Reacting to David Gower's statement, Kevin Pietersen has stated that it is stupid to blame the Indian Premier League (IPL) for England's 0-4 defeat against Australia in the recently concluded Ashes. Gower had stated that the England cricket team had players who were unavailable due to the IPL.

England wicketkeeper Sam Billings has said that his dream of playing in the Ashes was fulfilled as he made his Test debut in the fifth fixture of the series in Hobart. Billings scored 29 and 1 in the first and second innings respectively of the Hobart Test as England lost the final outing.

Marnus Labuschagne was dismissed in a strange way on 44 as he was clean bowled on a delivery by Stuart Broad while trying to play across the line. Labuschagne shuffled across the stumps to offside and tried to play a flick but his foot slipped and the batsmen fell down exposing the stumps.

In a hilarious incident, Stuart Broad didn’t miss to appeal for LBW on his way down after slipping off on the first delivery of the final Ashes Test. Broad bowled a delivery outside off which nipped back in and hit David Warner on the thigh pad as he shouldered his arms to leave the delivery.