Ashes 2021

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Australia won by an innings and 14 runs as England's batsmen crumbled in the face of their pace attack, collapsing to 68 all out in the second innings

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It was the shortest completed test match in Australia in 70 years, with only 1084 balls bowled in total.

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Australian Scott Boland,, spearheaded the charge for the hosts, taking out six Englishmen in his debut.

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Boland was also presented with the Johnny Mullagh medal, as he is only the second indigenous player to ever play for the Australian men's team.

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Ater the victory Scott said: "I thought we had a pretty good chance of winning but I had no idea we would do it before lunch

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Though they can no longer win The Ashes, England will play two more matches in the hopes of regaining some pride.

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Joe Root said "Credit to Australia, they blew us away last night and they've outplayed us in this test match and in this series so far,"

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For winning captain Michael Vaughan tweeted his frustration, saying: "England nowhere near good enough... they will know that.

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