Australia Bag Ashes Crown Before Christmas

It is not Christmas yet - Ashes Tests number 4 & 5 still need to be contested Down Under and Michael Clarke's Australian team already managed to secure the series 3-0. Well done to the Australians, under new coach Darren Lehman they are a totally different cricket team and there is certainly huge self-belief in the entire team...!

The English have nothing much to play for during the rest of this tour, apart from trying to save some of their reputation. Ben Stokes (120 in 2nd innings) and one or two others have shown potential, but I suspect that their stay in Australia for the remainder of the tour is going to be a "loooong" one.

This Cup goes to the victorious Aussies...Congratulations!!

Australia 385 & 369/6d

England 251 & 353 (103.2 ov)

Australia won by 150 runs

• The Ashes - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2107 | 2013/14 season
• Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
• 13,14,15,16,17 December 2013 (5-day match)

England 2nd innings (target: 504 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Cook*	b Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	MA Carberry	lbw b Watson	31	85	53	6	0	58.49
	JE Root	c †Haddin b Johnson	19	125	88	1	0	21.59
	KP Pietersen	c Harris b Lyon	45	88	57	6	1	78.94
	IR Bell	c †Haddin b Siddle	60	140	93	7	1	64.51
	BA Stokes	c †Haddin b Lyon	120	256	195	18	1	61.53
	MJ Prior†	c †Haddin b Johnson	26	110	72	3	0	36.11
	TT Bresnan	c Rogers b Johnson	12	66	40	1	0	30.00
	GP Swann	c Smith b Lyon	4	8	6	1	0	66.66
	SCJ Broad	not out	2	15	7	0	0	28.57
	JM Anderson	c Bailey b Johnson	2	9	8	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 13, lb 13, w 6)	32
	Total	(all out; 103.2 overs)	353	(3.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Cook, 0.1 ov), 2-62 (Carberry, 18.6 ov), 3-76 (Root, 27.3 ov), 4-121 (Pietersen, 39.2 ov),5-220 (Bell, 59.6 ov), 6-296 (Prior, 85.2 ov), 7-336 (Stokes, 98.2 ov), 8-347 (Swann, 100.2 ov), 9-349 (Bresnan, 101.3 ov),10-353 (Anderson, 103.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	19	2	73	1	3.84
	MG Johnson	25.2	6	78	4	3.07	(1w)
	NM Lyon	22	5	70	3	3.18	(1w)
	PM Siddle	26	11	67	1	2.57
	SR Watson	11	1	39	1	3.54