The Ashes Cricket
Australia Cricket Players
Adam Gilchrist | Allan Border | Andrew Symonds | Brett Lee | David Boon | Donald Bradman | Glenn McGrath | Jason Gillespie | Justin Langer | Mark Taylor | Mark Waugh | Mathew Hayden | Ricky Ponting | Shane Warne | Steve WaughThe Ashes series 2006-07
Schedule
The Ashes Cricket
The Ashes Records
Highest innings total
Australia : 729-6 dec Lord's, 1930England : 903-7 dec The Oval, 1938
Highest individual score
Australia : 334 Don Bradman, Headingley, 1930England : 364 Len Hutton, The Oval, 1938
Best bowling match figures
Australia : 16-137 Bob Massie, Lord's, 1972England : 19-90 Jim Laker, Old Trafford, 1956
Best innings figures
Australia : 9-121 Arthur Mailey, Melbourne, 1920-21England : 10-53 Jim Laker, Old Trafford, 1956
Most runs
Australia : 5028 Don BradmanEngland : 3636 Jack Hobbs
Most wickets
Australia : 167 Dennis LilleeEngland : 148 Ian Botham
Most 100s
Australia : 19 Don Bradman England : 12 Jack HobbsFastest individual hundred (balls faced)
Australia : 88 Ray Lindwall, Melbourne, 1946-47England : 76 Gilbert Jessop, The Oval, 1902
Most runs in a series
Australia : 974 Don Bradman, 1930England : 905 Wally Hammond, 1928-29
Most 10-wicket matches
Australia : 4 Frederick Spofforth, Dennis LilleeEngland : 4 Tom Richardson
Most 5-wicket innings
Australia : 11 Dennis Lillee, Clarrie Grimmett, Terry Alderman, Charles TurnerEngland : 12 Sydney Barnes
Most wickets in a series
Australia : 42 Terry Alderman, 1981England : 46 Jim Laker, 1956
Most dismissals
Australia : 148 Rodney MarshEngland : 105 Alan Knott
Most catches
Australia : 141 Rodney MarshEngland : 97 Alan Knott
Most stumpings
Australia : 31 Bert OldfieldEngland : 12 Godfrey Evans
Most appearances
Australia : 47 Allan BorderEngland : 42 Graham Gooch, David Gower
Highest partnerships : Australia
1st 329 Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor, Trent Bridge, 19892nd 451 Bill Ponsford and Don Bradman, The Oval, 1934
3rd 276 Don Bradman and Lindsay Hassett, Brisbane, 1946-47
4th 388 Bill Ponsford and Don Bradman, Headingley, 1934
5th 405 Don Bradman and Sidney Barnes, Sydney, 1946-47
6th 346 Jack Fingleton and Don Bradman, Melbourne, 1936-37
7th 165 Hugh Trumble and Clem Hill, Melbourne, 1897-98
8th 243 Roger Hartigan and Clem Hill, Adelaide, 1907-08
9th 154 Syd Gregory and Jack Blackham, Sydney, 1894-95
10th 127 Johnny Talor and Arthur Mailey, Sydney, 1924-25
Highest partnerships : England
1st 323 Jack Hobbs and Wilfred Rhodes, Melbourne, 1911-122nd 382 Len Hutton and Maurice Leyland, The Oval, 1938
3rd 262 Wally Hammond and Douglas Jardine, Adelaide, 1928-29
4th 288 Nasser Hussain and Graham Thorpe, Edgbaston, 1997
5th 206 Eddie Paynter and Denis Compton, Trent Bridge, 1938
6th 215 Len Hutton and Joe Hardstaff jnr, The Oval, 1938
6th 215 Geoff Boycott and Alan Knott, Trent Bridge, 1977
7th 143 Frank Woolley and Joseph Vine, Sydney, 1911-12
8th 124 Patsy Hendren and Harold Larwood, Brisbane, 1928-29
9th 151 William Scotton and Walter Read, The Oval, 1884
10th 130 RE 'Tip' Foster and Wilfred Rhodes, Sydney, 1903-04
Australian Cricket History
Australia - World beaters! 
The Australian cricket team is one of the leading international teams in world cricket. Australia was one of the first two Test nations (with England) and have an outstanding recent Test record and in the one dayers were World Champs in 1987, 1999 and 2003. They are also the leaders in the current ICC Test Nations table.
Dates in history of Australian cricketNovember, 1868: 1868 Aboriginal cricket tour of England
15 March 1877: Test debut
28 December 1934: Women's Test team debut
5 January 1971: ODI Debut
23 June 1973: Women's ODI team debut
8 November 1987: Won 4th edition of Cricket World Cup by defeating England in the final match at Eden Gardens, Calcutta.
20 June 1999: Steve Waugh lifts the World Cup
23 March 2003: Ricky Ponting lifts the World Cup