Aussies charge to Ashes victory

ENGLAND’S Ashes dream was spectacularly ended in only 25 days with fiery fast bowler Brett Lee ruthlessly completing another emphatic Test and series defeat with a hostile new ball spell at the WACA.

Lee shattered England’s resistance by sending Alex Tudor off the pitch on a stretcher before also intimidating Steve Harmison to seal the innings and 48 runs triumph which retained the Ashes less than a month since Nasser Hussain’s costly mistake to bowl first in the opening Test in Brisbane.

That 384-run defeat at The Gabba was quickly followed by an innings and 51 runs defeat in Adelaide, but their three-day demolition in Perth was the most convincing of all on one of the fastest pitches in world cricket.