Australia retained the Ashes with a series-sealing innings and 14-run win over England in the third test in Melbourne.
Australia retained the Ashes with a series-sealing innings and 14-run win over England in the third test in Melbourne on Tuesday, with paceman Scott Boland finishing with a six-wicket innings haul in a stunning debut.
“I thought we had a pretty good chance of winning but I had no idea we would do it before lunch,” said Boland. “That’s my best ever figures. Nothing happened that quickly.”Getty But it all went up in smoke as paceman Mitchell Starc bowled Stokes for 11 before Boland started an incredible spell of fast bowling.He had Jonny Bairstow lbw for five, Root out for 28 and tailenders Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson each out for ducks.
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