The Ashes live cricket scores: Australia and England resume battle in fifth and final Test at the SCG
Cricket: The series may be decided, but plenty of pride will be on the line in the fifth and final Test of The Ashes between Australia and England at the SCG.
The tourists were able to put what had been a torrid tour where they surrendered the urn inside 11 match days behind them by claiming their first victory on Australian shores in 15 years in a fast-forward Boxing Day Test.
Australia’s hopes of a 5-0 whitewash were swept away with the loss, but Steve Smith’s side will be looking to ensure England are sent home with a bitter taste in their mouths.
Stay across the latest Ashes action as Australia and England resume their battle in Sydney.
Key events
05 Jan 2026 - 02:43 PM
WICKET Labuschagne ct Bethell b Stokes 48
05 Jan 2026 - 01:37 PM
50 for Travis Head
05 Jan 2026 - 01:07 PM
WICKET Weatherald LBW Stokes 21
05 Jan 2026 - 11:47 AM
ENGLAND ALL OUT 384
05 Jan 2026 - 11:45 AM
Joe Root finally falls!
05 Jan 2026 - 11:32 AM
WICKET Carse ct Carey b Green 1
05 Jan 2026 - 11:21 AM
WICKET Jacks c Green b Neser 27
05 Jan 2026 - 11:03 AM
Joe Root brings up 150
05 Jan 2026 - 09:37 AM
LUNCH - ENGLAND 6-336
05 Jan 2026 - 09:21 AM
WICKET Smith c Boland b Labuschagne 46
05 Jan 2026 - 08:33 AM
Green’s Ashes horror continues!
05 Jan 2026 - 08:15 AM
Joe Root has his second 100 of the series!
05 Jan 2026 - 07:33 AM
Starc gets Stokes again on review!
05 Jan 2026 - 07:13 AM
WICKET BROOK FALLS!
47th Over - ENG 3-223
Men are already set back deep for the short ball with Beau Webster doing extremely well to stop a boundary.
Harry Brook steps backs and toe ends an attempted forehand smash over mid-off but gets enough on it to pick up three.
This is now the hieghest pertnership of the series.
Boland to start
First ball kicks up off a good length to surprise Joe Root but he’s good enough to steer it fine for four.
The pair exchange single to make six from in it with ease.
ENG 3-217
Welcome
England put together their best batting performance in more than a decade as Joe Root and Harry Brook dominated Australia’s all out pace attack before rain intervened on day one.
Steve Smith may already be ruing his call not to pick a spinner with England resuming at 3-211 with Brook and Root both nearing centuries.
With England rattling along at 4.7 an over this could be a long day in the field with no rain insight to stop them this time.
