03/01Result
5th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Sydney, Jan 4-8 2018
Australia won by an inns & 123 runs
Player of the Match
Pat Cummins
Pat CumminsAustralia
03/01Result
5th Test, England tour of Australia and New Zealand at Sydney, Jan 4-8 2018
Australia won by an inns & 123 runs
Player of the Match
Pat Cummins
Pat CumminsAustralia

END OF OVER:
193 | 10 Runs | AUS: 649/7

  • Pat Cummins24 (16b)
  • Tim Paine38 (52b)
  • Mason Crane48-3-193-1
  • Stuart Broad30-2-121-1

Hello everyone, is this the final innings of the series? How much fight do England have in them? Will someone make me a cup of tea? A lot of questions

And now the declaration comes, with Australia 303 ahead. Smith calls them in, still an hour before tea and plenty of time to make some inroads... Crane doesn't quite rack up a double, but it's still the most expensive analysis by an England Test debutant. To say it's been bone-breaking work is probably an understatement, but now they will have to come out and try to salvage something with the bat. The not-so-smart money is on Australia to wrap up 4-0 some time between now and 6pm local time tomorrow; stick around, Gnasher will be back looking to draw first blood in 10

192.6
1
Crane to Cummins, 1 run, tossed up on the stumps and spinning across as Cummins drops back and cuts

That takes the lead over 300...

192.5
4
Crane to Cummins, FOUR, looped up, Cummins sweeps in the air, shout of "catch!" as it sails towards deep backward square leg... Stoneman can't get there and then he's done by the bounce, it zips by for four. Eeyore!
192.4
1
Crane to Paine, 1 run, looses a full toss but Paine doesn't really put it away, twocked out to deep square leg
192.3
1lb
Crane to Cummins, 1 leg bye, flighted, spinning in and deflecting off the pads as Cummins swings across the line, past YJB for a leg bye
192.2
1
Crane to Paine, 1 run, tossed up outside leg, nudged off the pads for one
192.1
2
Crane to Paine, 2 runs, round the wicket, Crane lobs it up wide of leg stump and Paine sweeps a couple more

Australia plough on, the lead approaching 300...

END OF OVER:
192 | 10 Runs | AUS: 639/7

  • Pat Cummins19 (13b)
  • Tim Paine34 (49b)
  • Stuart Broad30-2-121-1
  • Mason Crane47-3-184-1
191.6
4
Broad to Cummins, FOUR, fired in, up towards the blockhole and Cummins gets lucky with a thick-edged swipe past his pegs for four to fine leg. Broad can't buy one, here

With England toiling, Gryllus - who I presume is a Kiwi - decides to lighten the mood: "'with the mercury climbing the walls' Large parts of Australia will become uninhabitable once runaway global warming sets in. No doubt they will be looking covetously this side of the Tasman when their agriculture fails and they start to lose food security."

191.5
1
Broad to Paine, 1 run, banged in and Paine whirls a roundhouse pull to the man at deep square leg
191.4
1
Broad to Cummins, 1 run, short, 83mph outside off, swatted to the cover sweeper
191.3
2
Broad to Cummins, 2 runs, short ball, swung into the leg side, came off the top edge but it loops safely wide of mid-on and they take another single
191.2
1
Broad to Paine, 1 run, very full, almost yorker-length, dug out towards mid-off and Paine is immediately off and running

Match Coverage

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Smith all the way

687

Runs scored by Steve Smith in the 2017-18 Ashes- Sixth highest ever for Australia. Sir Don Bradman occupies three of the the top 6 positions. Smith averaged 137.40

Drubbing

4-0

Australia's Ashes Victory Margin - This is the 12th instance of England not winning a Test in an Ashes series

Spin failure

112.5

Bowling average for England's spinners in this series, their worst in any series in which they've bowled 200+ overs

A debut to forget

193

Runs conceded by Crane, the highest for any England bowler on debut, and the fifth highest for any bowler. The record is 222, by Randiv v Ind

Middle-order domination

3

Instances of Australia's Nos. 3-6 all getting 75+. The previous two instances were in 1946 and 1937, during Bradman's captaincy

Batsmen Dominate

1993

Only other instance of Australia adding over 100 runs each for the 3rd,4th and 5th wicket respectively. It was also against England at Leeds in 1993.

Successful pair

6

Century stands between Smith and Khawaja since April 2014. They have 12 stands of fifty or more from 18 innings. The pair have added 1330 runs at 73.88.

Another Record for Smith

111

Innings taken for Steven Smith to reach 6000 Test runs- Joint-second quickest along with Sir Garry Sobers behind Sir Don Bradman who got there in 68 innings.

Fails again

1

No. of 50s converted into 100s by Root in his last ten 50+ scores. In this series, he has failed to score a century after crossing 50 four times.

Contributions from all

2013

Last instance of England's top-5 all scoring 20+ runs in the first inns of a Test, at MCG in Ashes 2013-14. In this Test, all 5 have crossed 20 so far.

Cook goes on

150

No. of consecutive Tests played by Cook, including this match. Only Allan Border (153) has played more in a row.

Can England finish off well?

2

No. of defeats for Australia at SCG in last 20 years, before this match. Both have come against England - 2002-03 and 2010-11. In 26 out of last 28 Tests at SCG, teams have opted to bat first, so as England now.