For an avaricious follower of Test cricket,The Ashes is supposed to be one of the most thrilling contests that are played between Australia and England.
The Ashes series began in the1882/83 season in Australia. Since then, numerous legends of the game from Australia as well as England featured in the Ashes and made it the most awaited bilateral Test series.
If one opens the libraries of this blockbuster series, they will discover collections of major moments that were noble for the separate brigades and their fans.
Over the ages, there have been some brilliant performances in this England vs Australia Test Series. Batsmen like W.G. Grace, Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Allan Border, Sir Alastair Cook and Ricky Ponting have graced the Ashes series.
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As Ashes is the oldest contest in the cricket world, the ultramodern- day players will have to struggle a lot to enter in the record books. On that note, let us look at the five highest individual scores of the Ashes.
List: Highest Individual scores In the Ashes
| Sl. No. | Player | Team | Inns | Runs | Ave |
| 1 | Sir Donald Bradman | Australia | 63 | 5028 | 89.78 |
| 2 | Sir Jack Hobbs | England | 71 | 3636 | 54.26 |
| 3 | Allan Border | Australia | 73 | 3222 | 55.55 |
| 4 | Steve Waugh | Australia | 72 | 3173 | 58.75 |
| 5 | David Gower | England | 69 | 3037 | 46.01 |
| 6 | Wally Hammond | England | 58 | 2852 | 51.85 |
| 7 | Steve Smith | Australia | 48 | 2800 | 65.11 |
| 8 | Herbert Sutcliffe | England | 46 | 2741 | 66.85 |
| 9 | Clem Hill | Australia | 76 | 2660 | 35.46 |
| 10 | John Edrich | England | 57 | 2644 | 48.96 |
List of Highest Individual scores In the Ashes Overview
Leonard Hutton: 364 (The Oval, 1938)
Sir Len Hutton is said to be one of the best- fulfilled batters in professional cricket of his time. Hutton smashed 364 against Australia in the final game of the 1938 Ashes series. Moreover, centuries from Maurice Leyland (187) and Joe Hardstaff (169) propelled England to 903 in the first innings. Australia were sailed out for 201 & 123 as England won the game by 579 runs to square the five- match Test series 1- 1. Hutton’s record is yet to be broken in the Ashes.
Don Bradman: 334 (Leeds, 1930) Bradman had a great stint of England in 1930 as he blistered 974 runs from five matches at a stunning normal of139.14. In the third Test at Headingley, Bradman made 334 from 448 balls as his miraculous knock involved 46 boundaries. He was caught behind by George Duckworth off Maurice Tate’s bowling.
Robert Simpson: 311 (Manchester, 1964) Simpson had to stay for his 30th Test match, as the captain of Australia, to score his first Test hundred. Although he made his Test debut in 1957, he’d to stay for 51 innings to get to his demoiselle Test century and he achieved it in a fashionable manner. On a flat pitch at Old Trafford, Simpson tagged to club first and scored 311 from 743 deliveries against England in 1964. He forged a 202- run opening stage alongside Bill Lawry. Australia put up a mammoth aggregate of 656/8 but England gave a great fightback to force a draw with their 611, led by Ken Barrington’s 256.
Bob Cowper: 307 (Melbourne, 1966) Cowper was the first batter to score a triadic- hundred on Australian soil. The Melbourne- born player, who was also a trafficker banker and a stockbroker, made 307 off 589 balls and also sutured a 212- run cooperation with Australian batter Bill Lawry. Cowper’s knock boosted Australia’s score to 543/8 in response to England’s 485 in the final Test of the 1966 Ashes. Latterly, the match ended in a draw and so was the series at 1- 1.
Don Bradman: 304 (Leeds, 1934) Indeed if utmost of us might have no way seen him club, still we can not deny that Sir Donald Bradman is the stylish batter of the game without any argument. Indeed if utmost of us might have no way seen him club, still we can not deny that Sir Donald Bradman is the stylish batter of the game without any argument.
Quick Ashes records
- Most Runs in Ashes: Don Bradman (5028 Runs)
- Highest Average in Ashes: Don Bradman (89.79)
- Most Centuries in Ashes: Don Bradman (19 Centuries)
- Highest Individual Score in Ashes: Len Hutton (364)
- Most Runs in a Calendar Ashes Series: Don Bradman (974 Runs in 5 Test Matches 1930 Series)
- Most Wickets in Ashes: Shane Warne (195 Wickets)
- Highest Team Total in Ashes: England 903/7 declared at The Oval (20/08/1938)
- Lowest Team Total in Ashes: Australia 36 All-Out at Birmingham (29/05/1902)
- Darren Gough is the one and only player to record a hat-trick in Ashes(1998-99)
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