Ashes Man of The Match

The Ashes is the oldest Test rivalry between any two nations in cricket. England and Australia have been playing brilliant cricket to win the ‘Ashes urn’ since the year 1882. For the fans it is the most awaited tournament that is played with the longest format of the game.

Ashes Man of the Match 2021-22

Find the Man of the Match for Ashes 2021-22 series below -

Sl. No.	Date	Man of the match	Stats	Team
1st Test	Dec 8th	Travis Head	Inn 1 - 152	Australia
2nd Test	Dec 16th	Marnus Labuschagne	Inn 1 - 103, Inn 2 - 51	Australia
3rd Test	Dec 26th	Scott Boland	Inn 1 - 48/1, Inn 2 - 7/6	Australia
4th Test	Jan 5th	Usman Khawaja	Inn 1 - 137, Inn 2 - 101	Australia
5th Test	Jan 14th	Travis Head	Inn 1 - 101, Inn 2 - 8	Australia

Also see - Ashes Best bowling figures

List of Ashes Man of the Match Awards (Last 10 Ashes series) :

In such highly anticipated series, some players really stand out in each game to win games for their teams. They are awarded with the ‘Man of the Match’ award. The tradition of awarding the ‘Man of the Match’ in England vs Australia Test series began in the 1978/79 season in Australia.

Here is a list of players with most ‘Man of the Match’ awards in the last 10 Ashes series:

S. No.	Man of the Match	No. of times	Team
1	Steven Smith	7	Australia
2	Ricky Ponting	5	Australia
3	Mitchell Johnson	4	Australia
4	Sir Alastair Cook	3	England
5	Stuart Broad	3	England
6	Andrew Flintoff	3	England
7	Shane Warne	3	Australia
8	Glenn McGrath	2	Australia
9	Kevin Pietersen	2	England
10	Joe Root	2	England
11	Michael Clarke	2	Australia
12	Travis Head	2	Australia
13	Adam Gilchrist	1	Australia
14	Mark Butcher	1	England
15	Matthew Hayden	1	Australia
16	Damien Martyn	1	Australia
17	Justin Langer	1	Australia
18	Michael Vaughan	1	England
19	Michael Hussey	1	Australia
20	Stuart Clark	1	Australia
21	Marcus North	1	Australia
22	Jonathan Trott	1	England
23	James Anderson	1	England
24	Shane Watson	1	Australia
25	Ryan Harris	1	Australia
26	Steven Finn	1	England
27	Shaun Marsh	1	Australia
28	Marnus Labuschagne	1	Australia
29	Scott Boland	1	Australia
30	Usman Khawaja	1	Australia

England’s Derek Randall won the first award in the first Test of the series as England beat the Aussies by 7 wickets. Randall scored 75 off 196 balls in the first innings and an unbeaten 74 off 175 balls in the second innings.

In the last 10 years, Australia’s Steven Smith (6) has the most number of Man of the Match awards to his name in Ashes series. The next two with most such awards are also Australians, Ricky Ponting (5) and Mitchell Johnson (4). No Englishman has won it more than 3 times.

50 matches have been played in the last 10 Ashes series. The Man of the Match award has gone to an Australian 32 times while it has gone to an Englishman only 18 times.