Summary

  • England lose six wickets on final afternoon to fall to 251-run defeat

  • England had been 60-1 when Roy was bowled through the gate

  • Lyon takes six wickets and brings up 350 Test victims and Cummins, with four, passes 100 wickets

  • Australia's first victory at Edgbaston since 2001

  • Second Test begins at Lord's on 14 August

  1. Postpublished at 10:21 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    Tom Fordyce
    BBC chief sports writer at Edgbaston

    If the rain is going to save England, it’s taking a long run-up: perfect blue skies over Birmingham, the best weather of the five days by a distance. Edgbaston gleaming, Australia dreaming.

  2. Welcomepublished at 10:20 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    Welcome to live coverage of day five of a captivating first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

    Can England survive? Or will Nathan Lyon et al bowl Australia to victory?

    Maybe England will just knock off these runs shortly after tea. Ahem.

    The hosts resume on 13-0, needing a nominal 385 more runs to win.

  3. Postpublished at 10:16 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    From 122-8 on day one to setting England a nominal 398 to win.

    A lot of factors behind that - James Anderson's injury, a slow pitch that has softened the ball up quickly, some poor bowling and captaincy.

    But the main factor - Steve Smith. A remorseless, fidgety, brilliant run machine.

    Just the first Test of the series and he's already cast a spell on England.

  4. Postpublished at 10:15 British Summer Time 5 August 2019

    You may find yourself on day five of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston.

    And you may find yourself needing to bat out the day to save a draw

    And you may find yourself having to face Nathan Lyon on a turning pitch.

    You may find yourself just hoping, hoping to hold on.

    You may ask yourself, "How did we get here?"