There it is...the Royal British Blues in the Whites have been Pink Washed by the Awesome Aussies! (Pink Wash - a tribute to the McGrath foundation) Fantastic victory! Here they are singing a song in the mid of the pitch at the SCG, forming a huddle, after the final English wicket Boyd Rankin, got picked for a '0' by Ryan Harris, caught at slips by the Aussie skipper. A series that has re-stressed the meaning of the word "DOMINANCE". Call it sledging or great Cricket that has however got the better of the British.
But this series has not been won just because of the heroics of any one single player. It has really been a fantastic team effort. An all round team effort so to say. All the playing eleven played their part almost perfectly.
Brad Haddin's batting to me, was one of the great plus-es for the Aussies. And with the cricketer of the year 2013 being just a feather on the cap, Michael Clarke was truly brilliant both with his bat and captaincy.
Man of the series well and truly has been awarded to Mitchell Johnson. He really is the guy who scripted the result of the series almost a month back, with his awesome quick bowling, consistently hitting 147+ kph. With his yorkers and bouncers at that pace, he really became a nightmare for the British batters!
This has been a baaaad Ashes series for England...it just can't get any worser for them.
BUT, in around 15 to 20 years time this might be looked back as a debut test series of one of the all time great all rounders to have played the game...and that might be an English player...Benjamin Andrew Stokes (Ben Stokes). This Newzealand born talent has really rocked the stage with both bat and ball, amidst all the odd things that has happened to his team. He has withstood and come out with some wonderful performances against all the ugly sledging and great Cricket played by the Aussies. At the dusk of a great all rounder's (Jacques Kallis) career, here is another dawn that has been scripted amidst tough times. I hope to see more awesome performances from this lad who is just in his early 20s still. Well...IPL auction is not too far...Ben might well strike Gold soon! All the best auctioners! :)
