Ashes 2023 Highlights England vs Australia 5th Test Day 1: AUS 61/1 at Stumps, trail by 222 runs; Brook shines for ENG

A good length delivery by Marsh, on off. Crawley straight drives it straight of mid-on for a four! SHOT!

Back of a length delivery by Marsh, and Crawley gets a thick edge past third slip and Smith drives but drops it! Two runs!

A short of a length delivery by Marsh and Duckett smacks it in front of square for a double.

Back of a length delivery by Cummins, and outside off. Crawley outside edges. No run.

A good length delivery by Starc, on middle and leg line. Duckett flicks it off his pads to deep square for a single.

A good length delivery by Hazlewood, outside off. Crawley smacks it straight of mid-off for a four!

A full delivery by Starc, and wide. Duckett slices it behind point for a four!

Back of a length delivery by Hazlewood, on fifth stump line. Duckett taps it to cover point for a single.

Back of a length delivery by Starc, outside off. Duckett defends it to point for a single.

A good length delivery by Hazlewood, on sixth stump line. Crawley drives it through cover point for a four! SHOT!

ENG: 7/0 (2)

Back of a length delivery by Hazlewood, on middle. Duckett guides it behind square and gets it past square leg for a double.

Back of a length delivery by Starc, angling across. Crawley leaves it.

Crawley and Duckett open for Englan. Cummins to bowl the first over for Australia.

England: Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes(c), Jonny Bairstow(w), Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

Australia: David Warner, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Mitchell Marsh, Alex Carey(w), Mitchell Starc, Pat Cummins(c), Josh Hazlewood, Todd Murphy

After winning the toss, Australia captain Cummins said, "Had to double check that (when it came down tails, firs toss won in this series). We will have a bowl. Little bit of cloud cover and wicket looks good. It is a similar side to the one that played four years ago (2019), we know what we did that time and how we can change things. One change - Cam Green misses out and Todd Murphy comes in."

Meanwhile, England skipper Stokes stated, "We had have had a bowl as well, just because of the overhead conditions and every time we have won the toss we have bowled. You relatively know one day, two day out what team you are going with, letting the lads know gives them time to prepare. Australia want to leave here winning the Ashes, we want to draw the series and though they have retained the Ashes, we want to draw the series."

Australia win toss, opt to bowl against England in London!

Calling Anderson the “greatest” among fast bowlers, Stokes reiterated his faith in the England pacer after a dull outing in the Ashes series.

"James Anderson is the greatest fast bowler to play the game and he's still looking as good as he was two years ago," said Stokes at The Oval on Wednesday.

"Although he's not had the impact or the wickets he would have liked to in this series, he's a quality bowler and quality performer. To have nearly 700 Test wickets is phenomenal, and to be able to do it all around the world as well."

Ben Duckett, Zak Crawley, Moeen Ali, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Chris Woakes, Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, James Anderson

The forecast for the start of the day looks rather bleak, with rain predicted during the first session. However, the clouds are expected to clear as the day proceeds

There were murmurs over England removing James Anderson from the XI for the final Test, but Stokes confirmed on Wednesday that the side would field the same set of players for the Oval Test

It might not have been a solid outing for the Australians in Manchester, but they were undoubtedly the better team over the first two Tests in Edgbaston and Lord's. Not only did they confine the England batters from being overtly aggressive – an approach they adopted to much success under Stokes – but also outsmarted the hosts in decisive moments  

Ben Stokes and co. were dominant of the two sides in Manchester last week, but denied a shot at victory, thanks to incessant rain over the last two days of the match. In fact, rain washed out the entire day's play on final day of the Test, ensuring Australia retains the Ashes urn

Hello and welcome to the live coverage of the final Test of the Ashes series! Australia have already retained the urn after the fourth Test ended in a draw, with Cummins' men already leading the series 2-1