England won the 5th Test by 197 runs, won the Ashes Test Series by 2-1

England won the 5th test match against Australia by 197 runs on the 4th day of the match and regained the Ashes test series by 2-1 on August 23rd, 2009 at Oval. Australia chasing a record total of 546 in the 2nd inning all out on 348 runs.

Australia started the day from 80/0 but both overnight openers gone early and then Ponting 66 runs and Hussey 121 runs brought them back in the match but two run outs in 2 overs pushed them on back foot.

Graem Swann took 4 wickets but it's Stuart Broad who bowled magical spell in the 1st inning with 5 wickets got Man of the Match award. Andrew Strauss of England and Michal Clarke of Australia shared the Man of the Series Award.

Australia slipped to 4th place in ICC's test ranking and England up at 5th place.

Match Summary:

England 332 and 373 for 9 dec beat Australia 160 and 348 (Hussey 121, Ponting 66, Swann 4-120) by 197 runs.

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