Ashes 2015: Back to the future in Birmingham

By Joe Aston
Updated July 31 2015 - 1:13pm, first published 12:26pm

Consider the Australian cricket unit that destroyed England in the home Ashes of 2013-14. Repeatedly, they were five wickets down for not many, and repeatedly, the score was salvaged by wicketkeeper Brad Haddin with the support of a wagging tail. History will log it as an epic wipeout of England, but no thanks to our top and middle order.  At the Gabba 6-132 transformed to 295 all out; 5-143 in Perth became 385; 6-122 in Melbourne metamorphosed to 204; and 5-97 at the SCG ended at 326.

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