England has won the toss and chosen to bat first against Australia in the fifth and final Ashes test at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Sunday amid a strong police and security presence. England called up speedster Matthew Potts after Gus Atkinson pulled up lame during the Boxing Day test in its only change.

An imperious Joe Root hit a magnificent 160 before England were dismissed for 384 at tea on day two of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia on Monday. Australia lead the series 3-1 and have already retained the Ashes,

England called up spinner Shoaib Bashir and seamer Matthew Potts for the final Ashes test against Australia beginning on Sunday with one of them set to fill the void created by Gus Atkinson's injury-induced absence.

England pace bowler Gus Atkinson has joined the tourists' mounting injury toll after being ruled out for the fifth and final Ashes cricket test in Sydney with a hamstring injury. Atkinson pulled up lame during the second morning of the Boxing Day test and was officially ruled-out after scans on Monday confirmed the injury in his left leg.

Outside the MA Noble Stand, next to the plaque for dashing Doug Walters, we find the most enterprising batting of the day. A rapscallion kid in a collared shirt is facing a tennis ball while dozens more rapscallion,