Ashes averages - Tables

Travis Basevi

14-Nov-2006

Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests
Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests
Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests
Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests

Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 10 Ashes innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Ave	100	Ashes	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
E Paynter (Eng)	1933-1938	20	1540	59.23	4	7	591	84.42	1	25.198
MTG Elliott (Aust)	1997-1997	21	1172	33.48	3	6	556	55.60	2	22.109
MR Ramprakash (Eng)	1993-2001	52	2350	27.32	2	12	933	42.40	1	15.079
GS Blewett (Aust)	1995-1997	46	2552	34.02	4	8	630	48.46	3	14.431
RT Robinson (Eng)	1985-1989	29	1601	36.38	4	7	502	50.20	2	13.810
KR Stackpole (Aust)	1966-1972	43	2807	37.42	7	13	1164	50.60	3	13.178
GRJ Matthews (Aust)	1985-1991	33	1849	41.08	4	10	589	53.54	1	12.455
BC Broad (Eng)	1986-1989	25	1661	39.54	6	7	569	51.72	3	12.177
GR Dilley (Eng)	1981-1989	41	521	13.35	0	9	198	24.75	0	11.390
M Leyland (Eng)	1929-1938	41	2764	46.06	9	20	1705	56.83	7	10.763
RA Woolmer (Eng)	1975-1981	19	1059	33.09	3	9	642	42.79	3	9.709
ME Waugh (Aust)	1991-2001	128	8029	41.81	20	29	2204	50.09	6	8.270
SR Waugh (Aust)	1986-2003	168	10927	51.06	32	45	3173	58.75	10	7.699
SG Barnes (Aust)	1938-1948	13	1072	63.05	3	9	846	70.50	2	7.439
A Flintoff (Eng)	2005-2005	62	3127	32.91	5	5	402	40.20	1	7.280
JE Emburey (Eng)	1978-1993	64	1713	22.53	0	23	733	29.32	0	6.780
JL Langer (Aust)	1998-2005	100	7393	45.35	22	16	1355	52.11	4	6.755
APF Chapman (Eng)	1924-1930	26	925	28.90	1	16	784	35.63	1	6.726
DW Randall (Eng)	1977-1983	47	2470	33.37	7	15	957	39.87	2	6.494
GM Ritchie (Aust)	1985-1987	30	1690	35.20	3	10	666	41.62	1	6.414

Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 10 Ashes innings)
Player	Span	Mat	Runs	Ave	100	Ashes	Runs	Ave	100	Diff
DL Amiss (Eng)	1968-1977	50	3612	46.30	11	10	237	13.16	0	-33.143
IR Bell (Eng)	2005-2005	18	1287	47.66	5	5	171	17.10	0	-30.570
PH Parfitt (Eng)	1962-1972	37	1882	40.91	7	9	302	21.57	0	-19.338
MG Bevan (Aust)	1994-1997	18	785	29.07	0	6	124	11.27	0	-17.797
RT Ponting (Aust)	1997-2005	105	8792	58.22	31	21	1402	41.23	5	-16.994
G Pullar (Eng)	1961-1963	28	1974	43.86	4	9	457	26.88	0	-16.987
DR Jardine (Eng)	1928-1933	22	1296	48.00	1	10	540	31.76	0	-16.235
PM Toohey (Aust)	1978-1979	15	893	31.89	1	5	149	16.55	0	-15.334
LEG Ames (Eng)	1932-1938	47	2434	40.56	8	17	675	27.00	1	-13.570
KD Walters (Aust)	1965-1977	74	5357	48.26	15	35	1911	35.38	4	-12.871
TW Graveney (Eng)	1953-1968	79	4882	44.38	11	22	1075	31.61	1	-12.762
KWR Fletcher (Eng)	1968-1975	59	3272	39.90	7	14	656	27.33	1	-12.566
MJK Smith (Eng)	1961-1972	50	2278	31.63	3	9	248	19.07	0	-12.563
GN Yallop (Aust)	1978-1981	39	2756	41.13	8	12	707	29.45	3	-11.671
G Ulyett (Eng)	1884-1890	25	949	24.33	1	15	263	13.15	0	-11.179
KD Mackay (Aust)	1956-1963	37	1507	33.48	0	16	497	22.59	0	-10.899
JHW Fingleton (Aust)	1932-1938	18	1189	42.46	5	12	671	31.95	2	-10.507
DG Bradman (Aust)	1928-1948	52	6996	99.94	29	37	5028	89.78	19	-10.154
RN Harvey (Aust)	1948-1963	79	6149	48.41	21	37	2416	38.34	6	-10.070
ME Trescothick (Eng)	2001-2005	76	5825	43.79	14	15	1013	33.76	0	-10.033

Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 1250 Ashes balls)
Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	Ave	5	Ashes	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
RM Hogg (Aust)	1978-1983	38	123	28.47	6	11	56	17.00	5	-11.480
G Miller (Eng)	1977-1983	34	60	30.98	1	13	39	20.25	1	-10.723
RJ Bright (Aust)	1977-1981	25	53	41.13	4	8	17	31.58	1	-9.541
JE Emburey (Eng)	1978-1993	64	147	38.40	6	23	76	31.63	3	-6.778
JD Higgs (Aust)	1978-1979	22	66	31.16	2	5	19	24.63	1	-6.538
TM Alderman (Aust)	1981-1991	41	170	27.15	14	17	100	21.17	11	-5.979
RG Archer (Aust)	1953-1956	19	48	27.45	1	12	35	21.74	1	-5.717
AG Hurst (Aust)	1978-1979	12	43	27.90	2	6	25	23.07	1	-4.830
JN Crawford (Eng)	1907-1908	12	39	29.48	3	5	30	24.73	3	-4.756
BA Reid (Aust)	1986-1991	27	113	24.63	5	9	47	20.40	2	-4.235
JR Thomson (Aust)	1974-1985	51	200	28.00	8	20	97	23.89	5	-4.103
HSTL Hendry (Aust)	1921-1929	11	16	40.00	0	9	14	36.00	0	-4.000
PR Reiffel (Aust)	1993-1997	35	104	26.96	5	7	30	22.96	3	-3.993
NWD Yardley (Eng)	1946-1948	20	21	33.66	0	10	19	30.31	0	-3.354
M Hendrick (Eng)	1974-1981	30	87	25.83	0	12	41	22.65	0	-3.181
CJ McDermott (Aust)	1985-1995	71	291	28.63	14	16	84	25.53	8	-3.094
DW Headley (Eng)	1997-1999	15	60	27.85	1	6	35	24.77	1	-3.078
JC Laker (Eng)	1948-1959	46	193	21.24	9	15	79	18.27	5	-2.971
SK Warne (Aust)	1993-2005	140	685	25.25	36	31	172	22.30	10	-2.941
W Rhodes (Eng)	1899-1926	58	127	26.96	6	38	106	24.11	6	-2.856

Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 1250 Ashes balls, min 90 per Test)
Player	Span	Mat	Wkts	Ave	5	Ashes	Wkts	Ave	5	Diff
GRJ Matthews (Aust)	1985-1991	33	61	48.22	2	10	9	82.00	0	33.770
KJ O'Keeffe (Aust)	1971-1977	24	53	38.07	1	5	9	62.77	0	24.697
H Ironmonger (Aust)	1928-1933	14	74	17.97	4	6	21	33.85	0	15.887
JW Hearne (Eng)	1911-1926	24	30	48.73	1	13	16	62.18	0	13.457
NA Foster (Eng)	1985-1993	29	88	32.85	5	5	13	46.00	0	13.149
B Lee (Aust)	2001-2005	54	211	31.45	7	13	42	44.14	0	12.692
AF Giles (Eng)	2001-2005	52	140	39.60	5	7	17	51.58	0	11.988
FE Woolley (Eng)	1909-1934	64	83	33.91	4	29	33	45.45	0	11.534
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng)	1986-1995	44	140	33.57	4	13	37	44.97	0	11.402
GAR Lock (Eng)	1953-1961	49	174	25.58	9	13	31	36.38	1	10.807
RB Simpson (Aust)	1958-1966	62	71	42.26	2	19	16	52.37	1	10.104
AR Caddick (Eng)	1993-2003	62	234	29.91	13	18	64	40.00	4	10.089
SJ Harmison (Eng)	2002-2005	45	179	28.81	8	9	26	38.61	1	9.805
B Yardley (Aust)	1978-1983	33	126	31.63	6	9	29	40.75	1	9.128
MJ Hoggard (Eng)	2002-2005	58	222	29.76	6	8	22	38.54	0	8.785
IWG Johnson (Aust)	1946-1956	45	109	29.19	3	22	42	37.85	1	8.667
SJ McCabe (Aust)	1930-1938	39	36	42.86	0	24	21	51.23	0	8.378
CV Grimmett (Aust)	1925-1934	37	216	24.21	21	22	106	32.44	11	8.223
DE Malcolm (Eng)	1989-1997	40	128	37.09	5	15	42	45.14	0	8.052
GOB Allen (Eng)	1930-1937	25	81	29.37	5	13	43	37.27	1	7.909

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1814: England v Pakistan at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 17-20, 2006
• ODI # 2445: Kenya v Bermuda at Mombasa, 2nd ODI, Nov 12, 2006