The Ashes 2023: Top runscorers and most wickets for England vs Australia Test series

Australia have retained The Ashes after five dramatic contests, with a rain-affected draw in Manchester sealing England's fate. Despite Ben Stokes' side winning the fifth and final Test to equalise the series at 2-2, the urn remains with Australia.

Usman Khawaja notched a beautiful century in the first Test, while opposing star Joe Root was equally influential for his side despite the end result. 

In the second Test, the big guns truly stood up as both Ben Stokes and Steve Smith scored hundreds in another entertaining affair. 

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In the most clash at Headingley, the returning Mitchell Marsh scored a powerful ton, before Ben Stokes and Harry Brook both helped the hosts to a fourth-day win. 

Zak Crawley blasted a brilliant ton in the rain-affected fourth Test, but it wasn't enough to level the series. 

The fifth Test was hard-fought, with Khawaja and Smith shining for Aussies while Crawley, Bairstow and Root played important knocks. But it was Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali who ended up setting up a series-equalling win for England.

The Sporting News has all the updated stats for the series below. 

The Ashes 2023 top runscorers

Usman Khawaja was the pick of the batsmen across the opening three games, but Zak Crawley's impressive century in the rain-affected fourth Test saw him climb to the top of the leaderboard. But Khawaja's fine showing in the final Test saw him end up as the highest runscorer of Ashes 2023.

Joe Root, who scored a top-notch ton in the first Test, ended up third on the list.

The Ashes 2023 most wickets

Stuart Broad has been in red-hot form across the series, taking 22 wickets and causing headaches for the visitors. But it was Mitchell Starc, who came into his own in the final few matches of the series, who ended up as the top wicket-taker of Ashes 2023.