Ashes averages - Tables

Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 10 Ashes innings)
Player Span Mat Runs Ave 100 Ashes Runs Ave 100 Diff
E Paynter (Eng) 1933-1938 20 1540 59.23 4 7 591 84.42 1 25.198
MTG Elliott (Aust) 1997-1997 21 1172 33.48 3 6 556 55.60 2 22.109
MR Ramprakash (Eng) 1993-2001 52 2350 27.32 2 12 933 42.40 1 15.079
GS Blewett (Aust) 1995-1997 46 2552 34.02 4 8 630 48.46 3 14.431
RT Robinson (Eng) 1985-1989 29 1601 36.38 4 7 502 50.20 2 13.810
KR Stackpole (Aust) 1966-1972 43 2807 37.42 7 13 1164 50.60 3 13.178
GRJ Matthews (Aust) 1985-1991 33 1849 41.08 4 10 589 53.54 1 12.455
BC Broad (Eng) 1986-1989 25 1661 39.54 6 7 569 51.72 3 12.177
GR Dilley (Eng) 1981-1989 41 521 13.35 0 9 198 24.75 0 11.390
M Leyland (Eng) 1929-1938 41 2764 46.06 9 20 1705 56.83 7 10.763
RA Woolmer (Eng) 1975-1981 19 1059 33.09 3 9 642 42.79 3 9.709
ME Waugh (Aust) 1991-2001 128 8029 41.81 20 29 2204 50.09 6 8.270
SR Waugh (Aust) 1986-2003 168 10927 51.06 32 45 3173 58.75 10 7.699
SG Barnes (Aust) 1938-1948 13 1072 63.05 3 9 846 70.50 2 7.439
A Flintoff (Eng) 2005-2005 62 3127 32.91 5 5 402 40.20 1 7.280
JE Emburey (Eng) 1978-1993 64 1713 22.53 0 23 733 29.32 0 6.780
JL Langer (Aust) 1998-2005 100 7393 45.35 22 16 1355 52.11 4 6.755
APF Chapman (Eng) 1924-1930 26 925 28.90 1 16 784 35.63 1 6.726
DW Randall (Eng) 1977-1983 47 2470 33.37 7 15 957 39.87 2 6.494
GM Ritchie (Aust) 1985-1987 30 1690 35.20 3 10 666 41.62 1 6.414

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Biggest difference between career batting average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 10 Ashes innings)
Player Span Mat Runs Ave 100 Ashes Runs Ave 100 Diff
DL Amiss (Eng) 1968-1977 50 3612 46.30 11 10 237 13.16 0 -33.143
IR Bell (Eng) 2005-2005 18 1287 47.66 5 5 171 17.10 0 -30.570
PH Parfitt (Eng) 1962-1972 37 1882 40.91 7 9 302 21.57 0 -19.338
MG Bevan (Aust) 1994-1997 18 785 29.07 0 6 124 11.27 0 -17.797
RT Ponting (Aust) 1997-2005 105 8792 58.22 31 21 1402 41.23 5 -16.994
G Pullar (Eng) 1961-1963 28 1974 43.86 4 9 457 26.88 0 -16.987
DR Jardine (Eng) 1928-1933 22 1296 48.00 1 10 540 31.76 0 -16.235
PM Toohey (Aust) 1978-1979 15 893 31.89 1 5 149 16.55 0 -15.334
LEG Ames (Eng) 1932-1938 47 2434 40.56 8 17 675 27.00 1 -13.570
KD Walters (Aust) 1965-1977 74 5357 48.26 15 35 1911 35.38 4 -12.871
TW Graveney (Eng) 1953-1968 79 4882 44.38 11 22 1075 31.61 1 -12.762
KWR Fletcher (Eng) 1968-1975 59 3272 39.90 7 14 656 27.33 1 -12.566
MJK Smith (Eng) 1961-1972 50 2278 31.63 3 9 248 19.07 0 -12.563
GN Yallop (Aust) 1978-1981 39 2756 41.13 8 12 707 29.45 3 -11.671
G Ulyett (Eng) 1884-1890 25 949 24.33 1 15 263 13.15 0 -11.179
KD Mackay (Aust) 1956-1963 37 1507 33.48 0 16 497 22.59 0 -10.899
JHW Fingleton (Aust) 1932-1938 18 1189 42.46 5 12 671 31.95 2 -10.507
DG Bradman (Aust) 1928-1948 52 6996 99.94 29 37 5028 89.78 19 -10.154
RN Harvey (Aust) 1948-1963 79 6149 48.41 21 37 2416 38.34 6 -10.070
ME Trescothick (Eng) 2001-2005 76 5825 43.79 14 15 1013 33.76 0 -10.033

Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 1250 Ashes balls)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Ashes Wkts Ave 5 Diff
RM Hogg (Aust) 1978-1983 38 123 28.47 6 11 56 17.00 5 -11.480
G Miller (Eng) 1977-1983 34 60 30.98 1 13 39 20.25 1 -10.723
RJ Bright (Aust) 1977-1981 25 53 41.13 4 8 17 31.58 1 -9.541
JE Emburey (Eng) 1978-1993 64 147 38.40 6 23 76 31.63 3 -6.778
JD Higgs (Aust) 1978-1979 22 66 31.16 2 5 19 24.63 1 -6.538
TM Alderman (Aust) 1981-1991 41 170 27.15 14 17 100 21.17 11 -5.979
RG Archer (Aust) 1953-1956 19 48 27.45 1 12 35 21.74 1 -5.717
AG Hurst (Aust) 1978-1979 12 43 27.90 2 6 25 23.07 1 -4.830
JN Crawford (Eng) 1907-1908 12 39 29.48 3 5 30 24.73 3 -4.756
BA Reid (Aust) 1986-1991 27 113 24.63 5 9 47 20.40 2 -4.235
JR Thomson (Aust) 1974-1985 51 200 28.00 8 20 97 23.89 5 -4.103
HSTL Hendry (Aust) 1921-1929 11 16 40.00 0 9 14 36.00 0 -4.000
PR Reiffel (Aust) 1993-1997 35 104 26.96 5 7 30 22.96 3 -3.993
NWD Yardley (Eng) 1946-1948 20 21 33.66 0 10 19 30.31 0 -3.354
M Hendrick (Eng) 1974-1981 30 87 25.83 0 12 41 22.65 0 -3.181
CJ McDermott (Aust) 1985-1995 71 291 28.63 14 16 84 25.53 8 -3.094
DW Headley (Eng) 1997-1999 15 60 27.85 1 6 35 24.77 1 -3.078
JC Laker (Eng) 1948-1959 46 193 21.24 9 15 79 18.27 5 -2.971
SK Warne (Aust) 1993-2005 140 685 25.25 36 31 172 22.30 10 -2.941
W Rhodes (Eng) 1899-1926 58 127 26.96 6 38 106 24.11 6 -2.856

Biggest difference between career bowling average and average in Ashes Tests (qualification: 1250 Ashes balls, min 90 per Test)
Player Span Mat Wkts Ave 5 Ashes Wkts Ave 5 Diff
GRJ Matthews (Aust) 1985-1991 33 61 48.22 2 10 9 82.00 0 33.770
KJ O'Keeffe (Aust) 1971-1977 24 53 38.07 1 5 9 62.77 0 24.697
H Ironmonger (Aust) 1928-1933 14 74 17.97 4 6 21 33.85 0 15.887
JW Hearne (Eng) 1911-1926 24 30 48.73 1 13 16 62.18 0 13.457
NA Foster (Eng) 1985-1993 29 88 32.85 5 5 13 46.00 0 13.149
B Lee (Aust) 2001-2005 54 211 31.45 7 13 42 44.14 0 12.692
AF Giles (Eng) 2001-2005 52 140 39.60 5 7 17 51.58 0 11.988
FE Woolley (Eng) 1909-1934 64 83 33.91 4 29 33 45.45 0 11.534
PAJ DeFreitas (Eng) 1986-1995 44 140 33.57 4 13 37 44.97 0 11.402
GAR Lock (Eng) 1953-1961 49 174 25.58 9 13 31 36.38 1 10.807
RB Simpson (Aust) 1958-1966 62 71 42.26 2 19 16 52.37 1 10.104
AR Caddick (Eng) 1993-2003 62 234 29.91 13 18 64 40.00 4 10.089
SJ Harmison (Eng) 2002-2005 45 179 28.81 8 9 26 38.61 1 9.805
B Yardley (Aust) 1978-1983 33 126 31.63 6 9 29 40.75 1 9.128
MJ Hoggard (Eng) 2002-2005 58 222 29.76 6 8 22 38.54 0 8.785
IWG Johnson (Aust) 1946-1956 45 109 29.19 3 22 42 37.85 1 8.667
SJ McCabe (Aust) 1930-1938 39 36 42.86 0 24 21 51.23 0 8.378
CV Grimmett (Aust) 1925-1934 37 216 24.21 21 22 106 32.44 11 8.223
DE Malcolm (Eng) 1989-1997 40 128 37.09 5 15 42 45.14 0 8.052
GOB Allen (Eng) 1930-1937 25 81 29.37 5 13 43 37.27 1 7.909

Statistics upto and including:
• Test # 1814: England v Pakistan at The Oval, 4th Test, Aug 17-20, 2006
• ODI # 2445: Kenya v Bermuda at Mombasa, 2nd ODI, Nov 12, 2006