England take Ashes 2013 after Australia spontaneously combust

Stuart Broad (6-50) picked up his second five-wicket haul of the match with another dynamic burst as he and Bresnan (2-36) ripped the heart out of the Australian batting. “That was amazing,” Broad told Sky Sports. “Australia gave us nothing in that middle session and we had to regroup at tea.”

A thrilling game ended in the gloom after the umpires had fidgeted around with their light meters amid boos from the crowd. With one wicket left to fall,Broad came back on to seal England’s third straight win in an Ashes series by removing Peter Siddle for 23.

England’s triumphant players gathered together in a huddle and danced in joyous celebration. It all looked so different a few hours earlier as Warner and first-innings centurion Chris Rogers put together an opening stand of 109.

Rogers played the tortoise to Warner’s hare as the two left-handers,chasing a victory target of 299,carried the attack to England. Warner hit several crunching strokes even as Rogers had two lucky escapes via the DRS and was also dropped by Graeme Swann. The spinner finally had him caught by Jonathan Trott for 49.

Warner,who welcomed Swann to the attack by lofting him over wide mid-on for six,continued to play with freedom when he was joined by Usman Khawaja. England then captured the key wicket of Warner when he edged a brutish,lifting ball from Bresnan to wicketkeeper Matt Prior.

Broad then ran through the Australian order,removing captain Michael Clarke for 21,Steve Smith for two,Brad Haddin for four,Ryan Harris for 11 and Nathan Lyon for eight.

With play finishing later than normal following a 70-minute rain interruption earlier in the day,England briefly took the quicker bowlers off as the light deteriorated. Suddenly,out of nowhere,the gloom gave way to bright sunshine and that was the signal for Broad to deliver the coup de grace by having Siddle caught by Anderson at mid-off.