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Harry Brook (left) and Joe Root combined for long-overdue runs in the middle order.

Fifth Ashes Test LIVE: England’s best partnership of series continues after rain-affected day one

Joe Root and Harry Brook will aim to pick up where they left off on Sunday, while the Aussies will be hoping for an early wicket after England’s best day of the summer. Play begins at 10am, follow all the action live.

  • Vince Rugari

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SCG Test day one as it happened: Bad weather forces early stumps, optimism abounds for England

Joe Root and Harry Brook shared a 154-run partnership to guide England to 3-211 before bad light stopped play on day one of the final Ashes test, which featured an emotional on-field tribute for the Bondi terror victims and first responders.

  • Vince Rugari and Peter Ryan
Harry Brook in action for England at the SCG on Sunday.

Bradman loved spin bowling. He would hate the pace monotony of this Ashes

Australian cricket is thumbing its nose at Sir Donald Bradman and many others who believe that cricket is about more than the seaming ball.

  • Daniel Brettig
The SCG on day one.

Why the Sydney Test has dead rubber written all over it

By the time the caravan gets to the SCG and the competitive climax to the Ashes has passed, the air is festive: this match is cricket’s festivus for the rest of us.

  • Malcolm Knox
Joe Root

Root and Brook steer England to safety as wet weather again ruins record-breaking SCG spectacle

England’s middle order stars played their side into a handy position on day one in Sydney.

  • Tom Decent
Ahmed al-Ahmed, the hero of Bondi, was recognised alongside first responders at the SCG.

Bondi shooting heroes and victims join Sydney’s elite at SCG Ashes Test

Paramedics, police and hero Ahmed al Ahmed were recognised with a guard of honour at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

  • Amber Schultz and Neil Breen
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Harry Brook.

The Ashes fifth Test day one recap: Buy the ticket, take the Harry Brook ride. Just imagine when he works out Test cricket

How long can a prodigious talent in a leadership position bat with the abandon of Harry Brook? As long as he wants when it works.

  • Dan Walsh
Peter Taylor during his Test debut at the SCG in 1987.

‘It’s sad’: Peter Taylor laments first SCG Test spin snub in 138 years

The former Australian spin bowler and selector says Test cricket in Australia is all the poorer for the decline of slow bowling opportunities on grassy pitches, on the day the home side snubbed specialist spin at the SCG for the first time since 1888.

  • Daniel Brettig
The leaders of this all-conquering Australian side: coach Andrew McDonald and captain Pat Cummins.

Beware the generation gap: Is this Australia’s last hurrah?

England’s talent is plain to see, and it has greater upside than Australia between now and 2027.

  • Greg Baum
Out: Steve Smith was cleaned by Josh Tongue on Boxing Day. It was one of 20 wickets to fall on the first day of play.

Forget the Ashes, these teams are batting for the reputation of their craft

After the two-day chaos of Melbourne, the SCG Test looms as a battle of batsmen versus bowlers rather than Australia versus England.

  • Malcolm Knox

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