If ever there were any pending doubts about the brittleness of a team that has shown steady enough signs of a perpetual decline, then the results at the Ashes seem to have eradicated all of that. Australia’s 2-1 loss

LONDON: Andrew Flintoff took five wickets as England finally ended their 75-year wait for an Ashes victory at Lord's with a 115-run win over Australia on the final day of the second Test on Monday.

WINNING the Ashes will be as easy as 1-2-3, according to Matthew Hayden, the former Australia opening batsman, who sees the battle between his heirs and the England opening trio as crucial to the destiny of the series.