5 things we learned from the 2015 Ashes

England has wrapped up the 2015 Ashes with the series win of 3-2 over Australia. England came into the series as underdogs and took everyone by surprise with their dominating win over the Aussies.English bowlers took advantage of the seaming English conditions and broke havoc on the Australian batting who lost the series due to the abysmal performance of the batsmen. The thrashing of Australians by the home team presented quite a few learnings for the fans.Let’s have a look at the five things that we learned from the 2015 Ashes  

#5 It is tough to win a series away from home

Michael Clarke would have dearly wanted a final series win

Australia had come into the Ashes with a Test series win over West Indies and a World Cup victory down under. Most of the cricket pundits predicted them to run over the English side which was struggling for form and confidence.

In the end Australians were embarrassed with the series loss which prolongs their decade long wait to win the Ashes away from home. With most of the teams playing well in home conditions, the challenge for the top sides remains the victories away from home.

This Ashes has once again proven the fact that it is extremely tough to win in alien conditions. There are multifarious reasons for the abysmal performances of teams in away conditions. With the amount of cricket played these days there are hardly any practice games for the touring teams to adjust in the away conditions and thus both the batsmen and bowlers struggle in the series.

Another reason is the difference in pitches in away conditions which is a tough task to manage. One can only hope to see teams perform better in away conditions in the near future.