Australia vs England, 5th Test, The Ashes, 2025-26 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 150 for Root. The Barmy Army go Rooooooootttttttttttttttttttttttt! 141.6kph, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and punches to deep backward point. A healthy ovation from the crowd at the SCG. 17th time he has got to 150 in Tests

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, 144.2kph, short of length and nips back in to the body, Will Jacks gets forward to flick wide of mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 144.8kph, short of length outside off, angling away, extra bounce, Will Jacks goes on the back foot to tap and plays it down to gully, away from the body but in control

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 140.5kph, short of length and sliding down leg, Root goes on the back foot and flicks to deep square-leg

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 144.2kph, short of length on off, Root goes on the back foot to defend with soft hands to cover

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.8kph, short of length outside off, angling away from the right-hander, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 140.9kph, full and angling away from the right-hander outside off, Root gets forward and high-elbows the cover drive but picks out the fielder at cover

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, 143.3kph, good length and nips back in to middle, Will Jacks goes on the back foot to defend, the thick outside-edge runs wide of gully for one

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 139.9kph, full and swings into the pads, Root gets forward to flick to deep square-leg

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 144.5kph, short of length and tight on off, Root goes on the back foot to punch, mistimes it to gully, took the bottom-hand off

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 143.2kph, length delivery and shapes back in, Root full-faces the on-drive to mid-on as he gets forward

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 139.9kph, short of length and down leg, Root flicks and misses

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 141.5kph, short of length and on the body, Will Jacks goes on the back foot to turn and misses, hit near the midriff, a grunt of pain from Jacks

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 140.6kph, beauty. Rising short of length delivery just outside off, Will Jacks goes on the back foot to defend, just misses the outside-edge

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 143.7kph, full outside off, angled away, Root gets forward to push to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 144.1kph, lovely delivery and both Mitchell Starc and Root have wry smiles. That testing length in the corridor of uncertainty, just outside off, Root looks to defend forward but the ball slants away to beat the bat

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 143kph, short of length and nips back in to the back thigh, Root gets forward to push and misses, raps on the back thigh

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 144.2kph, short of length and rising outside off, angled away, Root half-heartedly goes for the cut and then pulls his bat back in

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, 1 run, 145.1kph, full and swinging into the pads, Will Jacks gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, FOUR, 144kph, short of length and too straight, Will Jacks goes on the back foot and tucks it wide of square-leg and it races away

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 141.3kph, so close to the outside-edge. Full outside off, Will Jacks gets forward to drive and misses, that's a loose shot

Mitchell Starc to Will Jacks, no run, 143.9kph, full and slanted away outside off, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 141.3kph, good length and nips back in to off, Root gets forward to flick, the thick inside-edge hits the pad and rolls to fine-leg

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.1kph, loose shot. On a short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot to cut and beaten on the under-edge, stayed a tad low

Mitchell Starc to Root, FOUR, 141.1kph, full outside off, angling away, wobble-seam delivery, Root opens the face of the bat and defends wide of gully, beats deep backward point to his left, went down too

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 140.4kph, there's that inswinging yorker, late tail, back in, nearly catches Root off-guard, but he manages to get the bat down in time, digs it out

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 138.5kph, full outside off, Root gets forward to drive to mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.7kph, short of length and nips back in a tad on off, Root goes on the back foot to defend it back, takes the bottom-hand off as he plays

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 140.2kph, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and defends nicely to cover

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 132.9kph, full outside off, a gentle loosener, Root gets forward and drives to mid-off, nicely played but straight to the fielder

Mitchell Starc to Root, 3 runs, 144.5kph, back of a length, Root fetches it from outside off and pulls to long-on

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, 1 run, Smith hops to get on top of the bounce of this short ball and drops it into the cover region with soft hands for a single

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 141.9kph

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, 1 run, 144.8kph, Starc shortens his length, doesn't rise much and Smith hurriedly jabs it to midwicket. The batsman was expecting it to climb more

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, FOUR, 144.1kph, big backlift and Smith swings hard to thump this fullish ball wide of off over and straight of mid-on. England cross 250 with that boundary

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, Root tucks this length ball towards midwicket for a single. Neser scores a direct-hit at the bowler's end and Head (mid-off) dives to stop the ball from running away to the fence

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, Smith attempts the pull shot again, misses and gets hit around the shoulder/chest region. May have brushed the helmet as well. The ball rolls gently wide of the off-stump. The physio is out to tend to Smith and he's fine to resume

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 144.1kph, back of a length, defended back to the bowler

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, SIX, 146.6kph, takes on this short ball and that's a maximum. Leg-lined, flick of the wrists from Smith who pivots and pulls it over deep backward square leg. Nice contact

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 139.9kph, short ball down leg, Smith pulls and misses

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 143kph, nicely punched off the back foot and Neser makes a sharp stop to his left at wide mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 142.9kph, shortish ball and Smith punches it to extra cover

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 140.4kph, short and down leg, Smith doesn't make contact as he tries to tickle it fine. Another maiden over

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 141.7kph, back of a length, Smith defends with soft hands

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 143.3kph, banged in short and it goes away with the angle, Smith sways away from it

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 143.2kph, short of length, defended into off

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 144.1kph, short ball, good lift on it, rises above the shoulder and Smith stands tall to fend. The ball hits the gloves and falls to ground

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 140.5kph, shortish ball, Smith stands tall to chop it to wide mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Jamie Smith, no run, 142.8kph, on a length and just outside off, Smith defends off the outer half of the bat

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, out Caught by Carey!! Extra bounce from a good length! The line forces Stokes to play at it who looks to defend from the crease and it's close to the outside edge. The Australians behind the stumps are excited, nothing much from Starc. Not given onfield but Smith sends it upstairs. And guess what, there's a spike on Snicko! TV umpire Kumar Dharmasena is asking for the zoomer. Seems like there was a slight deviation. "There is no gap between the bat and the ball, I can see a clear spike," says Dharmasena as he has another look at Snicko. Successful review and Stokes departs for a 11-ball duck. No freebies from Starc and he's dismissed the England captain for the fifth time this series. Stokes c Carey b Mitchell Starc 0(11)

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, 142.4kph, good length moving away a bit outside off, Stokes shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, 146kph, full ball on off-middle, blocked into the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, 143.5kph, good length outside off, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 140.8kph, away-angling length ball from over the wicket with two slips and a gully in place. Root stays back and steers it to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, 142.1kph, Stokes looks to work this fullish ball into the leg-side and gets a leading edge towards backward point as the ball surprisingly swings away. Starc smiles and so does Stokes with a shake of his head

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, 141.6kph, over the wicket, fuller than a length on off, Stokes defends

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 140.2kph, gets forward and taps this length ball towards cover-point and sets off for a quick single

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 140kph, shortish outside off, Root goes back to cut and Labuschagne makes a sharp stop tumbling to his right at point

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 141.8kph, back of a length, Root stands tall to drop it into the off-side

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 139.7kph, full delivery angled across, left alone outside off

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 142.5kph, fuller ball angling in, Root knocks it to mid-on's right

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 3 runs, 143.9kph, Brook backs away to flat-bat this short ball uppishly towards long-off. The cover fielder has to cover a lot of distance to get to the ball

Mitchell Starc to Root, leg byes, 1 run, 143.1kph, angling in on a short of length, Root hops to tuck and misses. The ball goes to square leg off his thigh pad

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 141.6kph, tries to steer this length ball backward of square on the off-side and gets an inside edge that hits the deck and rolls towards the cordon

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 138.5kph, round the wicket, fullish ball angling in, Root defends off the front foot

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 137.7kph, Starc starts with a short ball and Brook pulls hard to deep square leg. Webster dives full length to his right and parries it to deep backward square leg. Marnus is quick to release the ball and Root - eyeing the second - gets sent back

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 141.5kph, short of length on off, nips back in a tad, Root goes on the back foot and turns it to the vacant mid-wicket area

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.3kph, short outside off, left alone as Root sways away

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.1kph, good length and angled in from outside off, rock-solid forward defence to cover

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no ball, 1 run, 143.6kph, low full-toss on middle, Brook gets forward to drive to long-on, Mitchell Starc has overstepped, went for the yorker and stretched his foot over the line

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 142.7kph, short outside off, angling away from the right-hander, Brook backs away outside the leg-stump and then lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 144.3kph, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and taps it wide of gully for one

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.9kph, short of length outside off, Root goes on the back foot and defends to gully, opened the face

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.4kph, full outside off, Root gets forward to drive it hard, Mitchell Starc is in the way, deflects to mid-on off him

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, Brook gets away. It's short and outside off, Brook goes on the back foot to pull, the top-edge lands right in between deep backward square-leg, deep square-leg and square-leg running back. Right in the middle of three, Mitchell Starc puts his head back in disappointment, so easily could have holed out there

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 142.5kph, short outside off, Root cuts to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.9kph, full outside off, Root gets forward to drive to point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 144kph, short on off, rises, Brook goes on the back foot to pull, tries to pull it down, hits the splice and rolls to mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 144.3kph, short down leg, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142.1kph, full and angled in on off, Root gets forward to drive to mid-off, the bat slightly turned on impact

Mitchell Starc to Root, FOUR, 143.2kph, this time he puts the half-volley away. Root gets forward and high-elbows the cover drive and splits cover and mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 139.8kph, full outside off, Root with a lovely front foot high-elbow cover drive but picks out Marnus at cover

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 142kph, short of length and angled in on off, Root gets forward and right behind the line to defend it back

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, short on middle, Brook backs away, slashes and the thick top-edge flies to third man, on the bounce to the fielder

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, short of length on off, Brook with a shuffle across, turns it to mid-wicket

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 146.6kph, full just outside off, Root gets forward to push to mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 142.8kph, short of length just outside off, Brook goes on the back foot and punches it to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 142.6kph. short down leg, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 141.2kph, short of length and tight on middle, Brook gets right behind the line to defend it back

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 140.2kph, tries the yorker, but it's a low full-toss outside off, Root gets forward to drive to the left of mid-off

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 141.9kph. full outside off, angling away from the right-hander, Brook gets forward to drive nicely but picks out deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 142.8kph, short of length on off, Brook gets right behind the line to defend to cover

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 144.9kph, short outside off, angling away from the right-hander, Brook sways away as he goes low

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 143.5kph, short of length and tight on middle and leg, Brook gets right behind the line to defend it back

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 145kph, short of length on middle and leg, Brook goes on the back foot and tucks nicely but picks out square-leg

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 142.8kph, short of length outside off, cut away to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 142.2kph, full delivery, push-driven to long-off

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 143.8kph, stands tall to block this back of a length ball to backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 141.3kph, short of length, Brook stays leg-side and opens the bat-face to force it to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Root, 1 run, 140.2kph, full around off, tapped in front of cover with soft hands for a quick single

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 139.3kph, angling away outside off, punched to deep backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 4 runs, 137.7kph, strayong onto the pads, clipped through square leg. Big chase for Khawaja who does well to flick it back into play. The batters, however, run four

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 139.6kph, full delivery on off, Brook blocks

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 143.4kph, full ball, looks to drive again does Bethell and gets an inside edge onto his pad

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 141kph, Starc bowls this full outside off and Bethell leans across to play a drive through the off-side. Miscues it to cover off the inner edge

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, 142.1kph, cracking shot to get off the mark. Width on offer, the length is slightly on the shorter side. Bethell cuts beautifully backward of square on the off-side and he opens his accoune off his 15th delivery

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 141.5kph, short ball followed by a full pitcher, Bethell gets forward to drive and inside-edges to mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 143.1kph, good bouncer from Starc, don't think Bethell saw it coming. Spots it late and actually does well to get out of the way as he hurriedly sways away from it

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 140.8kph, full ball, Bethell blocks it back to the bowler

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 142kph, fuller ball down leg and it goes past Bethell's flick

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 142.9kph, Bethell bunts this in-angler on middle-leg to mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 140.3kph, full pitcher outside off with no one at cover, Bethell is content in leaving it alone

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 141.6kph, fuller than a length, Bethell defends off the front foot

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 144.5kph, angled in on the stumps, blocked

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 141.9kph, short of length outside off, Bethell hops and steer-punches it to deep-ish backward point

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, 144.2kph, extra bounce and a hint of away movement as well from a length outside off, Bethell plays inside the line to let it pass

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, out Caught by Carey!! Edge and taken! 143.2kph, nibbling away on a good length around the fifth stump channel. That could have been left alone on line but Duckett isn't known to do that. Chases it with a tame poke. Thick outside edge and Carey dives to his left to pouch it with both hands. Starc, for the umpteenth time, provides the breakthrough for Australia. FOUR, FOUR and OUT! Duckett c Carey b Mitchell Starc 27(24) [4s-5]

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, FOUR, 142.9kph, uppish, in the gap and four! Overpitched delivery on the pads, Duckett flicks aerially and beats Head (deep backward square leg) to his left

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, FOUR, 142kph, the ball bullets away to the fece. Fullish ball wide of off, quick hands from Duckett to flay it through extra cover. Didn't bother to run for that

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 144kph, fuller ball down the leg-side, Carey dives to collect it

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, beaten! 141.4kph, good length ball that moves away off the deck. Duckett fiddles at it and is lucky not to nick off

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, beaten! 143.6kph, wobble seam, lands on a good length around off and goes away with the angle. Crawley defends from the crease and the ball goes past the outside edge

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 1 run, 143.3kph, doesn't get fully forward to a fairly full delivery and inside-edges it to square leg

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 141.5kph, further full, Duckett squeeze-drives to the right of the bowler and Starc half-stops it with his right hand

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, FOUR, 141.7kph, pitched up outside off, Duckett leans forward with a bent back leg and drives firmly to the left of mid-off. The fielder gives the chase but the ball is quick to reach the fence

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 142kph, short and wide of off, Duckett goes after it. Flashes hard to try an cut it over backward point, misses as the ball bounces over the blade. He's surprised by the lift on that delivery

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, FOUR, 142.4kph, poor ball and punished. Overpitched delivery on leg and Duckett flicks through midwicket to collect his second boundary

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 142.6kph, swinging away wide of off and Duckett lets it be

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, leg byes, 1 run, 141.1kph, shapes back in from a length, Crawley looks to work it into the leg-side and gets hit high on the pad. After a slight hesitation, the batters go for the single. A couple of Australians behind the stumps were interested but nothing from Starc. Too high and missing leg

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 140.8kph, wobble seam, short of length, Crawley fences it to point

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 1 run, 140.9kph, straying onto the pads and Duckett flicks it to fine leg. Neser moves to his left quickly and keeps the batters down to one

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 142kph, not short enough to be cutting and Duckett under-edges this wide-ish ball to backward point

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 2 runs, 140.5kph, pitched up, a touch too full and there's no real swing, Duckett drives straight of mid-on. Crawley wants the third, gets sent back and slips a bit but he's safe

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, FOUR, 140kph, Duckett gets off the mark with a boundary. Half-volley on middle-leg and Duckett flicks it away to the left of square leg. Nicely timed and the ball is quick to reach the fence

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 139.9kph, full and curling away outside off, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 140.5kph, another outswinger, Duckett gets squared up, defends with soft hands and the ball rolls to gully off the outer edge

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 140.7kph, Starc goes full. Very full and it swings late away from the left-hander. Duckett hurriedly brings his bat down playing for the angle and gets beaten on the outside edge by the swing. Starc smiles

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, 142.1kph, short of a good length, Crawley gets on top of the bounce and taps it with soft hands into the off-side to get off the mark

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 138.4kph, full delivery angled across the right-hander outside off, Crawley shoulders arms