THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Bowling Stats

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

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
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Bowling in The Ashes (England in Australia)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.08
25#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSRodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
41#1 · wkts
Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.04
23#3 · wkts
  1. 4Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.6523
  2. 5Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.0520
  3. 6Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.7419
  4. 7Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.6319
  5. 8John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.1316
  6. 9Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.437
  7. 10Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.577
  8. 11John Lever1 mat · avg 9.605
  9. 12Chris Old1 mat · avg 21.004
  10. 13Phil Carlson2 mat · avg 49.502
  11. 14Allan Border3 mat · avg 50.001

Best figures

Test
Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.08
5/28#2
BEST FIGURESRodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
6/74#1
Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.04
5/44#3
  1. 4Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.055/44
  2. 5Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.635/148
  3. 6John Lever1 mat · avg 9.604/28
  4. 7Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.654/42
  5. 8John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.134/46
  6. 9Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.743/19
  7. 10Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.433/38
  8. 11Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.573/41
  9. 12Chris Old1 mat · avg 21.002/24
  10. 13Phil Carlson2 mat · avg 49.502/41
  11. 14Allan Border3 mat · avg 50.001/31

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.04
1.95#2 · econ
BEST ECONAllan Border3 mat · avg 50.00
1.61#1 · econ
Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.74
2.06#3 · econ
  1. 4Phil Edmonds1 mat · avg 0.002.08
  2. 5John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.132.12
  3. 6Phil Carlson2 mat · avg 49.502.15
  4. 7Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.432.35
  5. 8Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.632.38
  6. 9Trevor Laughlin1 mat · avg 0.002.40
  7. 10Rodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.852.41
  8. 11Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.082.82
  9. 12Gary Cosier2 mat · avg 0.002.92
  10. 13Chris Old1 mat · avg 21.003.09
  11. 14John Lever1 mat · avg 9.603.16
  12. 15Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.053.27

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Rodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
12.85#2 · avg
BEST AVGJohn Lever1 mat · avg 9.60
9.60#1 · avg
Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.04
15.04#3 · avg
  1. 4Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.7415.74
  2. 5John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.1319.13
  3. 6Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.0523.05
  4. 7Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.0823.08
  5. 8Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.6324.63
  6. 9Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.6524.65
  7. 10Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.4338.43
  8. 11Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.5755.57

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Rodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
31.95#2 · SR
BEST SRJohn Lever1 mat · avg 9.60
18.20#1 · SR
Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.65
41.48#3 · SR
  1. 4Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.0542.25
  2. 5Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.7445.79
  3. 6Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.0446.22
  4. 7Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.0849.12
  5. 8John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.1354.25
  6. 9Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.6362.21
  7. 10Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.5797.14
  8. 11Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.4398.14

Most maidens

Test
Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.04
54#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSRodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
60#1 · mdns
John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.13
49#3 · mdns
  1. 4Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.6347
  2. 5Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.0844
  3. 6Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.7430
  4. 7Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.6525
  5. 8Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.0523
  6. 9Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.4319
  7. 10Allan Border3 mat · avg 50.0013
  8. 11Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.5712
  9. 12Phil Carlson2 mat · avg 49.5010
  10. 13Trevor Laughlin1 mat · avg 0.006
  11. 14Gary Cosier2 mat · avg 0.003
  12. 15John Lever1 mat · avg 9.602

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Alan Hurst6 mat · avg 23.08
6#2 · 3w
MOST 3wRodney Hogg6 mat · avg 12.85
8#1 · 3w
Sir Ian Botham6 mat · avg 24.65
6#3 · 3w
  1. 4Geoff Miller6 mat · avg 15.044
  2. 5Bob Willis6 mat · avg 23.054
  3. 6Jim Higgs5 mat · avg 24.633
  4. 7John Emburey4 mat · avg 19.133
  5. 8Mike Hendrick5 mat · avg 15.742
  6. 9Geoff Dymock3 mat · avg 38.431
  7. 10Bruce Yardley4 mat · avg 55.571
  8. 11John Lever1 mat · avg 9.601
bowling battle

England vs Australia

The series totalled up, side against side.

EnglandvsAustralia
110Wickets102
2.60Economy2.57
0Dot balls0
188Maidens214
203-wkt hauls19

Best bowling figures

1Rodney HoggAUS · match 1 · Brisbane6/74
2Alan HurstAUS · match 4 · Sydney5/28
3Rodney HoggAUS · match 3 · Melbourne5/30
4Rodney HoggAUS · match 3 · Melbourne5/36
5Bob WillisENG · match 2 · Perth5/44
6Geoff MillerENG · match 6 · Sydney5/44
7Rodney HoggAUS · match 2 · Perth5/57
8Rodney HoggAUS · match 2 · Perth5/65
9Jim HiggsAUS · match 4 · Sydney5/148
10Rodney HoggAUS · match 5 · Adelaide4/26
RECENT RESULTS 3 matches