Ashes 2017-18 – Head to head stats

The Australia and England teams have fought for their pride, the Ashes trophy for the last 135 years while the game regularly underwent multiple transformations. Irrespective of whether they are playing to regaining or retaining the 11 cm big woodware, but the hype and importance the two countries give to this particular series has no parallels in the longest format of the game.

The approaching series will be the 70th Ashes series and both the teams have won it on 32 occasions so far while the other five ended at levels. Squaring the series, Australia retained the trophy on four occasions while England could manage that just once. The Aussies won 18 series and lost 14 at home while England have also won 18 and lost 14 in their backyard.

Ashes – Series Summary:

However, in terms of matches, Australia have a clear upper hand with 130 wins when compared England’s 106 wins. Both the teams have a neck to neck record in England while the Aussies have won 26 games more than England’s tally on Australian soil.

Ashes – Results Summary:

Ashes – Results Summary by period:

England’s huge total of 903/7 in 1938 is one of the two 900+ totals in Test history. The next highest score in Ashes is 729/6 by Australia in 1930. Among the lowest totals, Australia occupy the first three spots and their 65/10 during the 2015 series is the only entry since 1950 in the top 20 lowest totals in Ashes.

Highest team totals in the Ashes:

Lowest team totals in the Ashes:

Individual records:

Sir Donald Bradman holds all batting records in the Ashes rivalry as his tally of 5028 runs, 19 centuries, 31 fifty-plus scores and an average of 89.79 are the highest by any player. Shane Warne tops the bowling charts with 195 wickets, with his first Ashes wicket being that of Mike Gatting, with the ‘Ball of the century‘.

Leading run-getters in the Ashes:

Leading wicket-takers in the Ashes:

(Note: The numbers in this article don’t include the Australia-England Test matches that weren’t played in the Ashes)

(Stats as on November 15, 2017)