AUSTRALIA

9.5 STEVE SMITH Smith held his side together in the first innings with an unbeaten 141 spanning 8 hours and 32 minutes.

8.5 NATHAN LYON Lyon was side’s best bowler. A return of five wickets was the least he deserved, while his run-out of Vince was a key moment.

8 CAMERON BANCROFT Failed in the first innings, but the debutant will take huge confidence from the unbeaten 82 he made as his side strolled to victory.

8 DAVID WARNER Warner was guilty of a soft dismissal on day two. However, he made a significant score of 87 second time around.

8 PAT CUMMINS Cummins was the pick of seam attack. He also made a valuable contribution with the bat, scoring 42 at 9 powering his side to take lead.

7.5 SHAUN MARSH The experienced left-hand batsman from Perth answered his critics with a crucial fifty in Australia’s first innings.

7.5 JOSH HAZLEWOOD Below his best in first innings, Hazlewood improved at the second time of asking, accounting for three of England’s top four.

7 MITCHELL STARC Worryingly for England, Starc picked up six wickets despite appearing to struggle for rhythm.

6 TIM PAINE Made a shaky start dropping James Vince on Day 1. However, stumping Moeen made up for it. Could make only 13 with the bat.

4 USMAN KHAWAJA His fallibility against spin has been well documented and he looked all at sea when falling cheaply to Moeen Ali in his only innings.

4 PETER HANDSCOMB His technique of batting deep in the crease has worked in previous Tests, but on this occasion he was plumb lbw to James Anderson for 14.