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Stuart Broad managed to put the final nail in the coffin as England beat Australia in the final Test to draw the series 2-2 after a thrilling display of cricket on the final day at The Oval on Monday.

The veteran finished with 604 Test wickets to his name, one of the greats to play the longest format in the modern era as he ends his career as a winner of an Ashes Test match.

 

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The promising 35-run stand between Todd Murphy (18) and Alex Carey (28) wasn't enough as the visitors fell 49 runs short to suffer a disappointing defeat as it could have been an end to the 22-year-long wait with a series win on English soil.

Chris Woakes (4/53) and Moeen Ali (3/76) kept the hosts in the game after a dangerous-looking 95-run stand for the fourth wicket between Travis Head (43) and Steve Smith (54) who were comfortably heading towards a famous win for their team.

The partnership was broken by Ali as he dismissed Head with Woakes getting the crucial wicket of Smith to keep the game alive for the Ben Stokes' side.

Ali once again proved to be the man with the golden arm as he removed Mitchell Marsh (6) and Aussie skipper Pat Cummins (9) and Woakes got Starc for a duck to turn the game in the favor of England.

Carey had a muted series with the bat but showed some resistance when it mattered the most with a little fight and added crucial runs with Murphy and Josh Hazlewood (4*).

 

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Earlier, Woakes wounded the visitors with the early breakthroughs as he removed both David Warner (60) and Usman Khawaja (72) who had stitched a stunning opening partnership of 140 runs and laid the foundation for a legendary chase.

Mark Wood (1/34) continued his brilliance with the ball, dismissing Marnus Labuschagne cheaply (13) who had played a vital role in saving the match for his team in Manchester before it was washed out by the rain.

The series witnessed yet another masterclass performance from both the teams with Australia looking a far better side in the first two Tests to go 2-0 up before the hosts delivered and turned the course of the series with a result that remained the same four years ago in 2019.

The multiple changes for Stokes' side after the Lord's Test well and truly worked for them as all of them including Ali, Wood, and Stokes contributed to their emergence as the better side in the five-match series.