Combined best XI of The Ashes 2021-22

The Ashes is undoubtedly the greatest rivalry in the game of cricket. A few years ago, each Ashes series used to be a neck to neck competition where even the host team had to hustle a lot to make the result in their favor.  However, nowadays, one or the other squad is having issues and the level of competition is not as intense as it used to be earlier.

Throughout the series, the Aussie team looked invincible and they were undefeated. They almost did a 5-0 had it not been a draw at SCG. Australians were dominating but they also had some weak areas which they need to fix as soon as possible. The English side also had some game-changers who fought for their team with their heart out but ended up on the losing side. In this article, we are going to decode the

Best combined XI of the recently concluded Ashes

1. David Warner

Both the team’s opening partnerships were terrible. All of the openers failed to perform except one. David Warner was brilliant in the first half of the series. He scored 273 runs off five matches at an average of 32.20. He was on number four in the list of most run-scorers of the series. The Aussie star was exceptional in some of the games.

He didn’t score a hundred but he had two ninety-plus scores in the series that too when the team needed it from him. He adds one more dimension to his gameplay that is his fielding. He was excellent in slips. He walked into The Ashes after an amazing T20 World Cup campaign in UAE. He was the best opener on display.