Summary

  • England win at The Oval by 135 runs - series drawn 2-2

  • First drawn Ashes series for 47 years

  • Australia bowled out for 262 chasing 399 to win

  • Wade holds up England with 117; four wickets each for Broad & Leach

Live Reporting

Jack Skelton and Matthew Henry

  1. Jonathan Agnew
    BBC cricket correspondent

    That was almost an ugly dismissal.

  2. Aus 52-2

    Steve Smith skips down the pitch and tries to cart Jack Leach down the ground but miscues it and is fortunate to see the ball land safe.

    What a way to go that would've been.

  3. Sir Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    England have to find a way to get Sam Curran into the team as well as Ben Stokes. Ben is the all-rounder but Curran has something about him as well. The left-arm is always awkward and he swings it.

  4. Michael Vaughan
    Ex-England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Sam Curran is a real competitor. He understands the game.

  5. Aus 51-2

    Sam Curran gets a bit of movement from the pitch and twice beats Marnus Labuschagne's outside edge.

    Labuschagne then drives back to Curran, who shows exceptional quick thinking to throw the ball back-handed to the stumps. Steve Smith was back but that was canny by Curran.

    The young gun then completes a maiden over.

  6. Aus 51-2

    Target 399

    A bit of drift for Jack Leach first up and Steve Smith shoulders arm, the ball missing off stump by a few inches. I think he thought that would turn a bit more.

    A single each for Smith and Marnus Labuschagne and Australia's 50 is up.

  7. Jack Leach is coming into the attack.

    Big job for The Wall with the ball today.

  8. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Last night's dinner conversation on which actors we'd call on if TMS hit the big screen has carried into today. Tuffers wasn't happy with Martin Clunes so has accepted Nicholas Lyndhurst. Aggers has been given Tim McInnerney. Alec Stewart has been told he can't have Daniel Craig.

  9. When I asked earlier whether any bowler had ever had a more dominant hold over the same batsman in a series, my mind then went to Glenn McGrath over Michael Atherton in 1997.

    But given David Warner had the lowest average, I think we can say no bowler has ever had more hoodoo over a single batsman in a series than Broad did over Warner this summer.

  10. How's stat?!

    Andrew Samson
    BBC Test Match Special statistician

    Warner has faced 104 balls of Stuart Broad and has scored 35 runs at an average of five. Of the other batsmen who have dismissed by the same bowler seven times it is the lowest average scored.

    David Warner of Australia looks dejected after being dismissed by Stuart Broad of England during day four of the 5th Specsavers Ashes Test between England and Australia at The Kia OvaGetty Images

  11. Sir Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Terrible shot.

  12. Aus 49-2

    Marnus Labuschagne flays away at a wide one and misses. Steve Smith comes down the pitch to admonish him.

    A good maiden over by Sam Curran.

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  14. Aus 49-2

    Target 399

    Stuart Broad gets one to really hoop towards Steve Smith's pads and, just as you've seen so many times before, the Australia batsman flicks it last minute away and fine for four.

    Broad thought he had him lbw for a second there.

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  16. Drink it in, England fans...

  17. Aus 44-2

    Labuschagne 10, Smith 8

    Sam Curran gets the ball to move back and hits the pads of Diet Steve Smith. Brief shout for lbw but that was going down leg and deflects away for a leg bye.

    Actual Steve Smith drives one pushes across but picks out the fielder.

    Curran pushes it full and Smith drives crisply through mid-on, beyond Jofra Archer's dive, for four.

  18. Jofra Archer just gets the four overs to start, England perhaps trying to use him in shorter, sharper bursts today?

    Sam Curran is coming on - can he get that one swinging back and onto Steve Smith's pads?

  19. Stuart Broad, legs pumping...

  20. Sir Geoffrey Boycott
    Ex-England batsman on BBC Test Match Special

    Warner is late when the ball is in the corridor. Sometimes he has no footwork and he doesn't know whether to play it or leave it.