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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).

Australia haven’t suffered the embarrassment of giving up a lead on day one since the 2010 Boxing Day Test, when England rolled them for 98 en route to the victory that ensured they’d retain the urn.

Ian Bell made his second half-century of the match and born again paceman Steven Finn was named man-of-the-match as England yesterday made up for their 405 rounds hammering last time out at Lord’s by crushing the Aussies by eight wickets to go 2-1 up in front of a deafening...

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

Clarke said 66-Test veteran Haddin would have played at Lord’s if available and leg-spin great Warne, insisted, while commentating on television at Edgbaston, that he should have been selected for the third Test.

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.

England cruised to an eight-wicket win in the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston to take a 2-1 lead in the series.

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.

Recalled paceman Steve Finn snared the scalp of Nevill to finish with career-best figures of 6-79 in the second dig.

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.