TOM CURRAN led an England comeback in Perth yesterday to end the one-day international series against Australia 4-1 to the visitors. The Surrey seamer took five for 35 to cap off the series.

England scrambled to 259 batting first on an unpredictable drop-in surface — Jason Roy thrashing a quick 49 and Joe Root applying a more studious method for his 62 — and appeared to have lost control of the chase when Australia reached 192 for four.

But Curran led a stirring comeback, seizing the moment and scattering the tail to seal a 12-run triumph.