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

Potts to Webster, no run, 129.2kph, short ball again, Webster backs away to pull and misses as he's beaten on the under-edge

Potts to Webster, no run, 127.6kph, short and down leg, Webster ignores

Potts to Smith, 1 run, 128.7kph, backs away, clears his front leg and doesn't quite middle this one as he heaves it to the right of the diving bowler

Potts to Smith, wide, 129.3kph, bouncer, too short, Smith moves leg-side to leave it and signals wide himself even before the ball settles into the keeper's gloves

Potts to Smith, FOUR, 128.1kph, Smith takes on this short ball with a pull shot. Strikes well, hits it over square leg for a one-bounce four

Potts to Webster, 1 run, 131.4kph, back of a length, nudged towards the wide mid-on region for a single

Potts to Webster, FOUR, round the wicket, short ball at 128.8kph, Webster moves leg-side and hammers the pull through wide mid-on. Jumped a bit and hammered it

Potts to Smith, no run, 131.1kph, another short-pitched delivery from Potts, the line is down leg and Smith crouches a bit to evade it

Potts to Smith, no run, 129.5kph, short ball and Smith pulls with the bottom part of the bat facing upwards. Finds wide mid-on

Potts to Smith, no run, 130.2kph, short again, Smith moves leg-side and drops his wrists to sway away from it

Potts to Smith, no run, 130.4kph, round the wicket and banged in short, Smith backs away a long way to try and dab it to third man, doesn't connect

Potts to Webster, 1 run, 125.5kph, Webster moves leg-side to pull this hard and along the ground to deep midwicket

Potts to Smith, 1 run, 129.8kph, short ball, Smith makes room to guide it to third man

Potts to Smith, no run, short delivery on middle and leg, Smith ducks under it

Potts to Smith, 2 runs, dug into the surface, Smith stays leg-side of it and flat-bats it towards long-on. Picks up a couple of runs for doing so

Potts to Smith, no run, back of a length delivery on leg-stump, seams down leg sharply, left alone

Potts to Webster, 1 run, Potts goes wider of the crease and angles in a shortish delivery. Webster hops and tucks it towards mid-wicket for a quick single

Potts to Webster, no run, nicely bowled! 132.2kph back of a length delivery in the channel, straightening after landing, Webster feels for it and gets beaten on the outside edge

Potts to Smith, 1 run, in the air... but safe! Short delivery outside off, shoots off the deck, Smith is surprised by the bounce and is not able to control the ramp shot properly. The fielder from third man runs in but it lands well short of him

Potts to Green, 1 run, 127.9kph, Potts shortens his length and Green drops it in front of cover with soft hands for a quick single

Potts to Green, FOUR, beautiful shot! 128.4kph, pitched up wide of off, no movement off the deck. A good, positive forward stride from Green and he caresses the drive through extra cover. Exquisite timing

Potts to Green, no run, 127.2kph, length ball outside off, no shot offered

Potts to Green, no run, 125.7kph, angles in and nibbles away, Green gets squared up and defends with soft hands. The outside edge rolls towards gully

Potts to Green, no run, 126.5kph, full ball angled in from wide of the crease, Green blocks

Potts to Smith, 1 run, 129.9kph, back of a length, Smith hops across to flick it to square leg

Potts to Smith, FOUR, hit-me ball and Smith accepts the gift gleefully. Short and wide, asking to be punished and Smith slaps the cut through point

Potts to Smith, no run, 126.5kph, low bounce on this occasion as Potts slants one in from wide of the crease. Smith brings his bat down hurriedly to keep it out

Potts to Smith, no run, 126.9kph, seams back in from a short of length, Smith covers his off-stump and shoulders arms

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.2kph, short of a good length, defended

Potts to Smith, FOUR, length ball outside off and Smith throws his arms to drive it firmly into the gap through the covers

Potts to Smith, no run, 125.3kph, shuffles and defends this length ball towards mid-on

Potts to Carey, no run, round the wicket, length ball angling in, Carey defends

Potts to Smith, 1 run, 128.8kph, driven to the left of cover off the front foot and the fielder half-stops with a dive

Potts to Smith, no run, 129kph, angling in from wide of the crease, blocked

Potts to Smith, no run, full again, 127.2kph, Smith moves across to block it back to Potts

Potts to Smith, no run, 125.2kph, pitched up, Smith blocks solidly back towards the bowler

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.7kph, beauty from Potts! Wobble seam delivery that hits the deck on a fullish length before seaming away. The line forces Smith to play at it and the ball whizzes past the outside edge

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.8kph, pitched up delivery, blocked into the off-side

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.3kph, pitched up ball, Smith defensively pushes it to the left of the bowler

Potts to Khawaja, 1 run, 125.4kph, full on middle-leg, Khawaja gets inside the line to clip it through backward square leg

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 129.9kph, fraction too full outside off, Khawaja sweetly drives and Duckett makes a diving stop

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 129.3kph, another leave outside off

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 127.5kph, round the wicket, on a fullish length, left alone outside off

Potts to Khawaja, FOUR, 130.4kph, full again, Khawaja shuffles across and leans forward to play a lovely off-drive straight of mid-off. Sweetly timed

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 126.9kph, fuller ball and Khawaja defends it to cover

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 128.1kph, nip-backer, Khawaja hops to defend and gets beaten on the inside edge. Half an appeal for lbw but it's too high

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 127.7kph, extra bounce from a length outside off, Khawaja looks to leave it alone but the ball brushes the gloves before going into the keeper's mitts on the bounce

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 124.9kph, good length delivery, wobbles away and squares up the batter who moves across to defend. The ball beats the outside edge, hits the batter's back leg outside the line of off-stump

Potts to Khawaja, no run, 125.7kph, round the wicket, back of a length, Khawaja shuffles and defends it into off

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.6kph, blocked back to the bowler

Potts to Smith, no run, 133.9kph, comes in with the angle, Smith shoulders arms after moving across. Nod of the head from Smith appreciating the ball

Potts to Head, 1 run, 130.7kph, floaty full ball, Head goes hard on the drive and toe-ends it to backward square leg

Potts to Smith, 1 run, 130.2kph, clipped to midwicket and Head is a bit lethargic with his running. A direct-hit would have been curtains for him but Duckett misses the target by a long way

Potts to Smith, no run, 128.7kph, beaten! Smith walks forward and across to play a booming drive. The ball lands on a full length and seams away to go past the outside edge

Potts to Smith, no run, 130.5kph, short of length, defensively pushed to short midwicket

Potts to Smith, no run, 133.7kph, pitched up delivery, stonewalled

Potts to Smith, no run, 127.6kph, fuller than a length, Smith defends down the pitch

Potts to Smith, no run, 129kph, shorter, Smith shuffles to defend it into off

Potts to Smith, no run, 130kph, short of length, defended back to the bowler

Potts to Head, 1 run, 135.4kph, short again, wristily pulled to long leg

Potts to Head, SIX, that sounded great! 134.8kph, short ball and Head nails the pull to dispatch it over deep square leg for a monstrous six. Authoritative hit from Head

Potts to Smith, no run, 130.6kph, seams back in, beats Smith's inside edge to rap him high on the thigh. Maiden over

Potts to Smith, no run, 133.2kph, defends this full delivery to the right of the non-striker

Potts to Smith, no run, 129.2kph, fuller than a length that shapes away outside off, Smith lifts his bat and lets it go

Potts to Smith, no run, 132.7kph, angling in on a good length, Smith defends it on the leg-side

Potts to Smith, no run, 132.9kph, appeal for lbw, umpire Chris Gaffaney turns it down. Wide of the crease, angling in from a short of length and beats Smith's defensive inside edge to hit him on the back leg. Too high

Potts to Smith, no run, 133.6kph, full around off, Smith moves across to push it back to Potts

Potts to Smith, no run, 134.1kph, two slips in place and Potts bowls a length ball around off, Smith is half-forward to defend and outside-halves it towards gully

Potts to Smith, no run, 130.7kph, back of a length down leg, Smith shuffles and lets it pass

Potts to Head, 1 run, 133.6kph, gets inside the line, swivels and pulls to fine leg

Potts to Head, FOUR, short ball that rises above the waist and Head pulls it aerially behind square on the leg-side. The deep backward square leg fielder dives to his left and it's out of his reach. One bounce and into the fence

Potts to Head, no run, 136.9kph, head-high bouncer following a backing away batter. Head takes his eyes off the ball and pulls out from playing the upper cut. Didn't drop his wrists and the ball wasn't too far away from the bat/glove

Potts to Head, no run, 136.4kph, short down leg, Head fails to connect with the pull shot

Potts to Head, 1 run, 136.8kph, back of a length, pad-lined to Head who is standing well outside leg, tucked around the corner

Potts to Head, no run, 133.2kph, dug in short, Head gets inside the line and swivels to pull, doesn't connect

Potts to Head, wide, short and way down leg, Head walks across towards off on this occasion before ignoring it

Potts to Head, 2 runs, 134.8kph, Head stands outside leg, waits for the short ball and periscopes it over vacant slip. Third man runs across to his right and does well to stop the ball from reaching the fence

Potts to Neser, leg byes, 1 run, 139kph, comes quicker than the batsman expects. Neser swivels to pull and this back of a length hits his tummy before rolling into the off-side. Oh, it has actually hit the right elbow. He copped a blow there yesterday and it's been strapped today..

Potts to Head, 1 run, 134.6kph, Head backs away a long way to cut this short-pitched delivery to deep backward point

Potts to Head, no run, 136.3kph, banged in short, down leg and Head lets it be

Potts to Head, no run, short of length on the body, Head goes on the back foot to whip, the thick inside-edge hits the thigh and rolls to the vacant forward short-leg area

Potts to Head, no run, short of length on leg-stump, gently turned to square-leg

Potts to Head, no run, short down leg, left alone

Potts to Head, no run, good length outside the leg-stump, Head backs away and slogs, misses, flies over the stumps

Potts to Neser, 1 run, short at Neser, it climbs on him, he fails to get on top of the bounce, it hits the shoulder of the bat but there's no-one close in on the off-side, so they take one

Potts to Neser, no run, short on the stumps, Neser ducks

Potts to Neser, FOUR, this time Neser finds the gap. Wide of the crease and fullish outside off, Neser gets forward and drives on the rise, wide of cover and mid-off, races away

Potts to Neser, no run, wide of the crease and short of length outside off, nips back in, Neser trusts the bounce and leaves

Potts to Neser, no run, wide of the crease and short of length angled in on off, Neser gets right behind the line to defend to mid-on

Potts to Neser, no run, short of length on off, angled in, Neser goes on the back foot to defend, the thick outside-edge is found as he is squared up, but goes down and gully fields

Potts to Neser, no run, full outside off, Neser bends his back knee, thrashes the drive but straight to the fielder at cover, Jacks with a good stop

Potts to Head, 1 run, just short of the outstretched left hand? No it has just carried but would've been an unbelievable catch by Carse at deep backward point. He runs and dives to his left, the ball just hits the outstretched left hand and he can't hang on. A short delivery outside the leg-stump, Head backs away and cuts, Carse who just finished his over, did so well, very very tough chance

Potts to Neser, no run, wide of the crease and length angled in on off, Neser gets forward and full-faces the drive back to Potts

Potts to Neser, no run, short of length and well wide outside off, Neser lets it go

Potts to Neser, no run, short of length outside off, extra bounce, Neser leans back to slash, misses, flies over the top-edge

Potts to Neser, no run, wide length delivery outside off, shapes away, left alone

Potts to Neser, FOUR, first boundary for Neser. It's short on off, Neser goes on the back foot and pulls wide of mid-wicket, has the legs to run away

Potts to Head, 1 run, short and down leg, Head backs away outside the leg-stump and helps the pull to fine-leg

Potts to Head, no run, full outside off, angling away from the left-hander, left alone

Potts to Head, no run, length delivery across Head outside off, he shuffles across and tries to whip to the leg-side, the thick inside-edge hits the leg and rolls to the backward point area

Potts to Neser, 1 run, wide of the crease and short of length on middle, Neser goes on the back foot and nudges to fine-leg

Potts to Neser, no run, short of length outside off, good line and length, left alone

Potts to Neser, no run, good length and angled into off, Neser gets forward to defend to mid-on

Potts to Head, 1 run, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and cuts hard and straight to deep extra-cover

Potts to Head, no run, full and well outside off, left alone

Potts to Head, 2 runs, short of length on off, Head goes on the back foot and pulls wide of deep square-leg for two more

Potts to Head, no run, full outside off, angling away from the left-hander, Head lets it go and then mimics a flaying drive through the off-side

Potts to Head, FOUR, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and pulls to the deep mid-wicket fence. Hat-trick of fours, there's just a deep square-leg and mid-on in on the leg-side, Head easily finds the gap

Potts to Head, FOUR, Potts can't get it right. No third man, wide short of length delivery outside off, Head slashes and the thick outside-edge flies over gully

Potts to Head, FOUR, gentle loosener and hammered away. Full and wide outside off, Head gets forward and thrashes it dismissively wide of extra-cover, in the air and in the gap

Potts to Labuschagne, FOUR, Potts continues to leak runs. A full delivery outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to drive and beats backward point to his right, opened the face at the last moment to get the gap

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length outside off, Labuschagne shoulders arms

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, wide of the crease and short of length outside off, Labuschagne goes on the back foot and taps to backward point

Potts to Head, 3 runs, full just outside off, Head gets forward and drives wide of mid-off, Tongue chases and keeps it to three

Potts to Head, no run, full on off, Head gets forward to drive and picks out cover, well-timed but straight to the fielder

Potts to Head, FOUR, beats the chase of deep backward point to his right. A short of length delivery just outside off, Head leans back and cuts, into the gap and beats the slide of the fielder

Potts to Labuschagne, 1 run, wide of the crease and angled in on a short of length just outside off, tap and run to the point region

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, wide of the crease and full outside off, nips back in a tad, Labuschagne gets forward and covers off-stump to shoulder arms

Potts to Labuschagne, FOUR, another beautiful cover drive. Ful outside off, Labuschagne gets forward and drives so well, through the line and races away wide of cover

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

Potts to Head, 1 run, full outside off, Head gets forward to drive and the ball goes to deep backward point

Potts to Head, no run, full just outside off, Head gets forward to drive and it's mistimed, thick inner half of the bat and back to Potts

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, back of a length outside off, left alone

Potts to Labuschagne, FOUR, short of length and on off, Labuschagne goes on the back foot and pulls to the deep square-leg fence, still Labuschagne wringing his right hand

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, short of length outside off, left alone

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, full outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to drive and Jacks dives to his right at short cover to save runs

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, extra bounce and it has hit Labuschagne on the bottom-hand glove. On the right thumb. It's a rising short of length delivery and raps Labuschagne on the thumb, he takes his gloves off and has a look, luckily for Labuschagne it went down

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, full just outside off, Labuschagne gets forward and full-faces the drive back to Potts who deflects it to mid-on

Potts to Labuschagne, 1 run, full outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to drive to the left of mid-off for one

Potts to Labuschagne, FOUR, beautiful shot. Full just outside off, Labuschagne gets forward to drive and beats the dive of cover to his right, high-elbow and all that, raced away

Potts to Labuschagne, no run, good length and angled in back on off, Labuschagne gets forward to defend it back

Potts to Head, 1 run, short of length just outside off, Head goes on the back foot and punches it square of the wicket on the off-side

Potts to Head, 2 runs, full outside off, Head gets forward to drive wide of cover, the bat turns and it's just a couple

Potts to Head, FOUR, a half-volley to start and Head doesn't miss, he gets forward and drives it straight down the ground for four

Potts to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, short of length and down leg, Jake Weatherald goes on the back foot and tucks to deep backward square-leg

Potts to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, tough chance but Root parries it away at 1st slip. A short of length delivery outside off, Jake Weatherald looks to cut and the thick outside-edge just hits the end of the fingers as Root leaps. Root was slow to react and may have picked that up late

Potts to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, again loose from Potts, good length outside off, angling away from the left-hander, Jake Weatherald leans back and cuts it wide of backward point

Potts to Jake Weatherald, no run, stifled appeal and then it does down. Length and the inside-edge saves Jake Weatherald. It's the wobble-seam delivery, good length and Weatherald goes on the back foot to defend, thick inside-edge goes on to the pad

Potts to Jake Weatherald, no run, loose. Nothing shot from Jake Weatherald, length delivery outside off, angling away from the left-hander, he pokes and misses

Potts to Jake Weatherald, no run, short of length on middle, Jake Weatherald goes on the back foot to defend to mid-wicket

Potts to Head, FOUR, this is poor bowling. A short of length delivery outside off, Head fetches it from there, pulls as he lifts one leg up, finds the deep square-leg fence

Potts to Head, no run, good length and nips back in to middle and leg, Head flicks straight to the fielder at mid-wicket

Potts to Head, FOUR, nice back foot punch. A back of a length delivery outside off, Head goes on the back foot and times it wide of point, races away square of the wicket

Potts to Head, 2 runs, bit more bounce outside off this time, Head goes on the back foot and pulls, clears mid-wicket, didn't time it

Potts to Head, FOUR, so easy for Head. He lifts one leg and pulls this short of length delivery to the vacant deep square-leg fence, no pace and that barely rose to trouble Head

Potts to Head, no run, short of length on middle, Head goes on the back foot to defend to mid-wicket

Potts to Head, no run, short of length on off, Head goes on the back foot to defend to point

Potts to Head, 2 runs, short of length and angling into off, Head lifts one leg and whips over mid-wicket for two

Potts to Head, no run, short of length outside off, Head goes on the back foot and punches firmly to point

Potts to Head, no run, good length and angled into middle, Head gets forward and flicks, mid-wicket gets across and cuts it off to his left

Potts to Head, no run, full just outside off, Head gets forward to push to point, takes the bottom-hand off after playing that

Potts to Head, no run, short of length and down leg, Head shuffles across to tuck and then lets it go