The Ashes History Records

The ashes league is cricket tournament. It also contains its own players that are legendary and their legendary records. This league is played between England and Australia. Up until now, about 72 seasons of the game have taken place. In these 72 seasons. England has won about 32 times and the Australian team has bagged the trophy about 33 times. The league has also ended in draws at a few occasions. This happened for about 6 times. Furthermore, for 19 years, Australia remain the champion of the league. The time period for these 19 years was 1934 to 1935. It is also ironic, the Australia, itself, hold the credits for having the highest total of the tournament and also the lowest total of the tournament. In 1902, the first match of the league occurred between Australia and England where Australia scored 36 runs which is lowest of the league. The highest runs of the league was also made my Australia in 1938 to 1939 where it made 903 runs on account of seven wickets.

• What are The Ashes?
• Most Runs in Ashes History
• Most Runs in a Single Ashes Series
• Highest Wicket Taker in Ashes Series
• Ashes Highest Individual Scores
• Most Centuries in Ashes Series

What are The Ashes?

The Ashes league is played between two teams. The teams that are included in this league are England and Australia. They come head to head with each other in this tournament. Every two years, England and Australia host this league one by one. There are about five tests that take place in the Ashes league. The team which won the last Ashes titles will host the Ashes leagues and if the last league ended in a draw then the team who previously had the trophy will get to keep it and host the next event as well. Since the start of the series in 1887, there have been about 335 matches. Australia won about 136 matches, 91 matches came to a draw and England won about 108 matches.

Most Runs in Ashes History

The most runs in the series are occupied by Sir Don Bradman. He is a legendary cricketer. He made about 5028 run by playing 37 matches. Among all other batsman of the league, he has the record for the highest average which is about 89.78. The highest score in the Ashes league was also made by him in Leeds in 193, where he made 334 runs of 448 balls.

List of TOP 5 Ashes Most Runs

Most Runs in a Single Ashes Series

In the whole tournament of the Ashes league, the ashes most runs title in a single series goes to Donald Bradman. He is an Australian Cricketer. In 1930, he made about a total of 974 runs in a single series. This is so far the highest score in a series by a single player in the Ashes league.

List of TOP 5 Most Runs in a Single Ashes Series

Highest Wicket Taker in Ashes Series

The highest wicket taker in the ashes series is Shane Warne. He has a record for holding 196 wickets. He got this record by taking these wickets in 36 matches. He is one of the legendary bowlers in the league.

List of TOP 5 Ashes Most Wickets

Ashes Highest Individual Scores

The ashes history records tell that Sir Len Hutton holds the record for the highest individual score. He belongs to the England team. He made a score of 364 in 847 balls. This was made by him in 1938 in 5th test of the series.

List of TOP 5 Highest Individual Scores in Ashes

Most Centuries in Ashes Series

Throughout the series, Don Brandon has have 19 centuries however, there are a few other players who also have many centuries in the records of the Ashes series.

List of TOP 5 Ashes Most Centuries