LIVE: Stokes under injury cloud heading into finale

England skipper Ben Stokes has not bowled a azygous implicit since the 2nd Test astatine Lord's owed to a nagging genu injury.

Stokes is dealing with a chronic near genu wounded and admits helium whitethorn person to see country astatine the extremity of the Ashes.

"It's thing I evidently privation to get sorted," Stokes said.

"The times successful which I've seen specialists and worldly similar that determination has been cricket around. So, arsenic it's been manageable, we've conscionable cracked on.

"But I deliberation that is simply a bully clip to person immoderate superior conversations with medics astir what is perchance thing I could bash to get a relation successful which I tin vessel without having to interest astir my knee.

"Those are conversations we volition beryllium capable to person successful that clip off."

Good evening cricket fans and invited to Wide World of Sports' LIVE sum from time 1 of the 5th and last Ashes Test!

A thrilling bid betwixt England and Australia heads backmost to London erstwhile again arsenic the 2 teams converge connected The Oval for the bid finale.

Australia whitethorn person retained the urn courtesy of a washout to extremity the 4th Test, but there's inactive plentifulness to play for.

Deny England a win, and Pat Cummins' broadside volition beryllium the archetypal Australian squad to triumph an Ashes bid successful England since 2001.