England were three wickets away from an emphatic 3-1 series victory after more superlative all-round cricket left Australia in tatters on 7 for 213, still 151 runs short of making the visitors bat again. James Anderson produced an outstanding display of reverse swing, and Chris Tremlett battered the batsmen with hostile pace, to follow up Matt Prior's first Ashes hundred which led England to their highest total down under.
England claimed the extra half an hour to try and complete victory after Tremlett removed Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson in consecutive balls amid a heady atmosphere as the travelling fans, who outnumbered the locals, savoured every moment. However, Steve Smith and Peter Siddle managed to see out the eight further overs to keep England waiting overnight to celebrate.
Most Popular Sportswires: |
Latest Sportswires: |

England utterly dominant
So what do you think of the fact that the NRL can't even sell out its own marquee game in Sydney, even though they're cheap compared to AFL prices? They...
Touche - Your Right on bouth counts so crawling back in to my shell, although I think my point stands, just Aker bad choice, and no idea what I read...
What are you smoking Charles? Anyone would think this joke of an event mattered. What about the tennis, cricket, F1, MotoGP, etc? The SOO is well down the rung of...
Doesn't matter, Spurs will win this year for sure!
Great story Ed, I'd love to get something other than watered down gnat's piss at any of the ground's here!
Thank God for Annie! Highlight of the night...
Doggies to beat the Cats...you heard it here first.