In one of the most controversial Ashes series to date, Australia has retained the Ashes after the fourth test was abandoned due to rain. samdjodan 9News READ MORE:
, really, apart from a brief passage when Lyon went off."Stokes defended his decision to not declare at Old Trafford.
"It is unfortunate, we could moan about it, but it just is what it is. It's just unfortunate after the cricket that we did play that we find ourselves here drawing this game when we felt we were in a great position to be able to win it." "I will always back decisions that I make because I know it's the right decision to try to force a result ... in the given time.
"I thought we were completely and utterly dominant throughout the hours of play that we had," he said.Australian captain Pat Cummins admitted retaining the urn in such circumstances felt strange."It's really nice to retain it. Obviously not in the circumstances we would have liked, but you look back at the last series and the first two games here and to get ourselves into this position ... The rain might have helped us out, but great result.
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