Ashes 2015: Andrew Flintoff congratulates England; insists on moving past 2005 glory

Former England cricketer Andrew Flintoff congratulated his team on regaining the Ashes urn from Australia with a massive win on Saturday. The retired all-rounder took to his Twitter account to express his feelings after England crushed the Australians in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge by an innings and 78 runs by dismissing the latter for a score of 253. “We can now finally stop banging on about 2005 ! The class of 2015 take a bow,” said Flintoff, who played a major role in England’s historic 2-1 victory over the Ricky Ponting-led Australia in the 2005 Ashes, breaking the latter’s 16-year domination over the urn. READ: England annihilate Australia by an innings and 78 runs to regain Ashes urn

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We can now finally stop banging on about 2005 ! The class of 2015 take a bow #heroes #Ashes2015 @ECB_cricket

— andrew flintoff (@flintoff11) August 8, 2015

Australia resumed from their overnight score of 241 for 7 with Adam Voges and Mitchell Starc batting on 48 and 0 respectively. Starc edged a Ben Stokes delivery to the slips for the latter to take his sixth wicket in the innings. Mark Wood then castled both Josh Hazlewood and Nathan Lyon to end Australia’s misery, with Voges managing to complete his half-century before the inevitable defeat. READ: Twitter reactions to England’s massive victory

Australia were dismissed for a lowly 60 in their first innings, with Stuart Broad playing the key role in the destruction with figures of 8 for 15. The score was their seventh-lowest ever, with the single highest contribution coming from the extras conceded by the English bowlers (14). England then rode on Joe Root’s ton (130 off 176) as well as Jonny Bairstow’s fifty (74 off 105) to declare at 391 for 9. Stuart Broad was named ‘Man of the Match’ for his haul, while Michael Clarke announced his intention to retire from international cricket at the end of the match. READ: Michael Clarke retires from international cricket