Ashes 2019: England v Australia, fifth Test day three – live!

Updates from the third day of play at the OvalThe Spin: sign up and get our free weekly emailAny thoughts? Email or tweet @JPHowcroft 10.23am BST Geoff Lemon has had little alternative but to extol the virtues of Steve Smith at regular intervals throughout this series. Yesterday was no exception. Had No 4 been filled by a batsman of similar calibre, Australia might have come to the Oval trailing 4-0. Instead the visitors have had Smith, meaning the fifth Test panned out like the fourth, and the