Aussies' all-round bowling demolition job

The Mitchell Johnson horror show gave way to the most well-rounded bowling quartet in Australian Test history as Australia hammered home their 4-0 Ashes advantage.

While Johnson claimed the most wickets by an Australian at home in a five-match Ashes series four years ago with his 37 wickets, Australia's core group of Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon all claimed at least 20 this summer.

It marked just the third time in Test history four bowlers had topped the marks across the series, and the first time across a five-Test tour that all wickets had been shared across four bowlers.

"It just showed that the guys have bowled together as a group," captain Smith said.

"They've bowled in partnerships, bowled for one another and helped us take the 80 wickets we've needed to win the four Test matches."

Australia's well-rounded attack nagged away at England throughout the series, pulling the visitors back any time they threatened to get away with the match.

With the exception of the first innings in Melbourne, England failed to bat for more than 120 overs and only three times did a visiting batsman reach three figures.

Starc and Cummins provided the heat and bounce with their left- and right-armers, while Hazlewood also saw an increase in speed amidst his nagging accuracy.

Then there was Lyon, who sent down more than 260 overs this summer, and 61 maidens for his 21 scalps.

"We are all really close and played a lot of cricket today," Cummins said.

"Nathan Lyon, he has held up his end. It means the three of us can run in attack and not thinking about much else. It has been great fun."

It was the kind of attack England would have killed for.

None of the English featured in the top four wicket-takers for the series, James Anderson the highest with 17 as he and Stuart Broad sent down the most overs in both the pair's history for any series.

Bowling attacks to take 20 wickets each in a series

Australia v England, 2017-18: Pat Cummins (23), Mitchell Starc (22), Josh Hazlewood (21), Nathan Lyon 21

Australia v England, 2006-07: Stuart Clark (26), Shane Warne (23), Glenn McGrath (21), Brett Lee (20)

West Indies v England, 1995: Ian Bishop (27), Courtney Walsh (26), Kenneth Benjamin (23), Curtly Ambrose (21).

2017-18 International Fixtures

Gillette ODI Series v England

Australia ODI squad: Steve Smith (c), David Warner (vc), Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Tim Paine, Jhye Richardson, Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Andrew Tye, Adam Zampa.

England ODI squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow, Jake Ball, Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Alex Hales, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

First ODI MCG, January 14. Tickets

Second ODI Gabba, January 19. Tickets

Third ODI SCG, January 21. Tickets

Fourth ODI Adelaide Oval, January 26. Tickets

Fifth ODI Perth Stadium, January 28. Tickets

Prime Minister's XI

PM's XI v England Manuka Oval, February 2. Tickets

Gillette T20 trans-Tasman Tri-Series

England T20 squad: Eoin Morgan (c), Sam Billings, Jos Buttler, Tom Curran, Liam Dawson, Alex Hales, Chris Jordan, Dawid Malan, Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, James Vince, David Willey, Mark Wood.

First T20I Australia v NZ, SCG, February 3. Tickets

Second T20I Australia v England, Blundstone Arena, February 7. Tickets

Third T20I Australia v England, MCG, February 10. Tickets

Fourth T20I NZ v England, Wellington, February 14

Fifth T20I NZ v Australia, Eden Park, February 16

Sixth T20I NZ v England, Seddon Park, February 18

Final TBC, Eden Park, February 21

2017-18 International Results

Magellan Ashes Series

First Test Australia won by 10 wickets. Scorecard

Second Test Australia won by 120 runs (Day-Night). Scorecard

Third Test Australia won by an innings and 41 runs. Scorecard

Fourth Test Match drawn. Scorecard

Fifth Test Australia win by an innings and 123 runs. Scorecard