THE ASHES (AUSTRALIA IN ENGLAND)

Bowling Stats

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

Bowling Stats

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

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.04
24#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSGlenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.47
36#1 · wkts
Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.42
24#3 · wkts
  1. 4Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.7516
  2. 5Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.7516
  3. 6Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.9416
  4. 7Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.1414
  5. 8Phil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.4511
  6. 9Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.6411
  7. 10Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.888
  8. 11Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.888
  9. 12Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.176
  10. 13Adam Hollioake1 mat · avg 27.502
  11. 14Ben Hollioake1 mat · avg 41.502
  12. 15Michael Bevan3 mat · avg 60.502

Best figures

Test
Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.14
7/36#2
BEST FIGURESGlenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.47
8/38#1
Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.75
7/37#3
  1. 4Phil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.457/66
  2. 5Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.046/48
  3. 6Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.425/42
  4. 7Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.645/49
  5. 8Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.945/149
  6. 9Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.754/72
  7. 10Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.883/60
  8. 11Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.173/100
  9. 12Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.883/125
  10. 13Adam Hollioake1 mat · avg 27.502/31
  11. 14Michael Bevan3 mat · avg 60.501/14
  12. 15Mark Waugh1 mat · avg 16.001/16

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.04
2.43#2 · econ
BEST ECONPhil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.45
1.95#1 · econ
Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.64
2.61#3 · econ
  1. 4Peter Martin1 mat · avg 0.002.68
  2. 5Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.882.71
  3. 6Glenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.472.81
  4. 7Adam Hollioake1 mat · avg 27.502.89
  5. 8Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.883.26
  6. 9Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.173.30
  7. 10Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.143.32
  8. 11Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.753.38
  9. 12Michael Bevan3 mat · avg 60.503.49
  10. 13Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.423.53
  11. 14Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.943.60
  12. 15Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.753.62

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Glenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.47
19.47#2 · avg
BEST AVGPhil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.45
8.45#1 · avg
Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.75
20.75#3 · avg
  1. 4Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.1422.14
  2. 5Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.8823.88
  3. 6Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.0424.04
  4. 7Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.4226.42
  5. 8Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.6426.64
  6. 9Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.7527.75
  7. 10Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.9431.94
  8. 11Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.1751.17
  9. 12Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.8854.88

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.75
34.38#2 · SR
BEST SRPhil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.45
26.00#1 · SR
Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.14
40.07#3 · SR
  1. 4Glenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.4741.64
  2. 5Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.8844.00
  3. 6Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.4244.96
  4. 7Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.7549.25
  5. 8Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.9453.25
  6. 9Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.0459.29
  7. 10Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.6461.18
  8. 11Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.1793.00
  9. 12Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.88121.38

Most maidens

Test
Glenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.47
67#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSShane Warne6 mat · avg 24.04
69#1 · mdns
Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.88
41#3 · mdns
  1. 4Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.6428
  2. 5Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.4227
  3. 6Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.9427
  4. 7Phil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.4522
  5. 8Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.7520
  6. 9Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.7520
  7. 10Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.1720
  8. 11Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.1419
  9. 12Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.8811
  10. 13Michael Bevan3 mat · avg 60.506
  11. 14Peter Martin1 mat · avg 0.005
  12. 15Mark Waugh1 mat · avg 16.003

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Andy Caddick5 mat · avg 26.42
5#2 · 3w
MOST 3wGlenn McGrath6 mat · avg 19.47
6#1 · 3w
Shane Warne6 mat · avg 24.04
4#3 · 3w
  1. 4Darren Gough4 mat · avg 31.944
  2. 5Jason Gillespie4 mat · avg 20.753
  3. 6Dean Headley3 mat · avg 27.753
  4. 7Michael Kasprowicz3 mat · avg 22.142
  5. 8Phil Tufnell1 mat · avg 8.452
  6. 9Paul Reiffel4 mat · avg 26.641
  7. 10Mark Ealham3 mat · avg 23.881
  8. 11Robert Croft5 mat · avg 54.881
  9. 12Devon Malcolm4 mat · avg 51.171
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
104Wickets93
2.87Economy3.26
0Dot balls0
218Maidens179
163-wkt hauls17

Best bowling figures

1Glenn McGrathAUS · match 2 · Lord's8/38
2Michael KasprowiczAUS · match 6 · The Oval7/36
3Jason GillespieAUS · match 4 · Leeds7/37
4Phil TufnellENG · match 6 · The Oval7/66
5Glenn McGrathAUS · match 6 · The Oval7/76
6Shane WarneAUS · match 3 · Manchester6/48
7Andy CaddickENG · match 6 · The Oval5/42
8Paul ReiffelAUS · match 4 · Leeds5/49
9Andy CaddickENG · match 1 · Birmingham5/50
10Darren GoughENG · match 4 · Leeds5/149
RECENT RESULTS 1 match