
  5. 8Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.6718
  6. 9Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.5018
  7. 10Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.6317
  8. 11Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.1412
  9. 12Bob Taylor6 mat · avg 26.0011
  10. 13Mike Brearley6 mat · avg 16.7310
  11. 14Rodney Hogg6 mat · avg 7.9210
  12. 15Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.568

Best strike rate

min 60 balls bowled
Test
David Gower6 mat · avg 42.00
47.73#2 · SR
BEST SRGary Cosier2 mat · avg 13.00
51.49#1 · SR
Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.10
44.29#3 · SR
  1. 4Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.6341.23
  2. 5Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 4.4037.93
  3. 6Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.5637.34
  4. 7Phil Carlson2 mat · avg 5.7536.51
  5. 8Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.1435.92
  6. 9Derek Randall6 mat · avg 38.5035.85
  7. 10Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.6735.10
  8. 11Graham Yallop6 mat · avg 32.5832.83
  9. 12Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.3632.20
  10. 13Rodney Hogg6 mat · avg 7.9231.35
  11. 14Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.5030.29
  12. 15Bob Willis6 mat · avg 11.0029.93

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
Derek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
38.50#2 · avg
BEST AVGDavid Gower6 mat · avg 42.00
42.00#1 · avg
Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.50
36.50#3 · avg
  1. 4Graham Yallop6 mat · avg 32.5832.58
  2. 5Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.1029.10
  3. 6Kim Hughes6 mat · avg 28.7528.75
  4. 7Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.6728.67
  5. 8Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.6327.63
  6. 9Bob Taylor6 mat · avg 26.0026.00
  7. 10Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 23.4023.40
  8. 11Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.3622.36
  9. 12Geoff Boycott6 mat · avg 21.9221.92
  10. 13Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.1421.14
  11. 14Mike Brearley6 mat · avg 16.7316.73
  12. 15Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.5616.56

Most fifties

Test
Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 29.10
2#2 · 50s
MOST 50sDerek Randall6 mat · avg 38.50
2#1 · 50s
David Gower6 mat · avg 42.00
1#3 · 50s
  1. 4Graeme Wood6 mat · avg 28.671
  2. 5Geoff Boycott6 mat · avg 21.921
  3. 6Graham Gooch6 mat · avg 22.361
  4. 7Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 23.401
  5. 8Rick Darling4 mat · avg 27.631
  6. 9Bob Taylor6 mat · avg 26.001
  7. 10Mike Brearley6 mat · avg 16.731
  8. 11Peter Toohey5 mat · avg 16.561
  9. 12Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 21.141
  10. 13Allan Border3 mat · avg 36.501
batting battle

England vs Australia

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsAustralia
2474Total runs2159
31.87Strike rate32.19
5Sixes4
186Fours165
10Fifties5

Highest individual scores

1Derek RandallENG · match 4 · Sydney150
2Kim HughesAUS · match 1 · Brisbane129
3Graham YallopAUS · match 6 · Sydney121
4David GowerENG · match 2 · Perth102
5Graham YallopAUS · match 1 · Brisbane102
6Graeme WoodAUS · match 3 · Melbourne100
7Bob TaylorENG · match 5 · Adelaide97
8Rick DarlingAUS · match 4 · Sydney91
9Peter TooheyAUS · match 2 · Perth81*
10Geoff BoycottENG · match 2 · Perth77
RECENT RESULTS 3 matches