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After winning the Ashes series 3-2 against Australia, England has climbed three spots to third position in the global Cricket Council Test team rankings.

What England can still hope is for their last four wickets to carry on batting until the heavens open.

He said that “Michael has been a mainstay in the Australia team during a very successful period in its history”.

A key contributor to each of England’s three wins – most notably with centuries at the SWALEC Stadium and Trent Bridge – the 24-year-old frequently bailed out his side following poor starts, and did so in a delightfully positive manner to earn man-of-the-series...

Australia’s captain Michael Clarke receives a guard of honour from his Australia teammates as he leaves the field after Australia wrap up the game on the fourth day of the fifth Ashes cricket test match between England and Australia at The Oval cricket ground in London, on...

But it still meant England had won the series 3-2, an overall result that confounded the forecasts of many pundits.

Why is Moeen Ali batting at 8? Sometimes she bowls, sometimes not.

England captain Alastair Cook cautioned against taking Bell’s comments at full face value, and was clear that he would encourage his colleague to stay on for the challenges ahead.

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

He bowled in the nets yesterday, but was at about 60-70% and that’s not how you go into a game.

Just as the eventual scoreline of 3-2 in England’s favour did not alter Clarke’s feelings about the overall series, victorious captain Alastair Cook was unchanged in his opinion.

Clarke said he felt for fans who had bought day-four and day-five tickets, but had missed out on the action. “So that to me means it hasn’t hit me yet”.

Meanwhile, Cook could not hide his delight at winning the series 3-2 after losing 5-0 in Australia in 2013-14.

It was a charm, however, completely lacking from the 2015 Ashes, which ended with England winning the five-match series 3-2 despite Australia’s innings and 46-run win in the concluding Test at The Oval on Sunday.

The series equalled in length the shortest five-Test series of modern times of 18 days that took place when England played the West Indies in 2000.