Australia vs England: 4th Ashes Test, Day 5 live scores, blog

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8th January, 2022

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Match Drawn

2/28 (22.0)	*Lyon	O: 102.0	Broad*	8 (35)
1/10 (4.0)	Smith	RR:2.27	Anderson	0 (6)

c. Warner b. Smith	99.6 9/270	Leach 26(34)
c. Labuschagne b. Boland	91.2 8/237	Bairstow 41(105)
lbw. Cummins	84.6 7/218	Wood 0(2)
lbw. Cummins	84.4 6/218	Buttler 11(38)
c. Smith b. Lyon	74.4 5/193	Stokes 60(123)
c. Carey b. Boland	58.1 4/156	Root 24(85)
lbw. Green	32.6 3/96	Crawley 77(100)
b. Lyon	27.5 2/74	Malan 4(29)
c. Carey b. Boland	19.2 1/46	Hameed 9(58)

Second Innings: Australia	6/265 d.	RR: 3.34	O: 68.5
First Innings: England	294 all out	RR: 3.19	O: 79.1
First Innings: Australia	8/416 d.	RR: 2.66	O: 134.0

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First Innings: Australia	8/416 d.	RR: 2.66	O: 134.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
D.A. Warner c. Crawley b. Broad	30	72	6	0	41.67
M.S. Harris c. Root b. Anderson	38	109	4	0	34.86
M. Labuschagne c. Buttler b. Wood	28	59	4	0	47.46
S.P.D. Smith c. Buttler b. Broad	67	141	5	0	47.52
U.T. Khawaja b. Broad	137	260	13	0	52.69
C.D. Green c. Crawley b. Broad	5	14	1	0	35.71
A.T. Carey+ c. Bairstow b. Root	13	39	2	0	33.33
P.J. Cummins* c. Buttler b. Broad	24	47	4	0	51.06
M.A. Starc not out	34	60	3	0	56.67
N.M. Lyon not out	16	7	2	1	228.57
S.M. Boland
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 12, nb 4)	24
Total	416

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
J.M. Anderson	30.0	9	54	1	1.80
S.C.J. Broad	29.0	5	101	5	3.48
B.A. Stokes	13.5	3	37	0	2.67
M.A. Wood	26.1	6	76	1	2.90
M.J. Leach	24.0	2	89	0	3.71
D.J. Malan	3.0	0	15	0	5.00
J.E. Root	8.0	0	36	1	4.50

First Innings: England	294 all out	RR: 3.19	O: 79.1

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
H. Hameed b. Starc	6	26	1	0	23.08
Z. Crawley b. Boland	18	55	2	0	32.73
D.J. Malan c. Khawaja b. Green	3	39	0	0	7.69
J.E. Root* c. Smith b. Boland	0	7	0	0	0.00
B.A. Stokes lbw. Lyon	66	91	9	1	72.53
J.M. Bairstow c. Carey b. Boland	113	158	8	3	71.52
J.C. Buttler+ c. Khawaja b. Cummins	0	8	0	0	0.00
M.A. Wood c. Lyon b. Cummins	39	41	2	3	95.12
M.J. Leach c. Cummins b. Lyon	10	29	2	0	34.48
S.C.J. Broad c. Carey b. Boland	15	19	1	0	78.95
J.M. Anderson not out	4	4	1	0	100.00
Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 3, nb 2)	20
Total	294

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
P.J. Cummins	20.0	6	68	2	3.40
M.A. Starc	16.0	2	56	1	3.50
S.M. Boland	14.1	6	36	4	2.54
C.D. Green	9.0	4	24	1	2.67
N.M. Lyon	17.0	0	88	2	5.18
M. Labuschagne	3.0	0	7	0	2.33

Second Innings: Australia	6/265 d.	RR: 3.34	O: 68.5

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
M.S. Harris c. sub b. Leach	27	61	3	0	44.26
D.A. Warner c. sub b. Wood	3	18	0	0	16.67
M. Labuschagne c. sub b. Wood	29	42	1	0	69.05
S.P.D. Smith b. Leach	23	31	2	1	74.19
U.T. Khawaja not out	101	138	10	2	73.19
C.D. Green c. Root b. Leach	74	122	7	1	60.66
A.T. Carey+ c. sub b. Leach	0	1	0	0	0.00
P.J. Cummins*
M.A. Starc
N.M. Lyon
S.M. Boland
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 0)	8
Total	265

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
J.M. Anderson	12.0	1	34	0	2.83
S.C.J. Broad	11.0	3	31	0	2.82
M.A. Wood	15.0	0	65	2	4.33
M.J. Leach	21.5	1	84	4	3.85
J.E. Root	7.0	0	35	0	5.00
D.J. Malan	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Second Innings: England	9/270	RR: 2.27	O: 102.0

Batsmen	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z. Crawley lbw. Green	77	100	13	0	77.00
H. Hameed c. Carey b. Boland	9	58	0	0	15.52
D.J. Malan b. Lyon	4	29	0	0	13.79
J.E. Root* c. Carey b. Boland	24	85	3	0	28.24
B.A. Stokes c. Smith b. Lyon	60	123	10	1	48.78
J.M. Bairstow c. Labuschagne b. Boland	41	105	3	0	39.05
J.C. Buttler+ lbw. Cummins	11	38	0	0	28.95
M.A. Wood lbw. Cummins	0	2	0	0	0.00
M.J. Leach c. Warner b. Smith	26	34	2	0	76.47
S.C.J. Broad not out	8	35	0	0	22.86
J.M. Anderson not out	0	6	0	0	0.00
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 3)	10
Total	270

Bowlers	O	M	R	W	Ec
M.A. Starc	18.0	2	68	0	3.78
P.J. Cummins	22.0	5	80	2	3.64
S.M. Boland	24.0	11	30	3	1.25
N.M. Lyon	22.0	10	28	2	1.27
C.D. Green	10.0	1	38	1	3.80
M. Labuschagne	2.0	0	9	0	4.50
S.P.D. Smith	4.0	1	10	1	2.50

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After four entertaining days of cricket, Australia are well placed to win the Fourth Ashes Test on day five from the SCG, Sydney. England have a long day ahead of them trying to survive and with their middle order badly impacted by injury, Australia could take a 4-0 lead before heading to Hobart. Join The Roar for live scores and rolling coverage of the fifth and final day’s play from 10:00am (AEDT).

As Australia, piled on more and more runs on day four for England to chase down, you almost felt sorry for the tourists. Yes they have been outclassed and earlier in the series there were plenty of periods of really poor play. But here in Sydney many of them have battled hard and with players like Jonny Bairstow and Jos Buttler unable to take the field and Ben Stokes wincing every time he had to bend or turn, Joe Root’s side looked like they couldn’t wait for the end of a very hard campaign.

The task ahead of them is simple – survival. While fans would love to think that they could stand a chance of a miraculous victory, that simply isn’t on the cards. Batting three sessions and not losing 10 wickets is the very best they can hope for. But they can’t just try and survive – Stokes, Mark Wood and Bairstow showed in the first innings that the best way to stick around is to attack Australia.

For Australia this is already a special test as Usman Khawaja went down in history as only the 9th player ever to score centuries in both innings of an Ashes Test. But a victory and 4-0 lead with one to play is the real prize. Quick wickets is the key – England’s middle order is physically broken but players like Joe Root and Dawid Malan have shown they can bat and bat. Australia need the top four back in the sheds as quickly as possible.

To achieve that they need to be patient ironically and not try and force things. Australia lost their way a bit on day three when they moved away from their line and length metronomic approach and Cummins needs to make sure his team stay focused.

There are rumours of rain at points throughout the day but hopefully which England will welcome but there should be enough play in the day for Australia to wrap this up.

Game information
Venue: SCG, Sydney
First ball: 10:00am (AEDT)
TV/Stream: Kayo Sports, Foxtel, Channel Seven
Betting: Australia $2.40, England $41.00, draw $1.58 – odds via PlayUp

Australia Team
David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, Usman Khawaja, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon

England Team
Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Stuart Broad, Jack Leach, James Anderson

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Stuart Thomas is a sports writer and educator who made the jump from Roar Guru to Expert in 2017. An ex-trainee professional golfer, his sporting passions are broad with particular interests in football, AFL and rugby league. His love of sport is only matched by his passion for gardening and self-sustainability.