Despite England’s thrilling 49-run win over Australia in the fifth and final Ashes Test match, which took place on Monday at The Oval, the series is now tied at 2-2 after five exciting matches. Stuart Broad took the last two Australian wickets to seal England’s victory.
Broad, who was playing in his last Test, was responsible for the dismissal of Australia for 334, which prevented them from claiming their first Ashes victory in England since 2001. Both Todd Murphy and Alex Carey were caught by wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.
Australia, who had already kept the urn after winning the first two Tests, advanced to 238-3 while chasing 384 to win until a two-hour rain delay interrupted progress. England got the final seven wickets in little over two hours to secure a historic victory. Australia won the first two Tests and had already retained the urn.
Before the 37-year-old Broad finished the job in a flawless swansong two days after declaring his retirement, Chris Woakes was the standout of the England bowlers with scores of 4-50 and Moeen Ali took 3-76. Broad had announced his retirement two days earlier.
David Warner made 60 runs, Usman Khawaja scored 72, Steve Smith made 54 runs, and Travis Head scored 43 runs for Australia.
“It was absolutely wonderful,” Broad said in an interview with Sky Sports. “Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali, in my opinion, did an absolutely unbelievable job of setting the tone.”
“Woakesy picked up a couple of wickets, particularly Steve Smith, who has been an outstanding player to compete against over the course of all these years.”
“When we finally got a few, that’s when we began to believe for real. The audience was incredible to see. We just capitalized on how loud it was by joining in with the crowd. It is a really remarkable accomplishment to contribute to the team with two wickets.
“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,” said one player. “It’s pretty cool.”
The following is the scoreboard after the end of play on day five of the fifth 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