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Jonny Weeks

Ashes 2013-14: England are defeated by Australia on day five - in pictures

sport: Australia v England - Second Test: Day 5
England start the day needing one of three things, none of which are likely to happen: (a) for their tail-enders to survive 540 deliveries; (b) for the tail-enders to score a lot of runs; or (c) for a massive storm to hit Adelaide. There has been a brief delay due to a light shower, but play eventually gets under way and Stuart Broad smashes a six … hang on a minute Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images
sport: Australia v England - Second Test: Day 5
Normal service is resumed when Broad attempts the same shot against Peter Siddle and hits it straight to Nathan Lyon on the boundary Photograph: Robert Cianflone/Getty Images
sport: Australia v England - Second Test: Day 5
Mitchell Johnson fires down a ferocious delivery at Matt Prior. Prior is one of the few bright spots in the England innings and will eventually go on to make 69 Photograph: Morne de Klerk/Getty Images
sport: England's Graeme Swann (C) walks back to
Graeme Swann doesn't last long - he's caught at second slip by Michael Clarke off a Ryan Harris delivery. The Aussie fans are waiting ready to banter him on his way back to the pavillion Photograph: SAEED KHAN/AFP/Getty Images
sport: Australia v England - Second Test: Day 5
Monty Panesar joins James Anderson at the crease, but within seven balls he bites the dust and it's all over. Ryan Harris grabs the final wicket to sweep England out for 312. Australia win by 218 runs Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images
sport: Australia v England - Second Test: Day 5
Joy for the Aussies, whose two crushing wins have given them a 2-0 lead in the Ashes, and who now have a very realistic chance of wrapping up the series in Perth Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images
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Alastair Cook shakes hands with the man who caused so much damage in this Test, Mitchell Johnson. If Johnson keeps up this kind of form throughout the series, England could be looking at a whitewash Photograph: Jason O'Brien/Action Images
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