Ashes Most Ten Wicket Hauls

The Ashes, is perhaps the most fiercely contested cricket series in the world. Bowling is one of the three crucial aspects of cricket, especially Test cricket. And over the years many of the matches have been won by bowlers for their teams. Taking a wicket in a match is in itself a remarkable feat. Ashes 5 wicket hauls is worthy of appreciation and applause. But 10 wickets in the same match is a rare event. In Ashes, over the years we have had several bowlers achieving this feat.

Below is a list of Bowlers with most ten wickets in Ashes -

Most 10 Wicket Hauls in Ashes

Player Name	Team	Span	Matches	Wickets	10 wickets in a match	Best Bowling figures in an innings	Best Bowling figures in a match	Economy	Strike Rate
James T. Richardson	England	1893-1898	14	88	4	8/94	13/244	2.96	51.1
Shane Warne	Australia	1993-2007	36	195	4	8/71	12/246	2.52	55.1
George Lohmann	England	1886-1896	15	77	3	8/35	12/104	1.81	42.9
J Briggs	England	1884-1899	31	97	3	6/45	12/136	2.42	50.9
Bill O'Reilly	Australia	1932-1938	19	102	3	7/54	11/129	1.97	77
Hugh Trumble	Australia	1890-1904	31	141	3	8/65	12/89	2.23	55.9
Ranji Hordern	Australia	1911-1912	5	32	2	7/90	12/175	2.81	52
Rodney Hogg	Australia	1978-1983	11	56	2	6/74	10/66	2.17	46.9
Fred Spofforth	Australia	1882-1887	13	59	2	7/44	11/117	2.31	51.6
Jim Laker	England	1948-1959	15	79	2	10/53	19/90	2.16	50.7
Charlie Turner	Australia	1887-1895	17	101	2	7/43	12/87	1.93	51.2
Arthur Mailey	Australia	1920-1926	18	86	2	9/121	13/236	3.38	60.4
Derek Underwood	England	1968-1977	25	88	2	7/50	11/215	2.02	77.8
Monty Noble	Australia	1898-1909	39	115	2	43663	13/77	2.48	59.9
Dennis Lillee	Australia	1971-1982	24	128	2	7/89	11/159	2.45	54.6
Alec Bedser	England	1946-1954	21	104	2	7/44	14/99	2.42	67.9
Clarrie Grimmett	Australia	1925-1934	22	106	2	6/37	11/82	2.25	86.4

Also see - Ashes Records

English cricketer T Richardson tops the list of Ashes most ten wickets in a match, tied with Australian legend Shane Warne, achieving the feat on four occasions. Then we have GA Lohmann(Eng), J Briggs(Eng), WJ O'Reilly(Aus) and H Trumble(Aus) all following with 3 such occasions under their belts. An interesting trend which might be noticed in the table is that most of the names are from the golden age era of cricket and apart from Shane Warne and DK Lillee we don't see any other modern day cricketers with their names up on the list. This can be attributed to the modernization of the game and better standards of batting making this already rare feat, even more rare.

Jim Laker holds a special place in this list because out of the two times that he has achieved this exceptional feat, he has done it once in a single innings, becoming the only bowler to take a 10 wicket haul in Ashes, and the first bowler in the world to do so. The Englishmen had this remarkable achievement in 1956 Ashes. In that match, the Aussies were bowled out for just 84 runs in the first innings were asked to follow-on. It was Jim Laker’s 9 wickets which helped England to wrap the Australians. Already soaring high with none wickets in the first innings, Laker had something even more special as he went on to become the first bowler in the history of International Cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings. Completing with a figure of 51.2-23-53-10, he took a total of 19 wickets in the match which still stands as a world record for most number of wickets in a single Test match.