2013–14 Ashes series

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The 2013–14 Ashes (named Commonwealth Bank Ashes Series for sponsorship reasons) was a five-match Test cricket series between England and Australia. The five venues for the series were the Brisbane Cricket Ground, the Adelaide Oval, the WACA Ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground. Australia won the series 5–0 and regained the Ashes for the first time since 2006–07. In doing so, Australia recorded only the third 5–0 Ashes whitewash in history. With 37 wickets at an average of 13.97, and three man of the match awards, Mitchell Johnson was player of the series, with the series characterised as a comeback series for Johnson who had been dropped from the Australia's squad for the 2013 Ashes series in England, the first of the two back-to-back Ashes series that year. Australia had lost that series 3–0, their third consecutive Ashes series defeat. The series was notable for aggressive and hostile fast bowling display by Johnson throughout the series which many analysts...

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