Most wickets in an Ashes series
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JIM LAKER IS ONE OF THE GREATEST BOWLERS EVER TO HAVE PLAYED CRICKET. HE WAS THE WRECKER-IN-CHIEF IN THE FIRST TEST AT OLD TRAFFORD IN 1956 WHERE HE BAGGED 19 AUSTRALIAN WICKETS FOR 90 RUNS
WITH FIGURES OF 9 FOR 37 IN THE FIRST INNINGS AND 10 FOR 53 IN THE SECOND, THE LEGENDARY ENGLISH BOWLER ALSO BETTERED THE RECORD FOR BEST FIGURES IN A FIRST-CLASS MATCH PREVIOUSLY HELD BY HAROLD ARKWRIGHT (18/96).
TERRY ALDERMAN WAS THE ONLY PLAYER WHO CAME CLOSE TO BREAK THE ENGLISH LEGEND’S RECORD FOR MOST WICKETS IN AN ASHES SERIES, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE
ALDERMAN HAD A BRILLIANT DEBUT IN TEST CRICKET, AS HE BAGGED NINE WICKETS IN THE FIRST ASHES TEST AT NOTTINGHAM IN 1981
FORMER AUSTRALIAN PACER RODNEY HOGG IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE WONDER BOWLERS IN ASHES HISTORY
HOGG FINISHED WITH 41 WICKETS AT THE END OF THE SERIES AND BECAME THE AUSTRALIAN BOWLER WITH MAXIMUM WICKETS IN A SINGLE ASHES UNTIL TERRY ALDERMAN BROKE HIS RECORD IN 1981.
AFTER TAKING 42 WICKETS IN 1981, TERRY ALDERMAN RETURNED IN ANOTHER DREAM SERIES WHERE HE BAGGED 41 WICKETS.
HE MISSED OUT ON BECOMING THE BOWLER WITH THE MOST WICKETS IN A SINGLE ASHES BY ONLY 6 WICKETS
WARNE HOLDS THE RECORD FOR MOST WICKETS IN THE ASHES (195) AND IS ONE OF THE KEY PLAYERS WHO HELPED AUSTRALIA HOLD ONTO THEIR LEGACY FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES.