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. Eng 7-0

    A real heart-in-mouth moment for England early on. As Tuffers said, umpire Marais Erasmus doesn't get many wrong.

  2. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    It's challenging out there but not impossible.

  3. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Marais doesn't get too many wrong! It's unlucky though on Hazlewood... it was a good delivery.

  4. Not out

    Oooooft. The ball-tracking shows it was only just sneaking over. The ball did hit Burns on the thigh pad. He survives.

    Regardless it was a really good ball that nipped back and completely beat the England opener.

  5. Only needs to be flicking...

  6. Burns hasn't hit this...

  7. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    Burns reviewed it like a man who had got an edge on it.

  8. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    Hazlewood was convinced.

  9. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    I thought I heard a hard sound there.

  10. England review

    Given!

    Rory Burns is put lbw.

    It didn't quite look right and Burns reviews.

  11. Eng 7-0

    It was overcast when we started, and when Tim Paine chose to bowl, but he'll be slightly concerned to see the sun come out now.

  12. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    I was talking to Stuart Broad yesterday and he will admit he had this match marked down as potentially his farewell. But he's had a superb series and is showing he is still at the top of his game. He's bowled beautifully.

  13. Eng 7-0

    Burns 4, Denly 3

    Mitchell Marsh gets into the series for the first time with a diving stop to prevent a Ian Bell-esque boundary through the offside. Marsh has spent a lot of time on the sidelines this summer after flying over to join the World Cup squad back in June. It'll be a relief to be out there.

    Mitchell MarshReuters

  14. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    You can tell when it's overcast at The Oval because you can't see the aeroplanes, which always fly over on their way to Heathrow.

  15. Eng 5-0

    Burns 4, Denly 1

    That's a nice shot. It should settle Rory Burns down as he bats for England at his Surrey home for the first time. Hazlewood bowls a little wide and Burns gets on the front foot, leaning onto a drive for four runs.

  16. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    This is just the fourth time in 19 years a team has been put in at The Oval.

  17. Eng 1-0

    England are away. Joe Denly nudges Josh Hazlewood off his hip. A relieved round of applause breaks about at the Oval.

  18. Eng 0-0

    Burns 0, Denly 0

    This pitch looks like the groundsman gave up after England lost last week and went "ah well. They can play on this". I'm sure that's not the case and I don't want a telling off but it's a bit messy. There are straggly patches of green grass.

    Burns survives an excellent opener from Cummins.

  19. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    The entire Oval crowd just breathed out an “ooft” as one as the first balls of the Test went ripping past Rory Burns’ outside edge. All five days have sold out - the first four days have been sold out for a while but fifth day tickets went like hot cakes after Ben Stokes’ heroics at Headingley.

  20. Phil Tufnell
    Ex-England spinner on BBC Test Match Special

    The first hour is going to be a bit tricky I reckon!