Summary

  • Rain arrives in afternoon session and wipes out rest of day's play

  • Warner & Khawaja relatively untroubled in 135-run opening partnership

  • England bowled out for 395 - Broad hits last ball in Test cricket for six

  • Retiring Broad given guard of honour by Australia

  • Australia, who lead series 2-1, have retained Ashes

  • England bidding to stop Australia winning series in UK for first time since 2001

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  1. As promised, it is time for today's Daily ZaltzQuiz answer...

  2. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Stuart Broad

    Stuart Broad has just been given the first of many rounds of applause as he emerged down the dressing room steps. He stopped and signed countless autographs and posed for selfies.

    There was a lovely moment when Steve Smith passed him on the steps and stopped to shake his hand.

    Someone else shouted “go get a hundred, Broady”.

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    Very emotional with Broad's retirement. He gave me 8-15 on my birthday. Amazing present never to be forgotten

    Mandy. Berkshire.

    I'm gutted. Broady is one of my favourite cricketers and sportsmen for his almost ridiculous desire to win. I thought he’d keep going as a couple more years and he could have overtaken Jimmy (or at least got very close). This series has shown he’s probably our most reliable bowler and pretty much irreplaceable.

    Jon, Huddersfield

    Always loved Jimmy, Freddie, Stokesy but something about Broad's competitiveness set him above. From when he was young and I was listening with my old boss Fred, he was our favourite. Thank you Stuart.

    Martin in glos.

  4. Stuart Broad has emerged, complete with bucket hat, bat and gloves.

    A sign England are not planning a declaration?

  5. Broady's farewell. Jimmy's 41st birthday, Stokes bowling off-spin and seam.

    This is set to be a special day for so many reasons.

  6. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    Stuart Broad is either having a lie in or is just intentionally keeping everyone waiting. His England team-mates are warming up but he’s still nowhere to be see this morning.

    Interestingly, Ben Stokes is bowling seam this morning, rather than just off-spin. A suggestion he’ll bowl if needed?

  7. Key stats

    Here are some notable stats from analysts CricViz going into day four:

    • Ben Stokes has scored 15 sixes in this series - the most by any player in an Ashes series, going past the tally of 14 by Kevin Pietersen in the 2005 Ashes in England.
    • Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow have now registered 12 hundred stands along with their six fifty stands, that's a conversion rate of 67% from fifties to hundreds. Of the 95 pairs in Test history with 15 or more fifty-plus partnerships, Root & Bairstow's conversion rate is the second best after Misbah-ul-Haq & Younis Khan (68%)
    • Joe Root has now been dismissed in the 90s on three occasions in Tests. Two of the three have been this year: 98 v New Zealand at Lord's in May 2015, 95 v New Zealand at Wellington in Feb 2023 and 91 - This Test
    • The Oval traditionally known to favour spinners in recent times has seen the ball turn more as the Test has progressed. Average turn on Day 1 was 1.81°, 1.99° on Day 2 and 2.51° on Day 3.
    • If England win the game to draw the series 2-2, in the history of the 73 Men's Ashes series this will only be the third series to have been tied 2 -2 after 1972 in England & 2019 in England.

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    Did you eat your Stuart Board Bandana already, Matt?

    Rob N, Surrey

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  9. If Stuart Broad gets David Warner early you will probably hear the roar of the crowd up here in Salford.

  10. Get Involved - Your Broad memories

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    Is it too much to ask for the fairytale? Just one more of *those* spells from the 37-year old English medium pace bowler? Starting with you-know-who? Who's cutting onions in here?

    Rob

    Enter Dawnhawk

    Mantis, Angel

    Watched Broady steamroll the Aussies from a bar in Ibiza in 2015…9.3-5-15-8, Australia all out for 60 in 18 overs…magic…pace, personality and nous...he will leave a big hole not just on pitch but I expect in the dressing room. Thanks SCJB for years of joy you will be missed !!!

    Anon

  11. Not wearing one yourself, Matthew?

  12. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    I’ve already seen two England fans walking into The Oval with Stuart Broad bandanas on.

    Today is going to be special, isn’t it?

  13. Daily ZaltzQuiz

    A reminder of today's Daily ZaltzQuiz:

    England finish the series with six players having scored 300 runs or more – a unique achievement for England in any Ashes series, and for either side in a five-Test Ashes series in England (Australia had six 300-plus-runs players in the six-Test series in both 1989 and 1993).

    Without scurrying off to Statsguru to check, can you guess (to one decimal place) the average number of England players per series who have reached the 300-run mark in the previous 38 series, since 1950?

    We will bring you the answer at 10:30 BST.

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    2.7 for Zaltzquiz

    Richard in Mykonos

    1.4 is probably around there, I feel like we'd often only have one high scoring batsman so feels about right.

    Alan, Daventry

    Gotta be just under 2 I'm guessing so 1.9 average

    Alex (Cheltenham)

  15. The man is not for walking

    Plenty of your Stuart Broad memories are flooding in.

    One of the most popular is his famous play and miss at Trent Bridge in 2013.

    Can't think why...

    Australia unsuccessfully appeal for the wicket of Stuart Broad at Trent Bridge 2013Getty Images
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    Casper, Aged 7, has sent a message and picture for Stuart:

    'Dear Stuart Broad

    I have heard that you are to retire. Please do not retire as you are my favourite cricket player in the whole world!'

    We hear you Casper and we agree too

    Child's drawing of cricket equipment

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  18. Today's weather

    There is also lots of focus on today's weather given what happened at Old Trafford.

    The good news is it is currently dry and we should be able to start on time. The bad news is that showers are forecast this afternoon.

    We should still see plenty of play though. A more detailed forecast from a member of the BBC Weather team will follow when Test Match Special goes live at 10:30 BST.

    Today's weather

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    Another Jaffa from Zaltz……I think this will be low, even in the home victories in 05/09, it was often our bowling that did for the Aussies so let’s say 1.4 players per series.

    Danny, Bath

    2.3

    Stewart from Newcastle

    3.4 for the Zaltzquiz

    Anon

  20. Happy birthday Jimmy!

    And while we are on the subject of James Anderson, the Burnley express turns 41 today.

    Many happy returns, Jimmy!

    Incidently, Anderson said earlier this week that he has no plans to follow his team-mate Stuart Broad into retirement just yet.

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