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250 runs and 20 wickets in a series
250 runs and 20 wickets in a series in Tests
250 runs and 20 wickets in a series
Player
Span
Mat
Runs
HS
Ave
100
Wkts
BBI
Ave
5
Ct
St
G Giffen (AUS)
1894-1895
5
475
161
52.77
1
34
6/155
24.11
3
6
-
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1894/95
LC Braund (ENG)
1901-1902
5
256
103*
36.57
1
21
5/61
35.14
2
12
-
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1901/02
GA Faulkner (SA)
1910-1910
5
545
123
60.55
1
29
6/87
21.89
2
7
-
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
GJ Thompson (ENG)
1910-1910
5
267
63
33.37
-
23
4/50
26.91
-
3
-
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
JM Gregory (AUS)
1920-1921
5
442
100
73.66
1
23
7/69
24.17
1
15
-
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21
KR Miller (AUS)
1951-1952
5
362
129
40.22
1
20
5/26
19.90
2
5
-
West Indies in Australia Test Series, 1951/52
KR Miller (AUS)
1955-1955
5
439
147
73.16
3
20
6/107
32.05
1
1
-
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
R Benaud (AUS)
1957-1958
5
329
122
54.83
2
30
5/49
21.93
4
5
-
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1957/58
GS Sobers (WI)
1962-1962
5
424
153
70.66
2
23
5/63
20.56
1
11
-
India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
GS Sobers (WI)
1963-1963
5
322
102
40.25
1
20
5/60
28.55
1
8
-
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1963
GS Sobers (WI)
1966-1966
5
722
174
103.14
3
20
5/41
27.25
1
10
-
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
TL Goddard (SA)
1966-1967
5
294
74
32.66
-
26
6/53
16.23
1
6
-
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
AW Greig (ENG)
1974-1974
5
430
148
47.77
2
24
8/86
22.62
3
7
-
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
IT Botham (ENG)
1978-1979
6
291
74
29.10
-
23
4/42
24.65
-
11
-
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1978/79
N Kapil Dev (IND)
1979-1980
6
278
84
30.88
-
32
7/56
17.68
3
3
-
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1979/80
IT Botham (ENG)
1981-1981
6
399
149*
36.27
2
34
6/95
20.58
3
12
-
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1981
N Kapil Dev (IND)
1981-1982
6
318
116
53.00
1
22
6/91
37.95
2
3
-
England in India Test Series, 1981/82
Sir RJ Hadlee (NZ)
1983-1983
4
301
92*
50.16
-
21
6/53
26.61
2
1
-
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1983
IT Botham (ENG)
1985-1985
6
250
85
31.25
-
31
5/109
27.58
1
8
-
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
SM Pollock (SA)
2001-2001
5
302
106*
75.50
1
20
5/28
23.20
1
4
-
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2000/01
JH Kallis (SA)
2001-2001
5
267
53
29.66
-
20
6/67
19.75
1
4
-
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2000/01
A Flintoff (ENG)
2005-2005
5
402
102
40.20
1
24
5/78
27.29
1
3
-
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2005
R Ashwin (IND)
2016-2016
5
306
72
43.71
-
28
6/55
30.25
3
1
-
England in India Test Series, 2016/17
MM Ali (ENG)
2017-2017
4
252
87
36.00
-
25
6/53
15.64
2
3
-
Basil D'Oliveira Trophy (South Africa in England), 2017
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