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Australia vs England Ashes 2025: Records, Most Runs, Most Wickets & Highest Test Scores
Ashes 2025: All You Need To Know About Australia vs England Tests Most Wins, Runs, Wickets, 100, Highest Score: The 2025-26 Ashes series begins in Perth with Steve Smith leading Australia. England seeks to break a long winless streak in the iconic contest. The article also highlights significant historical achievements and records from past Ashes encounters.
The 2025–26 Ashes series will open at Optus Stadium in Perth from November 21 to 25, followed by matches in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. With Pat Cummins unavailable due to a back injury, Steve Smith will lead Australia in the first Test, while England will be captained by Ben Stokes. England have not won an Ashes series since 2015, and their last Test victory in Australia came in January 2011 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
The upcoming five-match contest is expected to be competitive as both teams feature several high-performing players.
Australia vs England: Ashes head-to-head record
Australia hold 152 wins in 361 overall Tests against England. In Ashes-specific contests, Australia lead with 142 wins in 345 matches. England recorded the highest team total of 903 for 7 declared at The Oval in August 1938, while Australia posted the lowest total of 36 at Edgbaston in May 1902.Most runs in Ashes history: Batting legends
Don Bradman leads all batters with 5028 runs in 37 matches and has the highest average at 89.78. He also holds the most centuries with 19. Leonard Hutton registered the highest individual score of 364 at The Oval in 1938. Allan Border has the most half-centuries with 21, and Syd Gregory has the most ducks with 11. Ben Stokes tops the six-hitting charts with 39 sixes and holds the record for most sixes in an innings with nine during his 155 at Lord's in 2023. Bradman's 974 runs in the 1930 series remain the highest for any Ashes edition.Top wicket-takers in Ashes: Bowling icons
Shane Warne leads the wicket tally with 195 wickets in 36 matches. Jim Laker's 10 for 53 in Manchester in 1956 is the best innings performance, and his 19 for 90 in the same Test remains the best match haul. Sydney Barnes recorded the most five-wicket hauls with 12. The most 10-wicket match hauls — four each — belong to Frederick Spofforth, Dennis Lillee, Shane Warne and Tom Richardson. Laker's 46 wickets in the 1956 series is the highest in any Ashes series.Highest individual scores in Ashes tests
Leonard Hutton's 364 at The Oval in 1938 remains the highest individual score. Bradman and Ponsford also produced one of the most dominant batting displays with a 451-run partnership for the second wicket at The Oval in 1934.Notable Ashes milestones & records
Rod Marsh leads in dismissals with 148, while Greg Chappell has the most catches with 61. Syd Gregory played the most Ashes Tests with 52. Allan Border captained the most matches (29) and holds the record for most wins as captain with 13, while Archie MacLaren has the most defeats with 11. The biggest win by an innings came when England beat Australia by an innings and 579 runs in 1938, and the smallest margin of victory by runs was England's two-run win at Edgbaston in 2005.In the previous Ashes series in Australia in 2021–22, the hosts won 4–0, with the Sydney Test ending in a draw.
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