Australia win fourth Test to level Ashes

Australia beat England by an innings and 80 runs to win the fourth Test inside three days at Headingley.

Australia thrashed England by an innings and 80 runs as they won the fourth Test at Headingley inside three days to level the series at 1-1 and revive their bid to retain the Ashes.

The result left the Ashes all square ahead of the fifth and final Test at The Oval starting on August 20.

England,who resumed today in the dire position of 82 for five in their second innings,still 261 runs behind

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Australia’s first innings 445 and facing the prospect of a record-breaking home defeat,were bowled out for 263.

Stuart Broad (61) and Graeme Swann (62) delayed the seemingly inevitable with an eighth-wicket stand of 108 off 79 balls that delighted home fans after the pair had come together with England on 120 for seven,

At lunch,England were 245 for eight,98 behind,with Swann 56 not out and Stephen Harmison six not out.

But soon after the break Swann on 62,one shy of his Test-best score,was caught behind off left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson,who took five wickets for 69 runs in the innings.

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Johnson then wrapped up the match in the sixth over after lunch when he clean bowled last man Graham Onions for nought.

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