However, by the end of the third day an innings defeat was looming with England on 203/6 and still trailing by 129 runs.
There have been six drawn series, and on five of these occasions, Australia has retained the Ashes due to being holders going into the series. An eighth-wicket stand of 87 runs between Moeen Ali and Broad gave England a healthy lead before Australia came back to dismiss the tail and end the innings at 281, a lead of 145 for England. England were eventually bowled out for 312 after tea. England won the series 3–2, regaining the Ashes after taking an unassailable lead with victory in the fourth Test. Australia were bowled out before lunch on the first day for 60 in 18.3 overs, the least number of overs a team has been bowled out for in the first innings of a Test match. Steven Smith scored his 11th test century as Australia finished their innings at 481. England bowlers then came back to end the Australian innings at 265. The third morning started with two quick wickets, with Watson and With Australia chasing 412 to win, they lost Rogers for 10 early on, ending his record-equalling run of half-centuries, but a 78-run partnership between Warner and Smith looked to have stabilised the innings. Instead of enforcing the Australia made inroads on the second morning and reduced England to 190/7.
After losing Cook and Stokes continued to rebuild for England on the third day, but the wicket of Stokes just before lunch dented England's progress. Watson (19) did his best to reignite the innings before being trapped LBW for the second time in the match, reducing Australia to 151/7. After a lengthy lunch break, Siddle took the last two wickets to bring an end to an eventful series. Apart from a knock of 39 by Moeen Ali, Cook got little support from the remaining batsmen and was dismissed four runs short of hundred. England, after being bowled out for 149 in their first innings, were asked to follow on. The stand was broken by Moeen Ali in the final over before lunch, trapping Warner LBW for 52. The Ashes is a Test cricket series played between England and Australia. Fifth Ashes Test, Kia Oval, day four: Australia 481: Smith 143 England 149 & 286 (following on): Cook 85, Siddle 4-35 Australia won by an innings and 46 runs: Scorecard The Ashes trophy was presented to England immediately after their defeat in the fifth Test. England regained the Ashes with a match to spare in the series, and Ian Bell became the first England player since James Anderson was not passed fit for the fifth Test, so England named an unchanged side, denying Australia dominated the match right from the start with a century opening partnership between Warner and Rogers. Similarly, series in Australia were brought forward one year beginning with the On 31 March 2015, Australia announced a 17-man touring party for the Ashes series.Having been asked to field first by England, despite the start being delayed by a prolonged opening ceremony, the Australians made an early breakthrough with the wicket of Having been 26 not out overnight, Moeen Ali added another 51 runs on the morning of the second day before he was caught out by Watson off Starc.
Haddin was next to go, caught at short midwicket by Cook for 7; the England captain parried the ball up at the first attempt, but retained his focus to cling on at the second time of asking. The 2015 Ashes (named Investec Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a series of Test cricket matches played between England and Australia for The Ashes. Australia were the defending holders of the Ashes going into the series, having won in 2013–14. Finn ended with career-best figures of 6/79.England won the toss and elected to bowl first. In Australia's second innings, a devastating spell from Finn reduced Australia from 62/1 to 92/5, with five of the top six batsmen being dismissed for single-digit scores. The Ashes 2015 with live cricket scores and the latest news and features throughout the series. Although the first Test series played between England and Australia was in the After its loss to Australia in 1882, England won the next eight series between the two sides, during which time it lost only four of the 22 Tests. This was criticised by Cricket journalists gave a mixed opinion on the quality of the series, praising several good spells of bowling but criticising the poor standard of batting, which was seen as too aggressive and impatient for Test cricket.While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the first, second, and fifth Tests reached a result within four days.While five days of play were scheduled for each Test, the third and fourth Tests reached a result within three days. Game in numbers. Starc dismissed Root for 130 and took two more wickets on the morning of the second day, but a quickfire lower-order partnership between England took just 10.2 overs on the third day to claim the remaining three Australian wickets. Australia then lost Smith (33), Clarke (4) and Voges (1) in the five overs following the interval; in the space of six overs, they had fallen from 97/1 to 106/5.
On only three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series; Australia has achieved the feat 5–0 in Stokes had figures of 6/36 in the second innings and Broad was named man of the match. The venues were Sophia Gardens (Cardiff), Lord's (London), Edgbaston (Birmingham), Trent Bridge (Nottingham), and The Oval (London).