The Ashes Cricket
The Ashes Records
Highest innings total
Australia : 729-6 dec Lord's, 1930
England : 903-7 dec The Oval, 1938
Highest individual score
Australia : 334 Don Bradman, Headingley, 1930
England : 364 Len Hutton, The Oval, 1938
Best bowling match figures
Australia : 16-137 Bob Massie, Lord's, 1972
England : 19-90 Jim Laker, Old Trafford, 1956
Best innings figures
Australia : 9-121 Arthur Mailey, Melbourne, 1920-21
England : 10-53 Jim Laker, Old Trafford, 1956
Most runs
Australia : 5028 Don Bradman
England : 3636 Jack Hobbs
Most wickets
Australia : 167 Dennis Lillee
England : 148 Ian Botham
Most 100s
Australia : 19 Don Bradman
England : 12 Jack Hobbs
Fastest individual hundred (balls faced)
Australia : 88 Ray Lindwall, Melbourne, 1946-47
England : 76 Gilbert Jessop, The Oval, 1902
Most runs in a series
Australia : 974 Don Bradman, 1930
England : 905 Wally Hammond, 1928-29
Most 10-wicket matches
Australia : 4 Frederick Spofforth, Dennis Lillee
England : 4 Tom Richardson
Most 5-wicket innings
Australia : 11 Dennis Lillee, Clarrie Grimmett, Terry Alderman, Charles Turner
England : 12 Sydney Barnes
Most wickets in a series
Australia : 42 Terry Alderman, 1981
England : 46 Jim Laker, 1956
Most dismissals
Australia : 148 Rodney Marsh
England : 105 Alan Knott
Most catches
Australia : 141 Rodney Marsh
England : 97 Alan Knott
Most stumpings
Australia : 31 Bert Oldfield
England : 12 Godfrey Evans
Most appearances
Australia : 47 Allan Border
England : 42 Graham Gooch, David Gower
Highest partnerships : Australia
1st 329 Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor, Trent Bridge, 1989
2nd 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, 1911-12
2nd 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
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