Captain Cummins, Lyon lift Aussies to 'famous victory'

Seventy-two runs stood betwixt Pat Cummins and an improbable Australian triumph erstwhile the skipper strode to the mediate precocious connected time 5 of the Edgbaston Test.

And the tourists mislaid Alex Carey soon after, bringing Nathan Lyon — not the worst of tailenders but a tailender nevertheless — to the crease.

But implicit the 60-odd minutes that ensued, Cummins and Lyon would harvester successful singular fashion, putting unneurotic a concern of 55 runs to assistance the visitors to an instantly iconic triumph successful the archetypal Ashes Test.

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When Cummins guided an Ollie Robinson transportation down quadrate connected the disconnected broadside and Harry Brook failed to mop up connected the boundary, the inspirational skipper completed a two-wicket triumph for his broadside and gave the Australians a 1-0 pb successful the series.

"Ice successful his veins," Michael Atherton said successful commentary erstwhile Cummins' bound sealed the result.

"Pat Cummins has led his broadside to a celebrated triumph present astatine Edgbaston.

"Seventy-two they needed erstwhile helium came to the crease and helium has got his squad implicit the line."

Australian Test large Ricky Ponting was amazed.

"What an extremity to a Test match, what a crippled of cricket," said the erstwhile captain.

As the Australian dressing country went berserk, an ecstatic Cummins raced implicit to Lyon astatine the other extremity of the wicket and lifted his batting spouse disconnected the ground.

They past hugged successful a jubilant embrace, the Australians successful the Birmingham assemblage celebrating wildly.

The triumph made for Australia's highest palmy tally pursuit against England since 1948.

Only the harshest of critics could find responsibility successful Ben Stokes' final-day captaincy.

Despite sporting a genu brace and having had constricted bowling preparation, helium brought himself connected to vessel and claimed the important wicket of the eventual antheral of the match, prolific opener Usman Khawaja.

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He besides took a gamble and came up trumps erstwhile the caller shot became available, persisting with Joe Root and the aged shot and reaping a saccharine reward erstwhile the part-time off-spinner had Alex Carey caught and bowled.

However, Stokes besides gave Lyon a beingness erstwhile the seasoned tweaker was connected conscionable two.

Fielding astatine quadrate leg, the superstar all-rounder made a spectacular effort arsenic Lyon pulled a Stuart Broad delivery, leaping and flinging retired his close limb arsenic the shot flew supra his head.

He got a manus to the shot but couldn't clasp on.

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If helium had, Australian No.11 Josh Hazlewood would person joined Cummins successful the mediate with the tourists inactive needing 37 runs to win.

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When each was said and done, Cummins had made 44 runs and Lyon 16, and the Australians had avoided the nervy show of Hazlewood walking retired to bat successful specified a high-stakes situation.

Inclement Birmingham upwind meant the archetypal shot of time 5 wasn't bowled until 2.15pm section time.

When Khawaja and nightwatchman Scott Boland yet walked retired to resume the tally chase, the Australians were 3-107 successful their pursuit of 281 runs for victory.

A time aft Broad yet again rose to a expansive juncture by scalping Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith, the champion England speedy continued to pb the hosts' complaint arsenic helium removed Boland for 20, dispatching Australia's pesty nighwatchman erstwhile helium drew his extracurricular edge.

The English continued to onshore blows arsenic Moeen Ali got Travis Head nicking, scalping the middle-order dynamo for 16, earlier Cameron Green fell for 28 erstwhile Ollie Robinson got him to chop on.

Khawaja besides chopped on, departing for 65 arsenic Stokes struck, earlier Carey belted the shot backmost astatine Root and was gone caught and bowled for 20.

An Australian triumph appeared highly improbable erstwhile Lyon joined Cummins with the visitors requiring 54 runs to win, but what followed was an astonishing tail-end absorption that capped an Edgbaston epic.

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