Winning in England is Australia's Everest - McGrath column

What’s Happening

Listen up: After a comfortable 4-1 series win in the Ashes, Australia’s next goal will be winning in England for the first time in 26 years when they tour next summer, says Glenn McGrath.

Winning in England will be Australias next goal - McGrath column Published 1 hour ago Australia beat England in the Ashes because they played good, solid Test cricket. They did the basics well and deserved their 4-1 series victory. (we’re not making this up)

You look at the Australia team compared to what England thought they were going to come up against with Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon - and the only one theyve fr had to face is Starc because of injuries to the others.

The Details

But the guys that came in fr stepped up and youve got to give credit to Starc for the way he stepped up and performed. He fr took the load to finish the series as the leading wicket-taker with 31.

He was backed well and Michael Neser and as an attack it was just good, solid Test cricket. They bowled good areas and built pressure - and that is everything you need to do at Test level.

Why This Matters

To be honest, I dont know if England took them for granted a little bit and if they thought it isnt the same attack and they thought it was going to be easier. But, Australia were just tougher and gave England nothing. Saying that, the big turning moment in the series for me was when Travis Head was to opener in the first Test after Usman Khawaja was struggling with back spasms.

This could change the dynamics of the sport going forward.

Key Takeaways

• It just set a whole different tone to Australias batting – it got them going and the positivity then just flowed down the rest of the order.
• Alex Carey also put on an absolute masterclass coming up to the stumps to Boland and Neser - it was brilliant.
• Then if you look at the fielding and the catching – they say catches win matches and it is true.
• The amount of catches that England dropped, even if England caught them, this series would have been completely different.

The Bottom Line

Then if you look at the fielding and the catching – they say catches win matches and it is true. The amount of catches that England dropped, even if England caught them, this series would have been completely different.

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