Australia won by 185 runs
PLAYER OF THE MATCH : Steven Smith
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Paine becomes the first Australian captain to bring the Ashes home from English shores since Steve Waugh in 2001. What a moment for him. Although it does take some of the shine off the Oval Test, with the fate of the urn already decided, taking some points off this series - as a whole - compared to the one in 2005. It was too good to be true anyway. Regardless, we've had a blast bringing you the coverage. Hope you've enjoyed it as well. This is Sagar Chawla signing off on behalf of Akshay Maanay, Sriram, Pradeep Krishnamurthy (who gave up a day early, and gave this final day a miss) and our scorer Naga. Laters.
Josh Hazlewood: It is fantastic. The boys fought all the way there. All the bowlers bowled exceptional all day. Patty Cummins was like an engine. Credit to England, they stuck at it the whole game. It is an awesome feeling. It was about being ready when the captain called - for one or two over bursts, Marnus also produced a wicket. I am good. I am still feeling pretty good. But might be a bit stiff tomorrow. It (winning the Ashes) is huge and obviously the pinnacle in Test cricket. We saw another great Test match here and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a helluva of a last couple of hours. It is a pretty quick turnaround to the last game and we still want to win the series.
Marnus Labuschagne: It's hard to put into words in what it means to bring the urn back to Australia. You think of some of the great series - 2005 obviously England won. This has been up there as one of the best series. It's a privilege to be part of it and today, it showed you that Test cricket is tough. You think that wickets are going to come quickly and then you get guys like Leach and Overton, who kept hanging in there. It was nice to be at the right end today. I was actually at the top of my mark (about Leach's wicket) and the ball before I had dragged it a little short but I trusted myself and got it to spin it hard. I got the length right, it spat and hit leach's glove. It's a great occasion and hard to put into words. I am getting chills in talking about it (Coming in as concussion substitute). It's great to get an opportunity. It's been great to be able to contribute to the side. It is the hardest cricket we've played. Doesn't matter what the situation is, because anything is possible. Both the sides are very competitive. The game can change so quickly, to be part of this is a great feeling and obviously very proud to retain the urn.
Steven Smith: It feels amazing to know the urn is coming home. Incredibly special. I have been here a few times, things haven't gone our way and we haven't performed to our best of ability in 2013 and 2015. To come back here, I always wanted to tick off my bucket list to get the urn over here. Obviously there is another game and we would like to win that. Extremely satisfying. The boys were getting a bit tired out there. But with the new ball we knew the chances would come. At the start of the day we thought if hold on to our eight chances, we would have a good chance. Credit to the way they fought and Overton should great courage in the end. Fortunately the boys got the job done. Absolutely (pleased with his performance). As I said, I wanted to tick this off my bucket list. Incredibly proud of what I have been able to achieve in the series and help the team.
England not having many answers has been a common theme this series, especially when it comes to their batting lineup. But probably more importantly, they've not had any answers - none - for Steve Smith, because the rest of the batsmen have cancelled themselves out between the teams. Shaken up after the concussion at Lord's? You're kidding yourselves. He glided to a double-hundred in the first innings to lay the platform, allowing the quality of Hazlewood, Cummins and Starc to take over. And before long, England found themselves needing a lot of prayers along with some skill on this final day. Wasn't to be. We're rolling out the player interviews as they happen, so you can go through them above.
18:16 Local Time, 17:16 GMT, 22:46 IST: Australian players, watching the review unfold on the screen, erupt into wild celebrations once they see three reds. It's heartbreak for the majority of this Old Trafford crowd. They never stopped believing. But the fact of the matter is that the world has run short of miracles for England. So miracles, as a concept, is safe, after England have kept calling on one after another this summer. Stokes did it at Headingley to keep the Ashes alive. He wasn't there for long today, but it didn't stop the hosts from putting up a fair fight, taking it down to 14 overs on the clock before they eventually yielded to an inarguably better opposition over the course of these four Test matches.
Hazlewood to Craig Overton, out Lbw!! Hazlewood has done it! Australia keep the Ashes with them. There's a review from Overton but don't think it'll matter. This LBW decision looks right in front. And there it is. Length ball that nips in and smashes Overton on the front pad right in front of middle. Craig Overton lbw b Hazlewood 21(105) [4s-2]
Hazlewood to Craig Overton, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!
Hazlewood to Craig Overton, no run, short of length from Hazlewood, Overton is prepared to take it on the body. Was looking to duck but wasn't short enough
Hazlewood to Craig Overton, no run, back of a length delivery on off, blocked
Josh Hazlewood [17.0-5-31-1] is back into the attack
END OF OVER 91
1 Runs
ENG: 197 - 9
0 0 0 1 0 0
Craig Overton
21 (102)
Stuart Broad
0 (3)
Lyon
29-12-51-2
Lyon to Broad, no run, plants the front foot and defends this towards point. Another over ticks by which is met with more applause
Lyon to Broad, no run, plays well inside the line of this off-break, having picked the line to be well outside off. Denies the three men waiting at slips
Lyon to Craig Overton, 1 run, a bit short, Overton slides back and works it round the corner
Lyon to Craig Overton, no run, nice and composed in defence, goes right back in the crease and turns it to short leg. Two short legs have been deployed by Australia, one behind square and one in front
Lyon to Craig Overton, no run, half-step forward from Overton as he defends to short leg
Lyon to Craig Overton, no run, flighted up on off, turned to midwicket
Nathan Lyon [28.0-12-50-2] is back into the attack
END OF OVER 90
0 Runs
ENG: 196 - 9
0 0 0 0 W 0
Craig Overton
20 (98)
Stuart Broad
0 (1)
Labuschagne
4-1-9-1
Labuschagne to Broad, no run, gets a bit greedy, does Labuschagne. He looks to flight it a bit too much and ends up bowling a full toss, Broad comfortably knocks it down the wicket
Stuart Broad, left handed bat, comes to the crease