Ashes LIVE updates: Joe Root and Dawid Malan rebuild for England before late blow
ENGLAND will hope to secure a confidence-boosting win in the final Test of the lost Ashes series against Australia.
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England have already lost the Ashes and head into the fifth Test 3-0 down.
They earned a draw in Perth despite Alastair Cook scoring over 250 on a poor wicket.
Australia welcome back Mitchell Starc for the last Test in Sydney, while leg spinner Mason Crane plays for England.
The Aussies are the favourites to win this final Test of what has been a one-sided series Down Under.
But captain Joe Root will hope to eke out something from the tour when the match gets underway at 23:30pm on Tuesday night.
Follow all the Ashes updates from the fifth Test below…
- England finish day 1 on 233-5
- England lose two late wickets with Root and Bairstow falling late on
- Malan makes 55
- Root makes 50 to keep England moving along before going for 83
- Joe Root and Dawid Malan build a 100 partnership after being 95-3
- James Vince out for 25, Alastair Cook gone for 39
- Mark Stoneman first to go for England for 24
