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Eng vs Aus 5th Test: England beat Australia by 49 runs to draw Ashes 2-2

Australia was chasing 384 to win but the team collapsed from 264-3 to 334 all out.

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England beat Australia by 49 runs to win the fifth Test at The Oval on Monday, ending the Ashes series in a 2-2 draw. The fifth and final Test was played at Kennington Oval in London. Stuart Broad picks the final wicket.

After the second session was washed out due to rain, Australia started the final session of the day at 238/3 with Steve Smith (40) and Travis Head (31) standing unbeaten at the crease, needing 146 runs to win.
Smith and Head continued to build pressure on England bowlers, with the visitors needing less than 150 runs to win.

 

 With help of a cracking boundary by Travis Head, Australia crossed the 250-run mark in 69 overs, needing 131 runs to win.  Smith reached his half-century in 89 balls.  The 95-run stand between Smith and Head was broken by Moeen Ali, when Head edged his delivery into the slips to Joe Root. The big wicket of Head was taken for 43 runs off 70 balls.

Australia's half of side was back in the hut at 264 runs, needing 120 runs to win. England made a comeback in the match, with Chris Woakes getting the prized wicket of Smith, who nicked the ball straight into the hands of Zak Crawley for 54.

Australia was 294/8 and needed 90 runs with two more wickets left.  Australia reached the 300-run mark in 83.2 overs.  Alex Carey and Todd Murphy continued the run chase, bringing down the equation to 55 runs to win. 

But Stuart Broad helped England get back in the game, dismissing Murphy for 18 after he edged the ball to Bairstow. With this, England was one wicket away from drawing the series. Carey was Australia's last hope. Broad completed a fairytale finish to his career, taking his final wicket, dismissing Carey for 28 after he was caught by Bairstow. Australia was all out for 334 runs, losing by 49 runs.

(With inputs from ANI) 

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