08 January,2011 06:59 AM IST | | AFP
England's Ashes series winners have yet to reach their peak, victorious captain Andrew Strauss said after his team's thumping final Test victory over Australia on Friday.
England's emphatic innings and 83-run victory in the Sydney Test completed a 3-1 series rout of the sorry Australians for their third win in the past four Ashes series.
Strauss and coach Andy Flower were the masterminds behind England's powerful showing. England are currently ranked third in Test cricket behind India and South Africa, with Australia sliding to fifth after their sixth defeat in their past eight Tests.
Looking ahead to the next Ashes series in England in 2013, Strauss said: "It's impossible to look into your crystal ball and know what's going to come.
"There are going to be injuries, other guys are going to put their hands up and want to be part of the team.
"The majority of the team are going to be hitting their peak time in the next couple of years and that's encouraging for us," said Strauss is notu00a0 of England's first series triumph in Australia for 24 years.
"We've always got to be thinking about how we can improve and get better and hopefully one or two guys will be sticking their hands up and saying 'I can add something to this team as well'," he said.
"It's a very good achievement to come out here and win. Equally clearly the captain's only as good as the team he's got. When I retire, I'll sit back and think that was one of the most special times of my career.
