04-01-2026 00:10 via theguardian.com

Australia v England: fifth Ashes Test, day one – live

Over-by-over updates from the Sydney Cricket Ground
Play starts at 10.30am local time, 11.30pm GMT
Get The Spin | The Ashes top 100 | Email Tim“Long odds,” says Jack Gough, “but… tantalising possibility that Steve Smith gets 5 catches in this Test, Joe Root gets none and Smith then goes to the top of the leaderboard for most Test catches of all time.”Smith has 11 catches in 3 matches so far and Root has 3 catches in 4 matches. What do you think?” Continue re
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