Foakes watched the Ashes from the sidelines as he had to make way for Bairstow, who was returning from a long-term injury. Though Bairstow justified his selection with the bat, he was guilty of dropping several chances which brought his wicket-keeping under the scanner multiple times during
Australian opener Usman Khawaja has expressed his disappointment over International Cricket Council (ICC) imposing penalties on arch-rivals Australia and England for maintaining a slow overrate during the Ashes 2023 series
India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin maintained his spot at the top of the ICC Test bowling rankings despite major re-shuffle after the conclusion of the Ashes series.
After the completion of the Ashes Series 2023, Australia and England have been docked crucial ICC World Test Championship points and have been hit with fines for maintaining a slow over-rate during the men’s Ashes.
Chris Woakes was awarded 'Player of the Series' for taking 19 wickets in five Test matches of the Ashes series. He had an impactful contribution with his four wickets in the fifth Ashes series to restrict Australia to 334, winning by 49 runs.
Australian skipper Pat Cummins thinks that his team missed an opportunity of clinching the Ashes series by 3-1 after they lost the fifth Test at the Oval by 49 runs.
Moeen who had reversed his Test retirement only for the Ashes assignment, said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo, "If Stokesy messages me again, I'm going to delete it. That's me done. I really have enjoyed it, and it's great to finish on it."
With this, England has drawn the series 2-2. Australia has retained the Ashes urn, but they have not won it outright, something that they have not done since 2001 in England.
Atherton opines that the pacer has every right to retire on his own terms, but feels that selectors would not nominate him purely for sentimental reasons after the Ashes
Australian spinner Todd Murphy admitted that the Aussies pacer attack would be feeling a little tired after playing a long series of five Test matches, however, the hunger is still there to win the last Test of the Ashes series.