The Ashes 2013-14, Test 3 Day 5.

  Australia won by 150 runs and wins the ASHES 2013-14 

  

Australia 385 runs/10 wickets – 1^st Innings

England 251 runs/10 wickets – 1^st Innings

Australia 369 runs/6 wickets – 2^nd Innings

England 251 runs/5 wickets – 2^nd Innings

       

Finally the wait for the Australian fans is over as they finally regain the URN as they win the ASHES 2013-14 in straight sets 3-0. Australia finally grabs the Ashes after a long wait of approximately 5 long years. They successfully win the 3^rd match of the series and now they are eying towards clean sweep 5-0. After the victory when Michael Clarke, The Aussie skipper was asked that after series win they would be play the next 2 games in a relaxed mode to which the victorious Captain replied “I'm going to enjoy 3-0 for as long as I can tonight. I think it's really important that we celebrate and enjoy this feeling. But we'll worry about the clean sweep in Melbourne and Sydney. I can guarantee you there won't be any complacency and we will turn up in Melbourne 100% ready to go and doing everything we've done in the first three Test matches.”    

       The 5^th and final day started with Ben Stokes and Matt Prior on the crease with 4 batsmen still to come. England looked once again completely rattled as the Aussies make a strong mark with an amazing all-around performance on the field.

    

England started up the day with a mode of DRAW as Matt Prior and Ben Stokes stood solidly on the pitch. The start looked pretty cautious for the visitors as they were determined for a DRAW game and they did now want to lose a wicket. The plan looked perfect as both the batsmen looked pretty determined. Prior kept his bat on the wicket while the 22 year old Ben Stokes looked great playing shots all over. The partnership began to consume time which was the utmost desire of the English camp but Australia kept on attacking the cracks in the pitch regularly and finally in the day’s 19^th over it paid off as Mitchell Johnson provided the required break through by dismissing MATT PRIOR on 26 runs. This marked the end of the English innings. There was no fall of wicket till the lunch but both the teams had package of surprises after the lunch.

       After the lunch Ben Stokes finally became the 1^st Englishman on this tour to score a 100 but the happiness was not to last long. The boy with his maiden Century “Ben Stokes” was soon dismissed by Nathan Lyon for his well played 120 runs but could do nothing about the match’s result. Finally the things ended up for the Visitors as Graeme Swann and James Anderson were also undone Nathan Lyon and Mitcell Johnson. Stuart Broad remained Not Out at the end of the day with his 2* runs and finally the trophy was back to the home team as they reclaim the ASHES well after 5 years. Australia won the match by 150 runs.                                                                          

    The Aussie camp looked an extremely emotional side as they didn’t only regain the Ashes but also answered the questions being asked about them. There were several stories in the STORY as Peter Siddle, Shane Watson, David Warner, Brad Haddin and Mitchell Johnson reserve their places back in the team showing what they are capable of.

     Man of the Match was awarded to Steve Smith for his match saving 100 in the 1^st Innings that kept Australia on track. Let’s see if the English nightmare finally ends up in the next 2 Tests or Michael Clarke follows Ricky Ponting and wins the series 5-0. Let’s wait and watch....