Brendon McCullum says England’s fightback to draw with Australia justified their attacking approach . McCullum believes the fightback provided them with a template to regain the urn in Australia . Australia retain the Ashes after one of the most absorbing and dramatic series ever played between Test crickets oldest rivals .
Australia’s Pat Cummins said his team never even thought of playing for a draw in the final Test against England . England were criticised by several former players for being too aggressive early in an Ashes series but McCullum said they refined their approach slightly as the series wore on .
The Oval match saw the retiring England duo of paceman Stuart Broad and spinbowling allrounder Moeen Ali bow out of Test cricket on a high . Mitchell Starc the leading bowler in the Ashes with wickets despite not playing in the first test was named Australias manoftheseries.
England are a very strong team in their own conditions. We are really proud of how we stuck strong. It came right down to the last session on day two of the last day on day four of the final test at The Oval on Monday. It was an incredible five tests exciting ebbs and flows throughout the first Test of the Ashes series.
England were ultimately ultimately ultimately determined to win at the end of the first day . The series. It comes to an exciting ebbing and flows. We saw two different brands both teams stuck to it and we sit here and we sat here. We can be extremely proud of the end.
It is an incredible . It came to the final session of the second test. It took right into the last morning on day three of the fourth Test. It had been an incredible Five tests.
