How Aussies regained the Ashes

New Delhi: Australia sealed the Ashes series 3-0 with two Test matches remaining. While losing nine Test matches against India and England this year, Australia appears to be back on track with this series win. The Australian side led by Michael Clarke will now look to do a whitewash on the English team. As Aussies are celebrating their victory of the biggest carnival of international cricket, we bring to you the key moments from the Ashes which brought victory for the kangaroos.November 2: English bowlers struggled in drawn opening tour match at Perth.November 8: The England team was branded “Fussy” when an 82-page list of their dietary demands is leaked to Australian media.November 9: Rain played spoilsport during England's second tour match at Hobart, restraining them from practice.November 16: Rain also affected England's final warm-up game, which they win by seven wickets at Sydney.November 21: Disparaged English bowler Stuart Broad made fun of crowd and media taunts to take five wickets on day one of the first Test at Brisbane, leaving Australia on 273 for eight.November 22: Horrifying speedster Mitchell Johnson takes four wickets as England collapsed to 136 in reply to Australia's first innings of 295.November 23: Blunt opener David Warner scores his first Ashes century as Australia set England a mammoth target of 561 to win.November 24: Man of the match Mitchell Johnson took five wickets as England crumbled to a 381-run defeat within four days. Australian captain Michael Clarke warned tail-ender James Anderson to get ready for a broken arm when facing Johnson, and was later fined for that.November 25: England revealed that out of form batsman Jonathan Trott has left the tour with a "stress related illness". They denied any direct link to disparagement from Warner, who described Trott's batting as "pretty poor and weak". Warner later apologized for the comments.November 27: Australian coach Darren Lehmann rejected any notion of holding "peace talks" with England's coach Andy Flower to settle down on-field sledging. He later calls for more hostility from his team on the ground.November 30: England again disappointed as they drawn a tour match at Alice Springs.December 6: Clarke and Brad Haddin scored centuries in the second Test at Adelaide, after that Australia declared their first innings at 570 for nine.December 7: Johnson bowled one of the greatest Ashes bowling spells, in that he took seven wickets for 40 runs as England collapsed from 111 for three to 172 all out.December 8: Mitchell Johnson and English debutant Ben Stokes brushed shoulders in a physical conflict and extreme verbal infighting continued as Australia moved four wickets near from victory.December 9: Australia cleared off England's tail-enders before lunch on the final day to go 2-0 up and on the edge of regaining the Ashes.December 13-14: Steve Smith rescued Australia with a well-deserved century as the hosts recover from 143 for five to 385 all out in the third test at Perth. England's Joe Root was controversially given out.December 15: In a dreadful day for the tourists, England's tail-enders again folded to concede a 134-run first innings lead. Bowler Stuart Broad got injured while batting when he got strucked on the foot and dismissed lbw by Johnson.December 16: Australia embarrassed English as Shane Watson blasted a quickfire century and George Bailey equaled Brian Lara's test record by smashing 28 off one over off the Anderson's over. Stokes provided resistance with his maiden half century as England, chasing 504 to win, close on 251 for five in reply, five wickets from losing the Ashes.December 17: Stokes reached his century but was caught by Haddin soon after lunch that triggered a flurry of wickets as Australia sealed Ashes with 3-0 lead and won their first Ashes series since 2007.