Australian Boland’s six-wicket haul demolish England and win the Ashes
Australia vs England International Test Match series Day 3 of 5
Australia 267 ao off 87.5 overs, Harris 76 off 189, 7 fours, Warner 38 off 42, 5 fours, Head 27 off 48, 2 fours, Anderson 4-33, Robinson 2-64, Wood 2-71, Stokes 1-47, leach 1-46.
England 1st Innings 185 ao off 65.1 overs, Joe Root 50 off 82, 4 fours, Stokes 25 off 60, 2 fours, 1 six, Bairstow 35 off 75, 3 fours, Lyon 3-36, Cummins 3-36. Boland 1-48, Starc 2-54.
England second innings 68 ao off 27.4 overs, Joe Root 28 off 59, 4 fours, Stokes 11 off 16, 2 fours, Boland 6-7, Starc 2-29, Green 1-8.
Australia win by an innings and 14 runs.
Australia win the third and final Test by an innings and 14 runs by bowling England out for 68 on third morning to retain the Ashes.
England were skittled out for just 68 in little over an hour on third morning. Scott Boland takes six wickets for 7 runs in the second innings.
Joe Root called it gut-wrenchong after his dream of retaining the Ashes quickly evaporated in the span of 12 days at Melbourne that saw Australia attain an unassailable 3-0 lead.
32-year-old debutant Scott Boland’s six wicket haul, for 7 runs in four overs, ensured England register their lowest total on Australian soil since 1904.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground baked in green surface had witnessed 30 wickets tumbled in just seven sessions. Mitchell Starc ensured early wickets of Ben Stokes with a beauty.
On Boxing Day, three senior players in Joe Root, Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler gifted their wickets during the collapse to 185 all out. England’s second Innings, when a deficit of 82 runs resulted from Anderson’s latest display of age-defying mastery.