Nottinghamshire and England seamer Stuart Broad produced a sublime spell of fast bowling as he helped secure an unlikely 74-run win.

With Australia having reached 168-2 just after tea needing a further 131 for victory, Broad ignited the Durham crowd in a spell reminiscent of his one at the Oval four years previous.

Broad took six wickets for just 20 runs in 45 balls to guide England to a 3-0 lead ahead of the final Oval test. 

"It was a very special afternoon," Broad said. "In this game, pretty much for each hour, it could have gone either way. Certainly at 40 for 3 in our second innings we were staring down the barrel a bit. Australia have shown in this series what a fighting side they are.

"We gathered ourselves at tea with Australia having won that session without doubt. Our bowlers were too caught up in hitting the deck hard which was a little too far back of a length. But once we got the ball fuller we got the ball to move and we were massively in the game.

"The great thing about this side is we have a lot of experience in the changing room. There are one or two in our dressing room who could become the leading ever [in terms of series wins for England] in the Ashes, which is a special era to play in.

Broad was keen to emphasise the importance of keeping calm at tea and putting plans into action after the interval.

"The guys put their heads together calmly and decided the best way forward. Alastair Cook was clear what he wanted the bowlers to do. We needed to make the Aussies play off the front foot a little bit more,” he said.

"Despite the openers beginning well it was a very hard wicket to start on and we always had in the back of our minds that with 300 on the board we can put a lot of pressure on the new batsmen.

"Once we got some early wickets after tea the bowlers got their tails up and we put the new batsmen under pressure. The crowd gave us a huge lift. It was a special moment when we took that final wicket."