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Ashes 2013: How England retained the Ashes against Australia

Charles Reynolds

Thursday 08 August 2013 11:16 BST

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It wasn't quite the total humiliation that many had predicted but at 4:39pm, at a rainy Old Trafford, England retained the Ashes.

But what were the key moments in England's successful undoing of Australia's campaign to 'return the urn'?

Click HERE or click 'VIEW GALLERY' to see how Alastair Cook's men kept hold of sport's smallest trophy for the third successive series...

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Ashes 2013: How England retained the Ashes against Australia