Ashes: Australia beat England by innings & 123 runs to seal 4-0 series win
Australia ruthlessly extinguished England’s resistance to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a 4-0 series rout on the final day in Sydney on Monday.
The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved after lunch, losing their last four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series.
Fifth Ashes Test, Sydney Cricket Ground (day five of five)
England 346 (Root 83) & 180 (Root 58 retired ill, Cummins 4-39)
Australia 649-7 dec (Khawaja 171, S Marsh 156, M Marsh 101)
Australia won by an innings and 123 runs; won Ashes 4-0
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