#Ashes cricket 2019 series

Good point about the Test Championship points too, nothing is a dead rubber and certainly not the Oval'

#Ashes cricket 2019 series

I think everyone in Australia is relieved but won't be happy with a drawn series given how dominant we've been. Tom: 'Cummins admitted there's not a lot left in the tank. Nagraj Todur: 'Credit to Aussie captain Tim Paine also!! He rotated his bowlers intelligently and made good changes in batting lineup except Warner!! He was spot on to win this match and not showed too much emotions' Yep, he had a very good day. Felt a bit nervous, just had to trust myself. Worked on coming wider on the run-up to give me a better angle. It's amazing how things have worked out so far. Labuschagne 'Unbelievable, tough to put into words what it means to retain the Ashes. It doesn't happen, retaining the Ashes in England, very often but we'd like to win next week.' Every player has some story or sacrifice which is what makes moments like this so great. We are the lucky ones who have been here. We know how difficult it is to win over here. We'll enjoy tonight, but focus on next week. We'd like to finish off with a series win. Tim Paine, who sounds very emotional, has spoken to Channel Nine: 'Happiness, relief, very emotional, a lot of people have put in hard work for this to happen.

Australia fully deserve this victory and retaining the Ashes. Before I do that, Steven Smith is king, god, genius, everything. Handing it back to Andrew McGlashan for the presentation now.

England can't win back the Ashes, but they can draw the series and there are World Test Championship points on the line too. But eventually, the Australian bowlers - Cummins and Hazlewood in particular - were too good.

A fifth day pitch and a high quality attack, it was a minor miracle they dragged it into the last hour. No batsman could be said to have thrown his wicket away. When it was time to bat, England lost two in two to Cummins to close out Day 4, but still put up a brave resistance on the final day. They began bowling in the second innings with fire and hostility, but there was Smith again. England weren't quite up to it in the first innings.