LIVE: Warner's departure brings early concern for Aussies

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By Lachlan Harper

Anna Pavlou

9:06pm Jul 31, 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.

Every shot of the Ashes volition beryllium live, escaped and exclusive on 9Now, and if you miss immoderate of the enactment you tin find afloat highlights and exclusive replays aft each day's play

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Much has been made of the umpires determination to alteration the shot successful the 37th over.

The shot chosen by the umpires was distinctively much shinier than the aged ball.

"This shot is considerably newer, I deliberation it's really disgraceful that they've allowed a shot this caller to beryllium brought into the crippled astatine the signifier that they did, it's made it truly difficult," erstwhile Test cricket Callum Ferguson said connected Nine's coverage.

Ian Healy: "Very difficult, it's swinging and seaming and close handers are struggling with it and truthful to near handers." 

Australia are successful existent occupation here!

A backmost of the magnitude transportation has been edged by Marnus Labuschagne to Zac Crawley astatine 2nd gaffe with Mark Wood breaking through.

A large concern is needed to prevention this game.

Chris Woakes is connected fire!

Usman Khawaja departs arsenic Australia usage up a review.

The opener was trapped close successful beforehand aft different superb transportation from Woakes.

Relief for Marnus Labuschange arsenic England pain a review.

Former England skipper Nasser Hussain called it a "poor review" aft the shot deed the Aussie batsman extracurricular the enactment of disconnected stump and apt would've been excessively high.

Marnus has been trapped connected the pads a fewer times present though. 

David Warner is gone!

A good made 60 for the opener, but didn't look comfy astatine each today.

The shot is nipping astir for Stuart Broad and Chris Woakes with a fig of adjacent LBW shouts.

Warner was caught down and Ian Healy says helium got retired from "trying excessively hard" aft playing astatine a transportation helium perchance could've near alone.

Australia are present 1/140. 

Stuart Broad's archetypal shot is blocked by David Warner with a interaction of successful swing.

Australia are 0/135, chasing a people of 384. 

Play has been delayed by 10 minutes astatine The Oval aft a airy shower.

Mark Taylor caught up with Alex Carey earlier time 5 of the 5th trial astatine The Oval.

"It was a large commencement yesterday and truly important that we travel retired present this greeting ... and I guess, commencement again," Carey told Nine's commentary.

"There's been immoderate pugnacious cricket played. Both teams person shown ... wherefore they're the champion successful the world."

Carey reflected connected Australia's beardown commencement to the series.

"Getting the pb aboriginal ... was large reward. I don't deliberation we've rather deed our straps recently.

"That's our goal, to triumph it, not conscionable clasp it.

"There's unfinished concern for a fewer of them."

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