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

Brydon Carse to Neser, out Caught by Jamie Smith!! 143.2kph, Carse goes full after the bouncers. Swings away a bit outside off, Neser pushes at it with cemented feet and outside-edges to the keeper. The 72-run stand has been broken as the nightwatchman departs. Neser c Jamie Smith b Brydon Carse 24(90) [4s-4]

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, 137.3kph, short again, angling in, Neser moves leg-side and sways away from it

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, 138.8kph, Neser ducks under this short-pitched delivery

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..

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length down leg, Neser flicks to short fine and Head sends Neser back

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short again, Neser ducks again

Brydon Carse to Neser, wide, short on the stumps, Neser ducks and it's a wide for height

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, England have no reviews left. It's boot first but the impact is just outside off. Good call by Carse as he convinces Stokes to take the review. It's a searing inswinging yorker on off, Neser digs it out but it brushes the boot first, the impact though is just outside off. After the boot, then it hits the toe-end of the bat. Stokes watches it on the big screen and can't believe the impact is not in line, as are a few of the other England players

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length and angling into the thigh pad, Neser goes on the back foot to turn, was there an inside-edge on to thigh? Anyway no forward short-leg and the ball falls safely there

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length on off, Neser goes on the back foot and taps to the right of backward point

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short outside off, tennis-ball bounce, left alone

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

Brydon Carse to Neser, 1 run, good length and angled in on middle, Neser gets forward to flick to deep mid-wicket

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length just outside off, Neser goes on the back foot and punches with a high elbow to cover

Brydon Carse to Neser, FOUR, Neser is now batting so well. Full outside off, Neser sinks on his back knee, drives square, wide of backward point and that's into the gap. A photographer's delight that as Neser held the pose. Technically so good

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length around off, Neser goes on the back foot and pulls, but mid-wicket slides to his left to cut it off

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

Brydon Carse to Neser, FOUR, nicely done. A short of length delivery just outside off, Neser leans back, cuts wide of gully and backward point, played it down, quality shot that

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, wide of the crease and full, angled in on off, Neser gets forward to drive to mid-off

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, good line and length, short of length just outside off, Neser shoulders arms

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, full just outside off, Neser gets forward to drive nicely but straight to the fielder at cover

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

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, full and the sucker delivery outside off, Neser looks to go for a drive but then lets it go at the last moment

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, flashy and beaten. Full outside off, shapes away, Neser bends his back knee to drive and the ball passes the outside-edge

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, beaten outside off. Lovely line and length just outside off, Neser is late in getting forward to defend, the ball just misses the forward defence

Brydon Carse to Neser, 1 run, length and angled in on middle, Neser gets forward to flick to deep backward square-leg

Brydon Carse to Neser, no run, short of length and well wide outside off, moves away, left alone

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

Stokes to Neser, no run, full outside off, Neser gets forward to defend to cover

Stokes to Neser, no run, full and angling in, to off, Neser gets forward to show the full-face and defend to mid-on

Stokes to Neser, no run, wide of the crease and short of length, angling in to off, Neser goes on the back foot to defend, hits the shoulder of the bat and drops to the cover region

Stokes to Neser, no run, full outside off, left alone

Stokes to Neser, no run, good length and angling back in on off, Neser gets forward to defend to mid-on

Stokes to Neser, no run, short of length outside off, left alone

Stokes to Neser, no run, length and angled back into off, a solid forward defence back

Stokes to Neser, no run, another play and a miss. Fullish outside off, Neser gets forward to drive and misses, this will be frustrating for England

Stokes to Neser, no run, full and down leg, Neser flicks and misses, Jamie Smith catches it one-handed to his left

Stokes to Neser, no run, back of a length outside off, Neser is happy to leave

Stokes to Neser, no ball, short of length outside off, rising, Neser lets it go and Stokes has overstepped

Stokes to Neser, no run, full outside off, Neser bends his back knee to drive and misses, another big drive attempted and missed

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

Stokes to Neser, 1 run, short of length on middle, Neser goes on the back foot and closes the face of the bat to turn it to deep backward square-leg

Stokes 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

Stokes to Neser, no run, full outside off, shapes away, Neser bends his back knee, looks for a big drive through covers, misses

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

Stokes to Neser, no run, short of length outside off, holds its line, left alone

Stokes to Neser, no run, short and down leg-side, Neser ducks again

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

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

Stokes to Neser, no run, short of length outside off, rising, left alone

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

Stokes to Neser, no run, short but down leg, Neser ducks and lets it go

Stokes to Neser, no run, full and snakes back into off, Neser gets forward to drive, the thick inside-edge goes to his left, turns around to see where the ball is

Stokes to Neser, no run, short of length on off, Neser goes on the back foot and turns it gently to the mid-wicket region

Stokes to Neser, no run, good length and stays a bit low on off, Neser gets right behind the line to defend to mid-on

Stokes to Neser, no run, short of length and angling into middle, Neser goes on the back foot and turns it to square-leg

Stokes to Neser, no run, 137.8kph, oh dear! That ball has kicked up from a length. Neser defends from the crease and gets hit on the right forearm/elbow. He immediately throws his bat in pain and calls for the physio

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

Stokes to Neser, no run, 136.1kph, another one that leaves the right-hander, Neser lets it go on line

Stokes to Neser, no run, beaten! 137.9kph, wide of the crease, angles in and straightens off the deck to go past the defensive outside edge of Neser

Stokes to Neser, no run, 139.8kph, length ball shaping away a bit outside off, left alone

Stokes to Neser, no run, 134.6kph, angling in towards middle, Neser is compact in his defence

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