Bowlers in for stiff test
Stats preview of the fifth and final Test between England and Australia at The Oval
Year | Winner | Series Result |
1896 | England | 2-1 |
1912 | England | 1-0 |
1926 | England | 1-0 |
1930 | Australia | 2-1 |
1934 | Australia | 2-1 |
1953 | England | 1-0 |
Team | Tests | Won | Lost | Drawn | Win-loss Ratio |
England (overall) | 91 | 37 | 18 | 36 | 2.05 |
Australia (overall) | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 0.40 |
England (since 1990) | 19 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1.80 |
Australia (since 1990) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.50 |
Batsman | Tests | Runs | Average | 100s/50s |
Steve Harmison | 5 | 119 | 119.00 | 0/0 |
Alastair Cook | 3 | 333 | 55.50 | 0/3 |
Andrew Flintoff | 4 | 267 | 53.40 | 0/3 |
Paul Collingwood | 4 | 236 | 39.33 | 0/2 |
Andrew Strauss | 5 | 338 | 37.55 | 1/2 |
Ian Bell | 5 | 246 | 30.75 | 0/3 |
Bowler | Tests | Wickets | Average | Strike-rate | Best figures |
Stuart Broad | 1 | 5 | 20.80 | 36.4 | 5-104 |
Steve Harmison | 5 | 22 | 26.00 | 47.4 | 6-46 |
Paul Collingwood | 4 | 3 | 27.00 | 54.0 | 2-24 |
James Anderson | 4 | 18 | 31.77 | 49.7 | 4-52 |
Andrew Flintoff | 4 | 11 | 33.18 | 63.8 | 5-78 |
Monty Panesar | 3 | 7 | 51.57 | 96.7 | 2-4 |
Ryan Sidebottom | 1 | 1 | 93.00 | 192.0 | 1-93 |
Bowling type | Overs | Wickets | Average | 5w/10w |
Pace | 2083.1 | 187 | 36.83 | 4/0 |
Spin | 836.1 | 61 | 44.19 | 4/2 |
Siddhartha Talya is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo