Summary

  • Smith and Labuschagne take superb catches as England lose two quick wickets before close

  • Buttler (47) counters after England lose four wickets for 65 runs

  • Denly hits 94 before being caught at slip by Smith

  • Stokes - dropped on 7 by Smith - makes 67 in 127-run stand with Denly

  • Lyon takes three wickets as pitch begins to take turn

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

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

Live Reporting

Matthew Henry and Jack Skelton

  1. Cheers Matt, enjoy.

    A solid morning session for England - let's have a look back at it...

  2. Like the players, I'm off for some lunch.

    Here's Jack Skelton.

  3. A decent session from England but Australia are still hanging in the match.

    England still need another good session to be confident.

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

    Tim Paine wanted another over - it stinks of a man who won the toss and made the wrong decision. England are in a great position at lunch.

  5. Lunch - Eng 88-2

    Lead by 157

    The umpires aren't having any of it.

    That's lunch.

  6. Eng 88-2

    Tim Paine is sprinting to the other end at the end of the over. He wants another...

  7. Eng 88-2

    This might be the last over before lunch but with Lyon bowling they may squeeze in another.

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    I think 2-2 would mean a great summer for English cricket. England should have won the second Test at Lord's.

    Geoff

  9. Eng 87-2

    Denly 37, Stokes 0

    Denly has been hit near to his groin again! It has been a painful session for the England batsman.

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

    Have we just been sledged by Andrew?

  11. Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    If the series does finish 2-2, Australia are way ahead on the boundary count.

  12. Four half-centuries in the series for Root but no century.

    Two first-ballers and a second-baller...

    Joe Root walks off for 21 during play on the third day of the fifth Ashes cricket Test match between England and Australia at The OvalAFP

  13. Eng 87-2

    Lead by 156

    New batsman Ben Stokes blocks out the rest of the over. The last ball almost sneaks onto his pads. England still need more runs.

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    Barney: Joe please, for the sake of your own career, give up the captaincy. We need your runs, not your passive/reactive captaincy.

  15. That ball wasn't anything special. Root will be really disappointed to get out to it.

    The England captain's underwhelming Ashes with the bat are over.

    Joe Root of England edges and is caught by Steve Smith of Australia off the bowling of Nathan Lyon of Australia during day three of the 5th Specsavers Ashes Test between England and Australia at The Kia OvalGetty Images

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

    Didn't turn.

  17. Simon Mann
    BBC Test Match Special

    The change of ends has worked for Nathan Lyon.

  18. wicket

    WICKET

    Root c Smith b Lyon 21 (Eng 87-2)

    Joe Root isn't going to be able to busily kick on. He's out at a really bad time just before lunch.

    He prods forward to Nathan Lyon who has just returned to the attack and gets an outside edge to slip.

    Australia are still hanging in the match.

  19. There's a good debate going on about that comment from Tuffers on TMS. Simon Mann doesn't agree.

    Is a draw a draw in this series? Or is it all about the urn?

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

    Retain the Ashes, jolly good, whatever. But 2-2 is a draw. You ain't won the Ashes then.