LIVE: England off to a flyer as Aussies 'leak runs'

With 19 runs from 31 balls, Zak Crawley reclaims apical spot successful this series' run-scoring standings.

After 10 overs, England pb by 43 runs.

Half an hr into play and England are 0-41.

"This wouldn't beryllium the commencement Australia were after," Ricking Ponting says successful commentary.

"This is simply a important infinitesimal successful this Test lucifer - a important infinitesimal successful this series.

"I deliberation it's important sometimes erstwhile teams bash get disconnected to flyers, you person to instrumentality the scoreboard retired of it. Nothing changes conscionable due to the fact that they person got disconnected to a bully start.

"Nothing should change. The assemblage connection and strength has got to beryllium up."

Sure enough, Pat Cummins comes into the onslaught for Mitchell Starc.

At the extremity of 4 overs, Zak Crawley has 9 runs and Ben Ducket 19 aft aggregate boundaries.

With England scoring 17 runs from 17 Mitchell Starc deliveries, Ricking Ponting has called up for a power successful bowler.

"I was reasoning aft Starc's archetypal implicit if it would beryllium amended for Cummins to beryllium bowling astatine that extremity with the marque caller ball," helium says successful commentary.

"It was Cummins who changed things in the archetypal innings.

"With the prima retired - Mitchell Starc relies connected plaything - there's not going to beryllium immoderate plaything retired determination truthful helium tin leak runs similar what is happening now.

"Cummins hitting the platform successful the archetypal innings was the change-up."

We are underway connected time 3 of this 5th and last Test!

England person deed the radical moving successful the archetypal implicit with 3 boundaries betwixt Ben Duckett and Zak Crawley.

After conscionable six balls, England reclaim the lead.



Steve Smith spoke with Mark Taylor astir the substitute fielder George Ealham's "surprise" run-out attempt.

Late-order runs from Pat Cummins and Todd Murphy connected time 2 were important successful avoiding a shortage heading into England's 2nd innings.

"Looking astatine Australia's tactics, the thought was to spot disconnected the caller shot and they benignant of did that but got a spot stuck successful the archetypal session," erstwhile Australia Test skipper Mark Taylor told Nine.

"There's nary uncertainty England did tyre a small spot successful the past league past night. When they bowled to (Pat) Cummins and (Todd) Murphy, determination wasn't rather the zest connected the shot that determination was earlier successful the day."

Murphy was "particularly severe" according to Tubby, adding 3 sixes to his "invaluable" first-innings full of 34 runs.

"It's besides bully to spot Pat Cummins bat well," helium added.

"He is batting overmuch amended successful this series."

With the extremity of this Ashes bid successful sight, status rumours person began to circulate.

One subordinate astatine the centre of specified reports is Steve Smith.

"I'm not retiring," Smith told reporters astatine stumps connected time two.

"I person nary thought [where it's travel from], due to the fact that I haven't said it to anyone. I americium not going anyplace yet."