England Beat Australia In The Fifth Test By 135 Runs

Sept.16 - England beat Australia by 135 runs at The Oval in the fifth and final test on Sunday and thus avoided falling to a first series defeat to their Ashes rival at home since 2001. The five-match Test series has been drawn 2-2. 

Chasing down the victory target of 399 set by England, Australia were bowled out for 263. Stuart Broad (4/62) and Jack Leach (4/49) both took four wickets apiece, with Root (2/26) picking up two important scalps for himself. Matthew Wade scored his second century of the series for Australia.

Brief Scores

England (1st Innings) - 294 (Jos Buttler 70, Joe Root 57; Mitchell Marsh 5/46)

Australia (1st Innings) - 225 (Steve Smith 80, Marnus Labuschagne 48; Jofra Archer 6/62)

England (2nd Innings) - 329 (Joe Denly 94, Ben Stokes 67; Nathan Lyon 4/69)

Australia (2nd Innings) - 263 (Matthew Wade 117, Mitchell Marsh 24; Jack Leach 4/49) 

Highlights