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

Tongue to Head, out Caught by Brydon Carse!! Head holes out in a bid to keep the tempo going! He advances down the track. Tongue spots that and he digs it in short on off. Head still tries to hit it across although he gets into an uncomfortable position as the ball climbs on him and ends up getting a top-edge to mid-wicket. There's a lot of hang time there. Carse moves back and settles under it nicely. Head's brilliant time with the bat in this series comes to an end. 600-plus runs in an Ashes series is a top performance. He gets a warm round of applause from the SCG crowd as he walks back to the pavilion. Head c Brydon Carse b Tongue 29(35) [4s-4]

Tongue to Head, FOUR, in the air but wide of gully! Skiddy back of a length delivery outside off, Head rises on his toes and tries to punch it on the up but it flies off the outer half. Bethell leaps to his left but it's well wide of him and races away to the fence

Jacob Bethell to Head, no run, 91.5kph full delivery turning in from outside off, Head opens his bat-face and ends up tapping it to slip. He wanted to play it squarer

Jacob Bethell to Head, no run, some turn and grip from a back of a length outside off, Head is surprised by the bounce but manages to block it to the right of Bethell

Jacob Bethell to Head, 1 run, 91.5kph full delivery well outside off, Head reaches out and drags the slog towards wide long-on

Jacob Bethell to Head, 2 runs, Head uses his feet and Jacob Bethell drops it short outside off. He slaps it to the left of sweeper cover. Picks up a couple of runs for doing so. 50 up for Australia and it's met with a cheer from the crowd

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

Jacob Bethell to Head, 1 run, 94kph short and wide delivery, Head cuts it to sweeper cover to retain strike

Jacob Bethell to Head, no run, darted in at 95kph, Head leans ahead to block

Jacob Bethell to Head, no run, a stifled appeal for lbw! On a back of a length outside off, turning in, Head opts to pad it away. It wouldn't have turned in enough to hit the off-stump

Jacob Bethell to Head, no run, full delivery drifting in from outside off, Head tries to block it with his bat close to his pad but misses and is struck on the pads

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

Tongue to Head, 1 run, back of a length delivery angling in on off, Head hops and works it to mid-wicket

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

Tongue to Head, 1 run, 139kph hard length delivery on off, Head rises on his toes and dabs it to backward point to retain strike

Tongue to Head, no run, another play and a miss! 137.7kph shortish delivery outside off, some extra bounce there and it moves away. Head throws his bat at it but gets beaten on the top-edge

Tongue to Head, no run, 136.5kph short of length delivery outside off, swinging away, Head slashes at it but doesn't connect

Tongue to Head, 1 run, 136.3kph good length delivery angling in on middle and leg, punched towards mid-on for another brisk single

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 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 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