With their humiliating defeat during the fourth Test handing England the sacred urn, we take a look at the Australian players and rate them based on their performance over the past two and a bit days. 

Openers 

Chris Rogers - 5 

The left-handed opener has been the highest run scorer during the Ashes so far, and he will be as disappointed as anybody else in the Australian dressing room that England have regained the little urn during his international swan-song. In the visitors’ abysmal first innings, Rogers registered his first duck in Test cricket, but his half century in the second innings at least laid a platform for the middle order - even if they squandered the opportunity. 

David Warner - 5 

The aggressive opener was also dismissed for a blob in the first innings, and despite being dropped twice in the second dig - once on ten and then again on 42 - he along with Rogers put on 113 for the first wicket giving Australia something to smile about momentarily.

Middle order

Steve Smith - 1

Smith has been awful since his remarkable Test at Lord’s. After his phenomenal maiden double hundred, he scored 58 in the second innings as Australia thrashed the hosts by 405 runs. But since then he has scored just 26 runs in two Tests, not the sort of form you would expect from the no.1 Test ranked batsman in the world. In the first innings he got a good delivery from Stuart Broad, but in the second he fell straight into the trap set by Alastair Cook. 

Shaun Marsh - 1 

If anyone deserved a zero in the Aussie line up, then it would be Marsh. He replaced his brother in order for Clarke to drop down the order to five, and due to the fact he scored back to back hundreds in Australia’s two tour games. Marsh made nought and two as he faced just ten balls in the game.

Michael Clarke - 2

The only reason Clarke gets a better rating than Smith and Marsh is due to his captaincy early on the second morning. The Australian captain moved down to his favoured batting position at number five to try and find some form but it did not work at Trent Bridge. In the first innings he played an awful flat footed drive when his side were 29/5, and the second he did not fair much better. 

Adam Voges - 4 

It was a surprise that the veteran was retained for the fourth Test, with everyone believing he would be the man to get the chop for Marsh’s return. In the first innings he did not last long before Broad dismissed him, but a gutsy second innings half century may have saved his Test career for one more game.

Peter Nevill - 3

Was castled by Steven Finn in the first innings after being stuck on the crease, but showed some testicular fortitude on the second day, much like the second innings at Edgbaston where he made his maiden Test fifty. But he left a ball from Ben Stokes that jagged back off the seam and hit him in front of middle stump. Some decent glove work though, three catches for the newcomer to add to his collection. 

Bowlers 

Mitchell Johnson - 1

Top scored in Australia’s diabolical first-innings, but was expensive with the ball. Johnson really does struggle outside of Australia and South Africa without the spicy decks at his disposal. The nightmares England’s batsmen have been having over the past year and a half will now become dreams as he is back to bowling to the left and to the right, that Mitchell Johnson, his bowling is … 

Mitchell Starc - 5

Was the visitors' standout with the ball, but was indifferent during England’s innings. On the first day he had figures of 3/73 without bowling that well, although the delivery to dismiss Ian Bell was neigh on unplayable, but Cook just sort of missed a full and straight one. On the second day the left-armer was a hand full, he angled the ball across the right-handers perfectly, beating the bat of centurion Joe Root on numerous occasions before nicking him off. He also uprooted the stumps of Mark Wood and Jos Buttler on his way to Test best figures of 6/111.

Josh Hazlewood - 2

His figures would tend to suggest that he bowled okay and picked up a couple of wickets. But in reality he was nowhere near his best. You expect the big lad to just plug away on a length much like Glenn McGrath used to, but he sprayed the ball around without any consistency. 

Nathan Lyon - 2

There is not much you can do when you are a spinner and your batsmen are bowled out for 60 inside the first session. Especially at Trent Bridge where it is stereotypically a seamers paradise anyway. Lyon did not do much wrong, but went wicketless.