Summary

  • Broad takes last two wickets to fall as England draw series 2-2

  • Victory means Australia still haven't won series in UK since 2001

  • Broad ends stubborn stand between Murphy & Carey after switching bails again

  • Australia collapse from 264-3 to 334 all out

  • Four wickets for Woakes and three for Moeen

  • Holders Australia had already retained Ashes

Live Reporting

Sam Drury, Callum Matthews and Ffion Wynne

  1. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    James Rew is a phenomenal player with the statistics he's delivered. At 19, he's scored five hundreds this year and quite often he's coming in at 80-4 and providing crucial runs.

    He is a phenomenal player but he doesn't fit the Ben Stokes mould of taking the game on. He is what you'd call a classical batsman. But he probably has more shots than he's shown.

  2. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I like this suggestion because, for me, he is the hopeful shoo-on for four years' time: James Rew of Somerset.

    Five first-class centuries already and he's not even 20 yet.

  3. Get Involved - England's 2027 Ashes XI

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    Matt Potts and Will Jacks think deserve a mention, both done well when called upon.

    Dan in Salisbury

    Jamie Smith will be a mainstay in the England team by 2027.

    Anon

    Surely Archer will have recovered from injury by then?

    Richard

  4. The scenes at The Oval are not good.

    The simplest way I can put it is that it's absolutely hammering it down.

  5. Stephan Shemilt
    BBC Sport chief cricket writer at The Oval

    Jonny Bairstow is the other one. He's almost 34 now so I think he's a no.

    But I don't want anyone to tell him that I said that.

  6. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    I think we can safely say James Anderson won't still be playing.

    Chris Woakes? No. Mark Wood? No, not in four more years.

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    James Rew has been brilliant for Somerset this season. Surely he’ll be in the squad soon.

    Tom in Norwich

    Crawley, Duckett, Pope, Root, Brook, Stokes (as batter / spinning all-rounder). The rest is rather tricky!

    Che in Leeds

    I think the top 6/7 could be the same but think the bowling is where the biggest change will be. Ahmed, Atkinson, Tongue, Mahmood potentially the four bowlers.

    Anon

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    I'd like to give a shout out to our mate Myles who has just left The Oval as he doesn't think there's any more play this afternoon. Myles also turned down a ticket to Day 4 at Headingley in 2019. It can only mean one thing.

    Ben at The Oval

  9. England struggled to make the ball do anything yesterday but took three quick wickets with it when it was changed this morning.

    Two to Chris Woakes, and one to Mark Wood.

    But how much of a difference did the ball change make? Here's some analysis.

  10. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    Five of the England XI that played in the Oval Test in 2019 are playing in this match. But Stuart Broad is gone after this one.

    Jack Leach would be here if he wasn't injured. Sam Curran is still in the mix, too.

  11. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Question marks over the captain, Ben Stokes. With his knee, is he still going to be captain in 2027?

    He'll be 36, younger than Stuart Broad is now and a talismanic character that is on a mission. It could be his last series. Could that be his farewell?

    Let's put him in as captain.

  12. Get Involved

    Right then, let's have some rain delay fun.

    The TMS team are selecting their England Ashes XI for 2027.

    Who would you bring in? Will Stokes still be there? Will a 44-year-old Jimmy Anderson still be charging in?

    Let us know: #bbccricket, via WhatsApp on 03301231826 or text 81111 (standard network charges apply).

  13. I spoke a bit too soon at 2:15. The full covers are on now.

  14. Sir Alastair Cook
    Former England captain on BBC Test Match Special

    I was adamant that the Mitchell Starc catch was not out and I think the same with this one. I don't see how you can give it out.

  15. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Where the decision on the Stokes catch is wrong is that England shouldn't have lost a review. They weren't reviewing whether the catch was clean, they were reviewing whether or not Steve Smith hit it. Then it is for the umpires to decide if it was taken cleanly.

    Take the Mitchell Starc catch at Lord's. That is an umpire's review to decide whether he was in control of the ball or not.

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    Just seen the clip on the website and much as it pains me to say it, the umpire got that one right.

    Jon, disappointed in Huddersfield

    It's a stinker plain and simple. He knew what he'd done and I'm not sure why he didn't fess up straight away and preserve a review.

    Rob in Reading

    Having watched the Stokes dropped catch on a number of occasions, it can only go down as sloppy cricket.

    John in Blackburn

  17. The good news is that the full covers aren't on yet, we've just got the square and bowlers run-ups protected for now.

    Is it really August tomorrow?

  18. Daniel Norcross
    BBC Test Match Special

    Henry Moeran is showing me the doom. What I'm looking at is rain that extends from Peterborough all the way down the south coast of England and as time passes... 15:50 we can start the clean up. So an hour and 40 minutes of rain.

  19. In case none of you can quite tell, it's raining.

  20. Matthew Henry
    BBC Sport at The Oval

    It's raining quite heavily.