England completed a crushing 347-run victory over Australia with a day to spare in the second Ashes Test on Sunday to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Set 583 runs to level the series, Australia succumbed for 235 in their second innings with four balls remaining on the fourth day.
England off-spinner Graeme Swann, who was again the pick of the bowlers, secured the victory when he dismissed James Pattinson lbw for 35 after a battling last wicket stand with Ryan Harris (16 not out).
Swann finished with four for 78 to give him match figures of nine for 122.
Captain Michael Clarke (51) and Usman Khawaja (54) put on 98 for the fourth wicket to give their team a glimmer of hope of at least surviving until Monday.
But Joe Root, who missed the opportunity of becoming only the second Englishman to score a double hundred in an Ashes test at Lord's when he was caught for 180, dismissed them both in consecutive overs with his occasional off-spin.
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Clarke and Khawaja batted throughout most of the afternoon session before Clarke flicked an innocuous Root delivery straight to England captain Alastair Cook at leg-slip.
Khawaja followed in Root's next over when a ball spun sharply away from the left-hander out of the rough, caught the edge of the bat and carried to James Anderson at second slip. Clarke had earlier survived a peppering from Stuart Broad, who hit him on the chest, shoulder and finally on the helmet.
The Australian captain, who rarely hooks and whose long-standing back injury makes it difficult for him to duck, survived the barrage and used his quick footwork to nullify the threat of Swann at the Nursery end.
Khawaja, one of five left-handers in the Australian lineup, looked controlled and compact, playing Swann from the crease and hooking Broad for two boundaries.
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