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“Four England batsmen made half-centuries on another sweltering day of their opening tour match at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, including three from the champion county side Yorkshire”.

Earlier, a ninth-wicket stand of 57 between Moeen Ali and Mark Wood saved just a few, but not many, of England’s blushes before the same pair both fell to Johnson in a fitting anti-climax to an unsatisfactory batting display.

Australia’s Head Coach Darren Lehmann, left, and Michael Clarke, right, in conversation after England beat Australia by an innings and 78 runs to win the Ashes during day three of the fourth Ashes Test cricket match, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England, Saturday, August 8 2015.

Clarke resigned on Saturday although he will play in the final fifth and final Test match of the series after last week, saying he had no intention of doing so.

England captain Alastair Cook shakes hands with Australian skipper Michael Clarke after the fourth Ashes Test match following England’s series clinching victory at Trent Bridge on Saturday.

(Picture: Reuters)Victory tasted so sweet for Cook’s men!

It was the first time that two England bowlers had taken six-wicket hauls in the same Ashes Test since Botham and Bob Willis each achieved the feat in the extraordinary “500/1 match” at Headingley in 1981, where England defied the odds to win after following-on. An...

Australia have made couple of changes for this Test. Shane Watson, who had a horrid time with the bat in 1st Test misses out and all-rounder Mitchell Marsh is set to take his place.