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Key Takeaways
- 1📊 Travis Head scored 629 runs at 62.90 with three centuries
- 2🏆 Fan-picked XI mirrors Australia’s dominance across the series
- 3💡 Zak Crawley’s attacking approach keeps him in top-tier company
- 4🔮 Core of this XI could shape future Ashes and tours vs Team India
"Find out which players made the cut into the BBC Sport team of the series for the Ashes."
Ashes fever didn’t end with the urn presentation. BBC readers have picked their Ashes team of the series, and the XI is headlined by a turbo-charged Travis Head after a brutal campaign against England.
Head’s dominance sets tone for fan-picked XI
Tasked to choose a balanced side – two openers, four middle-order batters or all-rounders, a wicketkeeper and four bowlers – fans voted right through the fifth Test in Sydney, building their dream Ashes XI in real time.
At the very top, Travis Head was a no-brainer. Pushed into an opening role in the first Test, he responded like a man born for the new ball. Across 10 innings, he piled up 629 runs at an average of 62.90, hammering three centuries. A blazing 123 in Perth set the tone, a majestic 170 in Adelaide effectively killed the series as a contest, and he still had enough left to lash 163 in Sydney, confirming his status as the defining batter of this Ashes.
Alongside him, Zak Crawley gave England fans something to cling to. The right-hander’s positive strokeplay at the top kept England’s Bazball intent alive even as the series slipped away, earning him strong support in the fan vote.
From there the XI is packed with the usual Ashes heavyweights – solid middle-order anchors, an all-rounder engine room, a busy gloveman and a fearsome four-man attack that mirrors how this series was actually won: ruthless Aussie pace backed by relentless pressure.
For Indian fans watching from afar, this fan-picked XI underlines what the Men in Blue will be up against when they next tour Down Under – an Australian core that looks settled, and English talent still searching for consistency.
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