Man marking England series ratings

Jason Roy

Batted beautifully while making hundreds at Cardiff and Durham. Bowled cheaply by Ashton Agar in Manchester, and you expect more teams will open with spin against Roy. Terrific catcher in the deep.

Jonny Bairstow

(below) Revelling in one-day cricket as an opener, strikes the ball as hard as Jos Buttler. A ball of energy at the crease, a lightning runner and an outstanding fielder.

7 Alex Hales

Big, brilliant hundred at Trent Bridge but not a lot else from Hales. Remains destined to be the one left out when Ben Stokes returns.

Joe Root

A quiet series for Root. Outgunned by the others around him – and only one fifty in five innings is an unusually low return for the Test captain. 7 Eoin Morgan (below) Led the team superbly, manages his bowlers with care and attention and made a blistering fifty, the quickest ever by an England batsman, in the run-fest at Trent Bridge. Jos Buttler Two outstanding performances of differing styles with the bat. Brilliant in Cardiff with 91 off 70 balls, and then saw England home at Old Trafford with his best hundred. Match-winner and future captain. Moeen Ali Brilliant with the ball, Moeen is a different bowler in one-day cricket. Varies pace and takes wickets while keeping the runs down. Due to England’s top order, his batting was not really needed in this series, but such a dangerous presence teeing off later on.

David Willey

A dogged character, he has the tenacity to cope with going for runs, so important in this era of huge scores, but needs the white ball to swing at the start to be really effective.

Adil Rashid

(below) Excellent series. Exposed Australian weaknesses against spin and, in the process, went past Graeme Swann as the spinner with the most ODI wickets for England.

Mark Wood

Enjoyed his best white-ball game of the year at the Riverside, but still not quite the strike bowler Morgan needs with the new ball as his four wickets at an average of 44 in the series showed. Liam Plunkett Lacked a bit of gas at the start of the series, but improved after Cardiff. Key wickets in the middle overs, and keeping the opposition score down. Will be 34 at the World

Cup. Can he last? Craig Overton (below) Weak link in the attack in his only game at the Riverside. Lacks the pace of Plunkett and will have to be skilled with his variations if he is to last in international white-ball cricket. Sam Billings Played one game at Cardiff and failed to take his chance. Billings spends more time as a spectator than as a player and needs more cricket, otherwise he will be surpassed by others.

Sam Curran

Given a debut at Old Trafford as England rotated their bowlers. Bowled with more zip than when he played Test cricket and recovered from an early mauling by Aaron Finch to take two wickets.