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 265-8

    Ouch. Buttler has absolutely creamed one back at Labuschagne. That must have hurt. I'm not calling it a drop.

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

    He has absolutely crunched that.

  3. Eng 264-8

    Whatever you think of England, it's never dull. A reverse sweep from Jos Buttler. Four more.

  4. Australia have a slip, a backward point and an extra cover. Everyone else is on the boundary to Buttler.

  5. Tim Paine has tossed the ball to part-time leg-spinner Marnus Labuschagne.

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

    Oh yeah, I forgot about the new ball. Keep swinging, Jos!

  7. Eng 260-8

    Buttler 53, Leach 10

    Jack Leach is in the form of his life. The crowd applaud a solid block.

    Back over to his good mate Jos.

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  8. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    That is Jos Buttler's first Test 50 against Australia. He was averaging just 15 against them before this knock.

  9. Eng 260-8

    Smarter cricket from England. Buttler gets his single and Leach now only has one ball to survive in the over.

  10. Two balls to go in the over. Does Buttler take the single now?

  11. Amy Lofthouse
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    A standing ovation for Jos Buttler as he reaches his half-century. This has been a brutal counter-attack - and yet, it's a counter-attack that wouldn't have been needed had England, you know, batted properly.

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  12. The fielders are really struggling to pick this ball up in the evening sun.

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

    Well played, Jos Buttler. He's played some fine innings for England in adverse circumstances. He could really hurt Australia if he keeps going here.

  14. 50 runs

    50 for Buttler

    Jos Buttler moves to 52 with a six! Hazlewood goes short and the England batsman clobbers him over the leg side.

    It's his first fifty of the series.

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    Angus Robb: Jos needs to calm down here. Jack'll hang about and just play sensibly and get quick but safe runs. Don't just get out. Eight down isn't all out.

  16. Buttler on strike.

    This could be fun

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

    Jos Buttler doesn't have to thrash at every ball because Jack Leach has a technique that means he can hang around for a long time. Jack looks a million dollars with the bat right now!

  18. Eng 251-8

    I think when the novelty wears off teams are going to get annoyed by Jack Leach's spectacle-cleaning antics. It does slow the play down.

    This will frustrate bowlers too! Leach edges the final ball through a gap for four. England pass 250.

  19. Eng 247-8

    Buttler 44, Leach 6

    This is proper T20 cricket in white clothing now. Buttler gives himself a lot of room by stepping to the leg side and Cummins follows him with a yorker. Buttler misses and the ball goes between bat and leg stump.

  20. The Jack Leach glasses cloth is back again.