Ashes Series ENG vs AUS 2021-22 review – Most runs, most wickets, Centuries, best bowling
Here is complete review of Ashes Series 2021-22 England vs Australia.
Australia Won the series 4-0.
First Test ENG vs AUS December 8, 2021 , Brisbane
Australia won by 9 wickets
Player of Match Travis Head 152 runs
Debut – Alex Carey
2nd Test ENG vs AUS December 16, 2021, Adelaide
Australia won by 175 runs
Player of Match Marnus Labuschagne 103 & 51
Debut Michael Neser
3rd Test ENG vs AUS December 26, 2021, Melbourne
Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
Player of Match Scot Boland 6/7 & 1/48
Debut Scot boland
4th Test ENG vs AUS January 5, 2022, Sydney
Drawn
Player of Match -Usman Khwaja 137 and 101
5th Test ENG vs AUS January 14, 2022, Hobart
Australia won by 146 runs
Player of Match Travis Head 101 runs
Debut Sam Billings for England
England vs Australia Ashes Series Batting Stats
Travis Head was most runs scorer in Ashes Series 2021-22. He scored 357 runs in 6 innings with average of 59.50 with two hundred and one fifty.Joe Root was most runs scorer for England .He scored 322 runs in 10 innings with average of 32.Root scored three fifties in 10 innings .
Usman Khawaja was Key batsman in Ashes series .He scored two hundred in Sydney Test match.Usman Khawaja scored 255 runs in 4 innings with average of 85.He scored two hundred in 4 innings.
Top 5 most runs scorer in Ashes Series 2021-22
| Player | Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 |
| TM Head (AUS) | 4 | 6 | 0 | 357 | 152 | 59.50 | 2 | 1 |
| M Labuschagne (AUS) | 5 | 9 | 1 | 335 | 103 | 41.87 | 1 | 2 |
| JE Root (ENG) | 5 | 10 | 0 | 322 | 89 | 32.20 | 0 | 3 |
| DA Warner (AUS) | 5 | 8 | 0 | 273 | 95 | 34.12 | 0 | 2 |
| UT Khawaja (AUS) | 2 | 4 | 1 | 255 | 137 | 85.00 | 2 | 0 |
England vs Australia Ashes Series Bowling Series
Pat Cummins was highest wicket takers in Ashes .He took 21 wickets in 4 test matches.
Scot Boland was discovery of series .He took 18 wickets in 3 test matches. Scot Boland gave best performance of series with 6/7 in Melbourne at Test debut. Mark Wood took most wickets for England .In 4 test matches he took 17 wickets in 7 innings.
Top 5 most wicket takers in Ashes Series 2021-22
| Player | Mat | Inns | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | 5 | 10 |
| PJ Cummins (AUS) | 4 | 8 | 21 | 5/38 | 7/87 | 18.04 | 1 | 0 |
| MA Starc (AUS) | 5 | 10 | 19 | 4/37 | 6/80 | 25.36 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Boland (AUS) | 3 | 6 | 18 | 6/7 | 7/55 | 9.55 | 1 | 0 |
| MA Wood (ENG) | 4 | 7 | 17 | 6/37 | 9/152 | 26.64 | 1 | 0 |
| NM Lyon (AUS) | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4/91 | 5/113 | 23.56 | 0 | 0 |
Best Debut in Series
Alex Caery took 23 catches in 5 test matches in his debut series .Scot boland took took 18 wickets in three test matches.Scot Boland took 18 wickets with average of 9.55 . Best bowling average in Ashes in 100 Years.
Worst Performer of Ashes Series
H Hameed scored 80 runs in 8 innings.His highest score in 8 innings was 27.
RJ Burns scored 77 runs in 6 innings.
Some record in Ashes
Chris Lyon took 400 test wickets
Scot Boland third best bowling by debutant in test series
Narendra Hirwani WI in India 19878-88 , 16 wickets ave 8.50
Charlie Turner 1886-87 Ashes 17 wickets ave 9.47
Scot Boland 2021-22 Ashes 18 wickets ave 9.55
Joe Root lost 10 test matches in Ashes .
15 Test for England without win in Australia.
England Batting average 19.18 worst batting average in Ashes since 1890.Worst since 2001 in 5 test match series by any team.
Hobart Tests -2nd Shortest test in Australia in terms of balls where all wickets fell. 1312 balls bowled in Hobart Test match.
Ben Stokes took 4 wickets in 5 test match with average of 71.50.
Best All Rounder Performance
Cameron Green took 13 wickets in 5 test matches with average of 15.76. Green scored 273 runs with average of 32.57.
Centuries in Ashes
Total Six centuries in 5 Test matches from two teams. One Century from England and 5 from Australia. Two Centuries from Travis Head, two fro Usman Khawaja and one from Marnus Labuschagne. For England JM Bairstow scored hundred .
Highest Score- 152 by Travis Head at Brisbane
Best Bowling in Innings
Scot Boland 6/7 at Melbourne
Best Bowling in a Test Match
Mark Wood of England 9 wickets for 152 runs at Hobart.
