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

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, out Bowled!! Knocked him over! Tongue gets a 3-fer! 134.3kph fuller length delivery on off, seams in substantially after pitching, Mitchell Starc is caught in the crease as he tries to keep it out tentatively but gets beaten on the inside edge and the ball crashes into the leg-stump. He left a big bat-pad gap and the ball went right through that to hit the target. Mitchell Starc b Tongue 5(14)

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, 2 runs, on a length on middle and off, Mitchell Starc punches it to mid-on. The fielder dives to his right but can't stop it. A couple results

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, 132.4kph shortish delivery angling towards leg-stump, pulled to deep backward square leg

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Mitchell Starc punches it through point

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, no run, back of a length down leg, Mitchell Starc looks to tuck but misses

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, no run, nicely bowled! This one moves in from a length around off and then shapes away after pitching to open Mitchell Starc up in his stance. He pushes at it and gets beaten

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, leg byes, 1 run, skiddy back of a length delivery angling in, Mitchell Starc tries to help it with the angle and might have got an inside edge onto the pads as it deflects towards point. Signalled as a leg bye by the umpire

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, no run, short of length delivery angling down leg from round the wicket, Mitchell Starc tries to work it across but it deflects off his pads towards square leg

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, 134.3kph good length delivery moving towards middle and off, Webster plays it with soft hands towards wide mid-on for a well-judged single

Tongue to Webster, no run, 131.5kph full delivery shaping in on off, Webster covers the line to block it solidly

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, 1 run, short of length delivery outside off, Mitchell Starc hops and taps it towards point. A bit of yes and no in the running but Starc eventually goes through and makes it in

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, no run, a bouncer around off, Mitchell Starc drops his wrists and sways away to evade it

Tongue to Mitchell Starc, no run, 135.4kph sharp short delivery angling in on off from round the wicket, shoots off the deck, Mitchell Starc sways away from the line awkwardly to evade it

Tongue to Smith, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! Tongue gets the well-set Smith with a good piece of bowling! It's the fourth time in this series that Tongue has had the better of the Aussie skipper. Root taps Smith on the back as he departs. A fantastic knock from Smith nonetheless and he walks off to a standing ovation from his home crowd. 132.4kph delivery in the corridor of uncertainty, straightens enough after pitching to open Smith up in his stance. He tries to keep it out from the crease as he plays for the original line but ends up getting a nick behind. Jamie Smith takes a regulation catch behind the stumps. Smith c Jamie Smith b Tongue 138(220) [4s-16 6s-1]

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132.9kph fuller length delivery moving in from outside off, Smith leans ahead a bit and blocks it off the inner half towards mid-wicket

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132.3kph short of length delivery on off, Smith covers the line and pushes it towards mid-off

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, that's sloppy! Back of a length outside off, punched to backward point where Bethell is lazy to crouch and messes it up. Concedes a single

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, hard length delivery outside off at 132kph, Smith pushes it to covers for a quick single

Tongue to Smith, no run, 129.7kph, pitched up, defended back to Tongue

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132.6kph, extra lift and hits the shoulder of the bat as Smith stands tall to try and block it with a squared up stance. Replay shows that it actually hit his glove

Tongue to Webster, 3 runs, 127.2kph, full-pitcher, Webster drives straight of mid-off. Not quite off the middle of the bat and Webster collects three more

Tongue to Webster, no run, 130.2kph, back of a length, turned to midwicket

Tongue to Webster, no run, 133.4kph, full delivery, pushed to cover

Tongue to Webster, no run, 131.6kph, short of length, patted to point

Tongue to Smith, no run, 133kph, Tongue responds with a bouncer and Smith ducks under it

Tongue to Smith, FOUR, overpitched outside off, Smith leans across and drives to the left of the diving extra cover fielder. Lovely hands there as the ball was well outside off

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, 135.1kph, short ball, pulled to long leg and the single brings up Australia's 500

Tongue to Webster, FOUR, 129.7kph, width on offer, Webster nicely punches it through point. Good timing and the ball is quick to reach the fence

Tongue to Smith, leg byes, 1 run, 129.9kph, leg-lined, Smith shuffles to glance and the ball rolls to square leg off his thigh pad

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, 134kph, short of length, leg-lined, tucked to deep midwicket

Tongue to Webster, 1 run, 129.2kph, full outside off and Webster eases it throuh backward point by opening the bat-face

Tongue to Smith, leg byes, 1 run, 129.7kph, half an appeal for lbw as Smith misses the glance against this in-slanter. Too high and heading down leg as well

Tongue to Smith, no run, 128.9kph, clips this ball angling in to midwicket

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132.5kph, fuller than a length, Smith pushes it to the right of gully and decides against the single

Tongue to Smith, no run, 129.6kph, pitched up outside off, Smith drives firmly off the front foot and finds extra cover

Tongue to Smith, FOUR, 127.6kph, shortish ball outside off and Smith latches onto it. Stands tall, waits for it and cuts it with disdain to send it through cover-point. Fifty partnership

Tongue to Green, no run, a bouncer angling towards middle and leg, Green ducks under it

Tongue to Green, no run, back of a length delivery seaming in on middle and leg, Green camps back and blocks it in front of him

Tongue to Green, no run, a bouncer angling down leg, Green ducks under it

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, another short delivery around off, Smith hops and stays leg-side of it and steers it towards third man

Tongue to Smith, no run, another bouncer, Smith sits under it

Tongue to Smith, no run, a bouncer but it's down leg, Smith ducks under it

Tongue to Green, FOUR, nicely played! 137.3kph shortish delivery and there's some width on offer, Green rises on his toes and punches it past gully to find the fence

Tongue to Green, no run, good length delivery shaping in from outside off, Green has his off-stump covered and makes an assured leave

Tongue to Green, no run, 134kph short of length delivery angling in with a bit of extra bounce, Green isn't able to deal with it and is struck on the thigh pad

Tongue to Green, no run, on a length, blocked towards covers

Tongue to Green, no run, pitched up on off, Green drives it crisply to mid-off. Carse dives to his right to stop it

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, shortish delivery around off, Smith stays leg-side of it and taps it through point

Tongue to Smith, no run, brilliantly bowled! 132.1kph shortish delivery on off, seams away a bit with extra bounce, Smith hops and thinks of defending it initially but then drops his wrists to let it through

Tongue to Smith, no run, a bouncer on middle and leg, Smith ducks under it comfortably this time

Tongue to Smith, no run, oh, that's a snorter! 134kph short delivery around off, seams in substantially, Smith actually does well to sway away and duck under it

Tongue to Green, 1 run, shortish and room on offer, Green slaps it towards covers. Crawley dives to his right and does well to take pace off the ball. Only a single

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, shortish delivery around off, Smith stays leg-side of it and places it towards deep backward point

Tongue to Smith, no run, a short delivery around off, Smith ducks under it

Tongue to Smith, no run, pitched up outside off, Smith drives straight to mid-off

Tongue to Green, 1 run, pats this length ball towards cover for a quick single

Tongue to Green, no run, 135.8kph, left alone outside off

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, 133.5kph, extra bounce from a short of length, Smith does well to deal with that. Stands tall and plays with soft hands to drop it in front of backward point even though it hits him high on the bat

Tongue to Green, 1 run, 134.2kph, shortish ball, Green hops and nudges it to square leg

Tongue to Green, no run, 132.3kph, good lift from a length outside off, left alone

Tongue to Green, no run, 135.9kph, short of length ball angling down leg, Green looks to tickle it fine and misses

Tongue to Green, no run, 134.1kph, very full and angling in towards off, Green gets forward to drive it to mid-off

Tongue to Green, no run, 136.6kph, full outside off asking Green to drive, the batter shoulders arms

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, 133.1kph, back of a length outside off, punched to deep point

Tongue to Green, 1 run, 137.3kph, back of a length, Green nudges it to square leg to get off the mark

Tongue to Carey, out Caught by Jacob Bethell!! The plan works again! 133.2kph, fullish ball on the pads, Carey flicks and finds the man at leg slip. Bethell crouches low to catch it with both hands. He got out in a similar fashion in the previous two Tests as well. Carey c Jacob Bethell b Tongue 16(13) [4s-3]

Tongue to Carey, no run, 130kph, nip-backer and Carey doesn't see that coming. Sharp inward movement off the deck from a short of length, cuts Carey in half who is late to flick. Brushes the back leg before going into the keeper's gloves. Tongue was appealing for caught behind but there was no inside edge there

Tongue to Carey, no run, pitched up delivery, Carey drives straight to mid-on

Tongue to Carey, no run, 132.2kph, full and Carey drives it to cover

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, driven to mid-off's left

Tongue to Carey, 1 run, 132.3kph, straighter line, Carey misses the glance and the ball rolls to square leg off the pad. The batters decide to take a single and Crawley fails to pick it cleanly as he attacks the ball. Given as runs

Tongue to Carey, no run, 130.6kph, short of length ball angling in from round the wicket, defended

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, 134.9kph, chance? Yes. A tough one though. Back of a length, Smith inside-edges it to the left of leg gully. Crawley dives low to his left but it doesn't stick. Definitely carried

Tongue to Smith, no run, uppish and safe! 132.7kph, good length and it holds onto the pitch a bit, Smith is early into his drive. Chips it to the left of the bowler and it falls short of mid-off

Tongue to Smith, 2 runs, 132.3kph, shuffles across to tuck this short of length ball to deep backward square leg

Tongue to Head, 1 run, pushed towards cover for a quick single

Tongue to Head, no run, 132.5kph, fuller ball, defensively pushed to mid-off

Tongue to Head, no run, 131kph, round the wicket, short of length, Head hops to punch and miscues it back to the bowler

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, 137.2kph, yorker length, Smith brings his bat down in time and jams it to cover for a single

Tongue to Smith, no run, 137.9kph, fuller than a length, Smith pushes at it and outside-edges to point

Tongue to Smith, no run, 134.3kph, length ball on off, Smith defends it to mid-on

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132.5kph, slanting in from a short of length, tucked to midwicket

Tongue to Head, 1 run, jumps and punches this back of a length delivery to point

Tongue to Head, FOUR, 133.6kph, back of a length, Head flashes hard and the ball flies over vacant 3rd/4th slip to run away to third man for four. Head crosses 150 and the SCG crowd are once again on their feet to applaud

Tongue to Smith, no run, 133.6kph, straighter line, Smith looks to glance/flick and the ball goes to leg gully off his thigh pad

Tongue to Smith, no run, 134.6kph, hard length, nibbles away and beats the outside edge of Smith who has a poke at it

Tongue to Smith, FOUR, 132.9kph, short of length ball outside off and the Australian captain pounces. Smith shuffles and stands tall to punch it nicely through point. First boundary for Smith

Tongue to Smith, no run, 134.3kph, slanting down leg and keeps a shade low, goes past Smith's pull and the keeper dives to his left to stop it

Tongue to Head, 1 run, 139.3kph, stays leg-side, rides the bounce and pushes it to deep backward point

Tongue to Head, no run, gets inside the line to try and pull this short ball, doesn't make contact

Tongue to Head, no run, 136kph, climbs above the shoulder and Head jumps to fend it towards backward short leg

Tongue to Head, no run, 136.4kph, hops and then drops his wrists to leave it alone.

Tongue to Head, no run, 137.7kph, dug in short, the line is outside leg and Head ignores it

Tongue to Smith, 1 run, 137.1kph, full and angling in, Smith drops it in front of cover with soft hands for a quick single

Tongue to Smith, no run, 135.6kph, pitched up, Smith drives to point

Tongue to Smith, no run, 132kph, on a length and wide of off, Smith leaves it alone

Tongue to Neser, no run, good diving stop at cover by Duckett. Full outside off, Neser gets forward and thrashes the drive but picks out the man

Tongue to Neser, 2 runs, full and angling back into off, Neser gets forward and flicks through the vacant mid-wicket area

Tongue to Neser, no run, short outside off, Neser ducks

Tongue to Neser, no run, full outside off, Neser gets forward to drive to mid-off

Tongue to Neser, no run, back of a length outside off, nips back in again, Neser again shoulders arms

Tongue to Neser, no run, short of length and rising, nips back in a tad, Neser shoulders arms as he trusts the bounce

Tongue to Neser, no run, full and angled in on off, Neser gets forward and shows the full face of the bat to drive it back to Tongue, who gets his right hand. That would've stung

Tongue to Neser, no run, beaten again. Full outside off, angled in, Neser bends his back knee to drive and misses, late on the shot and past the outside-edge

Tongue to Neser, no run, full outside off, Neser gets forward to drive, misses, close to the outside-edge

Tongue to Head, 1 run, good length on off, Head goes on the back foot and angles it into the vacant backward point area

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and down leg, Head flicks and misses, makes his emotions known as his words are heard on the stump mic

Tongue to Head, FOUR, another 100 for Head. Every odd Test in the series he has got a 100. He celebrates by placing the helmet on top of the bat handle, lifting it to acknowledge the applause and there's a great reception. His wife decked in pink is watching on and all smiles. Third 100 of the series - and his first here at the SCG. 12th in Tests, full outside off, Head gets forward to drive and loses his bottom-hand but gets it wide of cover, races away. Then the celebrations begin, he waves the bat in the air and then punches the air with his left hand, meets Neser and hugs him. What form he is in at the moment. Moved to open the innings and all three 100s this series have come there. Clutch player and in outstanding run-making touch currently

Tongue to Neser, no run, yorker length outside off, Neser gets forward to drive, toe-ends it and rolls to Jamie Smith

Tongue to Neser, no run, full outside off, holds its line, Neser without any feet pushes at it and is beaten

Tongue to Neser, no run, full and angling back into off, Neser gets forward to defend it solidly back to Tongue

Tongue to Head, 1 run, full and targetting the front pad, Head gets forward and flicks it down to fine-leg

Tongue to Head, no run, wide of the crease and angled in on short of length on middle, Head goes on the back foot and turns it to mid-wicket

Tongue to Head, no run, loose shot. A rising short of length delivery outside off, moves away, Head flashes the cut and misses

Tongue to Neser, no run, England lose another review. Very full outside off, Neser is late on the drive, the bat hits the ground and that's the noise. RTS shows no spike when ball is next to bat, but there's one when bat hits the ground. Dharmasena has no conclusive evidence to overturn it. Just the one review left now

Tongue to Head, 1 run, full and sliding into the pads, Head gets forward to flick to deep square-leg

Tongue to Head, no run, good length on middle, angling in, Head gets forward to turn to mid-wicket

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and on middle, hard length, Head goes on the back foot and defends to cover

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and tight on middle, Head gets right behind the line to defend it back

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and down leg, Head flicks and misses, off the thigh pad and caught by Jamie Smith as he dives to his right

Tongue to Neser, 1 run, 137.1kph, Neser closes the bat-face and turns this in-angler to midwicket. Single and Neser will keep the strike

Tongue to Neser, no run, 137.5kph, half stride forward from Neser to push-drive this full ball to mid-off

Tongue to Neser, no run, pitched up, Neser presses forward to drive and inside-edges back towards the bowler

Tongue to Neser, no run, 138.1kph, climbs from a good length around the fifth stump zone and Neser shoulders arms

Tongue to Neser, no run, 137.1kph, slanting in towards middle and Neser blunts it into the leg-side

Tongue to Head, 1 run, 135.6kph, quick hands from Head to cut this short of length ball to sweeper cover

Tongue to Neser, no run, 142.3kph, short of a good length, blocked into off

Tongue to Neser, no run, 141.4kph, full around off and Neser pushes it to wide mid-off

Tongue to Neser, no run, 143.3kph, angles this into the right-hander and Neser defends it off the front foot

Tongue to Neser, no run, 146.6kph, short and marginally outside off, Neser drops his wrists and lets it pass

Tongue to Neser, no run, 143.2kph, over the wicket, bouncer to greet the new batter and Neser ducks under it

Tongue to Head, 1 run, 139.3kph, shortish ball from round the wicket, Head hops and pats it through backward point

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, good length and angled in on off, a neat forward defence to the left of mid-off

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length outside off, holds its line, Labuschagne shoulders arms

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, Labuschagne goes for a big cover drive and misses. Full outside off, shapes away a tad, Labuschagne misses out

Tongue to Head, 1 run, the 100-run stand comes up as Head hugs Labuschagne. Full on middle, Head gets forward to drive and Stokes at mid-off dives to his right to cut it off

Tongue to Head, no run, short outside off, Head looks to ramp and misses, flies over the bat

Tongue to Labuschagne, leg byes, 1 run, short of length and nips back in to the thigh pad, Labuschagne flicks and misses, takes a legbye

Tongue to Labuschagne, 2 runs, short of length outside off, Labuschagne goes on the back foot to pull, mistimes it wide of mid-on for two

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length on off, Labuschagne looks for the drop and run to the short cover region, Head doesn't want it

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, good length and well wide outside off, left alone

Tongue to Head, 1 run, short and at Head who goes on the back foot and drops it wide of backward point for one

Tongue to Head, no run, this delivery takes Head by surprise. He was looking to sway away, stayed lower than he expected, it hits the bat and the gloves and falls safely on the off-side. Head shakes his head at umpire Ahsan Raza

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, length and angled into off, Labuschagne gets forward to defend to cover

Tongue to Head, 1 run, full on middle, Head gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length on middle, Head goes on the back foot to defend to cover, doesn't want the run

Tongue to Labuschagne, 1 run, good length and nips back in a tad to off, Labuschagne goes on the back foot to defend, the thick inside half rolls to deep square-leg

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, length outside off, holds its line, left alone

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length on off, nips back in a tad, Head goes on the back foot to defend to the left of Tongue, takes his bottom-hand off

Tongue to Labuschagne, 1 run, good length outside off, Labuschagne goes on the back foot and drops it wide of cover, Head was on his heels, does well to get to the other end

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length and bit of extra bounce, into the body, Labuschagne gets forward to push, the thick inside-edge hits the back thigh

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, good length outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to defend to cover, solidly behind that

Tongue to Labuschagne, FOUR, short of length and on middle, Labuschagne goes on the back foot and swivels to pull to the deep backward square-leg fence, got it down too

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length and nips back in from outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms

Tongue to Labuschagne, no run, short of length and nips back in to the thigh, Labuschagne is slightly squared up, misses the back foot block, rapped on the back thigh

Tongue to Labuschagne, 2 runs, very full outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to drive and it's the toe-end of the bat, bursts through gully's hands, went down

Tongue to Labuschagne, FOUR, Stokes claps even as Labuschagne gets off the mark with four. A short of length delivery and angled in, Labuschagne shuffles across and one can see middle and leg, flicks the off-stump delivery to the deep square-leg fence

Tongue to Head, 1 run, good length and on middle and leg, Head gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and punches to point, Head goes - oh, wait there, shanked that

Tongue to Head, no run, full just outside off, Head gets forward to push it back to Tongue

Tongue to Head, no run, full and angled in on the pads, Head gets forward to flick, the thick leading-edge rolls to mid-on

Tongue to Head, FOUR, when there's a loose delivery he pounces. It's back of a length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and carves it over cover

Tongue to Head, no run, tight line and length on middle, Head gets forward to defend to mid-off

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and down leg, rises, Head lets it go and Jamie Smith dives to his right to take it

Tongue to Head, no run, good length and tight on off, Head goes on the back foot to defend to mid-off

Tongue to Head, no run, short of length and rising outside off, shapes away, Head looks to steer as he goes on the back foot and misses

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, full just outside off, Jake Weatherald gets forward to drive and finds backward point

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, yorker length on off, angled in, dug out back

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, beautiful delivery. Length and angled in on the fourth-stump line, then nips away to beat the outside-edge, Jake Weatherald slightly squared up

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length outside off, Jake Weatherald goes on the back foot and dabs that, Jacks dives to his right at backward point to cut it off

Tongue to Head, 1 run, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot to cut, the thick inside-edge misses the stumps and runs away to fine-leg

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, full and down leg, Jake Weatherald gets forward to flick to deep backward square-leg

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, that's a good leave, trusting the bounce, Jake Weatherald leaves this fullish delivery just outside off alone, not far from off-stump

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, fullish outside off, Jake Weatherald gets forward to defend, the thick outside-edge runs away wide of gully, Jacks chases and slides to pull it back, is the foot touching the cushions? Yes it is. The right one and four is signalled

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length and rising outside off, good leave

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, full just outside off, Jake Weatherald gets forward to defend to mid-off

Tongue to Jake Weatherald, no run, full and angled in on middle, Jake Weatherald gets forward to flick to the right of mid-wicket

Tongue to Head, leg byes, 1 run, sliding down leg, Head flicks and misses, rapped on the pads and easily missing leg-stump