Continuing the studies of past ODIs involving England and Australia.
Bowling:
Most wickets (20 and above):
Brett Lee leads by a large margin over the runner-up McGrath. Rashid and Ali lead among current players.
Brett Lee is the only one to have taken more than one fiver. He also has taken the most (4) 4+ hauls.
Best innings bowling (including all 5wi):
Not much from recent times, the best being 5-35 by Tom Curran earlier in 2018. Bichel’s 7-34 came in a hard-fought World Cup match. Similarly for Gilmour’s 6-14 in the semi-final of the first World Cup. Both of them made useful contributions with the bat as well, 34* by Bichel and 28* by Gilmour (useful when the team is 39/6 chasing 94).
Best bowling averages (Minimum 1000 balls, all cases):
McGrath and Lee lead, with Rashid and Ali lead amongst the present players.
The best economy rate is 4.02 by Botham, and the best strike rate 29.8 by Rashid.
Fielding:
Most dismissals (15 and above):
Gilchrist leads but Buttler is quickly catching up. Buttler also has the most stumpings.
The most dismissals by non-keepers are 18 by Strauss and 17 by Clarke and Ponting.
Most dismissals in an innings (4 and above):
Gilchrist is the only one with 6 dismissals.
Dismissal rate (Minimum 20 innings, 0.500):
Gilchrist and Buttler lead. Root has the best amongst non-keepers.
All-round performances:
Career (see criteria in table):
Surprisingly Collingwood comes up higher than Botham and Johnson, mainly because of his batting.
Match performance (Minimum 30 runs and 3 wickets):
The best performance here would be Bichel’s in the 2003 World Cup, probably followed by Maxwell’s in 2015.
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