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England have taken a one-nil Ashes lead with a crushing victory over Australia in the second Test in Adelaide.
The tourists won by an innings and 71 runs, completing their deserved triumph an hour before lunch on the final day.
Australia were bowled out for 304 in their second innings, with England spinner Graeme Swann taking five wickets.
Australia suffered their first defeat by an innings in an Ashes Test for 24 years to hand England a 1-0 lead in the series on the final day at Adelaide Oval.
Resuming at 4-238, still 137 runs behind, Ricky Ponting’s men lost their final seven wickets for 66 to lose by an innings and 71 runs and place them in very real danger of becoming the first Australian team to surrender the Ashes at home before Christmas.
England will retain the urn if they win the third Test in Perth from December 16.
Meanwhile, Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said of Simon Katich’s injury:
“Simon Katich has struggled through the second Test match with an achilles tendon injury that became increasingly painful during the fielding innings.
“Achilles tendinopathy can be a complex injury and based on Simon’s current symptoms and results of a scan undertaken last night, it is unlikely that he will be available to play any further part in this Ashes Series.
“I believe that with a thorough rehabilitation program Simon will be able to return to cricket some time in the new year.”
Snapshot of day five of the second cricket Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval:
SCORE – England 5(dec)-620 bt Australia 245 and 304.
MAN OF THE MOMENT – Graeme Swann. The England offspinner bowled his nation to a decisive triumph by taking five wickets in Australia’s second innings.
KEY MOMENT – Australia’s hopes of a miracle survival went down the gurgler when Mike Hussey launched at a pull shot and popped the ball to mid-on to be caught got 52.
STAT OF THE DAY – An innings and 71 runs. The crushing margin of England’s deserved victory.
Score board at the end of the second Test between Australia and England at Adelaide Oval today.
Australia 1st Innings Mins Balls 4s 6s
S WATSON c Pietersen b Anderson 51 130 94 7 1
S KATICH run out (Trott) 0 2 0 0 0
R PONTING c Swann b Anderson 0 1 1 0 0
M CLARKE c Swann b Anderson 2 7 6 0 0
M HUSSEY c Collingwood b Swann 93 300 183 8 0
M NORTH c Prior b Finn 26 99 93 4 0
B HADDIN c Finn b Broad 56 145 95 2 1
R HARRIS lbw Swann 0 1 1 0 0
X DOHERTY run out (Strauss) 6 25 19 1 0
P SIDDLE c Cook b Anderson 3 23 21 0 0
D BOLLINGER not out 0 7 3 0 0
Sundries (6lb 1w 1nb) 8
Total 245
Fall: 0 (Katich), 0 (Ponting), 2 (Clarke), 96 (Watson), 156 (North), 207 (Hussey), 207 (Harris), 226 (Doherty), 243 (Siddle), 245 (Haddin).
Bowling: J Anderson 19-4-51-4, S Broad 18.5-6-39-1, S Finn 16-1-71-1 (1w 1nb), G Swann 29-2-70-2, P Collingwood 3-0-8-0.
Batting time: 377 mins. Overs: 85.5.
England 1st Innings Mins Balls 4s 6s
A STRAUSS b Bollinger 1 34 3 0 0
A COOK c Haddin b Harris 148 434 269 18 0
J TROTT c Clarke b Harris 78 202 144 11 0
K PIETERSEN c Katich b Doherty 227 402 308 33 1
P COLLINGWOOD lbw Watson 42 85 70 5 0
I BELL not out 68 145 97 8 1
M PRIOR not out 27 24 21 2 0
Sundries (8b 13lb 8w) 29
Five wickets (dec) for 620
Fall: 3 (Strauss), 176 (Trott), 351 (Cook), 452 (Collingwood), 568 (Pietersen).
Bowling: R Harris 29-5-84-2 (1w), D Bollinger 29-1-130-1 (2w/6), P Siddle 30-3-121-0 (1w), S Watson 19-7-44-1, X Doherty 27-3-158-1, M North 18-0-62-0.
Batting time: 666 mins. Overs: 152.
Australia 2nd Innings Mins Balls 4s 6s
S WATSON c Strauss b Finn 57 174 141 10 0
S KATICH c Prior b Swann 43 108 85 6 0
R PONTING c Collingwood b Swann 9 21 19 2 0
M CLARKE c Cook b Pietersen 80 170 139 11 0
M HUSSEY c Anderson b Finn 52 154 107 5 1
M NORTH lbw Swann 22 56 35 3 0
B HADDIN c Prior b Anderson 12 24 21 2 0
R HARRIS lbw Anderson 0 1 1 0 0
X DOHERTY b Swann 5 17 9 1 0
P SIDDLE not out 6 28 21 1 0
D BOLLINGER not out 7 14 16 1 0
Sundries (5b 1lb 5w) 11
Nine wickets for 304
Fall: 84 (Katich), 98 (Ponting), 134 (Watson), 238 (Clarke), 261 (Hussey), 286 (Haddin), 286 (Harris), 286 (North), 295 (Doherty).
Bowling: J Anderson 22-4-92-2, S Broad 11-3-32-0, G Swann 41-12-91-4, S Finn 18-2-60-2 (1w/5), P Collingwood 4-0-13-0, K Pietersen 3-0-10-1.
Batting time: 392 mins. Overs: 99.
Umpires: Tony Hill (NZL), Marais Erasmus (RSA).
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZL).
Third Umpire: Billy Doctrove (WIN).
Result: England won by an innings and 71 runs
Series: England lead the five test series 1-0
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