AUS vs ENG, 5th Test - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Venue: Sydney
Date & Time: Jan 4, 2026, 05:00 AM
MATCH DETAILS
  • Venue

    Sydney

  • Series

    Men's Ashes 2025-26

  • Toss

    England won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Umpire

    Ahsan Raza , Christopher Gaffaney

  • Match Referee

    Jeffrey Crowe

  • Tv Umpire

    Handunnettige Dharmasena

  • Man of the Match

    -

AUS
567/10 (133.5)
&
161/5 (31.2)
ENG
384/10 (97.3)
&
342/10 (88.2)
CRR: Day 5
Australia win by 5 wickets

Key Stats

Partnership 40 (49)
Last Wicket Marnus Labuschagne - 37 (40)
Extra 5
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Alex Carey 16 27 1 0 59.26
Cameron Green 22 27 3 0 81.48
Bowler O M R W Econ
Will Jacks 6.2 1 42 1 6.63

31.2 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

4

FOUR! Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.

31.1 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

0

Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Crawley.

Over
31
4 0 4 1 0 1
10
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

30.6 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

4

FOUR! Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Short, down leg side on the back foot cutting, well timed past third man for 4 runs.

30.5 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

0

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

30.4 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

4

FOUR! Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past deep backward point for 4 runs.

30.3 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

1

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep backward square leg for 1 run.

30.2 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, to leg gully for no runs, mis-fielded by Duckett.

30.1 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Tongue.

Over
30
0 3 0 0 0 0
3
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

29.6 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

0

Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Tongue.

29.5 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

3 b

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left to fine leg for 3 runs, mis-fielded by Smith, fielded by Tongue.

29.4 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Duckett.

29.3 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, wide outside off stump down the track pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, shy attempt by Bethell.

29.2 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Carse.

29.1 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

Over
29
1 1 0 0 0 1
3
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

28.6 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.

28.5 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

1

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Root.

28.4 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

28.3 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Duckett.

28.2 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

28.1 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1 wd

Wide Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Bouncer, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Smith.

Over
28
0 0 0 1 0 1
2
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

27.6 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

27.5 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Brook.

27.4 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

27.3 Joe Root to Cameron Green

1

Joe Root to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Carse.

27.2 Joe Root to Cameron Green

0

Joe Root to Cameron Green. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Bethell.

27.1 Joe Root to Alex Carey

1

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Jacks.

31.2 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

4

FOUR! Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot driving, well timed past deep extra cover for 4 runs.

31.1 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

0

Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Crawley.

Over
31
4 0 4 1 0 1
10
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

30.6 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

4

FOUR! Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Short, down leg side on the back foot cutting, well timed past third man for 4 runs.

30.5 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

0

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

30.4 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

4

FOUR! Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, wide outside off stump on the back foot driving, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past deep backward point for 4 runs.

30.3 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

1

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot pulling, to deep backward square leg for 1 run.

30.2 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot working, to leg gully for no runs, mis-fielded by Duckett.

30.1 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Tongue.

Over
30
0 3 0 0 0 0
3
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

29.6 Will Jacks to Alex Carey

0

Will Jacks to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Tongue.

29.5 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

3 b

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, wide outside off stump on the back foot Leave, Left to fine leg for 3 runs, mis-fielded by Smith, fielded by Tongue.

29.4 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Duckett.

29.3 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, wide outside off stump down the track pushing, to short extra cover for no runs, shy attempt by Bethell.

29.2 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to backward square leg for no runs, fielded by Carse.

29.1 Will Jacks to Cameron Green

0

Will Jacks to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

Over
29
1 1 0 0 0 1
3
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

28.6 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1

Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Duckett.

28.5 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

1

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, down leg side on the back foot defending, to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Root.

28.4 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Short, down leg side ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

28.3 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot working, to short mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Duckett.

28.2 Brydon Carse to Alex Carey

0

Brydon Carse to Alex Carey. Short, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

28.1 Brydon Carse to Cameron Green

1 wd

Wide Brydon Carse to Cameron Green. Bouncer, outside off stump ducked Leave, Left for 1 run, fielded by Smith.

Over
28
0 0 0 1 0 1
2
AUS
161 / 5
Alex Carey
16(27)
Cameron Green
22(27)
Brydon Carse
8-0-51-0

27.6 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs.

27.5 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Brook.

27.4 Joe Root to Alex Carey

0

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot Leave, Left for no runs, fielded by Smith.

27.3 Joe Root to Cameron Green

1

Joe Root to Cameron Green. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Carse.

27.2 Joe Root to Cameron Green

0

Joe Root to Cameron Green. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Bethell.

27.1 Joe Root to Alex Carey

1

Joe Root to Alex Carey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the back foot driving, to deep point for 1 run, fielded by Jacks.

AUS Batting: 161/5 in 31.2 ov

Batsmen How Out R 4s 6s SR
Travis Head c: Brydon Carse b: Josh Tongue 29 (35) 4 0 82.86
Jake Weatherald c: Matthew Potts b: Josh Tongue 34 (40) 5 0 85.00
Marnus Labuschagne run out (Matthew Potts) 37 (40) 4 1 92.50
Steve Smith b: Will Jacks 12 (12) 1 0 100.00
Usman Khawaja b: Josh Tongue 6 (7) 1 0 85.71
Alex Carey not out 16 (27) 1 0 59.26
Cameron Green not out 22 (27) 3 0 81.48
Beau Webster Did not bat 0 (0) 0 0 0.00
Michael Neser Did not bat 0 (0) 0 0 0.00
Mitchell Starc Did not bat 0 (0) 0 0 0.00
Scott Boland Did not bat 0 (0) 0 0 0.00
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Brydon Carse 8 0 51 0 0 1 6.38
Josh Tongue 11 0 42 3 0 0 3.82
Jacob Bethell 3 0 16 0 0 0 5.33
Will Jacks 6.2 1 42 1 0 0 6.63
Joe Root 3 1 6 0 0 0 2.00

ENG Batting: 342/10 in 88.2 ov

Batsmen How Out R 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley lbw: Mitchell Starc 1 (2) 0 0 50.00
Ben Duckett b: Michael Neser 42 (55) 6 0 76.36
Jacob Bethell c: Alex Carey b: Mitchell Starc 154 (265) 16 0 58.11
Joe Root lbw: Scott Boland 6 (37) 1 0 16.22
Harry Brook lbw: Beau Webster 42 (48) 5 0 87.50
Ben Stokes c: Steve Smith b: Beau Webster 1 (5) 0 0 20.00
Jamie Smith run out (Jake Weatherald) 26 (41) 3 0 63.41
Will Jacks c: Cameron Green b: Beau Webster 0 (2) 0 0 0.00
Brydon Carse c: Steve Smith b: Scott Boland 16 (20) 3 0 80.00
Matthew Potts not out 18 (43) 3 0 41.86
Josh Tongue c: Marnus Labuschagne b: Mitchell Starc 6 (14) 1 0 42.86
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Mitchell Starc 18.2 2 72 3 0 0 3.93
Scott Boland 25 6 46 2 0 0 1.84
Michael Neser 16 0 55 1 1 0 3.44
Cameron Green 6 0 40 0 0 0 6.67
Beau Webster 16 1 64 3 1 0 4.00
Travis Head 4 0 25 0 0 1 6.25
Marnus Labuschagne 3 0 15 0 0 2 5.00

AUS Batting: 567/10 in 133.5 ov

Batsmen How Out R 4s 6s SR
Travis Head lbw: Jacob Bethell 163 (166) 24 1 98.19
Jake Weatherald lbw: Ben Stokes 21 (36) 4 0 58.33
Marnus Labuschagne c: Jacob Bethell b: Ben Stokes 48 (68) 7 0 70.59
Steve Smith c: Jamie Smith b: Josh Tongue 138 (220) 16 1 62.73
Usman Khawaja lbw: Brydon Carse 17 (49) 2 0 34.69
Alex Carey c: Jacob Bethell b: Josh Tongue 16 (13) 3 0 123.08
Cameron Green c: Ben Duckett b: Brydon Carse 37 (64) 3 1 57.81
Beau Webster not out 71 (87) 7 0 81.61
Michael Neser c: Jamie Smith b: Brydon Carse 24 (90) 4 0 26.67
Mitchell Starc b: Josh Tongue 5 (14) 0 0 35.71
Scott Boland c: Harry Brook b: Will Jacks 0 (1) 0 0 0.00
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Brydon Carse 27 2 130 3 0 1 4.81
Matthew Potts 25 1 141 0 0 2 5.64
Josh Tongue 30 0 97 3 0 0 3.23
Ben Stokes 27.4 6 95 2 5 0 3.43
Will Jacks 8.5 0 34 1 0 0 3.85
Jacob Bethell 15.2 1 52 1 0 1 3.39

ENG Batting: 383/8 in 95.1 ov

Batsmen How Out R 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley lbw: Michael Neser 16 (29) 3 0 55.17
Ben Duckett c: Alex Carey b: Mitchell Starc 27 (24) 5 0 112.50
Jacob Bethell c: Alex Carey b: Scott Boland 10 (23) 2 0 43.48
Joe Root not out 159 (240) 15 0 66.25
Harry Brook c: Steve Smith b: Scott Boland 84 (97) 6 1 86.60
Ben Stokes c: Alex Carey b: Mitchell Starc 0 (11) 0 0 0.00
Jamie Smith c: Scott Boland b: Marnus Labuschagne 46 (76) 6 1 60.53
Will Jacks c: Cameron Green b: Michael Neser 27 (62) 2 1 43.55
Brydon Carse c: Alex Carey b: Cameron Green 1 (6) 0 0 16.67
Matthew Potts not out 1 (6) 0 0 16.67
Josh Tongue Did not bat 0 (0) 0 0 0.00
Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Mitchell Starc 23 2 93 2 1 0 4.04
Michael Neser 17.1 1 60 2 0 0 3.50
Scott Boland 26 2 85 2 0 0 3.27
Cameron Green 17 0 84 1 1 1 4.94
Beau Webster 5 0 20 0 0 0 4.00
Travis Head 4 0 20 0 0 0 5.00
Marnus Labuschagne 3 0 14 1 1 1 4.67