Ashes 2015 Combined XI: The men who got it right

 4. Joe Root:

Root scored England’s only two centuries, both to set up important victories, and added a pair of fifties too, also chipped in with four wickets and eight catches. In an Ashes series in which the middle orders from both sides largely failed to deliver, England’s Joe Root was head and shoulders above the rest. Never a chance of missing the XI, Root was named England’s player of the series and had moved to the ICC’s No.1 Test batting rank, before it was reclaimed by Smith with his Oval ton. Root finished third on the run scoring charts with 460 at an average of 57.50.