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- Australia's emphatic victory at the Oval makes it 4-1
 Fifth Test, England v Australia, Kennington Oval, London
23,24,25,26,27 August 2001 (5-day match)
Result: Australia win by an innings and 25 runs
Series: Australia win the 5-Test series 4-1
Toss: Australia
Umpires: RE Koertzen (SA) and P Willey, TV Umpire: MJ Kitchen, Match Referee: Talat Ali (Pak)4th Umpire - AA Jones ,
Scorers: K R Booth and A E Weld.
Test Debut: J Ormond (Eng).
MAN of the MATCH: SK Warne.
AUSTRALIA 1st Innings
ML Hayden c Trescothick b Tufnell 68
JL Langer retired hurt 102
RT Ponting c Atherton b Ormond 62
ME Waugh b Gough 120
*SR Waugh not out 157
+AC Gilchrist c Ramprakash b Afzaal 25
DR Martyn not out 64
Extras (b 10, lb 13, w 1, nb 19) 43
TOTAL (4 wickets declared, 152 overs) 641
DNB: B Lee, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-158 (Hayden, 42.2 ov), 2-292 (Ponting, 72.5 ov), 3-489 (ME Waugh, 123.1 ov), 4-534 (Gilchrist, 134.3 ov).
Bowling-Gough 29 4 113 1 (7nb), Caddick 36 9 146 0 (7nb, 1w), Ormond 34 4 115 1
Tufnell 39 2 174 1 (5nb), Butcher 1 0 2 0, Ramprakash 4 0 19 0, Afzaal 9 0 49 1.
ENGLAND 1st Innings
MA Atherton b Warne 13
ME Trescothick b Warne 55
MA Butcher c Langer b Warne 25
*N Hussain b ME Waugh 52
MR Ramprakash c Gilchrist b McGrath 133
U Afzaal c Gillespie b McGrath 54
+AJ Stewart c Gilchrist b Warne 29
AR Caddick lbw b Warne 0
J Ormond b Warne 18
D Gough st Gilchrist b Warne 24
PCR Tufnell not out 7 Extras (b 3, lb 13, w 1, nb 5) 22
TOTAL (all out, 118.2 overs) 432
FoW: 1-58 (Atherton, 12.4 ov), 2-85 (Trescothick, 18.5 ov), 3-104 (Butcher, 30.1 ov), 4-166 (Hussain, 50.1 ov), 5-255 (Afzaal, 71.6 ov), 6-313 (Stewart, 86.2 ov), 7-313 (Caddick, 86.3 ov), 8-350 (Ormond, 94.5 ov), 9-424 (Ramprakash, 113.3 ov), 10-432 (Gough, 118.2 ov).
Bowling-McGrath 30 11 67 2, Gillespie 20 3 96 0 (3nb, 1w), Warne 44.2 7 165 7 (1nb), Lee 14 1 43 0 (1nb), Ponting 2 0 5 0, ME Waugh 8 0 40 1.
ENGLAND 2nd Innings (following on)
MA Atherton c Warne b McGrath 9
ME Trescothick c & b McGrath 24
MA Butcher c SR Waugh b Warne 14
*N Hussain lbw b Warne 2
MR Ramprakash c Hayden b Warne 19
U Afzaal c Ponting b McGrath 5
+AJ Stewart b Warne 34
AR Caddick b Lee 17
J Ormond c Gilchrist b McGrath 17
D Gough not out 39
PCR Tufnell c Warne b McGrath 0
Extras (lb 2, nb 2) 4
TOTAL (all out, 68.3 overs) 184
FoW: 1-17 (Atherton, 5.3 ov), 2-46 (Butcher, 14.2 ov), 3-48 (Trescothick, 15.5 ov), 4-50 (Hussain, 16.6 ov), 5-55 (Afzaal, 23.5 ov), 6-95 (Ramprakash, 36.2 ov), 7-126 (Stewart, 48.6 ov), 8-126 (Caddick, 49.1 ov), 9-184 (Ormond, 68.1 ov), 10-184 (Tufnell, 68.3 ov).
Bowling-Lee 10 3 30 1, McGrath 15.3 6 43 5 (1nb), Warne 28 8 64 4 (1nb), Ponting 2 0 3 0,Gillespie 12 5 38 0, ME Waugh 1 0 4 0.
On Day One, Thursday. JL Langer retired hurt at 236/1 having scored 102* off 186 ballsin the 60.4 ov, struck on the helmet by a bouncer from Caddick, 5pm local time). Although he expressed the wish to bat again at the fall of a wicket his wish was not granted and so he remained 102* when Australia declared.
SK Warne took his 400th Test wicket with Stewart's dismissal in the England first innings. A Gilchrist took his 100th dismissal when he stumped Gough in England's first innings the fasted ever by a Test wicket keeper beating Boucher of South Africa.
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- McGrath and Warne run through England
- Australia won this match emphaticaly on Monday afternoon bowling England out for a paltry 184. McGrath took another 5 and Warne celebrated with 4. This England batting performance which was bolstered by a top score of 39 from Gough was very disappointing after the hard fought first innings. As England fought in vain to save the follow on there were a number of good innings which gave promise for the future and added substance to the regret that the home side had been without Vaughan and Thorpe as well as Hussain for a crucial two Tests.
Certainly England at times had tested this Australian side but when the chips were down it was almost always the tourists who rose to the occassion and this match made the point as much as at any time in the series.
Australia outplayed England at the Oval revealing much that is still weak in the England side mentally and in terms of skill and strategy.
For the spectators, except for those deprived of play by early finishes, the series provided a great deal of top class entertainment in the best sporting manner.
Steve Waugh will be remembered and celebrated as an outstanding skipper who conducted himself and his team in an exemplary fashion off and on the field.
The final result on Monday seemed quite improbable on a curiously humid and overcast Thursday when Australia won the toss and began cautiously in contrast to the whirlwind Slater effect. Despite the forecast the weather was very humid and perversely play was suspended for a few drops of rain shortly after noon. On the resumption Hayden survived what looked like the plumbest lbw and if he hit it he was caught. there seemed to be every likelehood that england's bowlers would extract from the conditions serious inroads into the australian top order.
In fact the two openers built up momentum eventually reaching a first wicket stand of 158 when Hayden was caught by Trescothick off Tufnell's bowling.
The Australians were determined to get after Tuffers and both Langer and Ponting were severe on the Middlesex spinner using their feet in exemplary manner.
Langer had just his century when he took a fearful blow to the side of his helmet off a Caddick bouncer and left the field rather the worse for wear. ponting edged one from debutant Ormonde to slip where Atherton held the catch. that was the sum of England's success on day one.
By the time the umpires offered the batsmen the light the brothers Waugh had taken the score to 324-2 -2 off 82 overs.
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- England have called up the country's leading spin bowler for the fifth and final match at the Oval while Australia is reputed to have replaced Langer for the out of form Slater.
The lack of a serious spinner has been a sore point for most England supporters but also the England skipper. the endless explanation for Tufnell's exclusion has been that the Middlesex spinner is still a difficult person to have in the Team. In other words a disruptive influence. That is a major admission of failure by the England management and is not really in step with the professed new professionalism of the England set up.
As slow bowlers go Tufnell is far and away better than anyone else in UK. Furthermore he takes a lot of wickets with variations of his subtle flight rather than because pitches are 'turners'.
Hopefully his selection means he will play but at whose expense. The squad includes Ormond from Leicestershire who spins and bats in addition to his swing pace bowling. Also in the squad ares Croft and Johnson left out last time. Perhaps after the last test England will feel confident enough to leave out the seventh batsman which would be tough for Usman.
Australia have won the series despite playing only four bowlers and a top order batting which has been out of form. It is rumoured that Langer will be given a chance against England ahead of Slater. However Langer is in even worse form than Slater which reveals curious thinking.
The unexpected victory by England at Headingley has lifted the nation especially cricket lovers. It has also helped resurrect 'Ashes' cricket which looked to be in danger of Darlek like "extermination".
Mark Butcher's innings has been a wonderful tonic to cricket in UK and thus brings to the Oval Test an edge not anticipated a week ago. Australia have their supremacy to reassert and England have to show Monday's victory was no fluke.
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