The Ashes (Australia in England)

05 Jun - 21 Aug 1997

3-2 (6)
Australia
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Most Runs 556 Matthew Elliott 453 Graham Thorpe 431 Nasser Hussain 390 Steve Waugh 381 Greg Blewett
Highest Score 207 Nasser Hussain 199 Matthew Elliott 138 Graham Thorpe 129 Mark Taylor 127 Ricky Ponting
Best Strike Rate 1.1 Peter Martin 0.74 Shane Warne 0.71 Devon Malcolm 0.67 Mike Smith 0.62 Ian Healy
Most sixes 3 Shane Warne 3 Matthew Elliott 2 Greg Blewett 2 Ricky Ponting 2 Robert Croft
Most Fours 82 Matthew Elliott 66 Nasser Hussain 62 Graham Thorpe 48 Greg Blewett 46 Steve Waugh
Best Averages 59.67 Paul Reiffel 55.6 Matthew Elliott 50.33 Graham Thorpe 48.2 Ricky Ponting 39.18 Nasser Hussain
Most 50s 12 Mike Atherton 12 Alec Stewart 11 Graham Thorpe 10 Mark Butcher 10 Steve Waugh
Most 100s 11 Nasser Hussain 11 Graham Thorpe 10 Steve Waugh 10 Mark Taylor 10 Greg Blewett