Ashes 2015 - 1st Test Highlights: England Beat Australia by 169 Runs

England won by 169 runs
Player of the match - JE Root (England)

Joe Root helped England wrap up the win

Set a target of 412 to win, the Australian batsmen failed to put up a fight and allowed England to register a 169-run win in the first Ashes Test on Saturday.

England 430 (Root 134, Moeen 77, Starc 5-114) and 289 (Bell 60, Root 60, Lyon 4-75) beat

Australia 308 (Rogers 95, Anderson 3-43) and 242 (Johnson 77, Warner 52, Broad 3-39, Moeen 3-59) by 169 runs

Close of play
- day 1 - England 1st innings 343/7 (MM Ali 26*, SCJ Broad 0*, 88 ov)
- day 2 - Australia 1st innings 264/5 (SR Watson 29*, NM Lyon 6*, 70 ov)
- day 3 - England 2nd innings 289 (MA Wood 32*, 70.1 ov)

Toss - England, who chose to bat
Series - England led the 5-match series 1-0
Umpires - HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and M Erasmus (South Africa)
TV umpire - CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Match referee - RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire - NGB Cook

Source: BBC / Yahoo Sport / ESPNcricinfo