Which bowler has taken the most wickets in Ashes matches?

Answer 1

S.K. Warne of Australia has taken most wickets in Ashes series as of date. So far he has tken 72 wickets in Ashes series.

His statistics are given below:

Matches played : 31 Matches
Overs bowled : 1550.3 Overs
Maidens bowled : 444
Runs conceded : 3838.
Best bowling : 8 Wickets for 71 runs
Economy : 2.48
Average : 22.31

WICKETS TAKEN : 72

For more details, please check the following link:

http://www.cricketstatz.com/testdb/tesr23.htm

Answer 2

Shane Warne 123 Wickets

Answer 3

oldster, this is an INTERNATIONAL forum!!! It doesn't matter which yahoo domain you access from, everybody in the world can see everybody else's questions.

It is Shane Warne, but he has 181 Ashes wickets, not 72 - think about it - he took 40 just in the series last year, and his first Ashes series was 1993!
The top 10 Ashes wicket takers are:

SK Warne, Australia 181 wickets at 23.21 in 33 matches
DK Lillee,Australia 167 wickets at 21.00 in 29 matches
IT Botham , England 148 wickets at 27.65 in 26 matches
GD McGrath, Australia 145 wickets at 20.75 in 27 matches
H Trumble, Australia 141 wickets at 20.88 in 31 matches
RGD Willis, England 128 wickets at 26.14 in 35 matches
MA Noble, Australia 115 wickets at 24.86 in 39 matches
RR Lindwall, Australia 114 wickets at 22.44 in 29 matches
W Rhodes, England 109 wickets at 24.00 in 41 matches
SF Barnes, England 106 wickets at 21.58 in 20 matches

Answer 4

Shane Warne

Answer 5

Shane Warne.

Answer 6

warne

Answer 7

Your asking Americans?!!