The Ashes 2025-26 series has come to an end with Australia’s victory in the Sydney Test. The Kangaroos once again established their dominance and won the series 4-1. Travis Head and Steve Smith shone in Australia’s victory in the last Test in Sydney, scoring centuries in the first innings. For England, Jacob Bethall and Joe Root played century innings, but they could not help the team. While Travis Head was the batsman who scored the most runs in this series, Mitchell Starc took the most wickets. Let’s know who got the Player of the Match award of Australia vs England 5th Test and Player of the Series award of Ashes 2025-26. Let’s know about them – Travis Head, who played a brilliant inning of 163 runs in the Sydney Test against England, was awarded the Player of the Match award. On the basis of his innings, Australia managed to put pressure on England and the Kangaroos scored a mountain-like score of 567 runs in their first innings. Although Steve Smith also scored 138 runs while scoring a century in this innings, but Head’s innings had more impact on the match due to which he was chosen as the Player of the Match. Mitchell Starc became the Player of the Series. Mitchell Starc, who proved his mettle in the very first match of the series, was awarded the Player of the Series award. At the age of 35, Starc won this award on the basis of his killer bowling. He took maximum 31 wickets in this series. Apart from him, no one could take even 25 wickets in this series. Braydon Cross remained at second position with 22 wickets. Starc bowled the maximum of 153.1 overs in this series, in which his average was the lowest at 19.93.
