England captain Ben Stokes stuck to his guns despite criticism of his fearless 'Bazball' approach and feels vindicated after his side levelled the Ashes series on a dramatic final day.
Australia were well-placed at 264-3, chasing a mammoth 384 to win, and even had they come away with just a draw, that would have been enough to secure a 2-1 series success.
But instead they suffered a dramatic collapse after a lengthy rain delay on the fifth day at The Oval. Stuart Broad took the final two wickets as England won by 49 runs to pull level at 2-2.
England started the series against Australia confident their gung-ho approach would work even against the newly crowned world Test champions.
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