Darren Gough: "The ball's in the bag" (BBC Radio 5 Live)

Derbyshire all-rounder Cork, left out of the England side for the final Ashes Test, came out to the middle after Gough dismissed Ian Healy and Stuart MacGill with successive deliveries.

Cork was the last England player to achieve a Test hat-trick, with three wickets in three balls against West Indies four years ago.

"Seeing Dominic there was all the inspiration I needed. He is always on about it, at tough times or good times, so it's nice to have someone else get one," said Gough.

And this finished it - Colin Miller plays over a yorker

Healy was caught behind but MacGill and Colin Miller were bowled by two superb yorkers.

"MacGill gives himself a bit of room, so I tried to bowl him the same ball as I did in Melbourne. I got it perfect.

"With the hat-trick ball, they asked me what I was going to bowl. There was only one ball, and that was a yorker. But it swung the opposite way to what I thought and turned into a jaffer," Gough added.

"I'm not one of those bowlers who says he knows what he's bowling every ball - I just bowl it down the other end.

"If it swings, great, because if I don't know which way it's going the batsman certainly doesn't. I just bowl it down the middle, but this one swung away late and it ended up being the best ball I've bowled in the series."

BBC Radio 5 Live's Pat Murphy reports

Gough's treble enabled England to dismiss Australia for 322, giving his team a chance of achieving the victory they need to square the Ashes series at 2-2.

He admitted to feeling tired after bowling 16 overs in hot, sunny conditions and was expecting to be replaced by Alex Tudor.

"It was hard work for the bowlers. I think we were all tired, but especially me and Dean (Headley) - and I was feeling it a bit.

"I think I was going to be taken off. But Dean got a wicket, so I carried on and thought I'd better get some wickets or Alex is going to finish them off," he added.

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