Top 5 Bowling spells of Ashes 2015

Top 5 Bowling spells of Ashes 2015: The 2015 Ashes has come to an end and to no one’s surprise once again the urn is back with the home team. This has been a trend off late. When sides play in their backyard they look dominant and when out of their waters they can’t put a foot right. The series though also showed that the current English side is not unbeatable by any standards. They were pretty much on the backfoot after Lords. But Australia failed to cash in and eventually lost the series 3-2. Bowlers were on top after their team made huge scores but failed to make an impact when they didn’t have the cushion of the runs. From the likes of Stuart Broad and Mitchell Johnson to Anderson and Marsh, there were many spells which stood out. Here we take a look at the Top 5 Bowling spells of Ashes 2015: 5. Mitchell Johnson 2nd Test Lords (3-27): Mitchell Johnson. (© Getty Images) Mitchell Johnson led Australia’s attack as they thrashed England by 405 runs to win the second Ashes Test at Lord’s to level the five-match series at 1-1. Left-arm fast bowler Johnson took three for 27 as England were dismissed in a mere 37 overs in the second innings. It was only the ninth time in the 138-year history of Test cricket that a side had won by more than 400 runs. Mitchell Johnson, the chief tormentor rediscovered his best form with a brilliant spell. England lost three wickets in the space of 13 devastating balls as Johnson first exposed Ballance’s woeful front-foot technique with a full-pitch delivery which crashed into off-stump and then also got the crucial wicket of England skipper Cook. 4. Mitchell Starc 4th Test Trent Bridge (6-111): Mitchell Starc. (Photo Source: Getty Images) Mitchell Starc proved why he is one of the most dangerous bowlers on the planet with a devastating spell on the morning of day two, in the 4th Test claiming his fourth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as Australia fought back. Starc entered the second day at Trent Bridge with three wickets and snared three more in the space of 12 balls to reduce the hosts to 7-320 in the first hour of play. Starc´s final figures surpassed the 25-year-old´s previous Test best of six for 154 against South Africa at Perth in 2012. 3. Steven Finn 3rd Test Edgbaston (6-79): Steve Finn. (© Getty Images) Steven Finn took 6-79 to bring Australia to their knees on day two of the third Test at Edgbaston. Finn was making a comeback in the side and straightaway hit his strides. Finn took his first five-wicket haul in Test cricket after 26 months as the tourists’ batting line-up folded cheaply against an England attack swinging and seaming the ball at will. Steven Smith (8) was the first to succumb to the pace of Finn, Captain Michael Clarke (8) and Adam Voges (0) then followed in successive balls with edges to the slips which left the visitors tottering. Marsh, Nevill and Johnson were Finn’s other victims. 2. James Anderson 3rd Test Edgbaston (6-47): James Anderson. (© Getty Images) James Anderson produced a masterful performance to return an Ashes-best of 6-47 and blow Australia away for 136. Anderson ripped through Australia after lunch on Day One of the third Test at Edgbaston. Anderson took a wicket every over for his first four overs after lunch, getting rid of Adam Voges, Mitchell Marsh, Peter Nevill, and Mitchell Johnson to ensure that the visitors were in deep trouble. His spell also made sure England took a 2-1 lead in the crucial 3rd Test. 1. Stuart Broad 4th Test Trent Bridge (8 -15): Stuart Broad. (© Getty Images) Stuart Broad had an unbelievable opening day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge, where he picked up 8/15, his best Test figures to bowl Australia out for 60, their seventh-lowest total in Tests. He also became the fifth England bowler to take 300 Test wickets. Having been designated as the leader of the attack in the absence of James Anderson, Broad responded in tremendous fashion by dismantling the Australian top order in a memorable spell of bowling. None of the Aussie batters had a clue when Broad was bowling. The way he got the bowl to move from a full length, which is not natural to him was exemplary.

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