By Mel Farrell

Australia may have retained the urn, but cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara believes Ben Stokes’ side achieved something greater than winning a trophy.
“The Ashes epitomises the highest quality expected in Test cricket,” says Sangakkara, speaking to Wisden Cricket Monthly. “Not every series has been that way. But this particular one was.
"The manner in which England have started playing Test cricket in the last 12 to 14 months has been an eye-opener to everyone in the world in terms of innovation and bucking tradition and saying Test cricket is perhaps not what it should be do...