Chasing 435, England resumed day 5 on 207-6. Jamie Smith kept them in the hunt with a counterattacking 83-ball 60, during which he hit 7 fours and 2 sixes. However, he got out while trying to slog a back-of-the-length delivery from Mitchell Starc and mistiming it entirely. The choice of stroke drew on-air criticism from Ricky Ponting.