Test drawn in bad light
England and Australia drew the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Sunday as the hosts wrapped up a 3-0 series win.
England, set a target of 227 for victory in a minimum of 44 overs, after Australia declared their second innings, needed just 21 more runs to win off 24 balls on the final day when the umpires, controversially, took the players off the field for bad light at 7.35pm local time.
As play had gone beyond the scheduled close, a restart was impossible and England finished on 206 for five off 40 overs with Chris Woakes 17 not out.
This draw meant Australia had failed to win a single Test in an Ashes series for the first time since a 3-0 loss in England in 1977, and left them winless in their last nine Tests against all opponents.
SCOREBOARD
AUSTRALIA: First innings 492-9 declared
ENGLAND: First innings (overnight 247-4)
Cook c Haddin b Harris 25
Root c Watson b Lyon 68
Trott lbw b Starc 40
Pietersen c Watson b Starc 50
Bell c Haddin b Faulkner 45
Woakes c Clarke b Harris 25
Prior c Starc b Faulkner 47
Broad b Starc 9
Swann b Faulkner 34
Anderson c Haddin b Faulkner 4
Kerrigan not out 1
Extras: (b-11, lb-10, w-5, nb-3) 29
Total: (All out in 144.4 overs) 377
Fall of wickets: 1-68, 2-118, 3-176, 4-217, 5-269, 6-299, 7-315, 8-363, 9-368
Bowler O M R W
Starc 33 5 92 3
Harris 28 10 64 2
Faulkner 19.4 3 51 4
Siddle 28 7 74 0
Lyon 28 8 59 1
Smith 8 3 16 0
AUSTRALIA: Second innings
Warner c and b Anderson 12
Watson c Pietersen b Swann 26
Faulkner c Prior b Broad 22
Haddin c Prior b Broad 0
Clarke not out 28
Smith c Swann b Broad 7
Harris b Broad 1
Starc not out 13
Extras: (lb-2) 2
Total: (For 6 wkts decl in 23 overs) 111
Fall of wickets: 1-34, 2-44, 3-50, 4-67, 5-83, 6-85
Bowler O M R W
Anderson 6 1 27 1
Broad 10 2 43 4
Swann 7 0 39 1
ENGLAND: Second innings
Cook lbw b Faulkner 34
Root c Haddin b Harris 11
Trott lbw b Faulkner 59
Pietersen c Warner b Harris 62
Bell run out (Starc) 17
Woakes not out 17
Prior not out 0
Extras: (lb-4, nb-2) 6
Total: (For 5 wkts in 40 overs) 206
Fall of wickets: 1-22, 2-86, 3-163, 4-170, 5-206
Bowler O M R W
Harris 5 0 21 2
Starc 7 0 48 0
Siddle 3 0 16 0
Lyon 10 0 44 0
Clarke 2 0 4 0
Faulkner 8 1 47 2
Watson 5 0 22 0
Result: Match drawn and England win the 5-Test Ashes series 3-0.
Player-of-the-match: Shane Watson.
Players-of-the-series: Ian Bell and Ryan Harris.
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