Sydney,<\/p>\n
Australia ruthlessly extinguished England’s resistance to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a 4-0 series rout on the final day in Sydney on Monday.<\/p>\n
The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved after lunch, losing their last four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has been a great couple of months. The cricket that we have played in the last couple of months has been outstanding,\u201d Australia skipper Steve Smith said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have just been able to get on top and win those key moments and not let them back in the game which is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pat Cummins led the Australian offensive in Sydney with four wickets for 39 to finish man-of-the-match and the leading wicket taker in the series with 23.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get through the five Tests and end the series here at home. I couldn\u2019t asked for much more,\u201d said an ecstatic Cummins.<\/p>\n
England finished at 180 for nine off 88.1 overs as Australia won by an innings and 123 runs.<\/p>\n
It followed comprehensive losses on the troubled five- Test tour in Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The fourth Test was drawn in Melbourne.<\/p>\n
Stricken Root did not come out to bat after lunch as he continued to experience discomfort after his overnight stomach bug.<\/p>\n
“He is asleep. He has a gastro bug and he has not been too well through the night and the heat yesterday didn’t help.<\/p>\n
He is asleep in the dressing-room trying to recover,\u201d said vice-captain Jimmy Anderson, deputising for Root at the post- match presentations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be honest we have been outplayed in the key moments of each game,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been in the games to an extent but just not been able to capitalise on any opportunities. Australia have played great in this series.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chances disappear<\/p>\n
Cummins struck twice in three balls after lunch, trapping Jonny Bairstow leg before wicket for 38 and having Stuart Broad caught behind off a brutish bouncer for four.<\/p>\n
Mason Crane got another Cummins bouncer which he gloved to wicketkeeper Tim Paine for two and Anderson was caught behind off Josh Hazlewood for two to end the innings.<\/p>\n
Root went to hospital overnight with England Cricket initially saying he had “severe dehydration” after fielding and batting in intense heat on Sunday.<\/p>\n
But team officials corrected earlier statements and said Root was instead weakened by the effects of a gastroenteritis bug.<\/p>\n
He came out to bat on the dismissal of Moeen Ali for 13 an hour into the final day’s play and reached his fifth half-century of the series, but was unable to convert any of them to a century.<\/p>\n
England\u2019s remote chances of saving the Test disappeared when Root failed to appear at the crease after lunch.<\/p>\n
Spinner Nathan Lyon claimed Moeen’s wicket for the seventh time in the series when he trapped him leg before in the morning session, which Moeen did not review.<\/p>\n
Lyon took three wickets for 54 off 35 overs.<\/p>\n
The Australians took a grip on the final Test with a massive 303-run innings lead and then reduced the battle-weary tourists to 93 for four at the close on the fourth day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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