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Snapshot for day five of third Ashes Test

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*Result: Australia win by an innings and 41 runs. Australia lead 3-0 in the series

*Score: England 403 and 218. Australia 9(dec)-662

* Man of the moment: Josh Hazlewood. The 26-year-old finished with 5-48 for the innings. Firstly, he snared the key scalp of Jonny Bairstow in the second over of the day. And then he ended Dawid Malan's resistance when the batsman gloved him down the leg side. Both strikes were critical in ending any hope of England saving the Test.

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* Key moment: Could England survive the wet patch? England skipper Joe Root wasn't happy with the state of the pitch, and he would have been fuming after seeing Bairstow get clean bowled. Hazlewood's delivery skidded on to hit the off-stump, setting the scene for an Australian victory.

* Stat of the day: 3-0. Australia's unassailable lead in the Ashes.

* Summary: Rain and a mysterious wet patch on the WACA deck looked set to deny Australia's push for victory. The rain eventually cleared, but it was the wet patch caused by the dodgy overnight covering of the pitch that proved to be the biggest stumbling block. Hazlewood's dismissal of Bairstow got the ball rolling. And when he snared the wicket of Dawid Malan for 54 before tea, it left England with only three tail-end wickets in hand.

* Quote of the day: "They cocked up." A frank assessment by English great Geoff Boycott about the WACA groundstaff in reference to how rain managed to sneak underneath the covers and onto the WACA wicket.

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