Dominant Australia beat England in Hobart Test to seal the Ashes series 4-0

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Australia continued their domination over arch-rivals England in the Ashes 2021-22, defeating the visitors by 146 runs in the fifth and final Test at Bellerive Oval in Hobart to seal the series 4-0.

Though, England seemed to be on their way to a win for the first time in the series when fast bowler Mark Wood destroyed the Aussie batting unit. Wood picked a six-wicket haul to help the tourists bundle out hosts for just 155 runs in their second innings.

Chasing 271, English openers Zak Crawley and Rory Burns gave their side a decent start, putting up a partnership of 68 runs. But once Cameron Green dismissed Burns on the stroke of tea, it opened the floodgates as England got all out for just 124, to lose the contest by 146 runs. Green finished with 3 for 21, while Scott Boland and Pat Cummins also picked up three scalps each.

Brief Scores:

Australia 303 (Travis Head 101, Cameron Green 74; Stuart Broad 3/59) and 155 (Alex Carey 49; Mark Wood 6/37) beat England 188 (Chris Woakes 36; Pat Cummins 4/45) and 124 (Zak Crawley 36; Scott Boland 3/18, Cameron Green 3/21) by 146 runs.

Notably, the home team had earlier won the Tests in Brisbane, Adelaide and Melbourne to retain the urn, while the fourth match in Sydney was ended in a draw.

Here is how Twitter reacted:

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Brisbane: AUS by nine wickets
Adelaide: AUS by 275 runs
Melbourne: AUS by an innings & 14 runs
Sydney: Draw
Hobart: AUS by 146 runs#Ashes pic.twitter.com/qyGTHLZmzY

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2022

What a series!! 🇦🇺 So proud to be a part of this group. #Ashes pic.twitter.com/9MEZcmiBVn

— Marnus Labuschagne (@marnus3cricket) January 16, 2022

The celebrations continue for Australia 🥳 #Ashes pic.twitter.com/ecc2y16KSf

— ICC (@ICC) January 16, 2022

Well played to @patcummins30 and Australia. Proper team effort that #ashes

— Isa Guha (@isaguha) January 16, 2022

Congratulations @patcummins30 and Justin Langer on such a convincing series win. Quality all round performance from a team you feel will only get better. #Ashes

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) January 16, 2022

Cam Green is exceptional !! #Ashes

— Michael Vaughan (@MichaelVaughan) January 16, 2022

Let’s see WHAT the @englandcricket bosses do about English batting. This has been there for everyone to see for years!
Don’t blame the players, it’s the system!

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) January 16, 2022

England have perfected the art of a batting collapse really. Credit to them! 👏🏼 #ashes

— Georgie Parker (@georgieparker) January 16, 2022

What a series win. Total domination. And it didn’t matter who Australia brought in, they did brilliant. Bowling depth looking very strong here. Congrats Aussie lads. Thank you England lads for coming down under in trying times! #Ashes pic.twitter.com/k0wUzeeGf9

— Chloe-Amanda Bailey (@ChloeAmandaB) January 16, 2022

Congratulations @CricketAus @patcummins30 on an amazing Ashes Series 🙌🏽💛💚#Ashes #AUSvsENG #Ashes2021

— Fawad Ahmed (@bachaji23) January 16, 2022

Australia’s wins in D/N Tests

2015:NZ by 3 wkts
2016:SA by 7 wkts
2016:PAK by 39 runs
2017:ENG by 120 runs
2019:SL by an inns & 40 runs
2019:PAK by an inns & 48 runs
2019:NZ by 296 runs
2020:IND by 8 wkts
2021:ENG by 275 runs
2022:ENG by 146 runs

Won all 10 D/N Tests #Ashes

— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) January 16, 2022

Australia in day-night men’s Tests
Won 10, Draw 0, Lost 0

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon are the only common players in all these matches.#Ashes #AUSvENG

— Kausthub Gudipati (@kaustats) January 16, 2022

Pat Cummins’ wickets in the #Ashes

2017-18: 23 at 24
2019: 29 at 19
2021-22: 21 at 18

Total: 73 at 20.75

— Adam Burnett (@AdamBurnett09) January 16, 2022

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