Match Details
Match Bulletin Day 5:
Due to heavy rain since the midnight, the start delayed
No play possible in the first session
Lunch has been advanced 45-minutes early
Rain stopped just before lunch
Day5, Lunch: AUS- 107/3 (30 Overs), Khawaja (34 off 81), Boland (13 off 19)
Covers came off during lunch break
Inspection at 5:50 PM IST, that is 10 minutes after lunch
Play to resume at 6:45 PM IST and 67 overs to be bowled
The overnight Aussie batters negotiate the first seven overs safely but England bowlers were accurate, keeping Australians at bay
Broad bluffed Boland with a full ball and dismissed the nightwatchman
Short ball barrage at Travis Head
Session 2, Drinks: AUS- 128/4 (43 Overs), Khawaja (39 off 128), Head (1 off 13)
Robinson and Khawaja have a verbal spat during the drinks
First boundary off the bat after 13.1 overs coming from Head
Moeen has the last laugh winning the battle against Head as he edges one at slip
Bairstow spills an edge off Khawaja
Khawaja gets to his 22nd Test half century
Green starts to tick the scorecard
Target drops down to two figures
Day 5, Tea: AUS- 183/5 (59 Overs), Khawaja (56 off 159), Green (22 off 54)
Robinson breaks the 49-run sixth partnership by cleaning up Green
200 up for Australia with a boundary from Carey
Stokes brings himself in the attack for the first time in the second innings after 69 overs
Benjamin Stokes strikes gold with the wicket of resilient Khawaja
England lose a review trying to get Carey lbw
Root drops a tough return catch off Carey
Root again drops another sharp caught and bowled opportunity this time off Cummins
But Root takes a sharp catch on his followthrough of Carey this time
Session 3, Drinks: AUS- 230/8 (82 Overs), Cummins (8 off 34), Lyon (2 off 4)
Cummins takes Root to the cleaners, smashing 2 sixes off one over
Ben Stokes spills a tough catch off Lyon
Lyon and Cummins bat valiantly and bring Australia closer to victory
England take the second new ball after five overs since its availability
Lyon and Cummins dig deeper and stand in the way of England's win
Lyon scores a crucial four of Broad flicking beautifully to bring the target down to single digits
50-run partnership between Cummins and Lyon
Cummins with a streaky boundary to heist this famous Test
Match End: AUS- 282/8 (92.3 Overs), Cummins (44 off 73), Lyon (16 off 28)
Australia win by 2 wickets and go 1-0 up in the Ashes.
Session 1: Washed out due to rain
Session 2: 29 Overs | 76 Runs | 2 Wickets
Session 3: 33.3 Overs | 99 Runs | 3 Wickets