THE ASHES (ENGLAND IN AUSTRALIA)

Bowling Stats

T1946
The Ashes (England in Australia)
29 Nov 1946 – 28 Feb 1947
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SERIES WINNERAustralia3-0 (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
Ray Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.39
18#2 · wkts
MOST WKTSDoug Wright5 mat · avg 43.04
23#1 · wkts
Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.28
18#3 · wkts
  1. 4Ernie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.7117
  2. 5Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.8816
  3. 6Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.7516
  4. 7Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.6010
  5. 8Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.2010
  6. 9Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.679
  7. 10Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.888
  8. 11Fred Freer1 mat · avg 24.673
  9. 12Peter Smith2 mat · avg 109.002
  10. 13George Tribe3 mat · avg 165.002

Best figures

Test
Ray Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.39
7/63#2
BEST FIGURESKeith Miller5 mat · avg 20.88
7/60#1
Doug Wright5 mat · avg 43.04
7/105#3
  1. 4Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.606/42
  2. 5Ernie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.716/82
  3. 6Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.285/44
  4. 7Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.884/69
  5. 8Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.673/50
  6. 9Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.203/67
  7. 10Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.753/97
  8. 11George Tribe3 mat · avg 165.002/48
  9. 12Fred Freer1 mat · avg 24.672/49
  10. 13Peter Smith2 mat · avg 109.002/172

Best economy

min 60 balls bowled
Test
Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.60
2.45#2 · econ
BEST ECONErnie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.71
2.44#1 · econ
Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.28
2.69#3 · econ
  1. 4Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.882.73
  2. 5Ray Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.393.00
  3. 6Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.203.26
  4. 7George Tribe3 mat · avg 165.003.47
  5. 8Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.753.55
  6. 9Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.883.58
  7. 10Bill Voce2 mat · avg 0.003.66
  8. 11Fred Freer1 mat · avg 24.673.70
  9. 12Doug Wright5 mat · avg 43.044.11
  10. 13Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.674.18
  11. 14Peter Smith2 mat · avg 109.004.64
  12. 15Denis Compton4 mat · avg 0.004.78

Best average

min 5 wickets
Test
Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.88
20.88#2 · avg
BEST AVGRay Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.39
20.39#1 · avg
Ernie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.71
25.71#3 · avg
  1. 4Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.2827.28
  2. 5Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.6030.60
  3. 6Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.2037.20
  4. 7Doug Wright5 mat · avg 43.0443.04
  5. 8Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.8843.88
  6. 9Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.6753.67
  7. 10Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.7554.75

Best strike rate

min 5 wickets
Test
Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.88
45.94#2 · SR
BEST SRRay Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.39
40.72#1 · SR
Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.28
60.78#3 · SR
  1. 4Doug Wright5 mat · avg 43.0462.78
  2. 5Ernie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.7163.18
  3. 6Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.2068.40
  4. 7Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.8873.50
  5. 8Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.6075.00
  6. 9Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.6777.00
  7. 10Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.7592.44

Most maidens

Test
Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.75
38#2 · mdns
MOST MDNSErnie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.71
50#1 · mdns
Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.60
35#3 · mdns
  1. 4Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.2827
  2. 5Doug Wright5 mat · avg 43.0423
  3. 6Ray Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.3920
  4. 7Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.8815
  5. 8Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.2015
  6. 9Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.6713
  7. 10Bill Voce2 mat · avg 0.0012
  8. 11Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.889
  9. 12George Tribe3 mat · avg 165.009
  10. 13Fred Freer1 mat · avg 24.673
  11. 14Peter Smith2 mat · avg 109.001

Three-wicket hauls

Test
Colin McCool5 mat · avg 27.28
3#2 · 3w
MOST 3wDoug Wright5 mat · avg 43.04
4#1 · 3w
Ernie Toshack5 mat · avg 25.71
3#3 · 3w
  1. 4Sir Alec Bedser5 mat · avg 54.753
  2. 5Bill Edrich5 mat · avg 53.673
  3. 6Ray Lindwall4 mat · avg 20.392
  4. 7Norman Yardley5 mat · avg 37.202
  5. 8Bruce Dooland2 mat · avg 43.882
  6. 9Keith Miller5 mat · avg 20.881
  7. 10Ian Johnson3 mat · avg 30.601
bowling battle

Australia vs England

The series totalled up, side against side.

AustraliavsEngland
92Wickets60
2.85Economy3.90
0Dot balls0
168Maidens102
123-wkt hauls12

Best bowling figures

1Keith MillerAUS · match 1 · Brisbane7/60
2Ray LindwallAUS · match 5 · Sydney7/63
3Doug WrightENG · match 5 · Sydney7/105
4Ian JohnsonAUS · match 2 · Sydney6/42
5Ernie ToshackAUS · match 1 · Brisbane6/82
6Colin McCoolAUS · match 5 · Sydney5/44
7Colin McCoolAUS · match 2 · Sydney5/109
8Doug WrightENG · match 1 · Brisbane5/167
9Ray LindwallAUS · match 4 · Adelaide4/52
10Bruce DoolandAUS · match 3 · Melbourne4/69
RECENT RESULTS 2 matches