ENG vs AUS: Who would have won the Ashes of infamous 'boundary count' rule was applied?

The ENG vs AUS Ashes 2023 series was one of the best Test series in the history of the world's oldest cricket rivalry. Australia retained the coveted 'urn' for the fourth consecutive time after the series ended at a scoreline of 2-2. Australian opener Usman Khawaja was the highest run-scorer in the series and scored a total of 496 runs from ten innings. 

3 things you need to know 

• England won the fifth Ashes 2023 Test by a margin of 49 runs 
• England's Chris Woakes was adjudged Player of the Match in the fifth Ashes 2023 Test 
• The fifth Test of the Ashes 2023 series was Stuart Broad's last international game

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England wins the 2019 Cricket World Cup with the boundary count rule

Whenever there is a debate about ICC's infamous 'boundary count' rule, the first example that comes to mind is the 2019 World Cup final between England and New Zealand. As per the rule, If the match ends in a draw after the super-over, the winner of the game is decided as per the boundary count. 

The match between England and New Zealand went down to the wire as the super over also was not able to decide the winner. At last, the English team was considered the winners of the tournament as they had hit more boundaries than New Zealand in the final. A lot of controversy erupted back then and later the rule was moved to the bin by the ICC. 

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Which team would have cliched the Ashes of the infamous 'boundary' count rule? 

(Ben Stokes and Pat Cummins with the Ashes 2023 trophy / Image: AP)

With England winning the 2019 World Cup on boundary count rule, what would have been their condition in the Ashes if the winner was decided with the same rule? The English cricket team won the final Ashes 2023 Test by 49 runs and the series was drawn by 2-2. 

Looking at the stats, Australia would have retained the coveted 'urn', if the winner of the series had been decided by the infamous 'boundary count' rule. In total the Australian team hit a total of 370 boundaries whereas the hosts were only able to hit 340 boundaries.