Zak Crawley, 3 – His fall to Mitchell Starc in the first over of the series was a portent of what was to come in the series, for Crawley and England. His 85 in Adelaide almost kept England’s Ashes dream alive, but ultimately Crawley hasn’t done enough over a long period of time to justify his place in the team.

The ECB also promised the cricket-loving public in the UK that the board will implement the changes in the coming few months, and most likely, it is set to be done and dusted before the beginning of the Test series between England and New Zealand in June 2026.

England’s Harry Brook has apologized for clashing with a nightclub bouncer in October during the tour of New Zealand that preceded the Ashes series that Australia comprehensively won 4-1.

Australian and English players have buried the hatchet after the Ashes, coming together post-series to share drinks. After their 4-1 demolition of the tourists, the Australians invited their opponents into the SCG’s Long Bar to continue the time-honoured tradition after the infamous English snub back in 2023 threw a spanner in the works.

On Thursday, the England and Wales Cricket Board said it would launch an immediate and “thorough” review following the tourists’ defeat in the fifth and final Ashes Test.

He was England’s judge, jury & executioner. He reached the verdict, pronounced the sentence and then executed it with a certain ease which was calmness borderlined on destruction. The scary thing about Head’s batting was that it seemed effortless.

And it's now emerged that issues began even before the tourists landed in Australia, with Brook placed on a "final warning" after a drunken incident with a bouncer at a nightclub in New Zealand the night before an ODI against the Kiwis.

England suffered a massive blow after losing Joe Root following an unlucky review, but they are still in the fight after overtaking Australia on Day 4. Australia is in a commanding position heading into day four at the SCG, and England are known to collapse quickly, particularly at this ground with the Ashes already gone.