Most Wickets Ashes 2021: Who is the leading wicket taker Ashes 2021?

Dixit Bhargav | 16/01/2022
Most Wickets Ashes 2021: Who is the leading wicket taker Ashes 2021?

Most Wickets Ashes 2021: Ashes 2021-22 will doubtlessly be remembered for bowling dominating the batters through and through.

During the third day of the fifth Ashes 2021-22 Test match between Australia and England in Hobart, Australia beat England by 146 runs to register a 4-0 series victory.

Australia, who had already retained the urn after the third Test in Melbourne, had been at a whole different level as compared to England throughout this series.

Chasing a daunting 271-run target at the Bellerive Oval, England couldn’t capitalise on a 68-run opening partnership between Rory Burns (26) and Zac Crawley (36) losing all their 10 wickets for 56 runs.

Been dismissed in 47.4 overs in the first innings, all England could last for in the second innings were 38.5 overs as a listless batting performance put an end to what has been a dismal campaign for them.

With bowling figures of 12-5-18-3, Australia fast bowler Scott Boland was the pick of the Australian bowlers today. Other than Boland, all-rounder Cameron Green and captain Pat Cummins also picked three wickets each.

Most Wickets Ashes 2021

Leading for the first time at the highest level, Cummins led from the front and how to emerge as the highest wicket-taker in the series. The fact that Cummins’ 21 wickets came in just four Tests speaks highly about his current form.

Cummins was well-assisted by his new-ball opening partner Mitchell Starc, who picked 19 wickets in five Tests to enjoy a stupendous series. Starc, who had received a fair amount of criticism before the start of the series for his inability to pick wickets frequently, has surely silenced his critics with his Ashes 2021-22 numbers.

England fast bowler Mark Wood, who picked career-best bowling figures earlier in the day, is their highest wicket-taker in Ashes 2021-22.

Bowler Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average SR
Pat Cummins 4 126.4 31 379 21 18.04 36.1
Mitchell Starc 5 152.1 32 482 19 25.36 48
Scott Boland 3 81.1 31 172 18 9.55 27
Mark Wood 4 121.1 15 453 17 26.64 42.7
Nathan Lyon 5 163.1 47 377 16 23.56 61.1
Post Edited By: Dixit Bhargav
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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