Fourth Investec Test, Emirates Durham ICG (day four):



England (238 & 330) beat Australia (270 & 224) by 74 runs



Match scorecard




An inspired spell of fast bowling from Stuart Broad catapulted England to a 74-run win over Australia in the fourth Test and sealed victory in the Ashes series.


Chasing 299 for victory, Australia were well placed on 168-2 but lost their next eight wickets for 56 runs as they collapsed to 224 all out.


Tim Bresnan turned the tide when he had opener David Warner caught behind for 71 and Broad followed up with a devastating burst of 6-20 in 45 balls to finish with 11 wickets in the match.


A breathless and barely believable evening session, in which nine wickets fell, ended in fading light at 1940 BST when Broad had Peter Siddle caught at mid-off to put England 3-0 up in the series with one match to play.


Amazingly, less than two hours before the final wicket fell, it appeared far more likely that Australia would be heading to The Oval on 21 August with a chance of levelling the series.



1st Test: England won by 14 runs, Trent Bridge


2nd Test: England won by 347 runs, Lord's


3rd Test: Match drawn, Old Trafford


4th Test: England won by 74 runs, Chester-le-Street


5th Test: 21-25 August, The Oval



The tourists made the ideal start to their run chase as Warner and Chris Rogers put on 109 for the first wicket - Australia's first century opening partnership in the Ashes since The Oval in 2005.


Rogers eventually fell one short of a half-century - caught by Jonathan Trott at slip off Swann - but even when the off-spinner followed up with the wicket of Usman Khawaja for 21, there was little sign of the madness that followed.


The turning point arrived when Bresnan produced a superb delivery to remove the dangerous Warner, who was drawn into pushing at a ball angled across him and got a thin nick through to Matt Prior.


Sensing their opportunity, England pounced in ruthless fashion. Broad sent captain Michael Clarke's off stump cartwheeling before Steve Smith bottom-edged a pull on to his stumps.


Roared on by the England supporters in the Chester-le-Street crowd, Bresnan trapped Shane Watson in front to leave Australia in disarray.


Broad, bowling as quickly and aggressively as at any time in his career, then had Brad Haddin and Ryan Harris lbw before bowling Nathan Lyon.


With just one wicket needed, England were granted an extra half-hour but, with the light fading, the umpires insisted on them bowling spinners from both ends.


Six overs came and went without any great alarm before the reappearance of the setting sun gave Alastair Cook the opportunity to go back to his pacemen.


Six balls from James Anderson failed to deliver the breakthrough but, when Broad returned from the Lumley End, it took him only three to induce a false stroke from Siddle and send the crowd into raptures.


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