{"id":284224,"date":"2025-11-14T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/284224\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T15:29:14","slug":"who-is-your-favourite-cricketer-in-the-history-of-the-mens-ashes-ashes-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/284224\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is your favourite cricketer in the history of the men\u2019s Ashes? | Ashes 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

It had to be one or the other: the man who has scored the most runs in Ashes history or the man who has taken the most wickets. In the end, Shane Warne\u2019s 195 wickets beat Don Bradman\u2019s 5,028 runs. But, Warne is about more than numbers. His style, humour and charisma made him the kind of player you rooted for<\/a> even when he lined up against your team. He was a joy to watch.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of joy, then, who is your favourite cricketer in the history of the men\u2019s Ashes? Who gave you the best memories and biggest smiles? Botham for his sixes and wickets? Ricky Ponting for his centuries? Andrew Flintoff for his sledging and sportsmanship? This week our 51 judges<\/a> have chosen their top 100<\/a>. Who is your personal favourite?<\/p>\n

Share your experience<\/p>\n

You can tell us your favourite men’s Ashes cricketer using this form.<\/p>\n

Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our tips guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re having trouble using the form, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It had to be one or the other: the man who has scored the most runs in Ashes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-284224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=284224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}