England finally beat Aussies

ENGLAND finished their miserable Ashes tour on a victorious note with a 225-run thrashing of Australia to prevent a historic 5-0 series whitewash in the final test yesterday.

Pounded in their first three tests to lose the series in a whirlwind 11 playing days before exerting pressure in the fourth Melbourne Test, Nasser Hussain’s tourists saved their best until last to outplay the Australians.

Buttressed by Michael Vaughan’s majestic second innings of 183 and 34-year-old paceman Andy Caddick’s 7-94 to skittle Australia for 226, England shoved to one side the memories of Australia’s superiority to savour a special victory.