Nathan Lyon has spun Australia to a remarkable comeback victory in the first Ashes test at Edgbaston, where the tourists prevailed by 251 runs midway through day five.
The scalp of Joe Root was the highlight of Lyon's haul of 6/49, while the offspinner celebrated his 350th test dismissal soon after lunch, when Ben Stokes edged a ball that turned and bounced violently.
Jason Roy and Joe Denly also fell to Lyon, who was on a hat-trick, after removing Moeen Ali and Stuart Broad with consecutive balls.
Root was the most imposing obstruction standing between the visitors and a 1-0 series lead, after Tim Paine declared at 487/7 on day four, setting the hosts a target of 398.
England's captain departed amid a 37/6 collapse that ruined England's hopes of salvaging a draw.
Root, who punched the bat after offering bat-pad Cameron Bancroft a sharp catch, will wonder where it all went wrong, after England twice relinquished the upper hand in the series opener.
The most obvious answer is Steve Smith, who scored 144 and 142 in his "dream" test comeback, after a year-long ban.
The hosts reduced Australia to 122/8 on day one, only for Smith to somehow build a total of 284.
England then claimed a first-innings lead of 90 runs and had Australia 27/2, only for Smith to come to the rescue again.
Fittingly, the game ended with the ball landing in the safe hands of Smith at second slip, with Chris Woakes becoming the third batsman to fall victim to a bouncer from Pat Cummins (4/32).
Cummins and Lyon created chaos, celebrating milestones, while grabbing all 10 wickets, as Australia took a major step in pursuit of their first test series win in England since 2001.
Lyon is now three wickets short of equalling Dennis Lillee's mark of 355 test scalps, which would leave Shane Warne (708) and Glenn McGrath (563) as the only Australians with more prolific records.
Jonny Bairstow, who unsuccessfully reviewed his dismissal after a short ball flicked the wristband of the glove and sailed to Bancroft at third slip, became the 100th wicket of Cummins' test career.
Cummins completed the achievement in his 21st test, leaving Charlie Turner as the only Australian paceman to have done it in fewer matches.
As predicted by Smith and teammates, Lyon always loomed as the man most likely to ignite a collapse on a wearing pitch offering plenty of turn.
But the wheels finally started to fall off for England in the 22nd over of the innings, when one-day opener Roy threw away his wicket by attempting to charge the tweaker.
Roy was clean bowled in a fashion that suggested his transition to test cricket wouldn't be successful, while Denly was bamboozled to a point where he wasted a review, after edging the ball onto his pads and straight to Bancroft.
Australia's victory was their first test win in Birmingham since 2001, the same year they most recently lifted the Ashes on English soil.
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