Stuart Broad produced a fitting finale to an extraordinary career with the dismissal of Alex Carey to bowl Australia out for 334 and give England victory by 49 runs in the final Ashes Test to level the series at 2-2.
England had to endure a two-hour rain-delay and some stubborn batting by the tourists before the win was claimed at 6.25pm on day five at the Kia Oval after excellent displays by Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali in particular.
Here, the PA news agency looks at how a dramatic final day of an enthralling Ashes series unfolded.
11.24am: Woakes provided England with the perfect start when he struck in the third over of the day after David Warner edged behind for 60 to reduce Australia to 140 for one.
11.36am: Woakes was on a roll now and trapped Usman Khawaja lbw for 72 in his next over to bring the fine series of the Australia opener to an end with 243 runs still required for the tourists.
12:03pm: Mark Wood got in on the act despite struggling with pain in his heel when Marnus Labuschagne edged to Zak Crawley to leave Australia on 169 for three.
12:26pm: Steve Smith was joined by Travis Head at the crease and two runs for the latter off Broad saw Australia’s target go below the 200 mark.
1.25pm: On the verge of lunch, England thought they had dismissed Smith when he gloved up in the air and Ben Stokes took the catch in mid-air, but the captain dropped the ball on landing and, despite a review, it showed he did not complete the catch and Smith remained not out at lunch.
2.09pm: The England players along with Smith and Head emerged for the afternoon session, but before a ball was bowled the rain increased and play was suspended.
4.20pm: Play resumed with Australia on 238 for three with 52 overs initially scheduled for the rest of the day but this was later revised to 47 due to an early tea being taken at 3.20pm.
4.50pm: After Smith brought up his fifty off 61 balls, Moeen’s next delivery was tossed up and Head edged to Joe Root to depart for 43, which left the tourists on 264 for four.
4.58pm: Woakes claimed the crucial scalp of Smith in the next over with a superb pitched-up delivery on the fourth stump line that the Australian number four could only edge to Crawley to walk off for 54 with 110 runs still needed.
5.01pm: Bairstow produced a one-handed stunner to catch Marsh for nine off Moeen to reduce Australia to 274 for six with the Kia Oval crowd producing a cauldron of noise.
View this post on Instagram5.06pm: Woakes grabbed another when Mitchell Starc was tempted to drive and edged to Crawley to depart for a two-ball duck with 109 runs still required.
5.29pm: Pat Cummins was not able to repeat his Edgbaston heroics after his pull shot hit his thigh and bounced up for Stokes to take the catch at leg slip. It left Australia on 294 for eight.
6.10pm: After Carey and Todd Murphy had put on 35 for the ninth wicket, it was Broad who broke the partnership with the latter edging behind to Bairstow to give Broad the 603rd wicket of his career.
6.19pm: Broad enticed an edge from Carey but a tough, low chance was put down by Crawley to leave the champagne on ice.
6.25pm: There would be no denying Broad or England with the veteran able to find Carey’s edge again and Bairstow took the opportunity this time to secure victory by 49 runs and ensure the series ended level at 2-2.
Greaves hits unbeaten ton as West Indies dominate Bangladesh
Justin Greaves hit an unbeaten century – his first red-ball ton – as West Indies ended day two of their first Test against Bangladesh with a commanding 410-run lead.
Greaves resumed alongside Joshua Da Silva with West Indies 250-5 after day one in Antigua, eventually slamming 115 runs off 206 balls faced as the hosts established a dominant position.
His steady knock ensured the Windies recovered nicely after slipping to 261-7 early on, while Kemar Roach hit a career-best 47 through four defiant hours at the crease.
Hasan Mahmud took three day-two wickets for Bangladesh, including that of Roach, as his short delivery angled in to clip the top of middle stump.
Windies skipper Kraigg Brathwaite declared to put Bangladesh at the crease late on, and there was no respite for the tourists against the hosts' four-man pace attack.
Zakir Hasan fell to Jayden Seales for 15, while Mahmudul Hasan Joy edged Alzarri Joseph for five shortly after being dropped, leaving Bangladesh 40-2 at stumps.
Data Debrief: Career-best for Greaves
Greaves' unbeaten 115 marked his first century in Test cricket, surpassing his previous best knock – a score of 33 versus Australia in January – by some distance.
His strike rate of 55.83 on Saturday, while steady, also bettered his effort of 55.00 during that match in Brisbane. Thanks to his efforts, Bangladesh have a real mountain to climb on day three.
Inglis hails 'hard to stop' Stoinis after ruthless knock
Josh Inglis lauded "hard to stop" Marcus Stoinis as Australia signed off their T20I series against Pakistan in style, claiming a whitewash.
The hosts raced to a seven-wicket victory with almost nine overs remaining in Monday's third match.
After Australia's bowlers had limited Pakistan to just 117 runs, Stoinis ensured they signed off their final white-ball assignment in style, with his unbeaten 61 doing the damage.
Only twice has he bettered that knock in T20Is – versus New Zealand in 2021 (78) and against Oman at the World Cup earlier this year (67*).
"It's been a great week. We've had a lot of fun as a group," Inglis said. "It's been really nice.
"When Stoinis is going like that, he is really hard to stop. One of those sixes was probably the biggest I've ever seen!"
Stoinis, who was named player of the match, added: "Nice to score some runs on a beautiful wicket but credit to the bowlers who kept the total down.
"Yeah, I actually told [Haris] Rauf that this is the first time any of us got the better of him! No, he's a brilliant bowler, bowled well this series."
During their white-ball tour, Pakistan won the ODI series, their first time doing so in Australia in 22 years, but got whitewashed in the T20Is.
Despite the heavy loss, captain Agha Salman chose to focus on the positive effect the experience will have on their young players.
"I think in the middle overs, we didn't capitalise on the start," he said. "But lots of positives.
"The way Usman [Khan] batted, the way Jahandad [Khan] bowled. These youngsters will come good.
"It's obviously a big achievement winning the ODI series, but we could have done much better in the T20Is."
Salt century gives England winning start to West Indies T20 series
Phil Salt hit a superb century as England drew first blood in their T20 series against West Indies, with a commanding eight-wicket victory at the Kensington Oval.
Salt's unbeaten 103 off 54 balls was the highlight for the tourists, who successfully chased down their target of 183 with 19 balls to spare.
The West Indies endured a difficult start and were reduced to 18-3 and later 117-8, with Saqib Mahmood (4-34) and Adil Rashid (3-32) doing the damage.
However, the hosts managed 65 runs in the last 5.2 overs to finish at 182-8, with Gukadesh Motie knocking 33 off 14 balls along the way.
Salt kick-started England's chase with 50 off just 25 deliveries taking them to 73-1 after six overs, with Will Jacks (17) dismissed with the final ball of the powerplay.
Jos Buttler's first match after four months out lasted just three minutes, as the skipper was caught by Motie for a golden duck.
However, it proved a false dawn for West Indies, with Salt and Jacob Bethall (58 from 36 balls) safely steering England to victory.
Data Debrief: Salt completes hat-trick of hundreds as Bethell makes historic half-century
England put their disappointing ODI series behind them, making history with the highest T20 chase at the Kensington Oval.
Salt was the hero with his third T20I century, all of which have come against West Indies in the past 12 months.
Bethell also made history on Saturday. Aged 21 years and 17 days, he become the youngest England player to score a 50 in a T20I.
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