The Ashes 2025-26: Who made your crew of the sequence?

The Ashes 2025-26: Who made your crew of the sequence?


Travis Head, Joe Root and Mitchell StarcPicture supply, Getty Photographs

BBC Sport readers have picked their crew of the sequence for the Ashes.

We requested you to choose an 11 which included two openers, 4 middle-order batters or all-rounders, a wicketkeeper and 4 bowlers.

Voting was accomplished throughout the fifth Check in Sydney.

Here is who made the lower and their sequence stats.

Travis Head – Australia (91%)

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Innings: 10, runs: 629, common: 62.90, centuries: three

No doubts about this man’s choice. Travis Head stepped as much as open within the first Check and has dominated from the highest of the order. He blazed 123 in Perth, sealed the sequence victory with 170 in Adelaide after which added 163 in Sydney for good measure.

Zak Crawley – England (81%)

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Innings: 10, runs: 273, common: 27.30, centuries: none

Bar Head, the opposite openers within the sequence have loved modest returns on this sequence. Zak Crawley was dismissed for a pair in Perth, however made half-centuries in Brisbane and Adelaide.

Steve Smith – Australia (85%)

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Innings: eight, runs: 286, common: 57.20, centuries: one

So continuously a function of English nightmares, Steve Smith had a comparatively quiet sequence initially, passing fifty as soon as and lacking the Adelaide Check with illness. Nevertheless his 138 in Sydney took the sport away from England and noticed him turn into the second-highest Ashes run-scorer behind Don Bradman.

Joe Root – England (94%)

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Innings: 10, runs: 400, common: 44.44, centuries: two

Feast and famine for England’s legendary batter. Joe Root lastly received into three figures in Australia, making an unbeaten 138 in Brisbane and 160 in Sydney, however solely handed 20 on one different event within the sequence.

Harry Brook – England (68%)

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Innings: 10, runs: 438, common: 39.77, centuries: none

A case of what might have been for Harry Brook. The large-hitting batter handed 40 on 5 events within the sequence, however his highest rating was his 84 in Sydney.

Ben Stokes – England (70%)

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Innings: 10, runs: 184, common: 18.40, wickets: 15, common: 25.13

A greater sequence with the ball than with the bat for England’s skipper. Ben Stokes was continuously probably the most threatening of England’s bowlers, along with his greatest exhibiting a 5-23 in Perth. He made half-centuries in Brisbane and Adelaide however his subsequent highest rating was 19, and he was dismissed for single figures on six events.

Alex Carey – Australia (97%)

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Innings: eight, runs: 323, common: 46.14, dismissals: 28

The default decide for the wicketkeeper place. Alex Carey prospered each behind the stumps and with the bat. After 63 in Brisbane, he had a dream Check at his house floor of Adelaide, hitting 106 and 72 as Australia clinched the sequence.

Mitchell Starc – Australia (98%)

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Matches: 5, wickets: 31, common: 19.93, strike-rate: 29.6; runs: 156

A exceptional sequence for the left-armer. Mitchell Starc began the sequence with a bang, taking 10 wickets in Perth as Australia blew England away inside two days. He added 6-75 within the first innings at Brisbane whereas additionally contributing essential half-centuries in each the second and third Checks.

Jofra Archer – England (67%)

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Matches: three, wickets: 9, common: 27.11, strike-rate: 53.33, runs: 102

England wished specific press in Australia and Jofra Archer delivered. Whereas his figures did not essentially mirror his contribution within the first two Checks, he took 5-53 within the first innings in Adelaide and added a half-century later within the Check. A facet pressure noticed him withdraw from the sequence after that match.

Scott Boland – Australia (65%)

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Matches: 5, wickets: 20, common: 24.95, strike-rate: 47.9

Scott Boland’s nagging accuracy tormented England all through the sequence. Because of the absence of Josh Hazlewood, the veteran seamer delivered in spades. He even received to open the batting within the quick-paced Check at Melbourne.

Josh Tongue – England (43%)

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Matches: three, wickets: 18, common: 20.11, strike-rate: 32.4

What if he’d performed earlier? Josh Tongue was launched within the third Check in Adelaide and set about including to his already spectacular haul of worldwide wickets. He took 4-70 within the second innings in South Australia and picked up 5-45 as England bowled out Australia for 152 on day one in Melbourne.

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