England’s Stuart Broad celebrates with James Anderson after taking the wicket of Australia’s Alex Carey. PHOTO: REUTERS
England’s Stuart Broad claimed the last two Australia wickets to secure a dramatic 49-run victory for his team in the final Ashes Test at The Oval on Monday and leave the series locked at 2-2 after five gripping matches.
Broad, playing his final Test, removed Todd Murphy and Alex Carey, both caught by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow, to dismiss Australia for 334 and deny them their first Ashes win in England since 2001.
Australia, who won the first two Tests and had already retained the urn, moved on to 238-3 chasing 384 to win before a two-hour rain delay halted progress and England took the last seven wickets in just over two hours to earn a famous victory.
Chris Woakes was the pick of the England bowlers with figures of 4-50 and Moeen Ali took 3-76 before the 37-year-old Broad completed the job in a perfect swansong two days after announcing his retirement.
Usman Khawaja made 72, David Warner 60, Steve Smith 54 and Travis Head 43 for Australia.
“It was absolutely wonderful,” Broad told Sky Sports. “I thought Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali set the tone absolutely unbelievably.
“Woakesy picked up a couple of wickets, particularly Steve Smith, who has just been a wonderful player to play against all these years.
“Once we got a couple we really started to believe. The crowd were unbelievable. It was so loud and we just jumped on the back of that. To contribute to the team with two wickets is very special.
“When you make that decision you wonder what your last ball will be so to take a wicket to win an Ashes Test match is pretty cool.”
Scoreboard at close of play on the fifth day of 5th Test:
England win by 49 runs
England 1st innings
Zak Crawley c Steve Smith b Pat Cummins 22
Ben Duckett c Alex Carey b Mitchell Marsh 41
Moeen Ali b Todd Murphy 34
Joe Root b Josh Hazlewood 5
Harry Brook c Steve Smith b Mitchell Starc 85
Ben Stokes b Mitchell Starc 3
Jonny Bairstow b Josh Hazlewood 4
Chris Woakes c Travis Head b Mitchell Starc 36
Mark Wood b Todd Murphy 28
Stuart Broad c Travis Head b Mitchell Starc 7
James Anderson Not Out 0
Extras 9b 7lb 2nb 0pen 0w 18
Total (54.4 overs) 283 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-62 Duckett, 2-66 Crawley, 3-73 Root, 4-184 Ali, 5-193 Stokes, 6-208 Bairstow, 7-212 Brook, 8-261 Wood, 9-270 Broad, 10-283 Woakes
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Mitchell Starc 14.4 1 82 4 5.59
Josh Hazlewood 13 0 54 2 4.15
Pat Cummins 13 2 66 1 5.08
Mitchell Marsh 8 0 43 1 5.38 2nb
Todd Murphy 6 0 22 2 3.67
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Australia 1st innings
Usman Khawaja lbw Stuart Broad 47
David Warner c Zak Crawley b Chris Woakes 24
Marnus Labuschagne c Joe Root b Mark Wood 9
Steve Smith c Jonny Bairstow b Chris Woakes 71
Travis Head c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad 4
Mitchell Marsh b James Anderson 16
Alex Carey c Ben Stokes b Joe Root 10
Mitchell Starc c Ben Duckett b Mark Wood 7
Pat Cummins c Ben Stokes b Joe Root 36
Todd Murphy lbw Chris Woakes 34
Josh Hazlewood Not Out 6
Extras 17b 12lb 1nb 0pen 1w 31
Total (103.1 overs) 295 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-49 Warner, 2-91 Labuschagne, 3-115 Khawaja, 4-127 Head, 5-151 Marsh, 6-170 Carey, 7-185 Starc, 8-239 Smith, 9-288 Murphy, 10-295 Cummins
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Stuart Broad 20 5 49 2 2.45
James Anderson 26 9 67 1 2.58 1nb
Mark Wood 22 4 62 2 2.82 1w
Chris Woakes 25 8 61 3 2.44
Joe Root 7.1 1 20 2 2.79
Harry Brook 3 1 7 0 2.33
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England 2nd innings
Zak Crawley c Steve Smith b Pat Cummins 73
Ben Duckett c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 42
Ben Stokes c Pat Cummins b Todd Murphy 42
Joe Root b Todd Murphy 91
Harry Brook c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood 7
Jonny Bairstow c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 78
Moeen Ali c Josh Hazlewood b Mitchell Starc 29
Chris Woakes c Usman Khawaja b Mitchell Starc 1
Mark Wood c Mitchell Marsh b Todd Murphy 9
Stuart Broad Not Out 8
James Anderson lbw Todd Murphy 8
Extras 0b 4lb 3nb 0pen 0w 7
Total (81.5 overs) 395 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-79 Duckett, 2-140 Crawley, 3-213 Stokes, 4-222 Brook, 5-332 Root, 6-360 Bairstow, 7-364 Woakes, 8-375 Ali, 9-379 Wood, 10-395 Anderson
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Mitchell Starc 20 2 100 4 5.00
Josh Hazlewood 15 0 67 1 4.47 1nb
Pat Cummins 16 0 79 1 4.94 1nb
Mitchell Marsh 8 0 35 0 4.38 1nb
Todd Murphy 22.5 0 110 4 4.82
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Australia 2nd innings
David Warner c Jonny Bairstow b Chris Woakes 60
Usman Khawaja lbw Chris Woakes 72
Marnus Labuschagne c Zak Crawley b Mark Wood 13
Steve Smith c Zak Crawley b Chris Woakes 54
Travis Head c Joe Root b Moeen Ali 43
Mitchell Marsh c Jonny Bairstow b Moeen Ali 6
Alex Carey c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad 28
Mitchell Starc c Zak Crawley b Chris Woakes 0
Pat Cummins c Ben Stokes b Moeen Ali 9
Todd Murphy c Jonny Bairstow b Stuart Broad 18
Josh Hazlewood Not Out 4
Extras 10b 10lb 2nb 0pen 5w 27
Total (94.4 overs) 334 all out
Fall of Wickets : 1-140 Warner, 2-141 Khawaja, 3-169 Labuschagne, 4-264 Head, 5-274 Smith, 6-274 Marsh, 7-275 Starc, 8-294 Cummins, 9-329 Murphy, 10-334 Carey
Bowling Ov Md Rn Wk Econ Ex
Stuart Broad 20.4 4 62 2 3.00
James Anderson 14 4 53 0 3.79 1nb
Chris Woakes 19 4 50 4 2.63 1nb
Moeen Ali 23 2 76 3 3.30
Joe Root 9 0 39 0 4.33
Mark Wood 9 0 34 1 3.78 1w
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Umpire Joel Wilson
Umpire Handunnettige Dharmasena
Video Nitin Menon
Match Referee Ranjan Madugalle
