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Australia v England 5th test
Australia v England 5th test
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 6:54 PM
Day 4: 1st Session
ENG384
AUS 564 /9 (133) CRR:4.24
- Australia lead by 180 runs
Beau Webster 68(83)
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 6:55 PM
Day 4: 1st Session
ENG 384
AUS 567 (133.5) CRR:4.24
Australia lead by 183 run
Beau Webster *71[87
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:08 PM
Crawley and Duckett are at the crease.
Crawley is on strike.
Mitchell Starc will open the attack
0.4
Mitchell Starc to Duckett, 3 runs, nicely played! Pitched up around off, Duckett leans ahead a bit and push-drives it past mid-off. Labuschagne gives it a chase and slides near the fence
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:09 PM
Crawley has been trapped in front
0.5
Mitchell Starc to Crawley, out Lbw!! Crawley has been trapped in front but after a consultation with Duckett, he opts for the review. He didn't offer any stroke so the impact doesn't matter. It looks adjacent to the naked eye. 144kph back of a length delivery around off, swung in a bit, Crawley was caught in the crease and had an error in judgement as he lifted his bat to leave it but was struck on the front pad. Ball-tracking comes into play and hitting is umpire's call - it would have hit the top of off-stump. Mitchell Starc works his magic in the first over yet again
Crawley lbw b Mitchell Starc 1(2)
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:11 PM
Jacob Bethell, left handed bat, comes to the crease
0.6
Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, no run, back of a length outside off, shaping away, Jacob Bethell leaves it alone
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:13 PM
debut: Apr 23, '07
23,390 runs
@Chrissy
Feels like the last day of the tour/series.
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:13 PM
debut: Apr 23, '07
23,390 runs
@Chrissy
Feels like the last day of the tour/series.
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:24 PM
Lowest opening partnership average in a Test series (min. 10 innings)
18.6 - John Dyson & Graeme Wood (AUS), Ashes 1981 (away)
19.1 - Zak Crawley & Ben Duckett (ENG), Ashes 2025/26 (away)
21.4 - Sunil Gavaskar & Anshuman Gaikwad (IND) vs WI, 1983/84 (home)
23.44 - Trevor Goddard & Jackie McGlew (SA) vs ENG, 1960 (away)
23.7 - Michael Atherton & Marcus Trescothick (ENG), Ashes 2001 (home)
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:26 PM
Most wickets in the first over of an innings in Tests
29 - James Anderson (SR: 60.4)
27 - Mitchell Starc (SR: 39.3)
20 - Glenn McGrath (SR: 59.5)
16 - Chaminda Vaas (SR: 62.2)
14 - Dale Steyn (SR: 56.5)
*where ball-by-ball data is available
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:28 PM
Stat - England’s opening partnership lasted 22 balls on average in this series. That’s the third-lowest balls/dismissal for a team’s opening stand in any Test series of minimum four matches, after 14.9 for England on the 1905/06 tour of South Africa and 17.1 for Australia in Ashes 2019 (where ball-by-ball data is available).
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 7:32 PM
Day 4: 1st Session
ENG 17 /1(5) CRR:3.4
- England trail by 166 runs
Ben Duckett 14(14)
Jacob Bethell 2(14)
Mitchell Starc 3-0-16-1
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 8:13 PM
Day 4: 1st Session
ENG 57 /1 (13) CRR:4.38
- England trail by 126 runs
Ben Duckett 32(36)
Jacob Bethell 18(40)
Tue, Jan 6, '26 at 8:18 PM
13.6
Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, 141.8kph, overpitched outside off, Bethell reaches out and laces the drive with the swing to the left of backward point.
13.1
Mitchell Starc to Jacob Bethell, FOUR, 141.3kph, not where he intended but he'll get the boundary. Bethell closes the bat-face early against this length ball and gets a leading edge that beats the diving backward point fielder to his right