Australia 4-1 England: player ratings as the hosts win the Ashes in style

Mitchell Starc and Travis Head were astoundingly good, but plenty of England players will want to look away nowBy 99.94 Cricket BlogBen Stokes: 184 runs at 18.4; 15 wickets at 25.1; two catchesA body unable to match his will, a team unable to match his ambition and, surely, a screaming sense that he made mistakes when preparing for this challenging but winnable series all adds up to a horrible seven weeks for the England captain. His personal form inevitably buckled – and you have to feel a little sympathy for a man more guilty of giving too much rather than too little. Continue reading...