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The 2010 – 11 series was held in Australia.
The First Test at Brisbane ended in a draw, but England won the Second Test, at Adelaide, by an innings and 71 runs.
Australia came back with a victory at Perth in the Third Test.
In the Fourth Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, England batting second scored 513 to defeat Australia ( 98 & 258 ) by an innings and 157 runs.
This allowed England to take an unbeatable 2 – 1 lead in the series and so they retained The Ashes.
Jonathan Trott ( England ) scored 168 not out while Peter Siddle ( Australia ) took 6 – 75.
England went on to win the series 3 – 1, beating Australia by an innings and 83 runs at Sydney in the Fifth Test.
Australia, captained by Michael Clarke, batted first on a cloudy day after winning the toss and were bowled out for 280.
England made 644, their highest innings total since 1938.
Alastair Cook scored 189 and both Ian Bell and Matt Prior made centuries.
England bowled Australia out again for 281 and so won a series on Australian soil for the first time in 24 years.
The 2010 – 11 Ashes series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.

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