Australia lose second Test at Lord's In a reversal of old Ashes roles, England has ruthlessly wrapped up a crushing second Test victory at Lord's while Australia slid into a losing streak not experienced for 30 years. The result, which at one stage amid a familiar flurry of wickets appeared likely to happen much earlier on the fourth day, was sealed in the over before stumps, causing the England players to leap into each other's arms. Jubilation: England players celebrate. Not for the first time in this series, Australia's last pair embarrassed the batsmen above them. Ryan Harris and James Pattinson held out for an hour in front of a Lord's crowd anxious to witness a result before Graeme Swann trapped Pattinson lbw with three balls left in the day. History suggests England's two-nil series lead will prove unassailable. Only once has a team overcome a two-nil deficit to win a five-Test Ashes series. In 1936-7 Australia lost the first two Tests and won the series 3-2, but had the benefit of Donald Bradman plundering 810 runs in the series. It was be an astonishing feat for this Australian team, which has now lost six Tests in a row, to emulate such an achievement, given the depths to which it has sunk. Brief respite: Pattinson is dropped by Jonathan Trott. Australia had not lost six consecutive Tests since 1984, all against the West Indies. It took years for Allan Border to lead Australia out of the wilderness. If Michael Clarke's team loses the next Test in Manchester, it will equal the country's worst-ever losing streak. Australia was bowled out for 128 in the first innings and 235 in the second, losing by 347 runs. Pattinson - who was the last man standing when Australia narrowly lost the first Test at Trent Bridge - had resisted for two hours and made 35 runs with valiant support from No.11 Harris (16 not out), who had already done his job with seven wickets for the match. That has been the story of the series, the bowlers forced to make up for the batsmen's failures. England ensured the tourists would have had to bat for almost two days to save the match, and set an unrealistic victory target of 583, beyond anything chased in the fourth innings to win a first-class game. Peter Siddle is bowled by James Anderson. A spirited 99-run partnership between Micheal Clarke and Usman Khawaja after a typical top order collapse maintained some interest but their resistance merely delayed the inevitable. Just when Clarke and Khawaja had something going, in bounded man-of-the-match Joe Root, fresh from making 180, with his occasional off-spin removing both batsmen before tea. Clarke again came to the crease with the innings in crisis, at 3-36 in the 16th over. The game would have been over much sooner if Matt Prior had completed a stumping when he was on two, and the Australian captain was subjected to a barrage of short-pitched bowling by Stuart Broad. More DRS controversy: Ashton Agar is dejected after been given out by the third umpire despite Hot Spot showing no edge. He battled on to reach 51, but fell to a crafty bit of captaincy from Alastair Cook and was caught at leg slip. Khawaja made a composed half century, but edged to gully on 54 to send Root on another joyful celebration. Lamentably, there was more of decision-making drama. Ashton Agar slashed at a wide ball from Tim Bresnan and was given not out on the field, but third umpire Tony Hill inexplicably overturned the decision despite the absence of a hot spot. Agar looked confused, and although the decision had no great influence on the match, problems with the Decision Review System and its implementation have dominated the series so far. Crucial breakthrough: the dismissal of Michael Clarke sparked a middle-order collapse. "Nothing wrong with the system, it's down to the people using the system," said Michael Holding in the Sky commentary box. Previously, Steve Smith and Phillip Hughes used up Australia's reviews to challenge caught behind and lbw decisions, respectively, leaving none for Brad Haddin when he was adjudged lbw to Swann, and Hawkeye showed the ball missing. Shane Watson didn't reach for a review this time but his recurring lbw nightmare continued when Jimmy Anderson nipped one back into his pad on 20. It was his 10th leg before dismissal in 18 innings against England. Watson's opening partner Chris Rogers was bowled shouldering arms to Swann, anticipating the spin of a previous ball. Swann was later cleaned up in a mid-pitch collision with Khawaja, and spent time off the field, but he would not be kept out of the game for long, adding 4-78 to his first innings haul of five. Earlier, England batted on in the morning to give Root a shot at a double-century. When he fell 20 runs short, flipping a lap shot off Harris to third man, Cook declared at 7-389. Everything that happened from then on delayed an inevitable Australian hammering. Australia has 11 days to regroup in mind and body before the third Test at Old Trafford. But the gulf in class is greater than anyone imagined when the Australians embarked on this Ashes tour. Sorry scoreboard: James Pattinson and Ryan Harris trudge off after their defiant last-wicket stand fell three balls short of stretching the Test into a fifth day. MAN OF THE MOMENT: TONY HILL: Not for the first time this game, the third umpire found himself one of the main talking points after a baffling decision. Hill overturned Marais Erasmus" on-field adjudication of a caught-behind appeal against Ashton Agar, triggering widespread condemnation - even from English pundits - given the lack of conclusive evidence. KEY MOMENT: A fluent 98-run partnership from Michael Clarke and Usman Khawaja had Australia dreaming of a draw. Both men looked comfortable in the first hour after lunch, only to fall to the part-time spin of centurion Joe Root in the space of 17 balls. STAT OF THE DAY: One more loss will not only ensure England retains the Ashes, it will equal Australia's worst ever Test losing streak of seven. SUMMARY: Centurion Root enjoyed 15 more minutes at the crease before he was out for 180 and Alastair Cook declared. Set 583 runs to win, Australia showed more heart than in their miserable first innings but still fell one day short in their pursuit of a draw as England cruised to a 2-0 series lead. QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Obviously I'm still confident we can win this series. I heard a lot of the crowd laugh when I said that and rightly so, given the position I sit in right now." - Australia captain Michael Clarke had no excuses after a miserable first-innings batting collapse led to his side's downfall. Poll: Will Australia lose a record seventh Test in a row at Old Trafford next week? Total votes: 15288. 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