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Top 5 best bowling figures in an innings in Ashes History

Check here the top 5 best bowling figures in an innings in Ashes History. 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 and holds this record.

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Last updated: 27.06.2023
best bowling figures in an innings in Ashes History

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 best bowling figures in an Ashes innings:


Ashes Series

Player

Team

Venue

Innings-Figure

1956

Jim Laker

England

Manchester

51.2-23-53-10

1956

Jim Laker

England

Manchester

16.4-4-37-9

1920/21

Arther 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


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