LIVE: Aussies spring eleventh hour selection surprise

Australian off-spinner Todd Murphy volition contiguous instrumentality to Australia's line-up for the 5th and last Ashes trial astatine The Oval successful London.

The 22-year-old young weapon is backmost to pb the tourists' rotation onslaught aft his astonishing omission astatine Old Trafford.

The determination to prime Murphy volition springiness the Australian line-up much versatility and flexibility, aft being forced to vessel part-timers arsenic an alternate to their pace-heavy onslaught without him successful the Fourth Test. 

Cam Green is apt to beryllium the antheral that drops out, with reports the all-rounder is warming up with chap reserve Josh Inglis. 

No front-line spinner successful Manchester meant that part-timer Travis Head successful peculiar was exposed to an ultra-aggressive England batting line-up, who went connected to deed the third-fastest people of 500+ successful Test cricket history.  

Earlier this week, erstwhile Australian skipper Tim Paine was supportive of a instrumentality to the XI for Murphy, citing the pitches traditionally made astatine The Oval would favour his benignant of bowling.

"As they [the pitches] wear, the spinner travel into it; hopefully Murphy comes backmost into the side," Paine told SEN. 

The wicketkeeper besides praised the Echuca-born endowment earlier his Ashes debut astatine Headingley, declaring helium is 'very, precise good,' and 'won't beryllium knocked around,' from what helium had seen successful their ain idiosyncratic battles astatine home level. 

Injured spinner Nathan Lyon's grounds astatine The Oval has decidedly done his prodigy's callback nary harm, with the London venue statistically his champion crushed to vessel astatine crossed his 16 matches successful England. 

Murphy's ain bowling mean of 26.80 from 5 Test matches has shown helium has been much than up for the situation astatine the apical level, with his flawless seven-wicket haul connected debut successful Nagpur a testament to his craft. 

How skipper Pat Cummins uses him successful the Ashes bid finale remains to beryllium seen, fixed his small accidental astatine Headingley lone 2 Tests ago. 

Nonetheless, The Oval's spinning quality aboriginal connected successful matches volition supply for a fascinating storyline that could beryllium the cherry connected apical for what has been an exceptional Ashes series.