Head? Stokes? Starc? Pick your team of the Ashes

Who makes your series’ best team when Australia retains the Ashes and leads England 3-1 heading into the fifth Test?

We want to know who you would fit into an XI because both sides have impressed.

The side is broken into four groups: the openers, middle order (including all-rounders), wicketkeeper, and bowlers. To aid in your decision-making, we’ve provided you with all the data up to and including the day of publication (4 January).

In the following poll, choose two players as your openers.

Jake Weatherald: Innings: eight, runs: 146, average: 20.85, centuries: none

Travis Head: Innings: eight, runs: 437, average: 54.62, centuries: two

Zak Crawley: Innings: nine, runs: 272, average: 30.22, centuries: none

Choose four players from the list below to fill the three to six slots in your team.

Usman Khawaja: Innings: five, runs: 153, average: 30.60, centuries: none

Marnus Labuschagne: Innings: eight, runs: 174, average: 24.85, centuries: none

Steve Smith: Innings: six, runs: 136, average: 45.33, centuries: none

Cameron Green: Innings: six, runs: 112, average: 18.66, wickets: three, average: 71.66

Josh Inglis: Innings: three, runs: 65, average: 21.66, centuries: none

Ollie Pope: Innings: six, runs: 125, average: 20.83, centuries: none

Joe Root: Innings: nine, runs: 306, average: 43.71, centuries: one

Harry Brook: Innings: nine, runs: 310, average: 44.28, centuries: none

Ben Stokes: Innings: eight, runs: 183, average: 22.87, wickets: 13, average: 21.69

Will Jacks: Innings: five, runs: 118, average: 23.60, wickets: four, average: 61.50

Choose a player from the list below to fill slot seven in your team.

Alex Carey: Innings: six, runs: 291, average: 48.50, dismissals: 25

Choose four players from the list below to fill the eight to eleven slots in your team.

Mitchell Starc: Matches: five, wickets: 27, average: 18.74, strike-rate: 27.51, runs: 151

Scott Boland: Matches: five, wickets: 17, average: 24.47, strike-rate: 43

Pat Cummins: Matches: one, wickets: six, average: 19.50, strike-rate: 34

Brendan Doggett: Matches: two, wickets: seven, average: 30.71, strike-rate: 41.42

Michael Neser: Matches: three, wickets: 11, average: 20, strike-rate: 31.81

Nathan Lyon: Matches: two, wickets: five, average: 31.40, strike-rate: 66

Jhye Richardson: One matches, two wickets, average, 15, average, 28 strike-rate

Jofra Archer: Matches: three, wickets: nine, average: 27.11, strike-rate: 53.33, runs: 102

Brydon Carse: Matches: five, wickets: 19, average: 25.57, strike-rate: 32.73

Gus Atkinson: Matches: three, wickets: six, average: 47.33, strike-rate: 73

Josh Tongue: Matches: three, wickets: 12, average: 18.58, strike-rate: 28.16