Sam Billings
Jaunty debut and really what else could he do when joining a sinking ship? Has given himself a chance of starting the West Indies tour as first choice keeper but will he put red ball cricket first next summer when the IPL starts? 5/10
Chris Woakes
Totally innocuous with the Kookaburra and is becoming unpickable overseas. Was given his chance at Brisbane with the new ball but lacked a cutting edge. Averaged 55.33 with the ball and his batting never made up for it. 3/10
Mark Wood
Dismissed good players and bowled with high pace and heart throughout. Should have played in Adelaide when the series was still alive. That decision alone summed up England. Hooked Cummins for three sixes which gave him confidence to work over Australia’s captain in Hobart setting a marker for the 2023 Ashes. 8/10
Stuart Broad
Respectable figures of 13 wickets at 26, including his first five fer in Australia for a decade, but never threatened to run through Australia and England lacked potency with the new ball. Was right to point finger at batsmen but is standing over the trapdoor as the calls for change ring around this squad. 6/10
Ollie Robinson
Two career paths are opening for this fine bowler. He could spend the next five years in Test cricket taking 200 plus wickets or fade back into county cricket anonymity. It is his choice. Does he want it badly enough? England must be tough and give him one more chance to improve his fitness or leave him out. 5/10
James Anderson
Topped the bowling averages and still has a few Test matches left in the tank. He wants to mentor the next generation and help Root transition the team but is worried the ECB wants blood after this tour. Broad and Anderson cannot play together again. It is time to properly commit to rebuilding. 6/10
Jack Leach
Did well to recover from Brisbane to bowl well in Sydney where he showed the value of a spinner having some rhythm from bowling overs. Who would have thought it? Never been handled properly by Root and England need to give a wrist spinner a chance of they do not rate Leach. 4/10
Australia ratings
David Warner
Started strongly with two nineties in his first two knocks but went downhill from there. A couple of fast thirties to get things going for Australia on occasion, before a pair to end the final Test. Will be disappointed, especially to get out to Stuart Broad, again, twice in two matches. One of the few ‘match-ups’ that England have resoundingly won. 5/10
Marcus Harris
A slow start and about the only Australian who had his place under scrutiny going into the third Test, where a top score of 75 set things up beautifully for a crunching Australian win at Melbourne. Unlucky to lose his place in the side, falling foul of there simply not being enough berths to cram in Australia’s in-form batters. 5/10
