England beat Australia by 49 runs to win the fifth Test at The Oval on Monday and finish the Ashes collection all sq. at 2-2. Australia, chasing 384 to win, collapsed from 264-3 to 334 all out, with England’s retiring paceman Stuart Broad taking the ultimate two wickets within the type of Todd Murphy and Alex Carey.  Australia suffered a dramatic collapse within the final session, diminished to 294-8 as England’s Moeen Ali and Chris Woakes ripped via their batting order at The Oval.  Rain saved the gamers off the sphere for about two hours earlier than Australia, who because the holders have already retained the Ashes at 2-1 up, resumed on 238-3.

That nonetheless left the vacationers needing 146 extra runs to succeed in an imposing victory goal of 384.

Steve Smith, dropped at leg gully by England captain Ben Stokes simply earlier than the interval, was 40 not out and left-hander Travis Head 31 not out.

The pair had prolonged their fourth-wicket stand to 95 when off-spinner Moeen, in what might be his final Test look, turned a ball out of the tough.

Head, on 43, tried to drive, with Joe Root holding a routine catch at first slip.

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Australia then misplaced their star batsman when Smith, having accomplished an 89-ball fifty, fell for 54 when he edged a wonderful full-length supply from paceman Woakes to Zak Crawley at second slip.

And Australia fell to 274-6 when Moeen had all-rounder Mitchell Marsh brilliantly caught by diving wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow.

Australia’s collapse continued when Woakes and Crawley mixed once more to dismiss Mitchell Starc for a duck and captain Pat Cummins was subsequent to go, caught by Stokes off Moeen for 9.

Earlier, Woakes eliminated Australia openers David Warner and Usman Khawaja in a dramatic burst of two wickets for one run in seven balls on an overcast morning and with a pitch freshened by rain.

Express fast Mark Wood then had Marnus Labuschagne caught within the slips for 13 to go away Australia 169-3.

England tempo nice Stuart Broad, who on Saturday made a shock announcement he would retire after the match, took up the assault because the 37-year-old sought to dismiss Warner for the 18th time in Tests.

But it was Woakes who made the breakthrough England desperately wanted when a good-length ball, angled throughout Warner, nipped off the seam and took the surface edge to present Bairstow a easy catch.

Warner was out for 60 and it was not lengthy earlier than Khawaja, the main run-scorer within the collection, adopted him.

Khawaja was lbw to Woakes for 72 after being caught on the crease in entrance of center and leg stumps by a full-length supply.

Wood then squared up Labuschagne with an 86 mph (138 kph) supply that angled in and swung away to take the sting, with Crawley holding a fantastic low catch at second slip.

Stokes then gave Smith, who has scored three lots of in 5 Tests at The Oval, a reprieve on the stroke of lunch after he gloved Moeen.

The ball looped to Stokes at leg gully, who grabbed it one-handed above his head. But as his arm got here down, his hand clipped his leg and he dropped the ball.

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