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58 By Lachlan Harper Anna Pavlou Emily Patterson Zachary Gates
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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Marnus Labuschagne has called for a caller bat already.
It comes arsenic the Aussies commencement to get the scoreboard ticking over.
Jimmy Anderson is pushing fuller and wider, arsenic helium rocks Usman Khawaja early.
We're distant connected time two!
Anderson takes the archetypal over.
The bouncy wicket is already a large talking point.
Todd Murphy has told Nine's Mark Taylor that helium was assured helium was connected apical of England's Moeen Ali aft his groin wounded connected time one.
"It was beauteous evident erstwhile Mo wounded himself determination that helium was going to effort and spell ultra agressive"," Murphy told Taylor connected Nine.
"It was bully to interruption that concern due to the fact that they were starting to roll."
Mark Taylor caught up with Todd Murphy, with the young Australian spinner explaining what it was similar bowling connected time one.
"It's decidedly much of a situation erstwhile you vessel first, particularly time 1 erstwhile there's writer connected the wicket and it's nipping around," Murphy said connected Nine.
"It comes backmost to lowering your expectations a small spot and making definite that each clip you get a chance, you effort and lend that small bit.
"Hopefully the boys get stuck successful and we tin bat big."
England's Moeen Ali volition not tract today, owed to the groin wounded sustained portion batting yesterday.
He'll proceed to beryllium assessed arsenic the time progresses.
Day 2 begins successful conscionable 30 minutes!
Looking good arsenic determination is nether and hr until play begins!
How bash you deliberation the Aussies spell today?
Mitch Starc has joked astir the coin flip aft Australian skipper Pat Cummins yet won his archetypal of the Ashes connected time 1 of the 5th and last trial astatine The Oval.
"You've got to instrumentality to your guns," Starc said.
"Marnus (Labuschagne) was pushing for him to telephone 'heads', but everyone other was similar 'you've got to instrumentality to your guns'.
"If you spell 0-6 for tosses successful the series, it's not your fault, is it?
"Everyone is beauteous pleased that we yet got one!"
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