Cook, England fined for slow over-rate in 5th Ashes test

Peter Siddle made the breakthrough when he trapped Mark Wood lbw for six before Jos Buttler chipped Mitchell Marsh to mid-off for 42.

Root finished as England’s top scorer in the series with 460 runs at an average of 57, while Warner scored 418 runs at 46.

England and Australia will now take part in a limited overs series, which will consist of a lone Twenty20 global and five One-Day Internationals, beginning from the 31st of August.

Trevor Bayliss has admitted England will need to adapt and improve if they are to win in the UAE.

“I think Test cricket is a five-day battle”. It should be pointed out to any Ashes revisionists, though, that it’s not immediately clear quite how Siddle would’ve prevented the 60 all out at Trent Bridge.

As it turned out, Siddle ended the Test as Australia’s best bowler and Lehmann insists the paceman was picked by everyone involved in team selection, contrary to the opinion of Warne.

As pundits and cricket lovers try to digest a five-match series that lasted just 18 days – the shortest in the history of the game – the Ashes winners have been fined for a slow over-rate in the fifth and final Test at The Oval.

No one at present personifies the ups and downs better than Ben Stokes – capable of match-winning spells and innings but liable to leak runs or play the wrong shot too.

He had a very quiet series scoring a pair of fifties throughout the series but with not much else to speak of he managed to maintain his spot in the team.

“I’ve got a feeling, from the conversations I’ve had with a lot of the groundsmen in this country, they’re a little bit disappointed they haven’t been able to do as they’ve wanted to do”, Clarke said.

Chris Rogers of Australia and Joe Root of England jointly shared the man of the series award.

“Just to watch batsmen belting the ball everywhere, to me, is not what Test cricket is about”, said Bayliss. “Today was not about me however concerning the staff and I am extremely proud to have been their captain”.

I know that list isn’t the end of the world but two thirds of a team that may never play again is a hefty dent in a usually solid Aussie cricket team institution.

If you had told me how this Ashes series would have transpired before the first morning of the Cardiff Test I, like most logical people, would have brushed you off very quickly.

“We slipped back into this game (at The Oval), and now I expect them to come back fighting and improve”.

England captain Alastair Cook said he was excited by the future for his emerging side following their Ashes campaign win over Australia.