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Australia were each retired for 567 earlier luncheon connected time 4 of the 5th and last Ashes Test successful Sydney connected Wednesday (January 7, 2026) aft gathering a 183-run archetypal innings pb implicit England.
Travis Head deed a superb 163 and Steve Smith 138 successful reply to England’s 384, which was built disconnected the backmost of Joe Root’s 160 .Beau Webster was not retired 71.
They resumed connected 518-7 with England removing Smith, Mitchell Starc (6) and Scott Boland (0) wrong the archetypal hr of play.
But successful a setback, skipper Ben Stokes limped disconnected clutching what appeared to beryllium his groin successful conscionable the 3rd implicit of the time — his second.
Josh Tongue took 3-97 and Brydon Carse 3-130.
Australia pb the five-Test bid 3-1 aft victories successful Perth, Brisbane and Adelaide, which saw them clasp the urn.
England restored pridefulness with a lightning-quick triumph wrong 2 days astatine Melbourne.
