Ashes annihilation: Jubilant Australia secure Test series 3-0 in Adelaide

With England needing 228 runs with just four batters in the shed, the final day of the Test match was always going to be Australia's victory march, but Ben Stokes' charges put up a fight.

In overcast conditions, Nathan Lyon and Green opened the bowling for the day with Jamie Smith and Will Jacks at the crease. The England duo poked, prodded and drew a huge cheer from the Barmy Army as the required total to save the Ashes went below 200.

Mother Nature then had her say, with a sweeping shower bringing another chorus from the travelling England fans and a 40-minute delay.

Another big moment came when Lyon launched himself on the boundary to save a four. He was unsuccessful, got up gingerly and was in tremendous discomfort. A physio helped him off the field, and his series looked over.

Australia's talismen Pat Cummins and Mitchell Starc were then thrown the new ball. An aggressive Smith (60) went for an ambitious pick-up across the line off Starc, only to get a leading edge which Cummins snaffled at mid-on. The pair had added 90 together and given the visitors a glimmer of hope. Jacks and new man Brydon Carse took them to 309/7 at lunch, 126 runs adrift.

Jacks showed great application, as did Carse, being ever watchful and placing value on their wicket. Not very Bazball at all. And it paid off, as the deficit went down to double figures. The Barmy Army began to believe again.

But Starc struck again, a wobbled seam grabbing the outside edge of the main man Jacks' bat, leaving Marnus Labuschagne to take an incredible one-handed grab at first slip. Jacks' defying knock of 47 off a mammoth 137 had come to an end.

Jofra Archer showed great ability with the bat in the first innings, but valour seemed the better part of discretion this day, as he attempted a flourishing uppercut square of the wicket for what seemed like catching practice for Jake Weatherald on the boundary at deep point for Starc's third scalp.

The metronomic Scott Boland wrapped up the Test and the series. He drew legs-eleven Josh Tongue into a drive and Labuschagne took his fourth catch of the innings to end England's suffering.

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