1986/87 - Fifth Test, Sydney 10, 11, 12, 14 & 15 January Australia won by 55 runs

Australia 343 all out Dean Jones 184* Gladstone Small 5 for 75 England 275 all out David Gower 72 John Emburey 69 Peter Taylor 6 for 78 Australia 251 all out Steve Waugh 73 John Emburey 7 for 78 England 264 all out Mike Gatting 96 Peter Sleep 5-72

The Ashes may have been lost but Australia refused to roll over and die.

The hosts made three changes and reaped reward with a determined performance founded on an unbeaten 184 from Dean Jones. The next highest score was 34.

But while his efforts helped the hosts to a first innings lead, it was the spin twins Peter Taylor and Peter Sleep who cemented the win.

On a turning track the pair took 13 wickets, which proved unlucky for England who lost by 55 runs.

Greg Ritchie and Dirk Wellham came into the side for thir final Tests, but it was Taylor's call up that caused consternation.

The team was in a state of crisis and the selectors felt the answer was to pluck an unknown, 30-year-old off-spinner on the fringe of the New South Wales side from obscurity.

There had to be some mistake and opinion suggested they had meant to call on Mark Taylor instead.

But Peter it was and he duly took the plaudits for his performance with both bat and ball as Australia recorded their first win in 15 matches - a record run of reverses for the Baggy Greens.

Despite a lack of support, Jones, who scored more than 50% of his side's score, put England under pressure for the first time in the series and the bowlers followed suit.

Taylor took six wickets before adding a crucial 98 for the eighth wicket, alongside Steve Waugh, in Australia's second innings.

Equally significant was a missed stumping when Waugh, in the first of his nine Ashes series, was on 15. He took advantage and was finally out to John Emburey for 73, one of the spinner's seven victims.

Needing 320 to win, England decided against safety-first tactics and were making good progress on the final afternoon, five wickets in hand with 90 needed.

But then Waugh broke a 131-run partnership between Mike Gatting and Jack Richards in the first over after tea and England soon subsided.

Taylor's spin partner Sleep took up the challenge and Australia closed out the match with an over to spare, the last five batsmen falling for just 31 runs.

Taylor and Sleep, as well as their England spin counterpart Emburey, all finished with their best innings bowling figures in Test cricket.