3 reasons why the 2013-14 Ashes was so one-sided

#3 Unsettled squad and out of form

England players toil in the field

By the time England faced Australia in 2010-11, the first XI had been fairly settled for a number of years. Jonathan Trott had nailed down the number 3 position, that had been left open since Michael Vaughan, and Graeme Swann was quickly becoming one of England's greatest ever spin bowlers.

After impressive performances on that tour, Chris Tremlett was troubled by injuries between then and the 2013-14 campaign. He was unable to appear too often for England but was selected for the disastrous Ashes series and unable to perform with the ball.

Following Strauss's departure, two opening batsmen had already accompanied Cook, and another in Michael Carberry played in 2013-14. Nick Compton was dismissed following poor form, and it was decided that Joe Root would move down the batting order between the two Ashes series.

Ironically it was only Cook who was searching for form in the summer of 2010, who went on to star in Australia. Conversely, by 2013-14 many were at the top of their games. Even in the 2013 home series, it was only Ian Bell that had starred with the bat and perhaps papered over the cracks in the team.

An unsettled out of form England were no match for Michael Clarke and his chief destroyer Mitchell Johnson.