Ashes 2015 final summary | ASHES: Its Brutal As Its Thought

England won the 2015 Investec Ashes by 3-2, Brutal and emotional series came to and end with Urn on Englands hand.

First test

England won by 169 runs: Series 1-0

England 430 (Root 134, Moeen 77, Starc 5-114) and 289 (Bell 60, Root 60, Lyon 4-75) beatAustralia 308 (Rogers 95, Anderson 3-43) and 242 (Johnson 77, Warner 52, Broad 3-39, Moeen 3-59) by 169 runs

Second Test

Australia won by 405 runs: Series 1-1

Australia 566 for 8 dec (Smith 215, Rogers 173, Broad 4-83) and 254 for 2 dec (Warner 83, Smith 58) beat England 312 (Cook 96, Stokes 87, Johnson 3-53, Hazlewood 3-68) and 103 (Johnson 3-27) by 405 runs

Third Test

England won by 8 wicktes : Series 2-1

England 281 (Root 63, Moeen 59, Bell 53, Lyon 3-36) and 124 for 2 (Bell 65*) beat Australia136 (Rogers 52, Anderson 6-47) and 265 (Warner 77, Nevill 59, Starc 58, Finn 6-79) by 8 wickets

Fourth Test

England won by an innings and 78 runs : Series 3-1

Ashes will go to England

England 391 for 9 dec (Root 130, Bairstow 74, Starc 6-111) beat Australia 60 (Broad 8-15) and 253 (Warner 64, Rogers 52, Voges 51*, Stokes 6-36) by an innings and 78 runs

Fifth Test

Australia won by an Innings and 46 runs: Series 3-2
Australia 481 for 125.1 ov (Smith 143, Warner 84, M Ali 102-3) beat England 149 (Jonshon 3-21, Marsh 3-30) and 286(f/o) (A Cook 85, P Siddle 4-35 ) by an Inning and 46 runs

Glimpses of Ashes 2015

Output of Investec Ashes Test 2015:

1. Brutality remained as brutal as it was thought

   Peculiar #Ashes. One team played really badly in every Test.

   — Harsha Bhogle August 23, 2015

2. Michael Clarke and Chris Rogers retires from International Cricket

3. Steven Smith is a New Captain of Austrailian Cricket

4. Joe Root is named as England’s Man of the Series

5. Chris Rogers is named as Australia’s man of the Series

6. This is the only Ashes series where no test gets into 5th day