10 players who ended their career with an Ashes series

#8 Glenn McGrath (2007)

Glenn McGrath

Glenn McGrath wasn't the quickest or the canniest ever, but in a career spanning over 14 years, he had the simplest of methods to get wickets - bowling tidy lines and lengths boringly hurled in an infinite loop outside off, until either the batsman's technique or his temperament yielded. He finished his career with a staggering 563 Test wickets – the most for any fast bowler.

After a sedate debut in 1993 against New Zealand, McGrath began his Ashes career moderately as well picking up 6 wickets in the 1993-94 Ashes at home. But he wreaked havoc in his second Ashes series scalping 36 wickets in his first series in England including a bowling performance in an innings - 8/38 at Lords.

And that series in 1997 set a trend in every Ashes he played. He picked at least 19 wickets in every Ashes series he played ending up with 157 wickets in 30 Ashes games. In fact, his momentous 500th wicket also came in an Ashes Test (Day 1 of the Lord’s Test in 2005).

He finally hung his boots after avenging the 2-1 Ashes loss with a ruthless 5-0 whitewash in 2006-07, where he bid farewell with a wicket off the last ball he bowled.