Australia host England in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.

Travis Head looks in ominous form at the crease — he has now scored more than 500 runs in the series and raised the bat for his third century of the summer early on Day 3. The Aussies were 3/281 at lunch with Head unbeaten on 162 and Steve Smith not out on 24.

It is rare for any wicket to reflect well on a batter but England have lost several to brainfades across the 2025-26 Ashes series, epitomised by Jamie Smith 's ugly swipe to deep extra cover off Marnus Labuschagne's short ball on the second morning in Sydney. Was that the single worst dismissal of England's tour? Here are our top 10…

Australia host England in the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney - follow live scores, radio commentary, video highlights and updates.

All the ways to watch 5th Ashes Test live streams for FREE from anywhere, as Australia and England face off in the series finale at Sydney Cricket Ground.

Root, 35, has a central contract until the summer of 2027, when England will look to regain the Ashes on home soil, but England’s greatest ever run-scorer also has his sights set on a fifth tour in Australia in four years.

Of the 13 losses suffered by SEC teams since the playoff began in 2014, Alabama’s 35-point margin of defeat on New Year’s Day was seven points larger than the previous blowout record. Saban’s 2018 team lost the title game to Clemson 44-16.