Most runs in an Ashes series: Who has scored most runs in Ashes 2021?

Dixit Bhargav | 15/01/2022
Most runs in an Ashes series: Who has scored most runs in Ashes 2021?

Most runs in an Ashes series: Only Steven Smith is in the list of Top 15 players with most runs in an Ashes series among active players.

It is only a matter of a few sessions that Ashes 2021-22 will come to an end. Being played in Australia, the hosts had retained the urn after the third Test by registering thumping victories in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne.

With no batter even crossing the 400-run mark in this series, not much have to be said to explain how bowlers have had the upper hand in Ashes 2021-22.

Making a Test comeback after a year, Australia batter Travis Head has emerged as the highest run-scorer in the series. The fact that Head’s personal milestone has come despite him missing the fourth Test in Sydney after returning a positive COVID-19 Test speaks highly about his current form.

Australia, who had tried multiple batters (including Head) at No. 5 in the recent years, would be slightly relieved to see someone prospering at a crucial batting position in Test matches.

England’s batting woes on this tour can be further explained by a simple fact that they have just a solitary batter among the Top six Ashes 2021-22 highest run-scorers.

Who has scored most runs in Ashes 2021?

Batter Matches Runs Average SR 100 50
Travis Head 4 349 69.8 87.46 2 1
Marnus Labuschagne 5 335 41.87 48.06 1 2
Joe Root 5 311 34.55 48.89 0 3
David Warner 5 273 34.12 50.74 0 2
Usman Khawaja 2 255 85 55.19 2 0

Readers must note that these numbers might change a bit as some batters still have an innings left as far as their Ashes 2021-22 campaign is concerned.

Most runs in an Ashes series

Considering how batters haven’t been at their best in this series, it goes without saying that there’s no entry from Ashes 2021-22 in the list of most runs scored in an Ashes series. Australia batter Steve Smith is the only cricketer to feature twice in this list among active players.

Batter Matches Runs Highest Average 100 50 Year
Sir Don Bradman (AUS) 5 974 334 139.14 4 0 1930
Wally Hammond (ENG) 5 905 251 113.12 4 0 1928-1929
Mark Taylor (AUS) 6 839 219 83.9 2 5 1989
Sir Don Bradman (AUS) 5 810 270 90 3 1 1936-1937
Steven Smith (AUS) 4 774 211 110.57 3 3 2019
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Ashes 2021-22 Australia England

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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