10 moments that decided the Ashes

Australia have lost their fourth straight Ashes series, and England has come out on top in just 11 days of cricket.

England were 65-1 in their second innings shortly after lunch on day two of the first Test in Perth, leading by 105 and seemingly in charge after a brilliant fast bowling display to defeat Australia for 132.

England had a chance of winning if their bowlers could fire once more on a challenging pitch at Perth Stadium, but Australia still needed 205 to win.

England has endured a lot of misery in the Ashes, with last winning a Test there in 1986.

However, England won the day-night second test, batted first, and placed 176-3 in a strong position.

Then Harry Brook’s brain faded as he attempted to hit Mitchell Starc with a wild drive in the twilight. Josh Inglis quickly ran out of Ben Stokes after making a mistake.

England once more had a chance to make up for their errors, but the Gabba’s first day saw a poor fielding performance.

Overall, they had five clear chances, with Ben Duckett’s penalty-heavy drop and Jamie Smith’s three-run drop and Ben Duckett’s misslead attempt being the most costly.

To reduce their first-innings deficit on day three in Brisbane, England still had a chance to win it.

To retake the lead over Australia and give their bowlers a difficult target to defend, England needed to show discipline.

After being under pressure, England fell to a score of 90-1, but Ollie Pope and Zak Crawley both drove on Michael Neser’s up-chip return catches, leaving England at 241.

When Usman Khawaja was forced to miss the second Test with a back injury and was initially not chosen for the starting XI for the third Test at the Adelaide Oval, his Ashes and perhaps even international career appeared to be over.

However, Steve Smith was called back to bat at number four after falling to the crease in 10 overs as Australia fell to 33-2.

When England believed they had him caught behind the Tongue, Australia were 245-6 and Carey 72. England immediately reviewed the appeal after Empire Ahsan Raza rejected it.

TV umpire Chris Gaffaney did not overturn the decision because the ball appeared to be being thrown away from the bat at the time of the sound, which was present on the Snicko technology.

Later, it became clear that the Snicko operator had chosen the strikers’ end over the bowlers’ end.

The following day, there was more controversy surrounding the technology involving England keeper Smith, and BBG Sports, the owner of Snicko, accepted responsibility.

Australia’s top bowling attack put in their best display of the series, despite England needing a passable day-two Adelaide pitch to bat well on.

On his return from injury, Captain Pat Cummins took the crucial wicket from Joe Root to send England reeling (71) with a strong performance.

Former England spinner Alex Hartley said on Test Match Special: “It’s done, it’s dusted, Australia – give them the urn.”

England led by 85 after the first innings thanks to Stokes and Archer’s excellent battle to lessen the damage.

England might have had a shot at knocking the rest over cheaply and leaving themselves in a difficult but not impossible chase with a score of 149-4 and a 234 advantage over the hosts in their second innings.

Head had additional concepts. The South Australian’s sublime 170 on his home turf put the Test beyond England, which was Australia’s makeshift masterstroke of moving Head to opener.