LIVE: Broad heroic as horror collapse destroys Aussies

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By Zachary Gates

Lachlan Harper

Anna Pavlou

3:52am Aug 1, 2023

The Ashes 5th Test teams

ENGLAND: 1 Zak Crawley, 2 Ben Duckett, 3 Moeen Ali, 4 Joe Root, 5 Harry Brook, 6 Ben Stokes (capt), 7 Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Mark Wood, 10 Stuart Broad, 11 James Anderson

AUSTRALIA: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Mitchell Marsh, 7 Alex Carey (wk), 8 Mitchell Starc, 9 Pat Cummins (capt), 10 Todd Murphy, 11 Josh Hazlewood

Australia won the flip and elected to tract first.

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Chris Woakes has claimed subordinate of the bid for his tremendous enactment with the shot and important lower-order runs astatine Headingley.

The right-armer took 19 wickets successful conscionable six innings and averaged 18.15, and made 32 runs arsenic helium steered England to triumph with Mark Wood successful the 3rd Test.

He was besides integral to England's onslaught with the shot today, snaring 4-50 from 19 overs.

REMARKABLE SCENES AT THE OVAL!

Stuart Broad has Alex Carey caught down to seal a 49-run triumph for England.

Aussies suffers a illness of 7-70 arsenic England fights backmost to quadrate the bid astatine 2-2.

England trailed drew the bid aft conceding a 2-0 deficit.

Nine commentator Callum Ferguson says England "came location similar a freight train" successful the series.

Stuart Broad draws Alex Carey's extracurricular borderline but Zak Crawley drops a pugnacious accidental successful the slips.

He lunges debased and fails to instrumentality clasp of the shot with his close hand.

A surreal infinitesimal successful England cricket past and the vocation of Stuart Broad arsenic the legendary accelerated bowler puts his broadside wrong 1 wicket of victory.

Broad sends down a jaffa, entices a Todd Murphy borderline and goes berserk as Jonny Bairstow takes the catch.

"Look however wide his eyes are there, Stuart Broad," Ricky Ponting says successful commentary for Sky Sports.

"What a infinitesimal for him successful his career, his teammates each astir him.

"Everyone is connected the borderline of the spot present astatine The Oval."

Josh Hazlewood joins Alex Carey successful the mediate with the Aussies inactive needing 55 runs to win.

There are a minimum of 22 overs remaining.

A monolithic roar goes up astatine The Oval arsenic Ben Stokes tosses Stuart Broad the ball.

The retiring England champion is brought connected to vessel with the Aussies reeling connected 8-294.

The visitors inactive need 90 runs for victory.

They conscionable mislaid 5-30 successful 8 overs.

This is dire.

Pat Cummins departs arsenic the Aussies suffer a 5th wicket for the summation of conscionable 30 runs.

"You cannot halt these rampaging Pommies," Ian Healy says connected the Nine broadcast.

Cummins tries to propulsion a Moeen Ali transportation but bottom-edges it onto his left leg, the shot ballooning up to Ben Stokes astatine limb gully.

The England skipper goes berserk.

The Aussies aren't unravelling — they are FALLING TO PIECES!

In the words of Sky Sports commentator Mel Jones, the toursits are "falling similar dominoes".

Mitchell Starc is the latest to go, nicking a Chris Woakes shot arsenic Zak Crawley takes yet different catch.

Woakes is bowling exceptionally. The right-arm seamer present has 4-41.

The Aussies are 7-275 and inactive request different 109 runs for victory.

The visitors request to support going for the win; they'll suffer if they unopen up store and effort to salvage a draw.

The Aussies are UNRAVELLING!

Moeen Ali ends the innings of Mitchell Marsh arsenic the Aussies suffer a 3rd wicket successful conscionable 15 balls.

Travis Head goes for 43, Steve Smith falls for 54 and Marsh departs for six.

Marsh edges portion defending connected the beforehand ft and Jonny Bairstow takes a superb catch, lunging to his close and taking clasp of the shot one-handed.

The Aussies are 6-274 and inactive request 110 runs to win.

Grim scenes.

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