England completed a 14-run win shortly after lunch on the final day of a series opener that lived up to the heavy pre-match hype.
James Anderson got all of the four wickets needed on the last day to complete a 10-wicket match haul but not until Australia's last pair, Brad Haddin and James Pattinson, had taken them uncomfortably close to a target of 311.
It was only fitting that in a match littered with DRS controversies it required a review from England for Haddin's edge through to wicketkeeper Matt Prior to be confirmed.
England have named an unchanged 13-man squad with the only selection issue concerning the identity of their third seamer. Steven Finn is vulnerable after a mixed display at Trent Bridge with Tim Bresnan and Graham Onions the alternative options.
Australia handed a shock debut to teenage spinner Ashton Agar and he did enough - not least his 98 from No.11 in Australia's first innings - to earn an extended run.
Any changes to the tourists' XI are likely to be in the batting with No.3 Ed Cowan the man under most pressure.
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