THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Bowling Stats

T1950
The Ashes (England in Australia)
01 Dec 1950 – 23 Feb 1951
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SERIES WINNERAustralia4-1 (5)

Bowling Stats

Most Wickets · Best Average · Best Economy
category leaders

Bowling in The Ashes (England in Australia)

Every board for the series.

Most wickets

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.18
22#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSSir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
30#1 · wkts
Jack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
21#3 · wkts
  1. 4Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.6118
  2. 5Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.7117
  3. 6Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.9315
  4. 7Trevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.1414
  5. 8Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.4511
  6. 9Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.437
  7. 10Roy Tattersall2 mat · avg 64.254
  8. 11Graeme Hole1 mat · avg 13.001
  9. 12Brian Close1 mat · avg 28.001
  10. 13Denis Compton2 mat · avg 43.001
  11. 14John Warr2 mat · avg 281.001

Best figures

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.18
5/35#2
BEST FIGURESJack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
6/27#1
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
5/46#3
  1. 4Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.615/49
  2. 5Trevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.144/22
  3. 6Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.714/37
  4. 7Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.454/99
  5. 8Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.933/29
  6. 9Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.433/94
  7. 10Roy Tattersall2 mat · avg 64.253/95
  8. 11Graeme Hole1 mat · avg 13.001/10
  9. 12Denis Compton2 mat · avg 43.001/18
  10. 13Brian Close1 mat · avg 28.001/20
  11. 14John Warr2 mat · avg 281.001/76

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
2.46#2 · econ
BEST ECONJack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
2.31#1 · econ
Trevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.14
2.63#3 · econ
  1. 4Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.182.74
  2. 5Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.432.78
  3. 6Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.712.80
  4. 7Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.933.46
  5. 8Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.613.57
  6. 9Denis Compton2 mat · avg 43.003.58
  7. 10Roy Tattersall2 mat · avg 64.253.73
  8. 11John Warr2 mat · avg 281.003.85
  9. 12Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.454.85

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Jack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
15.24#2 · avg
BEST AVGTrevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.14
14.14#1 · avg
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
16.07#3 · avg
  1. 4Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.7117.71
  2. 5Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.1819.18
  3. 6Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.6121.61
  4. 7Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.9322.93
  5. 8Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.4344.43
  6. 9Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.4545.45

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.61
36.33#2 · SR
BEST SRTrevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.14
32.21#1 · SR
Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.71
37.88#3 · SR
  1. 4Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.0739.13
  2. 5Jack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.2439.62
  3. 6Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.9339.80
  4. 7Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.1842.05
  5. 8Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.4556.18
  6. 9Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.4396.00

Most maidens

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.18
29#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSSir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
34#1 · mdns
Jack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
29#3 · mdns
  1. 4Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.7123
  2. 5Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.4323
  3. 6Trevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.1418
  4. 7Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.6112
  5. 8Roy Tattersall2 mat · avg 64.2512
  6. 9Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.9310
  7. 10Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.456
  8. 11John Warr2 mat · avg 281.006
  9. 12Denis Compton2 mat · avg 43.002
  10. 13Brian Close1 mat · avg 28.001
  11. 14Jim Burke1 mat · avg 0.001
  12. 15Sam Loxton2 mat · avg 0.001

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Bill Johnston5 mat · avg 19.18
4#2 · 3w
MOST 3wSir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 16.07
7#1 · 3w
Jack Iverson5 mat · avg 15.24
4#3 · 3w
  1. 4Freddie Brown5 mat · avg 21.613
  2. 5Keith Miller5 mat · avg 17.713
  3. 6Ray Lindwall5 mat · avg 22.933
  4. 7Trevor Bailey3 mat · avg 14.143
  5. 8Doug Wright4 mat · avg 45.452
  6. 9Ian Johnson4 mat · avg 44.431
  7. 10Roy Tattersall2 mat · avg 64.251
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
83Wickets80
2.77Economy3.38
0Dot balls0
116Maidens91
153-wkt hauls16

Best bowling figures

1Jack IversonAUS · match 3 · Sydney6/27
2Bill JohnstonAUS · match 1 · Brisbane5/35
3Sir Alec BedserENG · match 5 · Melbourne5/46
4Freddie BrownENG · match 5 · Melbourne5/49
5Sir Alec BedserENG · match 5 · Melbourne5/59
6Trevor BaileyENG · match 1 · Brisbane4/22
7Freddie BrownENG · match 2 · Melbourne4/26
8Bill JohnstonAUS · match 2 · Melbourne4/26
9Jack IversonAUS · match 2 · Melbourne4/37
10Sir Alec BedserENG · match 2 · Melbourne4/37