England’s Ashes series ratings

Contrasting form: Jimmy Anderson was England’s best bowler, while Moeen Ali struggled throughout
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Alastair Cook 6/10
Matches: 5
Batting: 376 runs @47.00
Series stats skewed by unbeaten 244 in Melbourne when Ashes were gone. Otherwise highest score was 39.
MCG knock, though, silenced talk of his future – for now.
Mark Stoneman 4/10
Matches: 5
Batting: 232 @25.77
Showed guts during the series and decent enough start but disappointing overall, averaging 25.77 – worse than Michael Carberry’s (28.10) in 2013-14.
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