Nov 8-11, 2017 - Tour Match at Adelaide Oval (day/night)
All-rounder Craig Overton put himself firmly in the frame for a starting place in the first Ashes Test as he helped England complete a 192-run win over a Cricket Australia XI.
England took just 30 minutes to seal victory on day four as uncapped Overton, 23, finished with 3-15 and James Anderson 3-12, as the hosts were bowled out for 75 in their second innings.
Chris Woakes had taken England to the brink of triumph with 4-17 on day three.
Cricket Australia coach Ryan Harris said: "I think it's going to be a really good series."
Matt Short and Gurinder Sandhu had held England up through an extra half-hour on Friday evening as the hosts recovered from 25 for seven, but Overton broke the eighth-wicket stand without addition to the overnight 45 in the first over of the new day.
Short made it easy for the Somerset seamer, aiming an ambitious pull at a ball which smashed into middle-stump.
Anderson took the ninth wicket, left-hander Sandhu trapped lbw from round the wicket, and the match was over when Anderson had Daniel Fallins flailing an edge to slip in his next over.
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