Australia Win First Ashes Test Against England By 251 runs

The win gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series.

Australia's Nathan Lyon (2nd L) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of England's Ben Stokes during play on the fifth day of the first Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham, central England on August 5, 2019. (Photo by Lindsey Parnaby / AFP)

Birmingham: Australia crushed England by 251 runs to win the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston on Monday. The hosts chasing a target of 398 to win, collapsed to 146 on the last day. Australian off-spinner Nathan Lyon scalped 6-49 while pacer Pat Cummins 4-32. For England, Chris Woakes (37) scored the maximum rains but he lost his wicket to Cummins. The win gave Australia a 1-0 lead in the five-match Test series. Earlier, Steve Smith's second century in the Test helped Australia to give England a daunting task of 398 runs to win the Ashes opener. The highest total England had chased was 332, back in 1928/29. The second Test between the two sides begins on August 14 at the Lord's in London.