Summary

  • Buttler unbeaten with 64 at the close

  • England slump from 130-2 to 226-8

  • Root - dropped three times - is bowled by Cummins for 57 to bring about collapse

  • Four wickets for Marsh and two each for Cummins and Hazlewood

  • Australia - 2-1 up in series - have already retained Ashes

  • Australia won toss; 5th Test, day one, The Oval

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Jack Skelton

  1. From the press box

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  2. Eng 79-1

    Siddle has some bowling to do now. Rory Burns pushes him for two through the covers.

    The 50 partnership is up.

  3. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    A big cheer for Siddle as he returns to fine leg. He gives the crowd a thumbs up in response.

  4. When you put it like that...

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    Re Jaffa Cakes being a cake or a biscuit... A court decided in the 90s it was a cake not a biscuit - one of the deciding factors being when it goes stale it goes hard, unlike biscuits which go soft!

    Harry

  6. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Remember what we said about Root's front-foot desire making him susceptible to the bumper...

  7. Eng 75-1

    Burns 35, Root 25

    Siddle now gets some ironic cheers from the crowd as he successfully completes his fielding this time.

    Has he just dropped the Ashes win?!

  8. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Peter Siddle has just stood at fine leg and watched himself drop that catch from three different angles, courtesy of the big screen. I’m not sure it’s done much for his mood.

  9. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Oh! He's dropped it! He should've caught that quite comfortably.

  10. dropped catch

    Root dropped on 24

    Peter Siddle's poor morning continues! He has dropped a sitter. It's the important wicket of Joe Root too.

    The England captain top-edges a pull shot just to Siddle's right at deep fine leg and the Aussie bowler takes a a few steps to his right but spills the waist-high catch.

    He'd take that catch nine times out of 10. At least.

  11. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    To add to the point about Joe Root trying hard to get on the front foot, he's well outside of his crease when facing Peter Siddle.

  12. Eng 71-1

    Peter Siddle puts his hands onto his grey-tinged hair after a ball swings a little but Rory Burns gets a couple off an inside edge into the leg side.

    The England opener then chases a ridiculously wide ball. David Warner is grinning at slip at the shot from Burns...

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    Fenners: Denly is certainly gone after this. Not done enough and time to give younger guys a chance. Pope, Sibley and Northeast should be on the plane to NZ. Start planning for the next Ashes now.

  14. I keep them in a biscuit tin so they're definitely biscuits.

  15. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    One of the best things about cricket is the conversations you get yourself involved in. We've just had a 10 minute discussion about whether Jaffa Cakes are a cake or a biscuit.

  16. Eng 68-1

    Burns 28, Root 25

    Nathan Lyon was warming his arms up a moment ago and now he gets his legs going by chasing down a Root drive, pulling it up just before the boundary.

    Root has been helped by some wayward bowling but he looks a lot more like the player England fans love today. He's been busy and is scoring at a good rate.

  17. Rory Burns has 28 from 49 balls with five fours. This might have been the best of them.

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    Putting England in may turn out to be the 16th worst decision ever by Tim Paine.

    Ruth Brooksbank

  19. Eng 63-1

    Burns 28, Root 21

    It's early but this decision at the toss really doesn't look like the right one from Tim Paine. Burns and Root look comfortable.

    Burns and RootReuters

  20. Glenn McGrath
    Ex-Australia bowler on BBC Test Match Special

    Peter Siddle has been off his game so far. He's been a bit short, a bit wide and Joe Root has just helped himself.