Ashes 2015 live: Latest score as England head towards innings defeat in Fifth Test - unless the rain can help out
Follow the latest news and updates from the Ashes Fifth Test at The Oval where England are on the verge of defeat on Day 4
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Your support makes all the difference.Australia are close to victory in the final Test of this Ashes series - but rain has halted a victory so far
● England resumed on 203-6 but have lost three wickets today
● WICKETS TODAY: Wood (6), Buttler (42), Broad (11)
● Australia now need one wicket to win the fifth Test and end the series with a much more respectable 3-2 defeat
● Rain is forecast for the afternoon and nearly all of Monday
● Report: How events on Day 3 unfolded - including Alastair Cook's late wicket
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Remaining Tour fixtures:
20-24 August: Fifth Test - The Oval
31 August: Twenty20 - The SWALEC Stadium
3 September: 1st ODI - The Ageas Bowl
5 September: 2nd ODI - Lord's
8 September: 3rd ODI - Old Trafford
11 September: 4th ODI - Headingley
13 September: 5th ODI - Old Trafford
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