00:00 The Ashes started with an Australian victory at Edgebaston in Birmingham.
00:05 Rain delayed the start of day 5 but when things resumed England needed 7 wickets with Australia needing 174 runs.
00:12 England did manage breakthroughs and were into the tail end of their visitors line up needing only 2 wickets whilst Australia still needed over 50 runs.
00:21 England elected to not take the new ball straight away and up stepped Australia captain Pat Cummings and spin bowler Nathan Lyon
00:29 who against all odds survived the onslaught to steer their team to victory.
00:34 On to Lords in London and England found themselves 2-0 down after 2 games.
00:39 The visitors lost the toss and were put into bat by Ben Stokes but managed a score of over 400 in their first innings which England could not match in theirs.
00:48 England then did well to reduce Australia to below 300 in the second innings and required 371 to win.
00:55 Australia were without spin bowler Nathan Lyon who strained his cough and will miss the rest of the series and set about their job with an all pace attack.
01:04 Wickets fell but brilliance from Ben Stokes gave England hope.
01:07 His mesmerising 155 brought England to within 70 of Australia but the tail end could not hold on.
01:13 Only a win would do it headingly and as Charles Hick Jones reports that is what they got.
01:19 The lead changed hands 12 times over the course of the match according to cricket analytics company Crickviz.
01:25 A drama fuelled day 4 saw unsung hero Chris Wokes hit the winning runs for England making it now 2-1 in the series.
01:33 The Aussies need just a draw from the remaining two tests to retain the ashes.
01:38 England need to win both tests at Old Trafford and the Oval.
01:41 A rain affected draw at Old Trafford despite England being ahead saw Australia retain the urn.
01:47 Having won a fourth toss in a row Ben Stokes and England elected to bowl first.
01:51 This proved to be a good call as they bowled Australia all out for 317 on a pitch that looked to be good for batting.
01:57 England were then masterful with the bat in hand.
02:00 Despite losing his opening partner Ben Duckett early on Zach Crawley managed to score 189.
02:06 His partnerships with Maureen Alley and Joe Root who also contributed big scores helped England on their way.
02:12 A late 99 nut out from Johnny Bairstow saw England reach 592.
02:16 The hosts then took four wickets at the end of day 3 to leave victory in sight.
02:20 But then came the weather.
02:22 Rain allowed for only a couple of hours of play on day 4 in which Joe Root got Manus Labashain just after his century.
02:29 But no play at all on the final day saw the game end as a draw, gifting Australia the ashes as a result.
02:35 A fairy tale ending at the Oval saw England draw the series level 2-2.
02:40 At the Oval Australia managed a 12 run lead after the first innings with both teams scoring under 300.
02:47 England batted well on day 3 to give Australia a target of 384 to win the series outright.
02:52 Following a long opening partnership this looked likely but a batting collapse in the middle order and tail end
02:57 allowed the retiring Stuart Broad to take the two winning wickets to win the match for England and draw the series level.
