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A freak accident a year ago left Bairstow with three fractures, ligament damage and a dislocated ankle.

All five Tests had twists, starting with Ben Stokes’s declaration at Edgbaston through to Stuart Broad’s sting in the bail

After a thrilling series, our team pick over the players and moments of the series, along with much more besides

This Ashes series was a genuine banger with scant few days of outright dominance and four positive results but a changing of the guard is inevitable

75 words: England and Australia faced off in the Ashes series, each team embodying a different philosophy. In the end, 2-2 was a fair result, as both teams had to adapt the other's philosophy. England's strike rate of 74 and Australia's 51 showed that a combination of tactics can work…

Zak Crawley, Ben Stokes, James Anderson – who will be around for the next Ashes in 2025?

Brendon McCullum has said that the “tremendous confidence-booster” of seeing their methods pay off against Australia can power England to greater success – including in the next Ashes series in 30 months’ time

From the summer that was, to a winter still a world away and a rare lull — with all respect to the Hundred — in cricket's mad schedule that affords us all time to soak in what has just gone.

There were mixed showings on both sides in a series full of ebbs and flows

Australia opener Usman Khawaja finished as the series’ leading run-scorer with 496.

A gripping Ashes series finished level and there were plenty of highs and lows along the way