Perfect ending for Broad and England

Stuart Broad delivered a fitting finale to his cricket career by taking the last two wickets to clinch England a series-tying victory on Day 5 of the fifth Ashes Test against Australia on Monday. An Ashes series that had pretty much everything ended with one last dramatic twist as England produced a stirring recovery in the final session to dismiss the Australians - who were chasing 384 to win the series 3-1 - for 334 and earn a 49-run victory at The Oval.
It was Broad who finished off the tourists, removing Todd Murphy and Alex Carey to take his career tally of wickets to 604 - fourth on the all-time list. The 37-year-old pacer announced that he would be retiring after this Test and he got a perfect ending.
The Australians slumped from 264-3, losing their last seven wickets for 70 runs and still haven’t won an Ashes series in England since 2001. They’ll return Down Under with the urn because, as the holders, they didn’t lose the series but will see this as a big opportunity squandered after taking a 2-0 lead following wins in the first two Tests.
As for the English, they will rue the rain that denied them a likely victory in the fourth Test at Old Trafford - and therefore a chance at completing a series win at The Oval - but the team’s recovery in a six-week stretch of five Tests was another validation of its “Bazball” approach that is winning fans, if not quite the biggest series of them all.