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He will play the final Test at The Oval on August 20 before the curtain comes down on a distinguished career.

An England win inside two days looked possible at one stage, but they will have to return today to finish the job.

The England team celebrates as Mark Wood bowls out Australia’s Nathan Lyon to wrap up the fourth Test and seize the Ashes series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham on Saturday.

Stokes had not even bowled during Australia’s first innings when Stuart Broad’s eight-wicket haul blew Australia away for 60 on day one of this fourth Test.

Mitchell Starc was out for 11, making it 119-9, falling in Broad’s wicket maiden.

Ben Stokes’s five-wicket haul left England on the verge of an Ashes-clinching win after the second day of the fourth Test at Trent Bridge on Friday (August 7).

No wonder many Australia players have likened Anderson’s injury to the moment Australia pace great Glenn McGrath trod on a stray ball before the start of the 2005 Edgbaston Test and was ruled out with an ankle injury which also sidelined him from the fourth Test of that...

England bowler James Anderson will miss the rest of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston and the fourth Test at Trent Bridge because of a side strain.

In reply Alastair Cook and Adam Lyth survived two overs to go in 4-0, leaving 117 more runs to get if they are to go 2-1 up in the series.

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.

Finn, who wasn’t a regular choice for the Ashes 2015 and came as a substitute in the playing XI for injured Mark Wood, has shown that his hard work has brought him back to the ideal line and length that helped him in becoming the youngest English player to bag 50 Test wickets.

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.

England’s momentum was stifled to some extent in the afternoon as David Warner flashed his blade but even the lively left-hander is vulnerable and his innings ended on 77 when his side still needed 34 to avoid an innings defeat inside two days.

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”.

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.