Head’s escalation: it just gets better and better

Since Australia retained urn in Melbourne, there were some arguments regarding who should be crowned as Player of the Series.  Mitchell Starc, who has taken 15 wickets with the ball and 151 vital runs with the bat at an incredible average of 75.50, is the leading contender in most people's eyes.

On the opening ball of the series, Starc set the tone for the Australians, and he's done everything the skipper has asked of him.

Head had crucial match-defining hands in both Brisbane and Adelaide. His final-session ton on Day 2 at the Gabba, which came when Australia was in trouble and the game was still in the balance, absolutely demolished England's chances of staying in the game, while his quickfire second-innings fifty in Adelaide enabled a quick declaration that proved decisive.