THE ASHES, 2015

Siddle sends Clarke into sunset with consolation win

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Moeen Ali (right) and Stuart Broad both lost their wickets to recalled Australia bowler Peter Siddle
Moeen Ali (right) and Stuart Broad both lost their wickets to recalled Australia bowler Peter Siddle © Cricbuzz
Stuart Broad is bowled by Peter Siddle (not pictured) for 11 in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015
Stuart Broad is bowled by Peter Siddle (not pictured) for 11 in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015 ©Reuters
Peter Siddle celebrates taking the final wicket of Moeen Ali as Australia wrap up victory in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015
Peter Siddle celebrates taking the final wicket of Moeen Ali as Australia wrap up victory in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015 ©Reuters

Australia sent captain Michael Clarke into international retirement with an innings and 46-run victory in the fifth and final Ashes Test at The Oval on Sunday.Even so England, who had already regained the Ashes, won the series 3-2 with Clarke the first Australian in more than a century to be on the losing side in four successive Ashes series in Britain.

When impressive paceman Peter Siddle had Moeen Ali (35) caught behind, England, following-on, had been dismissed for 286 in their second innings.Siddle, only playing after Josh Hazlewood was injured, bowled with both pace and control on his way to innings figures of four for 35 in 24.4 overs -- including 12 maidens.

Siddle's return made the experienced 30-year-old seamer's omission from the previous four Tests all the more surprising.Australia's victory on Sunday meant none of the Tests in this Ashes had gone to a fifth day -- a testament to the general lack of batting resilience in both sides.This series equalled the fewest days in a Test series of five or more matches of five or more scheduled days each of 18 that took place when England faced the West Indies in 2000. It also set a new record, in terms of days played, for an Ashes series of five or more matches of five or more days each.

Australia, after losing the toss at The Oval, piled up 481. This included captain-elect Steven Smith's 143 -- an innings which saw the eventual man-of-the-match become the first Australian to score more than 500 runs in an Ashes series in England since Matthew Elliott in 1997.It was a far more resolute first-innings batting display than in the fourth Test at Trent Bridge where Australia collapsed to 60 all out, with Stuart Broad taking eight for 15, to set up England's Ashes-clinching innings and 78-run victory.

At The Oval, several England batsmen contributed to their own dismissal with poor strokes as the recalled pair of Siddle and Mitchell Marsh both took wickets in a meagre total of 149 all out.Play resumed Sunday beneath grey skies and it was not long before the floodlights were switched on.The question was could England hold on long enough for the forecast bad weather to help them in their quest for a draw.

England started Sunday on 203 for six, still 129 runs behind, having suffered the blow of losing captain Alastair Cook late on Saturday for 85 after his marathon innings of more than five-and-a-half hours was ended when the left-handed opener fell to part-time leg-spinner Smith.Jos Buttler was 33 not out andnight-watchmanMark Wood nought not out.Australia took the new ball and soon had a breakthrough when Siddle, playing his first match of this series, had Wood lbw for six.England's 221 for seven was soon transformed into 223 for eight after Buttler, on 42, tamely chipped all-rounder Marsh low to Mitchell Starc at mid-off.The wicket-keeper batted for just short of two-and-a-half hours, facing 107 balls with four fours for his highest score of a poor series with the bat.

Rain halted play for more than two hours but merely delayed Australia's victory.Five minutes after play re-started, Siddle bowled Broad (11) and then dismissed Ali to ensure Australia opener Chris Rogers, also retiring after this match, ended his Test career on a winning note as well. Rogers was named Australia's Man of the Series after scoring 480 runs at an average of 60, with England batsman Joe Root (460 runs at 57.50 including two hundreds) winning the Compton-Miller medal as the overall player of the series.

Peter Siddle celebrates taking the final wicket of Moeen Ali as Australia wrap up victory in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015
Peter Siddle celebrates taking the final wicket of Moeen Ali as Australia wrap up victory in the fifth Ashes test at The Oval on August 23, 2015 ©Reuters
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