All-time Ashes combined XI

10 Bob Willis

Bob Willis v Australia Headingley 1981

One of England's best ever fast bowlers, who ended up with 325 wickets in Test cricket in 90 Tests, he was also a performer par excellence in Ashes Tests.

Pace, guile, relentless accuracy and the ability to take wickets on even unresponsive pitches made Bob Willis one of the best bowlers of his generation. In the 35 Tests he played against Australia from in the mid to late 1970s and early 1980s, he took 128 wickets and remains the second most successful English bowler in the Ashes.

Willis averaged 26.14 against Australia and his best figures of 8-43 came in the famous Test match at Headingley in the 1981 Ashes, when England won the game after following on.