Ashes Best Bowling Figures

The Ashes series began in the 1882/83 season in Australia. Since then, there have been many great bowling performances. These bowling performances were some of the greatest in world cricket.

Jim Laker became the first man to take all ten wickets in an innings in a Test match when he did it against Australia in 1956. To add to it, he had already taken nine wickets in the first innings of the same Test match. Till date, Laker’s match figures remain the best in Test cricket.

Four of the five best figures in an Ashes innings have come in England, three of them at the Old Trafford in Manchester. The latest entrant to that list is England’s Stuart Broad who bowled a brilliant spell against the Aussies in 2015 when he took 8 wickets in less than 10 overs.

Here are the Top 5 bowling figures in an Ashes innings:

Ashes Best Bowling Figures in an Innings:

Ashes series	Player	Team	Venue	Innings figures
1956	Jim Laker	England	Manchester	51.2-23-53-10
1956	Jim Laker	England	Manchester	16.4-4-37-9
1920/21	Arthur Mailey	Australia	Melbourne	47.0-8-121-9
2015	Stuart Broad	England	Nottingham	9.3-5-15-8
1909	Frank Laver	Australia	Manchester	18.2-7-31-8

Here are the Top 5 bowling figures in an Ashes match:

Ashes Best Bowling Figures in a Match:

Ashes series	Player	Team	Venue	Match figures
1956	Jim Laker	England	Manchester	68.0-27-90-19
1972	Robert Massie	Australia	London (Lord's)	60.1-16-137-16
1934	Hedley Verity	England	London (Lord's)	58.3-23-104-15
1903/04	Wilfred Rhodes	England	Melbourne	30.2-3-124-15
1953	Alec Bedser	England	Nottingham	55.5-23-99-14