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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 “Great pre-amble,” says Tom van der Gucht, sportingly. “It got me thinking whether Labuschagne or Weatherald could do a Pope and Crawley and do just enough to retain their place.” (At the risk of splitting haiirs, I thought Pope had lost his place?) “Cricket is a strangely moral sport whereby you earn your chance, become the next cab off the rank, deserve another shot etc... Bazball has been weirdly anti-Bazball by eschewing county form, yet still hanging onto hunches and giving Pope/Crawley shot after shot based on their feasts and ignoring their famine. Weirdly, Crawley has probably pencilled himself in for the rest of the year based on the paucity of scores from other batsmen. I bet Malan is fuming – never really fitting in or backed in any England regime whilst Crawley seems destined to be picked for the ODI team too. “One of the pleasures and unique idiosyncracies of the sport I suppose, like looking at how many incredible Aussie batters never got the chance in the test team due to its strength and consistency: Bevan, Hodge, Law, Love... Even Glenn Maxwell... How the hell has he not been backed as a game changer in Tests? Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/sport/live/2026/jan/04/australia-v-england-fifth-ashes-test-day-one-live-updates-sydney-scg?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu