Moeen who had reversed his Test retirement only for the Ashes assignment, said as quoted by ESPNcricinfo, "If Stokesy messages me again, I'm going to delete it. That's me done. I really have enjoyed it, and it's great to finish on it."
Broad and Anderson are the top two pacers for the England team in the Test matches. Anderson has taken 690 wickets with an average of 26.42 in 183 Test matches. Following his mate, Broad has bagged 604 scalps in 167 Tests with an average of 27.68.
Team England needed a crucial wicket on the last day of the last Ashes Test to contain Australia and believed they had the wicket of Australia's star batter Steve Smith close to lunch on Day 5 but the batter was ruled not out
On a rain-affected day, Wood only bowled three overs of the 38 overs that England bowled. Australia finished their penultimate day at 135/0 where Ben Stokes did not introduce Wood till the second session of the day.
Australian spinner Todd Murphy admitted that the Aussies pacer attack would be feeling a little tired after playing a long series of five Test matches, however, the hunger is still there to win the last Test of the Ashes series.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting questioned the ideal approach for England to take as they are set to begin their second innings on Day 3 of the fifth Ashes Test on Saturday at The Oval.
On the day two of the fifth Ashes series, Smith was saved from a run out on the "benefit of the doubt" to batter. At first, it appeared that Smith was short of his ground, however after seeing replays umpire Nitin Menon ruled that the bail was not completely dislodged from both grooves until
After the end of the day two of the fifth Test of the Ashes series, Anderson said, "In terms of retirement I have no interest in going anywhere anytime soon."
Star Australia pacer Mitchell Starc opened up on a shoulder injury he sustained during the fourth Test of the ongoing Ashes series on Friday, saying he was not interested in getting it scanned and will worry about it at the end of the week after the Ashes get over.