295/10 (103.1)
CR : 2.86
283/10 (54.4)
CR : 5.18
England won by 49 runs 🏆
Player of the Match
Chris Woakes
3/61 & 4/5036(36) & 1(5)
Pat Cummins receives the URN as Australia retain the Ashes. Meanwhile, Ashes 2023 Ashes trophy has been shared by England and Australia 2-2. Not a huge celebration, just the Australian group posing for photographs with a smile on their face.
Stuart Broad has his family time with his wife Mollie King and his daughter and plenty of photographers are surrounding them.
Stuart Broad has his family time with his wife Mollie King and his daughter and plenty of photographers are surrounding them.
Moeen Ali (England): "It's amazing. Great to come back. When he messaged, I didn't hear about Leach's injury but it was a great experience to play under Stokes and Baz. That was going to be the challenge. I know mentally it was going to be tough anyway but to be physically fit was a challenge.
It was an opportunity for me to bat at three in the last two matches. I have batted at three before and it wasn't out of the box thinking. I know I'm done. If Stokesy messages me again, I'm going to delete it. I have enjoyed it and am happy to finish on a high.
I don't know if Stokes dropped it. Then I saw it again and I thought I won't be having Smith again. But with the way Broady was bowling and the ball was spinning, so it helped us. I'm really pleased to see Broady finish on a high.
Zak Crawley and Duckett put up solid partnerships and took the Australian bowlers upfront. Also to see Jimmy keep going was great.
Baz is my kind of coaching. You see him sitting relax and just enjoying the game. As a player, you feel negative at times but when you have the backing from the coaching staff, it always helps. Just go out and do your thing."
It was an opportunity for me to bat at three in the last two matches. I have batted at three before and it wasn't out of the box thinking. I know I'm done. If Stokesy messages me again, I'm going to delete it. I have enjoyed it and am happy to finish on a high.
I don't know if Stokes dropped it. Then I saw it again and I thought I won't be having Smith again. But with the way Broady was bowling and the ball was spinning, so it helped us. I'm really pleased to see Broady finish on a high.
Zak Crawley and Duckett put up solid partnerships and took the Australian bowlers upfront. Also to see Jimmy keep going was great.
Baz is my kind of coaching. You see him sitting relax and just enjoying the game. As a player, you feel negative at times but when you have the backing from the coaching staff, it always helps. Just go out and do your thing."
So with that, we now know that Moeen Ali is also done with the Tests! Another servant of the game bows out.
Session Breakdown of Day 5:
Session 1: 28 Overs | 103 Runs | 3 Wickets
Session 2: No play due to rain
Session 3: 28.4 Overs | 96 Runs | 7 Wickets
Session 1: 28 Overs | 103 Runs | 3 Wickets
Session 2: No play due to rain
Session 3: 28.4 Overs | 96 Runs | 7 Wickets
Ashes 5th Test Day 5:
Drizzle results in a delayed start by 10 mins
Woakes bowled beautifully and troubled both the Australian openers
Woakes sends back Warner on 60 with a beauty in the fourth over of day five
Khawaja is trapped in front of the stumps and departs after wasting a review
Labuschagne edges one to Crawley at second slip to give Wood his first
Session 1, Drinks: AUS 175/3 (51 Overs) (Smith 11*, Head 1*)
Smith and Head take Australia past 200
The pair of Smith and Head put 50 between them off 61 balls for the fourth wicket
Smith survives on the stroke of lunch as Stokes grabs the catch but drops the ball while appealing. England lose a review in the process
Day 5, Lunch: AUS 238/3 (66 Overs) (Smith 40*, Head 31*)
Players walk out for the afternoon session but walk off immediately as it starts raining
Persistent rain washes out the second session
Day 5, Tea: AUS 238/3 (66 Overs) (Smith 40*, Head 31*)
Play starts in the evening session, with 47 overs set to be bowled
Smith brings up his 38th Test fifty and second in this Test
Moeen Ali breaks the 95-run 4th wicket partnership by luring Head for an expansive drive
Woakes produces another beauty to dismiss Smith, the priced scalp
Moeen dismisses Mitchell Marsh in his next over, with Bairstow producing a moment of brilliance behind the stumps
Mitchell Starc surrenders to another peach from Woakes
England don’t opt for the second new ball
Moeen puts Australia in the sword, getting rid of the Australian skipper
Session 3, Drinks: AUS 294/8 (81.2 Overs) (Carey 10*, Murphy 0*)
Stuart Broad comes back for one last spell in his career
Australia hobble past 300
Broad changes the bails at the bowler’s end and it results in immediate success as he removes Murphy on the very next ball on 18
Crawley drops Carey at second slip of the bowling of Broad
Carey nicks one to Bairstow to give Broad a fairytale ending as the English pacer helps England beat Australia by 49 runs.
AUS 334 (94.4 Overs) (Khawaja 72) (Woakes 4/50)
The series finishes with a scoreline reading 2-2. Australia retain the Ashes
Crickxo Players of the Day: Chris Woakes and Moeen Ali
Woakes and Moeen had different reasons to celebrate. Woakes came into the side in the third Test, while Moeen had recalled his retirement to get this Ashes done in the absence of Jack Leach.
Woakes scalped four wickets, getting rid of Warner, Khawaja, Smith and Starc. The wickets of the openers were very crucial after they added 140 runs for the opening wicket. Then comes the prized scalp of ever-consistent Smith.
Moeen joined hands with Woakesy in reducing the Aussie middle and lower order with the wickets of Head, Marsh, and Cummins as England levelled up the Ashes 2023 with Australia.
Woakes and Moeen had different reasons to celebrate. Woakes came into the side in the third Test, while Moeen had recalled his retirement to get this Ashes done in the absence of Jack Leach.
Woakes scalped four wickets, getting rid of Warner, Khawaja, Smith and Starc. The wickets of the openers were very crucial after they added 140 runs for the opening wicket. Then comes the prized scalp of ever-consistent Smith.
Moeen joined hands with Woakesy in reducing the Aussie middle and lower order with the wickets of Head, Marsh, and Cummins as England levelled up the Ashes 2023 with Australia.
It was a great series to be part of. Plenty of takeaways and plenty of memories. Starting from Moeen Ali's return from retirement to Stuart Broad's fairytale end, it literally had everything in it. In the end, England and Australia shared it 2-2 with the latter retaining the urn.
Talk about the early declaration at Edgbaston, talk about the Khawaja resilience, talk about the Cummins moments in the first Test, talk about Lyon moments and his battle with the injury, talk about Stokes clutch moments in Lord's, talk about Headingley comebacks of Woakes, Wood and England, talk about Old Trafford's rain and talk about Broady's shocking retirement call before he signed off on a high. Geez, we have witnessed them all and still a plenty of them left to state. Well, it was definitely one heck of a ride.
So, I am AkshayaKrishna Polya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal, who brought you all live-action of this emotion-filled last dance from the 2023's epic Ashes series. We will be back with more coverage across the globe. Until then, its cheers!
Talk about the early declaration at Edgbaston, talk about the Khawaja resilience, talk about the Cummins moments in the first Test, talk about Lyon moments and his battle with the injury, talk about Stokes clutch moments in Lord's, talk about Headingley comebacks of Woakes, Wood and England, talk about Old Trafford's rain and talk about Broady's shocking retirement call before he signed off on a high. Geez, we have witnessed them all and still a plenty of them left to state. Well, it was definitely one heck of a ride.
So, I am AkshayaKrishna Polya, signing off on behalf of my co-commentator Akshay Bhide and scorer/analyst Bishal Mandal, who brought you all live-action of this emotion-filled last dance from the 2023's epic Ashes series. We will be back with more coverage across the globe. Until then, its cheers!