Ashes Man of The Match

The Ashes is the oldest Test rivalry between any two nations in cricket. England and Australia have been playing brilliant cricket to win the ‘Ashes urn’ since the year 1882. For the fans it is the most awaited tournament that is played with the longest format of the game.

Ashes Man of the Match 2019

Steve Smith has made a great comeback to his test career with centuries in both the innings which earned him a man of the match in the First Ashes Test. He literally frustrated the England bowlers with his immaculate stroke play. Ben Stokes claimed the man of the match in the second test for the his brilliant 115 in the second innings.

Find the Man of the Match for Ashes 2019 series below -

Sl. No.	Date	Man of the match	Stats	Team
1st Test	Aug 01	Steve Smith	Inn 1 - 144 runs, Inn 2 - 142 runs	Australia
2nd Test	Aug 14	Ben Stokes	Inn 1 - 13 runs, Inn 2 - 115 runs	England
3rd Test	Aug 22	Ben Stokes	Inn 1 - 8 runs, Inn 2 - 135 runs	England
4th Test	Sep 04	Steven Smith	Inn 1 - 211 runs, Inn 2 - 82 runs	Australia
5th Test	Sep 12	Jofra Archer	Inn 1 - 6 Wickets	England

*Updated on 9 Sept 2019

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List of Ashes Man of the Match Awards (Last 10 Ashes series) :

In such highly anticipated series, some players really stand out in each game to win games for their teams. They are awarded with the ‘Man of the Match’ award. The tradition of awarding the ‘Man of the Match’ in England vs Australia Test series began in the 1978/79 season in Australia.

Here is a list of players with most ‘Man of the Match’ awards in the last 10 Ashes series:

S. No.	Man of the Match	No. of times	Team
1	Steven Smith	7	Australia
2	Ricky Ponting	5	Australia
3	Mitchell Johnson	4	Australia
4	Sir Alastair Cook	3	England
5	Stuart Broad	3	England
6	Andrew Flintoff	3	England
7	Shane Warne	3	Australia
8	Glenn McGrath	2	Australia
9	Kevin Pietersen	2	England
10	Joe Root	2	England
11	Michael Clarke	2	Australia
12	Adam Gilchrist	1	Australia
13	Mark Butcher	1	England
14	Matthew Hayden	1	Australia
15	Damien Martyn	1	Australia
16	Justin Langer	1	Australia
17	Michael Vaughan	1	England
18	Michael Hussey	1	Australia
19	Stuart Clark	1	Australia
20	Marcus North	1	Australia
21	Jonathan Trott	1	England
22	James Anderson	1	England
23	Shane Watson	1	Australia
24	Ryan Harris	1	Australia
25	Steven Finn	1	England
26	Shaun Marsh	1	Australia

England’s Derek Randall won the first award in the first Test of the series as England beat the Aussies by 7 wickets. Randall scored 75 off 196 balls in the first innings and an unbeaten 74 off 175 balls in the second innings.

In the last 10 years, Australia’s Steven Smith (6) has the most number of Man of the Match awards to his name in Ashes series. The next two with most such awards are also Australians, Ricky Ponting (5) and Mitchell Johnson (4). No Englishman has won it more than 3 times.

50 matches have been played in the last 10 Ashes series. The Man of the Match award has gone to an Australian 32 times while it has gone to an Englishman only 18 times.

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