The number of Aussie Ashes whitewashes

Australia's Ashes Whitewashes

1920-21 Ashes series

Australia won 5-0

First Test in Sydney: Australia won by 377 runs

Second Test in Melbourne: Australia won by an innings and 91 runs

Third Test in Adelaide: Australia won by 119 runs

Fourth Test in Melbourne: Australia won by eight wickets

Fifth Test in Sydney: Australia won by nine wickets

2006-07 Ashes series

Australia won 5-0

First Test in Brisbane: Australia won by 277 runs

Second Test in Adelaide: Australia won by six wickets

Third Test in Perth: Australia won by 206 runs

Fourth Test in Melbourne: Australia won by an innings and 99 runs

Fifth Test in Sydney: Australia won by 10 wickets

England may have secured Ashes sweeps in bygone days, but they were achieved only in series of up to three Tests - and more than 120 years ago.

The Poms were certainly the dominant force in those early days of Test cricket, and the series of 1886 and 1886-1887 highlighted that fact.

But five-game sweeps are exclusively the domain of Australia.

When Ricky Ponting and his revenge-hungry side swept the 2006-2007 series, they became the second Australia side to complete a whitewash.

The first was delivered 86 years earlier, in the 1920-1921 series - the first after the outbreak of World War I - under the guidance of 41-year-old Warwick Armstrong.