Australia vs England, 4th Test, The Ashes, 2025-26 - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Mitchell Starc to Tongue, no run, full and on middle and leg, Tongue knocks it to mid-on

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 1 run, full delivery outside off stump, Atkinson drives all the way to deep extra-cover and this time he takes the run as it's the fifth ball of the over. He has enough confidence in Tongue that he will survive one ball

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, short of length delivery, Atkinson knocks it to the right of the bowler

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, 2 runs, advances and drives down the ground, Atkinson calls for two and gets it easily before Webster hurled the throw back towards the pitch

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, defended all the way to point, no run taken again a few in the crowd are booing

Mitchell Starc to Atkinson, no run, round the wicket for this full delivery, Atkinson gives the full face of the bat to push this to long-off but the run is denied for obvious reasons

Mitchell Starc to Brook, FOUR, cheeky and four, Brook is playing fire with fire - knew that Starc would go short, so pre-meditated the shuffle, got inside the line and helped it on its way with the fine pull

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, leg byes, 1 run, too straight from Starc, on the pads and past Stokes's flick, off the pad to long leg

Mitchell Starc to Stokes, no run, lovely, on a good length and just outside off - catches Stokes in the crease as he pushed forward and then deviates wickedly off the seam to go past the outside edge

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 3 runs, this is turning out to be quite a contest - Starc goes short as Brook came down the pitch, he's slightly cramped for room and still manages to jab it wide of mid-wicket, comes back for the third

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, Starc drags the length back around off, Brook prods across defensively

Mitchell Starc to Brook, SIX, slapped, audacious from Brook - England just lost their best batter and he steps out to smack Mitchell Starc over cover - that's some blow and it sails over the ropes for a maximum - came down the track, made room and then flat-batted it over cover

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, back of a length and angling across the right-hander, dabbed off the back-foot to the right of gully where Green stretches and gets a hand onto it, saving a couple of runs

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, on a length and just outside off - defended back at the bowler

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, full and well wide of off, Root doesn't need to play at those, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, fuller length delivery and slanting across the right-hander, another leave from Root

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, on a good length and pushed across the right-hander, Root covers the off-stump and shoulders arms

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, fuller length delivery outside off - an open-faced drive from Brook, places it square on the off-side for a single

Mitchell Starc to Root, no run, 145.3kph, very full and outside off, left alone

Mitchell Starc to Brook, 1 run, 143.3kph, very full outside off, Brook walks down and moves across to squeeze it through backward point

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, 144.6kph, short of length, defended back to the bowler

Mitchell Starc to Brook, no run, oh hello, Brook steps out of his crease first ball and moves leg-side to slash this short of length ball over the off-side. 145.1kph, angles away and goes past the outside edge. Starc smiles

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, out Caught by Smith!! Edged and taken. 143.2kph, good length around off, Crawley pushes at it with hard hands and gets a thick outside edge to the right of second slip. Smith makes no mistake as he gobbles it with both hands. Replays show that it was a wobble-seam delivery. England in a spot of bother. Crawley c Smith b Mitchell Starc 5(14)

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 142.6kph, back of a length, chopped to point

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 144.2kph, on a length and going across the right-hander, Crawley lifts his bat and lets it go

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 143.7kph, full and wide outside off, no shot offered

Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, 1 run, 143.8kph, hint of inswing, Bethell gets forward and taps it towards midwicket, sets off quickly to get off the mark

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, out Caught by Neser!! Starc strikes early and it's another failure for Duckett. 143kph, fuller than a length on leg and Duckett looks to clip it away through the leg-side. The ball, however, shapes away late and the ball lobs up in the air off the leading edge. A dolly for Neser at mid-on. That's a soft dismissal. Duckett c Neser b Mitchell Starc 2(5)

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 3 runs, 141.2kph, Starc pitches up and Crawley throws his arms at it to drive through extra cover

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 143.6kph, short of length wide of off, Crawley lets it be

Mitchell Starc to Duckett, no run, 141.5kph, Australians appeal, nothing from Carey though. Very full, curls away late, Duckett brings his bat down hurriedly. Hits the lower part of the outer edge, hits the ground and goes to gully. Clearly a bump ball and in fact, the TV umpire was summoned. Easy call

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, 1 run, 144kph, fuller ball, Crawley taps it towards cover-point with an opened bat-face and scampers across to the other end to open his account

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 146.2kph, back of a length just outside off, Crawley leaves it alone

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 142.6kph, straighter line on a length and Crawley blunts it to midwicket

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 143.8kph, seams away from a back of a length, good bounce as well, Crawley thinks he has the line covered as he hops to try and defend. The ball moves away to go past the outside edge

Mitchell Starc to Crawley, no run, 138.9kph, short of length angling away from the right-hander and Crawley shoulders arms