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250 runs and 20 wickets in a series
Player	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	100	Wkts	BBI	Ave	5	Ct	St
G Giffen (Aus)	5	475	161	52.77	1	34	6/155	24.11	3	6	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1894/95
LC Braund (Eng)	5	256	103*	36.57	1	21	5/61	35.14	2	12	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1901/02
GA Faulkner (SA)	5	545	123	60.55	1	29	6/87	21.89	2	7	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
GJ Thompson (Eng)	5	267	63	33.37	0	23	4/50	26.91	0	3	0
England in South Africa Test Series, 1909/10
JM Gregory (Aus)	5	442	100	73.66	1	23	7/69	24.17	1	15	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1920/21
KR Miller (Aus)	5	362	129	40.22	1	20	5/26	19.90	2	5	0
West Indies in Australia Test Series, 1951/52
KR Miller (Aus)	5	439	147	73.16	3	20	6/107	32.05	1	1	0
Australia in West Indies Test Series, 1955
R Benaud (Aus)	5	329	122	54.83	2	30	5/49	21.93	4	5	0
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1957/58
GS Sobers (WI)	5	424	153	70.66	2	23	5/63	20.56	1	11	0
India in West Indies Test Series, 1961/62
GS Sobers (WI)	5	322	102	40.25	1	20	5/60	28.55	1	8	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1963
GS Sobers (WI)	5	722	174	103.14	3	20	5/41	27.25	1	10	0
The Wisden Trophy (West Indies in England), 1966
TL Goddard (SA)	5	294	74	32.66	0	26	6/53	16.23	1	6	0
Australia in South Africa Test Series, 1966/67
AW Greig (Eng)	5	430	148	47.77	2	24	8/86	22.62	3	7	0
The Wisden Trophy (England in West Indies), 1973/74
IT Botham (Eng)	6	291	74	29.10	0	23	4/42	24.65	0	11	0
The Ashes (England in Australia), 1978/79
N Kapil Dev (India)	6	278	84	30.88	0	32	7/56	17.68	3	3	0
Pakistan in India Test Series, 1979/80
IT Botham (Eng)	6	399	149*	36.27	2	34	6/95	20.58	3	12	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1981
N Kapil Dev (India)	6	318	116	53.00	1	22	6/91	37.95	2	3	0
England in India Test Series, 1981/82
RJ Hadlee (NZ)	4	301	92*	50.16	0	21	6/53	26.61	2	1	0
New Zealand in England Test Series, 1983
IT Botham (Eng)	6	250	85	31.25	0	31	5/109	27.58	1	8	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 1985
JH Kallis (SA)	5	267	53	29.66	0	20	6/67	19.75	1	4	0
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2000/01
SM Pollock (SA)	5	302	106*	75.50	1	20	5/28	23.20	1	4	0
Sir Vivian Richards Trophy (South Africa in West Indies), 2000/01
A Flintoff (Eng)	5	402	102	40.20	1	24	5/78	27.29	1	3	0
The Ashes (Australia in England), 2005

Records includes the following current or recent matches:

England v New Zealand at Leeds, 2nd Test, May 24-28, 2013 [Test # 2089 - Live]
» England 337/7 (94.0 ov, MJ Prior 38*, GP Swann 21*, TG Southee 1/72) - Stumps

England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]

Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]

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