After the Day 4 of the 5th match of the Ashes series was washed out by the rain Australia is ready to chase down the remaining 249 runs target set by the English, The 4th day of the Ashes could only see 40 overs of play at The Oval.
Earlier the Australian side had bowled out the English side for 395 runs. Playing the 2nd inning the Australian openers Usman Khawaja and David Warner gave a good start to the team of 135 runs before rain halted play. Usman Khawaja is playing at (69) and David Warner is playing at (58).
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It will be the second-highest successful run chase for Australia if they achieve their victory target of 384 at The Oval, The first came in 1948 when they chase down the target of 404 runs set by the England team at Headingley. The highest-ever run chase in the world was recorded by West Indies in 2003 at Antigua Recreation Ground when they chased down the target of 418 runs set by Australia.