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5th Test-The Ashes (Australia in England) 1948 Performance

RESULTTESTKennington Oval, LondonSat, 14 Aug - Wed, 18 Aug 1948 - 15:30

ENG

England

582/10 (20.00) & 188/10 (105.3)

Australia

291/0 (20.00)

AUS

Australia won by an innings and 149 runs

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

Impact leaderboard

Everyone, ranked

Runs, strike rate against the match average, wickets and economy, dot balls and catches, in one score.

BJBill Johnston0* (2) · 4/40

117#2 · pts

MVPAMArthur Morris196 (0)

227#1 · pts

RLRay Lindwall9 (0) · 3/50 · 1 ct

84#3 · pts

1AMArthur MorrisAUS · 196 (0)227

2BJBill JohnstonAUS · 0* (2) · 4/40117

3RLRay LindwallAUS · 9 (0) · 3/50 · 1 ct84

4EHEric HolliesENG · 0 (1) · 5/13179

5SBSid BarnesAUS · 61 (0)78

6LHLeonard HuttonENG · 64 (0)74

7KMKeith MillerAUS · 5 (0) · 2/22 · 1 ct69

8DRDoug RingAUS · 9 (0) · 1/4456

9LHLindsay HassettAUS · 37 (0) · 2 ct50

10DCDenis ComptonENG · 39 (0) · 0/636

11DTDon TallonAUS · 31 (0)34

BatBallField

Who carried the team

Share of the runs

ENGEngland · 172

Leonard Hutton64 (0)37%

Denis Compton39 (0)23%

Bill Edrich28 (0)16%

John Dewes10 (0)6%

Jack Crapp9 (0)5%

Norman Yardley9 (0)5%

Godfrey Evans8 (0)5%

Jack Young3* (7)2%

Allan Watkins2 (0)1%

AUSAustralia · 380

Arthur Morris196 (0)52%

Sid Barnes61 (0)16%

Lindsay Hassett37 (0)10%

Don Tallon31 (0)8%

Neil Harvey17 (0)4%

Sam Loxton15 (0)4%

Ray Lindwall9 (0)2%

Doug Ring9 (0)2%

Keith Miller5 (0)1%

Beat their average?

4 of 22 did

Each batter's score today against their own career average in this format.

Arthur Morris196 today · avg 46.5+150

Don Tallon31 today · avg 17.1+14

Leonard Hutton64 today · avg 56.2+8

Sid Barnes61 today · avg 59.6+1

John Dewes10 today · avg 12.1-2

Jack Young3* today · avg 5.6-3

Eric Hollies0 today · avg 5.3-5

Lindsay Hassett37 today · avg 46.6-10

Denis Compton39 today · avg 50.1-11

Bill Johnston0* today · avg 11.4-11

Bill Edrich28 today · avg 40-12

Ray Lindwall9 today · avg 21.2-12

Godfrey Evans8 today · avg 20.5-13

Alec Bedser0 today · avg 12.8-13

Doug Ring9 today · avg 22.4-13

Norman Yardley9 today · avg 25.4-16

Jack Crapp9 today · avg 29-20

Sam Loxton15 today · avg 36.9-22

Neil Harvey17 today · avg 48.4-31

Keith Miller5 today · avg 37-32

Allan Watkins2 today · avg 40.5-39

Donald Bradman0 today · avg 98.5-99