don bradman has scored the most runs in ashes history.
who has scored the most runs in ashes history?
don bradman
when he made 334—his first triple century—against england in the 1930 ashes, bradman scored 309 of those runs on 11 july 1930, which remains as the highest number of runs scored by a single batsman in one day. it was the highest individual test score until wally hammond scored 336 in 1933. len hutton then surpassed wally hammond with 364 in 1938 which stood until 1958 when garfield sobers scored 365 not out. later brian lara scored 400 in 2004. in the same series, bradman went on to score a further century and two more double centuries, accumulating 974 runs in 7 innings—the most runs scored by one batsman in a single series. in 1937, bradman, suffering from influenza and coming in at the seventh position, scored 270 to guide his team to victory against england. it was rated as the best test innings of all time by the wisden cricketers' almanack in 2001. it is also the highest score made by a number 7 batsman, while his 304 against england in 1934 was the highest score made by a number 5 batsman, until january 2012, when michael clarke made 329* against the touring indians.
list of international cricket centuries by don bradman
for his performances in 2005, he was named in the world test xi by icc . australia hosted england in the 2006-07 ashes series and regained the ashes, beating england 5–0, only the second 5–0 series whitewash in ashes history (the first time was by the australian team during the 1920–1921 ashes series, and the later 2013–14 ashes series). having taken a break from cricket since april 2006, mcgrath used the 2006 icc champions trophy to reclaim his spot in australia's test xi. he took a six-wicket haul in his comeback innings in the first test at the gabba to set the tone for the rest of the series, with australia winning back the ashes in a record-breaking 15 days of play. mcgrath took 21 wickets in the series at an average of 23.90, and scored 10 runs and took a catch in what would be his final test series.
glenn mcgrath