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AUSTRALIA 385 (103.3 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- David Warner60 (77)
- Steven Smith111 (208)
- James Anderson2/60 (23)
- Stuart Broad3/100 (22)
ENGLAND 251 (88 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- Michael Carberry43 (76)
- Alastair Cook72 (153)
- Ryan Harris3/48 (22)
- Peter Siddle3/36 (16)
AUSTRALIA 369/6d (87 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Shane Watson103 (108)
- David Warner112 (140)
- Tim Bresnan2/53 (14)
- Ben Stokes2/82 (18)
ENGLAND 353 (103.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- Ian Bell60 (93)
- Ben Stokes120 (195)
- Mitchell Johnson4/78 (25.2)
- Nathan Lyon3/70 (22)
Scorer: Gopi Rangarajan | Commentator: Alex Winter
So before Christmas, the Ashes are done and dusted and now Australia have the chance to push for another whitewash. But Melbourne and Sydney are two grounds where England have traditionally been more comfortable and they will be desperate to respond having been totally outplayed so far. Australia are on a roll and head to Boxing Day in fine fettle with players in form and confidence high. That's when we'll be back, so have a good break and rejoin us for the fourth Test. But from Monty and I, for now, it's goodbye and Merry Christmas!
Here's the Presentation. Man of the Match goes to Steve Smith for that century on day one which set the game up for Australia. He describes the knock as the innings of his life.
Alastair Cook has to begin another post-mortem: "It was a fantastic innings full of character from Ben Stokes. With those cracks there it's daunting but he played so well. You never know in sport but just as we got a partnership going we lost it, not for the first time in this series. It's not for lack of effort but we've been out-skilled in all departments, that's the honest truth. Everyone's hurting now but all we can do is work as hard as we can and turn it around on Boxing Day.
Michael Clarke can't get to the microphone quickly enough:"10 out of 10, it doesn't get much better. Team performance has been exceptional. We went through what England are feeling now in England but we've now got our earned reward. I didn't say too much at lunch. We didn't get much luck in the morning session but we held our chances well after lunch. No doubt Mitch deserves a lot of credit but it's been a team performance over three matches. And there's a lot of people behind the scenes that don't get the credit they deserve so to those people that have stuck by us, thank you."
England have been well off the pace yet again with the bat and that has cost them dearly. They have been chasing matches throughout this series and this was no different. At least Ben Stokes stuck his hand up, showed some bravery and technique and mental fortitude to make a magnificent hundred and the rest of the dressing room surely have to look at Stokes and think, if a bloke playing his second Test can do it, why can't we? The batting failure came off the back off another chance - for the third Test running - with the ball in the first innings. But Australia responded in a manner winning sides managed to do - how many times did England come back from 30 for 3 at home in the last series?
It's pretty much been the same tale as the first two Tests, Australia won the toss and battled hard through a spot of bother to make a solid first innings score. England then failed to stay in the game with another sloppy opening dig with the bat and from there, Australia dominated with big runs second time around and managed to swat off a bit of England resistance. The Australian attack has again been superb, three nagging seamers, complimented by Nathan Lyon whose contribution cannot be underestimated, and, of course, Mitchell Johnson's raw pace that has rattled England to their core.
Australia have completed the turnaround and a 150-run victory has put them 3-0 up and enough to regain the Ashes for the first time since 2006-07. Mitchell Johnson has a tear in his eye as his celebrates, he has been the difference between these sides and the reason why almost the same teams have produced a markedly different result from the last series. "Proper emotion" Ryan Harris has just described as the Australians realise their ambitions in only 14 days of this series.
JM Anderson c Bailey b Johnson 2 (9m 8b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00
END OF OVER:103 | 2 Runs | ENG: 352/9
- Stuart Broad1 (6b)
- James Anderson2 (7b)
- Nathan Lyon22-5-70-3
- Mitchell Johnson25-6-77-3
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