Reminiscent of bad memories in this tough terrain, Australia were blown away in the last gasp of a compelling Ashes series to fall short of their bid of ending a two-decade drought of winning outright in the U.K.
Australia could not win cricket’s most hyped and traditional series and complete a momentous, era-defining triumph.
An aging Australia ran out of gas after botching a chance to win in Headingley and they almost surely would have lost the fourth Test if it weren’t for the inclement weather in Manchester.
They weren’t quite blown away from the full brunt of ‘Bazball’, which threatened to derail them at stages, but it was Australia who looked jaded by the end of the series.
This Ashes series – the best since 2005 but simply can’t be rated alongside that all-timer due to the anti-climatic finish in Manchester -…