The Ashes ended in a 2-2 draw after England won the deciding match at The Oval.
Here, the PA news agency looks at the key statistics from the series.
Urn heads back Down UnderAustralia have now held the urn for over five years, since winning the 2017-18 series 4-0.
They emulated that result back on home soil in 2020-21, after a 2-2 draw in England in 2019.
A repeat performance on this summer’s trip north sees the prized trophy still in the possession of Pat Cummins and his side despite England’s celebrations at The Oval.
Weight of runsAustralia opener Usman Khawaja finished as the series’ leading run-scorer with 496 but England had the other three to pass 400 – Zak Crawley with 480, Joe Root 412 and captain Ben Stokes 405.
Crawley’s average of 53.33 was the best of the series, with Root just behind at 51.50. Mitchell Marsh averaged an even 50 for Australia, just ahead of Khawaja’s 49.60.
Ben Stokes averaged 45 for England and and Harry Brook and Jonny Bairstow both over 40, with Ben Duckett at 35.66 as only the number three position caused problems.
Ollie Pope averaged 22.50 and Moeen Ali 31.00 in that spot. In nine innings, completed by one each for Brook and Stokes, England’s number threes contributed 228 runs at 25.33, with a solitary half-century from Moeen.
Despite hitting 15 sixes, including nine in his 155 as he attempted to wrestle the Lord’s Test England’s way, the skipper’s strike rate of 64.69 runs per 100 balls was actually England’s slowest aside from tail-enders James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Ollie Robinson.
Crawley powered along at a strike rate of 88.72, with Brook, Bairstow, Duckett and Root all in the 70s. In a smaller sample, the free-spirited Mark Wood blasted his 83 runs from just 64 deliveries for a rate of 129.68.
England scored 3,079 runs in the series to Australia’s 3,059 and another measure of success with the bat was their lack of ducks. Having collectively made 17 in their 4-0 defeat in the last Ashes Down Under, the only one this time around came from Chris Woakes in a score of 592 at Old Trafford. Mitchell Starc’s dismissal without scoring on the final evening at the Oval was Australia’s fifth of the series.
Change for the betterBoth sides made team changes during the series, either due to injury, form or tactics, and the men who came in made a significant impact.
Woakes and Wood were called up for the third Test and kept their places the rest of the way, finishing as the top two in the series bowling averages.
Woakes was named England’s player of the series for his 19 wickets at 18.14, with Wood’s pace picking up 14 at 20.21.
Stokes told Sky Sports: “The way Woakesy’s come in and operated not just with the ball but with crucial runs batting at eight (has) been really good for us. Woody’s put some unbelievable performances in over those first two games – yesterday and today he could hardly walk and he did an unbelievable job to still run in and bowl the way he did.”
Australia’s batting and bowling averages were also led by mid-series call-ups in Marsh and Todd Murphy.
The latter, summoned after fellow spinner Nathan Lyon’s injury at Lord’s, claimed seven wickets across his two appearances at Headingley and The Oval to lead the Australian averages at 25.85 – even if Starc was their stand-out bowler with 23 at 27.08, edging Stuart Broad by one as the series’ leading wicket-taker.
Asalanka leads Sri Lanka to ODI series win over West Indies
Sri Lanka wrapped up the ODI series against the West Indies with a five-wicket victory in Pallekele.
The hosts successfully chased down their opponents' total of 189, giving them an unassailable 2-0 in the three-match series.
Sri Lanka controlled the early powerplay - Asitha Fernando (3-35) and Maheesh Theekshana (3-25) took two wickets apiece to leave the tourists at 31-4 in the ninth over.
Wanindu Hasaranga (4-40) then claimed three of his four wickets as Roston Chase, Romario Shepherd, Hayden Walsh and Alzarri Joseph were all dismissed in the space of 14 balls.
However, Sherfane Rutherford (80 off 82 balls) and Gudakesh Motie (50 not out) steadied the ship to take the Windies from 58-8 to 189.
Although Joseph claimed Avishka Fernando (9) in the fourth over, Nishan Madushka and Sadeera Samarawickrama both chipped in with contributions of 38 to get the hosts to 112-4.
Skipper Charith Asalanka (62 not out) led the charge thereon, while Kamindu Mendis (11) comfortably got them over the line with 34 balls remaining.
Data Debrief: Rutherford-Motie historic stand proves academic for tourists
West Indies were looking to level the series, but their hopes were not aided by Sri Lanka's impressive bowling.
Rutherford and Motie did their best. Their partnership brought 119 runs, which is their nation's highest ninth-wicket stand in ODI history, breaking the previous record of 85 between Yannic Cariah and Alzarri Joseph.
However, it ultimately proved in vain as the hosts secured the series with a game to spare.
'I was a tired, grumpy old man' - Stokes apologised to England team-mates after Pakistan defeat
Ben Stokes says he apologised to his England team-mates after his frustrations were evident during the second-Test defeat by Pakistan.
The hosts levelled the three-Test series on Thursday after wrapping up a 152-run win in Multan.
However, it could have been a different story but for fielding errors at crucial stages for the visitors, Jamie Smith and Joe Root notably dropping catches to dismiss Salman Agha, whose subsequent knock of 63 helped Pakistan seal victory with a day to spare.
Stokes, who returned to action following a hamstring injury, could not hide his frustration during a difficult day for England, but insisted he would not let his emotions get the better of him again.
"No one means to drop catches, but it just proves how important catches are in these subcontinent conditions, they don't come along that often," he told Sky Sports.
"I actually apologised to the group last night. It's the first time in my captaincy that I've let my emotions and how I was feeling with the way the game was unfolding show in my body language.
"I owned up to that and was very annoyed at myself for letting that out. It's something that I don't want to do or be seen to be doing, so I apologised to the group about that.
"Poor old me, I was a tired, grumpy old man last night! You won't see that happen again."
However, England coach Brendon McCullum defended the actions of his skipper.
"We all know how passionate Ben is, how much it means for him to play for England," he said.
"We've seen that through his bloody-mindedness to get back from injury, which was significant, and to do so in a nine-week timeframe and to have his first TM [Test match] in extreme conditions, 40 degrees, and be able to give what he gave to the side.
"I think, maybe, that's where some of that frustration led to - certainly, it wasn't directed at any of the players. It was more about trying to assess the rhythm of the game, and to impact on it."
Sri Lanka breeze to series win over West Indies
Sri Lanka cruised to a nine-wicket victory over West Indies to seal a T20I series triumph.
With the series delicately poised at 1-1 heading into the final match on Thursday, Sri Lanka started with intent in Dambulla.
Maheesh Theekshana (2-19) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2-24) led the charge as Sri Lanka skittled through the Windies' top order.
Rovman Powell's stubborn 37 and a contribution of 32 from Gudakesh Motie steered West Indies to a reasonable total of 162-8, but it was one well within reach of Sri Lanka.
Pathum Nissanka clipped seven fours and one six in a 22-ball 37 to get Sri Lanka's chase rolling at pace, before he was bowled by Gudakesh Mottie (1-31).
Yet the damage was mostly done, with Kusal Mendis powering his way to an unbeaten 68 and Kusal Perera plundering 55 from 36 balls to get the job done with the minimum of fuss.
Data Debrief: Perera closing in on Sri Lanka record
Perera is now just nine runs away from surpassing Tillakaratne Dilshan (1,889) as the leading scorer in Sri Lanka's T20I history.
His efforts, combined with those of Nissanka and Mendis, saw Sri Lanka win for a fourth time in their last six T20Is at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, although this is the first time they have won at the venue in that run when batting second.
The Windies' miserable record in Asia has continued, meanwhile. They have won only one of their last 11 T20Is in Asia (L10), with that victory coming in the first match of this series. They have now lost 33 T20Is on the continent in total, with only Ireland (35) having lost more.
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