England wrap up historic Ashes win

England completed the formalities of wrapping up a first successful Ashes tour of Australia in 24 years before lunch on the fourth day of the fourth Test in Melbourne, winning by an innings and 157 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

With home bowler Ryan Harris unable to bat due to injury, Andrew Strauss’ men knew they needed to take just three wickets to retain the urn and they duly did so, despite some admirable resistence from the Australia tail.