The Ashes resulted in a 2-2 draw after England gained the deciding match at The Oval.
Right here, the PA information company appears to be like on the key statistics from the series.
Urn heads again Down Beneath
Australia have now held the urn for over 5 years, since successful the 2017-18 series 4-0.
They emulated that consequence again on residence soil in 2020-21, after a 2-2 attract England in 2019.
A repeat efficiency on this summer time’s journey north sees the prized trophy nonetheless within the possession of Pat Cummins and his aspect regardless of England’s celebrations at The Oval.
Weight of runs
Australia opener Usman Khawaja completed because the series’ main run-scorer with 496 however England had the opposite three to cross 400 – Zak Crawley with 480, Joe Root 412 and captain Ben Stokes 405.
Crawley’s common of 53.33 was the most effective of the series, with Root simply behind at 51.50. Mitchell Marsh averaged a fair 50 for Australia, simply forward of Khawaja’s 49.60.
Ben Stokes averaged 45 for England and and Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow each over 40, with Ben Duckett at 35.66 as solely the quantity three place brought on issues.
Ollie Pope averaged 22.50 and Moeen Ali 31.00 in that spot. In 9 innings, accomplished by one every for Brook and Stokes, England’s quantity threes contributed 228 runs at 25.33, with a solitary half-century from Moeen.
Regardless of hitting 15 sixes, together with 9 in his 155 as he tried to wrestle the Lord’s Check England’s method, the skipper’s strike charge of 64.69 runs per 100 balls was really England’s slowest except for tail-enders James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson.
Crawley powered alongside at a strike charge of 88.72, with Brook, Bairstow, Duckett and Root all within the 70s. In a smaller pattern, the free-spirited Mark Wooden blasted his 83 runs from simply 64 deliveries for a charge of 129.68.
England scored 3,079 runs within the series to Australia’s 3,059 and one other measure of success with the bat was their lack of geese. Having collectively made 17 of their 4-0 defeat within the final Ashes Down Beneath, the one one this time round got here from Chris Woakes in a rating of 592 at Outdated Trafford. Mitchell Starc’s dismissal with out scoring on the ultimate night on the Oval was Australia’s fifth of the series.
Change for the higher
Either side made group adjustments in the course of the series, both as a result of harm, kind or ways, and the lads who got here in made a important influence.
Woakes and Wooden have been known as up for the third Check and saved their locations the remainder of the way in which, ending as the highest two within the series bowling averages.
Woakes was named England’s participant of the series for his 19 wickets at 18.14, with Wooden’s tempo selecting up 14 at 20.21.
Stokes informed Sky Sports activities: “The method Woakesy’s are available and operated not simply with the ball however with essential runs batting at eight (has) been actually good for us. Woody’s put some unbelievable performances in over these first two video games – yesterday and right now he may hardly stroll and he did an unbelievable job to nonetheless run in and bowl the way in which he did.”
Australia’s batting and bowling averages have been additionally led by mid-series call-ups in Marsh and Todd Murphy.
The latter, summoned after fellow spinner Nathan Lyon’s harm at Lord’s, claimed seven wickets throughout his two appearances at Headingley and The Oval to steer the Australian averages at 25.85 – even when Starc was their stand-out bowler with 23 at 27.08, edging Stuart Broad by one because the series’ main wicket-taker.
