The home team Australia scored 155 runs in their second innings by facing 56.3 overs. Usman Khawaja scored eleven runs, Steven Smith 27, Cameron Green 23, Alex Carey † 49 and Pat Cummins (c) 13. Mark Wood dismissed six Australian batsmen in 16.3 overs and gave just 37 runs. Stuart Broad took three wickets and the remaining wicket was taken by Chris Woakes. In the second innings, England needs 271 runs to win. Rory Burns scored 26 runs, Zak Crawley added 36 runs. Mitchell Starc took one wicket. Pat Cummins, Scott Boland and Cameron Green all three of them took three wickets each.
The Ashes 2021/22 top performers.
Top three from the Australian bowling attack: PJ Cummins took 21 wickets in four test matches. MA Starc took 19 wickets in five test matches, SM Boland took 18 wickets in three test matches.
Top three from the English bowling attack: MA Wood took 17 wickets in four test matches, SCJ Broad took 13 wickets in three test matches, OE Robinson took 11 wickets in four test matches.
Top three from the Australian batters: TM Head scored 357 runs in six innings, M Labuschagne 335 in nine innings and DA Warner 273 in eight innings.
Top three from the England batters: JE Root scored 322 runs in ten innings, DJ Malan 244 in ten innings and BA Stokes 236 in ten innings.
The Ashes 5th Test, Australia vs England Highlights today, Sunday 16-1-2022, from Bellerive Oval, Hobart.
Joe Root won the toss and decided to bowl first.
Australia team: 1 David Warner, 2 Usman Khawaja, 3 Marnus Labuschagne, 4 Steven Smith, 5 Travis Head, 6 Cameron Green, 7 Alex Carey, 8 Pat Cummins (capt), 9 Mitchell Starc, 10 Nathan Lyon, 11 Scott Boland.
England team: 1 Rory Burns, 2 Zak Crawley, 3 Dawid Malan, 4 Joe Root (capt), 5 Ben Stokes, 6 Ollie Pope, 7 Sam Billings (wk), 8 Chris Woakes, 9 Ollie Robinson, 10 Mark Wood, 11 Stuart Broad.
Form guide
(last five completed matches, most recent first)
Australia: DWWWL
England: DLLLL
Match Timings: 04:00 GMT | 15:00 Local
Umpires – Paul Wilson, Rod Tucker
TV Umpires – Paul Reiffel
Match Referee – David Boon
Reserve Umpire – Donovan Koch
Match number – Test no. 2449
