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

Brydon Carse to Green, FOUR, nicely played! A shortish delivery around off, Green rises on his toes and punches it beautifully through backward point. Sweeper cover hares across to his left but has no chance to stop it

Brydon Carse to Green, no run, Brydon Carse switches to round the wicket and bowls a bouncer in line of the stumps, doesn't rise as much as Green expected it to. He copes a blow on his left shoulder. That will sting but he fine

Brydon Carse to Green, FOUR, it's down to single figures for Australia now! Shortish delivery outside off, Green rises on his toes and punches it crisply through backward point to find the fence. It was uppish but was wide of gully

Brydon Carse to Carey, 1 run, 142kph shortish delivery on middle and leg, Carey pulls it to deep backward square leg

Brydon Carse to Carey, no run, back of a length delivery on leg-stump, Carey hops and tucks it towards square leg. A loud call of No from him

Brydon Carse to Green, 1 run, short of length outside off, Green camps back and punches it to point

Brydon Carse to Green, 1 run, back of a length delivery angling in on middle, Green tucks it to mid-wicket to retain wicket

Brydon Carse to Carey, 1 run, 140.1kph hard length delivery on off, Carey pushes it towards mid-off for a quick single

Brydon Carse to Carey, no run, 140.9kph short ball on leg-stump, Carey ducks under it in a jiffy

Brydon Carse to Carey, no run, a little hesitation in the running again! Carey pushes this one towards mid-on. Green takes off for a run but is sent back late by Carey

Brydon Carse to Carey, no run, a bouncer on middle and leg, Carey ducks under it

Brydon Carse to Green, 1 run, chaos out there! Another mix-up and it could have been an another run-out! Nerves from Carey. Green taps it towards covers and the batters set off. The fielder misses his shy at the bowler's end. The ball goes towards deep mid-wicket. Carey takes off for the second run and is more than halfway down the pitch. Green responds late but then Carey sends him back and then rushes back. The throw comes into the keeper and he is in by then

Brydon Carse to Green, wide, a bouncer on off but it's too high. Jamie Smith has to leap to stop it. Wided by the umpire

Brydon Carse to Green, no run, 138.7kph back of a length delivery in the channel, straightens a bit, Green keeps it out in front of him

Brydon Carse to Green, FOUR, shot! Shortish delivery and some room on offer, Green gets on top of the bounce and punches it crisply through covers to get the desired result

Brydon Carse to Carey, 1 run, short of length delivery shaping towards the pads, Carey tucks it past the right side of short fine. He has been susceptible in that area so he needs to be careful

Brydon Carse to Green, 1 run, short of length delivery angling in, tucked round the corner for a single

Brydon Carse to Carey, 1 run, almost sneaked through! Skiddy back of a length delivery angling in, Carey pushes at it and gets an inside edge towards short mid-wicket and sets off. Green almost runs into Brydon Carse while he runs towards the ball but no harm done eventually

Brydon Carse to Carey, no run, full delivery angling in on off from round the wicket, driven back to Brydon Carse

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, lovely stroke! 139.1kph half-volley outside off, Jake Weatherald plants his front foot across and creams the drive past extra cover. The ball races away to the fence. The timing was spot on there

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 140.1kph back of a length delivery angling in towards leg-stump, Head plays it with soft hands towards mid-on to scamper across

Brydon Carse to Head, FOUR, crunched! 139.6kph overpitched delivery around off, Head leans towards it and drills it through covers. Sweeper cover moves across to his left but has no chance to stop it

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 140.2kph back of a length delivery outside off, Head rises on his toes and steers it towards gully. Bethell gets low to his right at gully to stop it

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, a play and a miss again! 140.3kph shortish delivery outside off, Head tries to upper cut over backward point but only meets thin air

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 138.8kph shortish delivery on off, Head tries to pull it across but misses

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, short of length delivery, Jake Weatherald tucks it through backward square leg. Brydon Carse once again has something to say to Weatherald and he gives it back to him. Brook again joins in

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, no run, another play and a miss! Brydon Carse has something to say to Jake Weatherald. Brook also joins in. Jake Weatherald tried to cut and couldn't connect once again. An angry Carse has a word or two with the batter and Weatherald responds with a smile. Brook too comes in to have a chat with Weatherald

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, no run, England review for a caught behind. Stokes consults Jamie Smith, Brydon Carse and also has a chat with Crawley. He eventually takes the review just before the timer runs out. Was a shortish delivery outside off, skidded after landing, Jake Weatherald tried to slash it square of the wicket on the off-side but seemed to have got beaten. Time for the replays. There's a bit of murmur on Snicko when the ball is close to the bottom-edge but it does look like there's a bit of gap between bat and ball. It wasn't a proper spike. The third umpire tells umpire Ahsan Raza to stay with his decision. Brydon Carse is upset. He has something to say to the umpire. Stokes pushes his bowler away and then has a bit of an animated chat with Ahsan Raza before moving away

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, FOUR, nicely done! 141.6kph shortish delivery and some room on offer, Jake Weatherald cashes in. He gets on top of the bounce and cuts it fiercely through backward point for a rocketing boundary

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, no run, 142.3kph short of length delivery moving across Weatherald. He slashes but gets beaten for pace

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 140.3kph bouncer angling away from Head. He gets on top of the bounce and pulls it to deep mid-wicket

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, no run, 142kph pitched up delivery outside off, driven on the up to extra cover

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 139.2kph short delivery shaping across Head. He mistimes the pull through mid-wicket

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, short of length delivery outside off, Head slashes and doesn't connect once again

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, beaten! 143kph skiddy back of a length delivery on leg-stump, seams away sharply, Head tries to work it across but gets opened up in his stance and is beaten on the outside edge. That wasn't far from the off-stump

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, 140.3kph very full delivery well outside off, Jake Weatherald reaches out and carves it to sweeper cover

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, back of a length delivery shaping away from Head. He punches it crisply to the right of sweeper cover

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 141.5kph, back of a length, Head hops and defends with a squared up stance

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 143kph, very full, jammed into the off-side

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 141.2kph, pushes this length ball to mid-off

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, 140.8kph, fuller than a length, pushed towards cover

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 143.6kph, rib-lined, tucked around the corner

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 142.3kph, full ball, Head drives to mid-on

Brydon Carse to Head, FOUR, Head brings his bottom hand into play to nicely drive this full delivery straight of mid-on. 10 runs off the opening over

Brydon Carse to Head, FOUR, 141.2kph, streaky boundary! Well, Carse is interested and England have actually reviewed for for lbw. The England players saw umpire Ahsan Raza signal leg-byes and then reviewed. Very full ball, Head hangs back to flick and gets a faint outside edge onto his back leg that runs away between the slips and gully. Snicko confirms an outside edge and England lose a review. Even if there had been no bat, that pitched outside leg

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 137.8kph, short of a good length, Head hops and defends

Brydon Carse to Jake Weatherald, 1 run, 138.6kph, inswinger on the stumps, Weatherald turns it to midwicket and gets off the mark with a quick single

Brydon Carse to Head, 1 run, 137.3kph, full and on the pads, Head flicks with the spin to backward square leg

Brydon Carse to Head, no run, 140.1kph, low full toss, inswinger, Head is rapped on the front leg and there's a big appeal for lbw. Would have swung down leg. There's also a run-out appeal. England decide not to review. The TV umpire is summoned and Head is in. NOT OUT