London: There was rain in the air. It was in the way of Australia nipping out the last four England wickets on their way to a consolation win. But to England’s disappointment, it didn’t rain long enough or hard enough.

Australia removed the two overnight batsmen — Mark Wood and Jos Buttler — before play was stopped for nearly three hours. Soon after resumption, Peter Siddle, the man Australia carried through the entire tour without giving a Test till the meaningless dead rubber, dismissed the remaining two wickets and the curtains came down on 2015 Ashes. Australia won by an innings and 46 runs but England carried the urn 3-2.