Ashes 2023 will serve as a good advertisement for Test cricket Premium

England & Australia battle in Ashes 2023, with the home side emerging victorious 2-2. Both teams displayed different styles of play, with England's Bazball ploy & Aussies' attrition & calculated risks. Controversies & retirements add to the series' legacy, making it one of the most memorable spectacles in cricket history.

The Ashes 2023, arguably one of the most memorable spectacles in cricket history, has come to a close with England defeating Australia by 49 runs in the final Test at The Oval. Right from the very first ball of the series that Zack Crawley crashed to the boundary line, a lot has happened on and off the field in an eventful clash between two titans of the world.

‘To each, their own’ is a phrase that has relevance to the way the Ashes was played.

While the home side came out all guns blazing with its famed Bazball ploy, the visitors replied with their own style of dominance through a mixture of attrition and calculated risks.

Brendon McCullum’s side had the intent to score at a quick pace right from the word go. The Aussies stuck to their plans and scored at their own pace.

“We saw two different brands, both teams stuck to it and it is great that Test cricket is thriving the way it is. We felt at different stages that it looked a bit different to traditional Test cricket,” said Australia’s Player-of-the-Series Mitchell Starc after the fifth Test.

Both teams gave their best and the end result — with the final scoreline reading 2-2 — seems fair and unfair at the same time to either side.

The urn is going down under, but it is a tale of what could’ve been for both the teams as this series could’ve ended anywhere between 4-0 and 0-4 given the closeness of all the matches except the rain-curtailed drawn fourth Test in Manchester. Both camps would be having mixed feelings about the final outcome of the series as just a hint of luck would have created history for one or the other.