Australia’s thumping victory over England by an innings and 14 runs in the third Test at the MCG secured the Ashes for a third consecutive series.
It was another dominant performance from the home side, and as the player ratings voted on by you show, it was a great match for the Victorians at their home ground.
Leading the way was, of course, player of the match Scott Boland, whose figures of 6-7 in England’s woeful second innings earned him maximum votes from over half of you, with nothing below a 7.
Not too far behind was under-pressure opener Marcus Harris, whose match-high 76 with the bat made him one of the few batters who withstood an onslaught from a James Anderson-led English attack. Only Boland and fellow quicks Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc outperformed Harris in the rankings; fair enough, considering the dominance of the Aussie bowlers.
For the third Test in a row, England’s ratings made for sorry reading. Only captain Joe Root scrounged a pass mark of the top seven that was blown apart in both innings at the MCG, with openers Haseeb Hameed and Zak Crawley particularly brutally marked.
It was a different story for pace-bowling trio Anderson, Ollie Robinson and Mark Wood, who along with Root were clearly the tourists’ four most highly-rated players from the Boxing Day Test.
Anderson was the only Englishman to earn a 10, compared to three Australians (Cummins, Starc and Boland), for his sublime 4-33 in Australia’s innings.
1. David Warner
Average score: 5.65
Most common rating: 6 (35.2%)
2. Marcus Harris
Average score: 7.07
Most common rating: 8 (33%)
3. Marnus Labuschagne
Average score: 3.44
Most common rating: 2 (30.8%)
4. Steve Smith (vc)
Average score: 4.01
Most common rating: 4 (28.6%)
5. Travis Head
Average score: 4.63
Most common rating: 4 & 5 (33%)
6. Cameron Green
Average score: 6.08
Most common ratings: 6 (39.6%)
7. Alex Carey (wk)
Average score: 5.93
Most common rating: 6 (38.5%)
8. Pat Cummins (c)
Average score: 8.21
Most common rating: 8 & 9 (36.3%)
9. Mitchell Starc
Average score: 8.68
Most common rating: 9 (63.7%)
10. Scott Boland
Average score: 9.35
Most common rating: 10 (53.3%)
11. Nathan Lyon
Average score: 6.98
Most common rating: 8 (36.3%)
1. Haseeb Hameed
Average score: 1.61
Most common rating: 1 (53.9%)
2. Zak Crawley
Average score: 1.91
Most common rating: 2 (48.9%)
3. Dawid Malan
Average score: 2.47
Most common rating: 2 (37.8%)
4. Joe Root (c)
Average score: 5.59
Most common rating: 6 (28.6%)
5. Ben Stokes
Average score: 3.69
Most common rating: 4 (32.6%)
6. Jonny Bairstow
Average score: 3.68
Most common rating: 4 (33.3%)
7. Jos Buttler (wk, vc)
Average score: 2.76
Most common rating: 3 (30%)
8. Mark Wood
Average score: 5.63
Most common rating: 7 (31.1%)
9. Ollie Robinson
Average score: 4.80
Most common rating: 4 & 6 (22.2%)
10. Jack Leach
Average score: 3.38
Most common rating: 3 (25.6%)
11. James Anderson
Average score: 7.84
Most common rating: 8 (37.8%)
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