Match Coverage

Root and Warner end Ashes feud
Joe Root and David Warner took to Twitter to produce the picture that officially ended their long-standing feud
High drama, low tension
There was some crazy cricket in the Ashes although the quality was not always high. Yet for both teams it is the final outcome that matters. Careers are defined.
Australia bag consolation win
Short series, whopping margins
Stats highlights from Australia's convincing win at The Oval, and an unusual Ashes series
Job done for captain Cook
Alastair Cook has worked hard for everything he has achieved as a batsman and England captain. Why? Because being a success is his reason for being

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The series win-loss record for England in the last 7 Ashes campaigns, starting 2005. In terms of Test results, Australia lead 15-13

Number of times, before Ashes 2015, that no Test of a five-Test series went into the fifth day. This is the first such instance

Instances of fewer balls bowled in a 5-Test series where each game has had a decisive result: Eng in WI 1985-86, and 2001 Ashes

Batsmen who've scored three hundreds in follow-ons: Martin Crowe and Michael Vaughan. Cook fell 15 short of becoming the third

126.3

Cook's average when following on. In three such innings, his scores are 118 v Sri Lanka, 176 v India, and 85 today

12.77

Adam Lyth's series average. Among openers who've batted at least 8 times in an Ashes series, only Gooch (12.12 in 1981) has done worse

Number of times Australia have enforced the follow-on under Clarke's captaincy. He has had five opportunities to do so, but this is the first time

11.42

Jos Buttler's series average. Only 5 England wicketkeepers have had poorer averages in an Ashes series (Min 7 inngs)

England's highest opening partnership in the series so far. Their other opening stands have been 30, 19, 17, 12, 11, 7, 0.

Hundreds by Steven Smith in the first innings of a Test; he has one in the second, and none in the third or fourth

Batsmen who've made a 50-plus score in each Test of an Ashes series (min 5 Tests). Warner is the latest in this list