England’s James Anderson is bowled by Australia’s Josh Hazlewood on the fourth day of the second Ashes Test match between England and Australia, at Lord’s cricket ground in London on July 19.Kirsty Wigglesworth/The Associated Press
Australia dealt England a humiliating Ashes defeat at Lord's on Sunday, winning by 405 runs to level the five-match series and deliver a wounding defeat from which England may struggle to recover. The match ended more than a day early after Australia dominated every session since Thursday's start to crush England.
"Full credit to Australia," said England captain Alastair Cook. "They got on top of us on the first day and never let us up again."
First, Australia batted and amassed 566-8 declared thanks to major innings from Chris Rogers and a double century from Steve Smith, and then bowled England out for 312.
The tourists declared just before lunch on Sunday after a quickfire 254-2 in their second innings to set England a massive 509 runs to win. It was clear England would struggle, but the team collapsed in ignominious fashion to 103 all out as Australia's rampant bowling attack exposed serious flaws in England's batting.
"It's not good enough, just not acceptable," Cook said. "We have been totally outplayed for 4 days."
The series is now level 1-1 with three matches to play.
The third Test begins on July 29 in Birmingham.