Australia stuns England to win 1st test by 251 runs
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Australia beat England by 251 runs to win the first Ashes test at Edgbaston yesterday.
England, set an imposing target of 398 to win, collapsed to 97-7 in the post-lunch session on the fifth and final day before being bowled out for 146. Offspinner Nathan Lyon took 6-49 and fast bowler Pat Cummins 4-32 as Australia enjoyed its first win in all formats at Edgbaston since 2001 — the last time the visitors won an Ashes series in England. Defeat for the hosts ended a run of 11 successive international wins at their Birmingham ‘fortress’. The match was a personal triumph for Australia’s Steve Smith, who in his first test since a 12-month ban for his role in a ball-tampering scandal, scored 144 and 142. The second of five tests starts at Lord’s, London, on August 14.
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