Test cricket's top 10 dead rubber victories

#4 England beat Australia by 225 runs - Sydney, 2003

An away Test win against the World's No.1 team is a special feeling. For England, it was belated as it came in the fifth and final Ashes Test of the 2002-03 series. The Poms were battered in all the four Tests prior to it but that did not spoil their New Year plans at the SCG.

They matched Australia at every step in the first innings, despite Steve Waugh's famous century in which he struck a boundary on the final ball of Day 2 to reach the landmark.

However, they went ahead in the game courtesy Michael Vaughan's 183. Australia were set a daunting target of 452 to win and fell short by a huge 225-run margin. Andy Caddick's 10-wicket haul ensured that England avoided the humiliation of a whitewash.