Adelaide, Dec. 21 -- After his side retained the Ashes urn with a win over England at Adelaide, Australian skipper Pat Cummins praised the performances of key players, calling for statues to be built in honour of batter Travis Head and wicketkeeper-batter Alex Carey, saying that "they deserve it". He also had some words of praise for batter Marnus Labuschagne, who was sensational while fielding at the slips throughout the match.

The hometown heroes Head and Carey might as well get their statues built in future at their home turf of Adelaide Oval, as the duo produced two masterclass centuries which ultimately helped in putting England in a record run-chase of 435 runs to win the do-or-die Test, and a valiant Three Lions unit fell short by...