The urn will return, but Australia's selection dilemmas still as clear as mud

- with Pat Cummins and Josh Hazlewood leading the way. There were perhaps too many theories about who would perform well under what conditions and the treatment of Mitchell Starc was perplexing.

The batting situation is now an even murkier pool of candidates than it was before the tour commenced. Smith’s rehabilitation is unequivocal, while Marnus Labuschagne’s success at No.3 is the one batting positive to come from the tour.David Warner’s abysmal series can be put down to an aberration that every good batsman experiences and the fact that while others waved and missed he was constantly nicking deliveries.

Even Matthew Wade’s two centuries - as exhilarating as they were - still leave questions unanswered. Both innings exhibited his counter-attacking qualities but in those times when Australia needed hard fought runs his contributions were minor. As for the scheduling, future World Cup and Ashes series should be avoided as a back-to-back venture. If the situation is unavoidable, maybe the solution is a repeat of 1975 - the only other occasion where this has occurred - where the Ashes was limited to four Tests.

Excellent analysis by Ian Chappell. However he has missed citing the poor referrals by Australia with DRS, as well as some very poor umpiring decisions which heavily went against Australia - especially in the first three Tests.

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