Ashes 2023: England cricket coach Brendon McCullum appreciated the team's fightback to draw a "heavyweight" Ashes series against Australia and said it justified their attacking approach, providing them with a template to regain the urn in 2025/26.

McCullum's men were in a dire position at 2-0 down with three to play in a five-match series following defeats at Edgbaston and Lord's. But they made a comeback, winning the third Test at Headingley and had much the better of a rain-marred draw at Old Trafford before finishing with a 49-run victory in the series finale at The Oval on Monday.