Australia 16 series
Defeating Australia during early years of this century was like rowing a boat upstream at 100km/hr. Australia was a dominant force after they successfully dethroned West Indies from that throne. Australia went on to win three successive world cups and just crushed everyone who came on their way. They kicked off their dream period with an Ashes win in 2001 by a margin of 4-1; a 3-2 win against New Zealand in 2004/05 was their last win before England regained the Ashes from then in 2005. England won the series by a margin of 2-1 to regain the most sacred tournament which they consider as.