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Australia sent captain Michael Clarke into international retirement with an innings and 46-run victory in the fifth and final Ashes cricket test at The Oval on Sunday.
Even so England, who had already regained the Ashes, won the series 3-2 with Clarke the first Australian in more than a century to be on the losing side in four successive Ashes series in Britain.
This game sums up the series. Both teams have had a roller-coaster ride
Retiring Australia captain Michael Clarke
When impressive paceman Peter Siddle had Moeen Ali (35) caught behind, England, following-on, had been dismissed for 286 in their second innings.
Siddle, only playing after Josh Hazlewood was injured, bowled with both pace and control on his way to innings figures of four for 35 in 24.4 overs – including 12 maidens.
His return made the experienced 30-year-old seamer’s omission from the previous four tests all the more surprising.
Australia’s victory on Sunday meant none of the tests in this Ashes had gone to a fifth day – a testament to the general lack of batting resilience in both sides.
“This game sums up the series,” Clarke told BBC Radio’s Test Match Special. “Both teams have had a roller-coaster ride.
“The boys did as I asked, it was a test of our character and we came through it.”
Australia, after losing the toss at The Oval, piled up 481. This included captain-elect Steven Smith’s 143 – an innings which saw the eventual man-of-the-match become the first Australian to score more than 500 runs in an Ashes series in England since Matthew Elliott in 1997.
England captain Alastair Cook said the Oval result needed to be put into context.
“The last four days haven’t quite gone to plan and we’re disappointed, but going into the series no one gave us a chance, so we can’t let that take the gloss off a special summer,” said Cook.
 


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Australia sent captain Michael Clarke into international retirement with an innings and 46-run victory in the fifth and final Ashes cricket test at The Oval on Sunday.
