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Australia had a few nervous moments but safely chased down their 160-run victory target before tea on the final day of the fifth Ashes test on Thursday for a five-wicket victory and a 4-1 series triumph.

The Ashes summer once again ends with an emphatic Australian scoreline - a 4-1 series win off the back of 4-0 in 2021/22

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England were dismissed for 342 before lunch on the fifth day of the fifth Ashes test on Thursday, leaving Australia needing 160 runs for victory and a 4-1 series triumph. * England resumed on 302-8 and Mitchell Starc struck a major blow to their hopes when he had Jacob Bethell caught behind for 154 to claim his 30th wicket of the series.

Joe Root smashed his 41st Test century on the second day of the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney. He scored 160 runs to get closer to Sachin Tendulkar on the list of players with the most runs in Test cricket.

This has been an underwhelming Ashes series. England have operated far below their ability and been bad enough for Australia to sweep them aside, despite plenty of injuries and struggling batsmen. Two two-day Tests?

Weatherald was eventually out for 34 just before the lunch break, caught by Matthew Potts off the bowling of Josh Tongue. Thursday’s incident was only the latest DRS drama this Ashes series. Snicko’s operators admitted a failure in the technology allowed Alex Carey to survive an appeal for caught behind in the third Test at Adelaide Oval.

Police with long-armed rifles, a rarity at sporting events in Australia, will patrol the final Ashes cricket test in Sydney starting Sunday as part of heightened security measures following the Bondi Beach terror attack in the city.

On this day, cricket pauses to remember a farewell that meant far more than just the end of a career. It was the day Imran Khan, Pakistan’s.

Mark Waugh ignored Shubman Gill and picked another Indian as the next great Test cricket batsman. Gill is the present India Test captain. He had a dream run in 2025 and finished the year as the highest run-scorer in red-ball cricket.