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
07 Jan 2026 - 03:01 PM
STUMPS ENGLAND 8-302 lead by 118
07 Jan 2026 - 02:46 PM
WICKET Carse ct Smith b Boland 14
07 Jan 2026 - 02:25 PM
WICKET Stokes ct Smith b Webster 1
07 Jan 2026 - 02:20 PM
WICKET Smith run out Weatherald
07 Jan 2026 - 01:28 PM
WICKET Jacks ct Green b Wesbter 0
07 Jan 2026 - 01:23 PM
WICKET Brook LBW Webster 42
07 Jan 2026 - 01:13 PM
JACOB BETHELL HAS 100
07 Jan 2026 - 12:40 PM
ENGLAND IN THE LEAD
07 Jan 2026 - 12:15 PM
TEA ENGLAND 3-174 Trail by 9
07 Jan 2026 - 11:33 AM
WICKET Root LBW Boland 6
07 Jan 2026 - 11:09 AM
50 for Jacob Bethell
07 Jan 2026 - 10:24 AM
WICKET Duckett b Neser 42
07 Jan 2026 - 09:35 AM
LUNCH ENGLAND 1-80 trail by 103
07 Jan 2026 - 09:28 AM
Green drops Duckett
07 Jan 2026 - 08:10 AM
STARC DOES IT AGAIN!
07 Jan 2026 - 07:53 AM
AUSTRALIA ALL OUT 567
07 Jan 2026 - 07:47 AM
WICKET Starc b Tongue 6
07 Jan 2026 - 07:24 AM
WICKET Smith ct Smith b Tongue 138
07 Jan 2026 - 07:13 AM
Ben Stokes injured
07 Jan 2026 - 07:12 AM
50 for Beau Webster
30th Over - ENG 2-117
Beaten! Boland gets one to hold its line, and it somehow misses the edge,
He gets a single to fine leg.
Ouch! Boland rips one back into Root, and he cops a blow not too far away from the unmentionables.
50 for Jacob Bethell
FOUR! Short wide and smacked to point.
Been a fine innings, patient on the good balls and latching onto anything short and wide.
His fourth 50 in six Tests, could he be on for a first first-class 100?
28th Over - ENG 2-109
Short and Bethell pulls aerially forward of square.
Boland comes over the wicket and Bethell flicks one off the hip to move to 49.
27th Over - ENG 2-106
FOUR! Short and enough width outside off as he cuts four through backward point. Brings up the 100 for England.
Close! Starc moves one back in as it bounces over the stumps.
Bethell gets another two behind point. There is a field for the short ball, but Starc’s line is outside off instead of at the body.
Gets one on the onside this time
26th Over - ENG 2-99
Boland switches ends to replace Neser.
Bethell bunts one behind square.
Australia burn a review!
Boland nips one in and hits Root’s pad, and Smith takes a catch at slip with Boland convinced there were two noises. Missed it by a mile.
Beaten next ball by a beauty outside off.
Update on Ben Stokes with Egnland saying he is ‘likely’ to bat.
Half an appeal of the last as Joe Root is cut in half.
Great over.
25th Over - 2-98
Starc replaces Boland.
Bethell works one to midwicket.
EDGE! Driven by Root but goes straight in the gap between second slip and gully. Would have been a regulation catch had there been a third.
Green field wells to stop Roo’s late dab
24th Over - ENG 2-93
Bethell guides a single to deep cover.
Root defends the rest
23rd Over - ENG 2-92
Bethell gets a single off the hip.
Root defends the rest
22nd Over - ENG 2-91
FOUR! Full and driven down the ground by Bethell.
Beaten! Great comeback as Neser shapes one away off a good length.
EDGE! Shuffles down and Bethell edges just short of a diving Green at gully who parries it for one.
21st Over - ENG 2-86
Boland to Root.
Beaten, fidling away outside off.
A maiden
