Ashes 2025 : Australia beat England by five wickets and clinch the Ashes 4-1

In the fifth and Final Test of the series, Australia cruised to a five-wicket victory after a nervous final day in Sydney. They were set 160 to win on the Final day and managed to get home thereby securing

the Ashes with a 4-1 series win. Ashes 2025 was one of the most anticipated cricketing event. There was a lot of hype ahead of the Ashes and many felt this was going to be one closely fought series. England had never won a series in Australia since 2010/11 and Australia were the holders of the urn.

The Ashes started with first Test at Perth where England went down to a crushing defeat in the first Ashes Test as Travis Head’s blistering century completed an astonishing Australia fightback in Perth. It was the first two-day Ashes Test since 1921, Head dismantled the England attack with the second-fastest Ashes hundred of all time, made off only 69 balls. Head’s 123 led Australia to their target of 205 in only 28.2 overs. An eight-wicket victory put the home side 1-0 up in the five-match series.

Australia went 2-0 up in the series at Brisbane, which pushed England back into a must-win territory. They need to win all three remaining Tests to avoid a series defeat. Australia were a target of 65 for victory after England was bowled out for 241 in the second innings, Australia raced to an eight-wicket win in 10 overs. The third match of the series was in Adelaide and Australia beat England by 82 runs to win third Test and secure Ashes with two games to spare. A dominant Australia collected the last four wickets they needed the Final day of Test to win the third Test and retain the Ashes in just 11 days of cricket, crushing any hopes of Bazball.

The fourth Test was the boxing Day Test at MCG with more than 90,000 fans was another two day affair. 36 wickets fell inside 2 days and the match was completed as England finally broke their horrific record in Australia with a win. Harry Brook and Jamie Smith partnership saw England reach their fourth-innings target of 175 and clinch a four-wicket victory.

The series was 3-1 and after that game people felt England could finish on a good note but it did not happen. In the Fifth and final Test at Sydney Australia won by five wickets and won the Ashes series 4-1. Travis Head was the player of the match and Mitchell Starc won the player of the series.