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
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.
