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Finn then made it two in two balls by taking the wicket of Adam Voges to leave the home fans delirious.

The hosts wrapped up an eight-wicket win well inside three days at Edgbaston to go 2-1 up with two to play.

Nevill should have been out for 53, brilliantly caught down the leg side by Jos Buttler, but England’s lack of remaining reviews cost Stuart Broad what would have been his 300th Test wicket. “It was a tough week after Lord’s”.

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...

Middlesex fast bowler Steven Finn, in his first Test in two years, followed up in the second innings with a Test-best six for 79.

But Anderson s injury could hamper England s bid to go 2-1 up in the five-match Ashes series on Friday as bowling substitutes are not allowed under cricket s rules or Laws, although a replacement fielder is permitted.

Steven Finn ripped through hapless Australia to claim 5-45 and put England on the brink of an astonishing victory on day two of the third Ashes Test, at Edgbaston.

Joe Root with 63 top-scored for England who were boosted by an entertaining eighth-wicket stand of 87 between Moeen Ali (59) and Broad (31). “I used to put myself under a huge amount of pressure when I went out there and played”, Finn said.

England fast bowler Steven Finn said it felt “fantastic” to be back among the wickets in Test cricket after taking England to the verge of an Ashes victory at Edgbaston on Thursday.

The Middlesex paceman had been in the wilderness, so far as Test duty had been concerned, after being dropped following an off-target spell in the 2013 Ashes series opener at Trent Bridge.

England director of cricket Andrew Strauss denied requesting slow strips for the five-Test series, a ploy that has played into Australia’s hands, according to coach Trevor Bayliss.

Without those runs, England probably wouldn’t have won. “But they can only cheer a side who are playing good cricket”.

The England quicks bowled wide outside off stump to Smith for much of his double-century in the last Ashes Test at Lord’s, trying to induce a careless waft in the hopes of finding his outside edge.

Michael Clarke’s batting woes continued to point out no indicators of easing ahead of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston subsequent week because the Australian skipper was dismissed cheaply for sixteen on day one of the tour match towards Derbyshire.

The most any side have made to win an Ashes Test is Australia´s 404 for three against England at Headingley back in 1948 when Arthur Morris scored 182 and Donald Bradman an unbeaten 173.