▁Ash es ▁series ▁spark ed ▁a ▁re ju ven ation ▁of ▁Australian ▁cr icket , ▁which ▁would ▁see ▁them ▁rise ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁as ▁the ▁world ' s ▁pre domin ant ▁Test ▁cr icket ▁team ▁by ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 9 0 s , ▁and ▁break ▁the ▁record ▁for ▁consecutive ▁test ▁match ▁vict ories ▁by ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁that ▁de cade . ▁ ▁In ▁contrast , ▁the ▁one - s ided ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁led ▁to ▁David ▁G ower ▁standing ▁down ▁as ▁captain , ▁and ▁saw ▁him ▁replaced ▁with ▁Graham ▁Go och ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁next ▁series ▁against ▁the ▁West ▁Ind ies ▁in ▁the ▁Car ib bean . ▁The ▁England ▁side ▁went ▁on ▁a ▁down ▁turn , ▁and ▁despite ▁featuring ▁as ▁losing ▁final ists ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁Cr icket ▁World ▁Cup ▁three ▁years ▁later , ▁strugg led ▁for ▁consist ency ▁for ▁much ▁of ▁the ▁next ▁de cade . ▁ ▁Records ▁ ▁Ind ividual ▁records ▁ ▁Team ▁records ▁ ▁Other ▁records ▁Mark ▁Taylor ' s ▁ 8 3 9 ▁runs ▁for ▁series ▁was ▁the ▁third ▁highest ▁ever ▁Ash es ▁( or ▁any ) ▁series ▁total . ▁( Be hind ▁Don ▁Brad man , ▁ 9 7 4 ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁W ally ▁Hamm ond , ▁ 9 0 5 ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 / 2 9 . ▁Record ▁still ▁stands ▁as ▁of ▁ 2 0 1 6 ). ▁Mark ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Geoff ▁Marsh ' s ▁first ▁w icket ▁partners