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His record at The Oval is less stellar – 35 wickets at 33 – but his loss would be a huge boon for the Australians, who this afternoon were fighting to cling on in the third Test at Edgbaston.

England find themselves on the brink of victory in the third Ashes Test after Steven Finn took five wickets on an unbelievable day at Edgbaston.

England will aim to seal the five-match series after taking a 2-1 lead following an eight-wicket win over title holders Australia in Birmingham.

England spearhead James Anderson has been ruled out of the fourth Ashes Test, and will miss the remainder of the Edgbaston Test with a side strain.

Bowling 33 overs without success in England’s second test defeat by Australia at Lord’s knocked the confidence of paceman James Anderson who returned to form with a bang yesterday.

Clarke wasn’t alone in failing here, with Nevill so far the only Australian to bat more than 100 balls despite what Warner called a “fantastic batting wicket”.

An inspired spell of 5 for 45 from comeback man Steven Finn put England on the verge of a massive victory in the third Test against Australia at Edgbaston on Thursday (July 30).

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

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.

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.