
England vs. Australia Fifth Ashes Test: Latest Odds, Team News, Date, Time & Location

Australia retained the Ashes after Manchester's wretched weather ruptured England's hopes of a series-levelling victory in the fourth Test.
A failure to even take to the field during the final day was a real sickener for England who had accumulated a stunning first-innings score of 592, while they needed five wickets to bowl Australia out.
The Urn may be staying in Australia, but there is still plenty to play for in the fifth and final Test as England look to salvage a draw, while the Aussies will attempt to secure their first Series win over on these shores since 2001.
Below we bring you everything you need to know ahead of this week's Fifth Test.
When is the Fifth Ashes Test?
The Fifth Test will start at 11am on Thursday 27th July and will finish on Monday 31st July if all five days are played.
Where is the Fifth Ashes Test?
The Ashes will return to London for the Fifth Test with The Oval playing host to the final fixture.
England beat Australia by 135 runs the last time the Ashes was played at The Oval in September 2019.
However, just last month Australia beat India by 209 runs at The Oval to win the World Test Championship.
How To Watch the Fifth Ashes Test?
The Fifth Test will be screened live on Sky Sports Cricket and Sky Sports Main Event from 10am every morning, with the first ball bowled at 11am - weather permitting.
You can also catch the highlights each night at 7pm on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
Who is the favourite in the Fifth Ashes Test Odds?
England, no doubt still reeling from their misfortune in the Fourth Test, head to The Oval as the 11/8 favourites to restore some pride with a win which would draw the Series 2-2.
Australia are priced to 13/8 to win for the second time in London following their victory at Lord's, while a second successive draw is available at 31/10.
Joe Root is the 3/1 favourite to be England's top batsman in the first innings, while Mark Wood can be backed at 11/4 to get the most wickets for his country in the first innings.
Steve Smith is the 11/4 frontrunner to be the top Australia batsman, with skipper Pat Cummins 21/10 for top Aussie bowler (both first innings).
Smith is also the 7/1 favourite to be crowned Man of the Match, Root is 15/2, while the likes of Wood, Usman Khawaja, and Marnus Labuschagne can be backed at 10/1.
England vs Australia Ashes Series Odds
Australia are 2-1 up and the odds-on 8/13 favourites to go on and win the Series, which they will do if they either win or draw the final Test.
England can no longer win the Urn but they can at least salvage a draw with a win in the Fifth Test at 11/8.
Ashes Series Odds
How will the teams line up for the Fifth Ashes Test?
England have named an unchanged starting-11 for the Fifth Test:
1. Ben Duckett
2. Zak Crawley
3. Moeen Ali
4. Joe Root
5. Harry Brook
6. Ben Stokes
7. Jonathan Bairstow
8. Chris Woakes
9. Mark Wood
10. Stuart Broad
11. James Anderson
Australia could look to make changes having gone two Tests without a win. We will bring you their full line-up right here once it's been revealed.
What did Ben Stokes and Pat Cummins say after Australia retained the Ashes?
It was a flat end to the Fourth Test with no play whatsoever on the final day, meaning the match ended in a draw. Both captains were interviewed by BBC Sport under umbrellas in the aftermath.
Ben Stokes:
"It's a tough pill to swallow, knowing the weather is the reason we sit here with a draw, but we did everything we possibly could in the hours of play we managed to get.
"I can't actually look back and think we could have been better because we were pretty much perfect throughout the whole game."
Pat Cummins:
"It's really nice to retain but obviously not in the circumstances we would have liked.
"It feels a bit weird. The rain might have helped us, but it was a great result."