 Complete the following phrase:  After finishing as runners-up in the ICC Champions Trophy, England faced Australia in back-to-back Ashes series. A 30 home win secured England the urn for the fourth time in five series. However, in the return series, they found themselves utterly demolished in a 50 defeat, their second Ashes whitewash in under a decade. Their misery was compounded by batsman Jonathan Trott leaving the tour early due to a stress-related illness and the mid-series retirement of spinner Graeme Swann. Following the tour, head coach Flower resigned his post while Pietersen was dropped indefinitely from the England team. Flower was replaced by his predecessor, Moores, but he was sacked for a second time after a string of disappointing results including failing to advance from the group stage at the 