Australia have won the second Ashes Test by 43 runs at Lord’s Cricket Ground on Sunday.
The visitors now lead the series by 2-0.
Chasing the target of 371 in their second innings, England were dealt a devastating blow as the Aussies’ bowling attack of Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins sent four English batters back to the pavilion at just 45 runs.
Zak Crawley, Ollie Pope and Harry Brook couldn’t get into double digits while Joe Root was removed for 18 runs.
Coming to bat at 45-4, Ben Stokes became the wall standing between the English collapse and the Australian bowling attack.
The English skipper built a 108-run partnership with Stuart Broad and things seemed to be going their way but the Aussies got a breakthrough as Josh Hazlewood removed Stokes after a staggering innings of 155 off 214 with 18 boundaries.
Earlier on day five, controversy surfaced after the English wicketkeeper-batter Jonny Bairstow was run out in a bizarre way by Alex Carey.
An altercation also took place between the celebrating Aussies and the shocked Englishmen as Stokes had a heated exchange of words with Cummins.
The Lord’s crowd got charged up after the incident and booed the Aussies for a larger part of the game.
Steve Smith was named the Player of the Match for his 110 in the first innings, by completing which he also scored his 32nd Test century and reached 11,000 runs in Test Cricket. Meanwhile, with 180 runs in two innings, Duckett remained the top-scorer for England
The Aussies can clinch the series by winning the next Test in Headingly.
Men’s Ashes Schedule
Third Test (Clean Slate Headingley) - Thursday, July 6 - Monday, July 10
Fourth Test (Emirates Old Trafford) - Wednesday, July 19 - Sunday, July 23
Fifth Test (The Kia Oval) - Thursday, July 27 - Monday, July 31