10 players who ended their career with an Ashes series

#6 Steve Harmison (2009)

Steve Harmison

At 6'4 tall, Steve Harmison has the potential to extract bounce and pace from the wicket. Many have compared him to the West Indies great Curtly Ambrose. He made a quiet start to his international career but really picked up as the time went by.

His Ashes record isn’t a one to boast off. He always played the role of a support bowler. Like his career, he started his Ashes career sedately picking up 9 wickets in 4 Tests in the 2002-03 Ashes in Australia. But one performance stood out and it came in the famous 2005 Ashes where he tore apart the Aussie batting line-up with 5/43 on the first day at Lords.

Apart from that, the tall lanky pacer didn’t have any notable performances in the Ashes. He played 17 games in the Ashes picking up 45 wickets at an average of almost 42. He retired in 2009 after England regained the Ashes with a 2-1 series win at home.