Good morning cricket fans. Welcome to our live coverage of day one of the fifth and final Ashes Test between Australia and England from the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Iโm Vince Rugari, here at the stadium nice and early to bring you everything you need to know about … well, everything as it pertains to the above.
My learned cricket writer colleagues – Tom Decent, Dan Brettig, Dan Walsh et al – will of course chime in with their observations throughout.
The toss is at 10am and we should be under way by 10.30am AEDT.
What sort of pitch can we expect? Can the tourists back up their win in Melbourne? Will Usman Khawaja get a big score in his final Test? How much is it going to rain over the next five days? Answers to all of these questions, and more, await.
The Australian team ahead of the 2026 SCG โpinkโ Test.Credit: Getty Images
