5 quickest Test match wins ever

England Captain Monty Bowden
England Captain Monty Bowden

#3 England beat Australia, Manchester, 1888

English cricketer Billy Barnes
English batsman Billy Barnes

This happened in the third test of the same series. Australia won the first test by 61 runs and England leveled the series by an innings and 137 runs. In the final game of the series, England won the toss and elected to bat first at Manchester.

England made 172 runs in their first innings and Australia were dismissed for 81 runs in their first outing. Following on, Australia's top four batsmen were dismissed for 0 and their innings folded for just 70.

Only two of their batsmen reached a double-digit score in the second innings. England won the game by an innings and 21 runs and clinched the series 2-1. The game finished in just 131.2 overs.

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