THE ASHES (AUSTRALIA IN ENGLAND)

Batting Stats

T1997
The Ashes (Australia in England)
05 Jun 1997 – 21 Aug 1997
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SERIES WINNERAustralia3-2 (6)

Batting Stats

Most Runs · Most Sixes · Best Strike Rate
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Batting in The Ashes (Australia in England)

Every board for the series.

Most runs

Test
  1. 4Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.00390
  2. 5Greg Blewett6 mat · avg 38.10381
  3. 6Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.70317
  4. 7Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.36268
  5. 8Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.36257
  6. 9Mark Butcher5 mat · avg 25.40254
  7. 10John Crawley5 mat · avg 30.38243
  8. 11Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.20241
  9. 12Ian Healy6 mat · avg 25.00225
  10. 13Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.90209
  11. 14Shane Warne6 mat · avg 18.80188
  12. 15Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 59.67179

Highest score

Test
  1. 4Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.70129
  2. 5Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.20127
  3. 6Greg Blewett6 mat · avg 38.10125
  4. 7Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.00116
  5. 8Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.3687
  6. 9Mark Butcher5 mat · avg 25.4087
  7. 10John Crawley5 mat · avg 30.3883
  8. 11Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.3677
  9. 12Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.9068
  10. 13Ian Healy6 mat · avg 25.0063
  11. 14Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 59.6754
  12. 15Mark Ealham4 mat · avg 35.0053

Most sixes

Test
  1. 4Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.202
  2. 5Robert Croft5 mat · avg 9.382
  3. 6Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.701
  4. 7Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.361
  5. 8Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.901
  6. 9Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 9.831
  7. 10Adam Hollioake2 mat · avg 12.751
  8. 11Peter Martin1 mat · avg 11.501

Most fours

Test
  1. 4Greg Blewett6 mat · avg 38.1048
  2. 5Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.0046
  3. 6Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.7040
  4. 7Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.3638
  5. 8Mark Butcher5 mat · avg 25.4032
  6. 9Ian Healy6 mat · avg 25.0032
  7. 10Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.3631
  8. 11John Crawley5 mat · avg 30.3831
  9. 12Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.2027
  10. 13Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.9022
  11. 14Shane Warne6 mat · avg 18.8020
  12. 15Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 59.6719

Best strike rate

min 60 balls bowled
Test
  1. 4Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.3656.66
  2. 5Matthew Elliott6 mat · avg 55.6056.28
  3. 6Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 59.6753.92
  4. 7Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.0051.45
  5. 8Greg Blewett6 mat · avg 38.1051.07
  6. 9Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.2050.31
  7. 10Nasser Hussain6 mat · avg 39.1847.73
  8. 11Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.9047.50
  9. 12Ben Hollioake1 mat · avg 15.0046.88
  10. 13Robert Croft5 mat · avg 9.3846.88
  11. 14Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.7045.81
  12. 15Mark Ramprakash1 mat · avg 26.0044.07

Best average

min 3 innings
Test
  1. 4Ricky Ponting3 mat · avg 48.2048.20
  2. 5Nasser Hussain6 mat · avg 39.1839.18
  3. 6Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.0039.00
  4. 7Greg Blewett6 mat · avg 38.1038.10
  5. 8Mark Ealham4 mat · avg 35.0035.00
  6. 9Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.7031.70
  7. 10John Crawley5 mat · avg 30.3830.38
  8. 11Mark Butcher5 mat · avg 25.4025.40
  9. 12Ian Healy6 mat · avg 25.0025.00
  10. 13Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.3624.36
  11. 14Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.3623.36
  12. 15Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.9020.90

Most fifties

Test
  1. 4Mike Atherton6 mat · avg 23.362
  2. 5Mark Butcher5 mat · avg 25.402
  3. 6John Crawley5 mat · avg 30.382
  4. 7Mark Waugh6 mat · avg 20.902
  5. 8Steve Waugh6 mat · avg 39.001
  6. 9Mark Taylor6 mat · avg 31.701
  7. 10Alec Stewart6 mat · avg 24.361
  8. 11Ian Healy6 mat · avg 25.001
  9. 12Shane Warne6 mat · avg 18.801
  10. 13Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 59.671
  11. 14Mark Ealham4 mat · avg 35.001
batting battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
2836Total runs2374
52.18Strike rate45.37
12Sixes6
354Fours317
11Fifties11

Highest individual scores

1Nasser HussainENG · match 1 · Birmingham207
2Matthew ElliottAUS · match 4 · Leeds199
3Graham ThorpeENG · match 1 · Birmingham138
4Mark TaylorAUS · match 1 · Birmingham129
5Ricky PontingAUS · match 4 · Leeds127
6Greg BlewettAUS · match 1 · Birmingham125
7Steve WaughAUS · match 3 · Manchester116
8Matthew ElliottAUS · match 2 · Lord's112
9Steve WaughAUS · match 3 · Manchester108
10Nasser HussainENG · match 4 · Leeds105
RECENT RESULTS 1 match