Nathan Lyon has captured a long-awaited 400th test wicket and spun Australia to a comprehensive victory in the first Ashes test in Brisbane, as England lost eight wickets in a stunning collapse on day four.
Resuming on 220/2 with the match still within their grasp, England were bowled out for 297, leaving Australia needing only 20 runs to win after lunch.
The Aussies took just 31 balls to achieve that target, losing opener Alex Carey in the process. Fellow opener Marcus Harris found the boundary for the winning runs off the first ball of Mark Wood's brief spell.
Lyon, who finished with 4/91 for the second innings, was stranded on 399 wickets since the series-deciding defeat to India in January at the same venue, but wasted no time turning the contest on its head.
In his second over, the shaven-headed 34-year-old deceived Dawid Malan (82) with a sharply-dipping ball that produced a bat-pad catch to Marnus Labuschagne in close.
That broke a crucial 162-run stand Malan had built with captain Joe Root on day three that had frustrated Australia's bowlers and stretched into a third session.
England promptly lost three wickets for 11 runs, with a fired-up Cameron Green having Root caught for 89, the England skipper denied a maiden hundred in Australia yet again.
Lyon had Ollie Pope caught for four by Steve Smith at slip with a ball that exploded out of the Gabba pitch to catch the middle-order batsman's edge.
Ben Stokes and Jos Buttler combined for a 32-run partnership, before Australia captain Pat Cummins intervened, squaring up Stokes with a short ball that sent an edge flying to Green at gully.
Lyon nabbed his third wicket, when Ollie Robinson top-edged an attempted reverse-sweep and then his fourth by bowling Wood.
Green completed England's humiliation with his second wicket by having Chris Woakes caught behind for 16 to wrap up the innings.
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