 than any other English bowler and will have one final go at the old enemy. Australia do indeed give Broad a guard of honour to raucous applause from the Oval crowd. Broad puts his arm around his old mate Anderson, who turns 41 today, before walking on to the field to bat for the final time for England. Only Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar have appeared in more Test matches in tandem than Broad and Anderson. Starc bangs it in short to Broad in the first over and England's NightHawk smashes the final delivery for six. England lead by 383. Simon Wilde: We're expecting England to bat on this morning — so, no funky declarations — which means the Oval will get to see Stuart Broad walk out to bat with his old mate Jimmy Anderson to what will surely be a thunderous reception. The Aussies will surely give Broad a guard of honour, and then try to knock his block off with a second new ball, which is due immediately. There is some rain forecast this afternoon, so we might be coming back tomorrow. Broad heads out for a hit before start of play on day four PAUL CHILDS/REUTERS Steve James: The cliché is that there are few fairytales in sport, but can there be one for Broad today? It wouldn't be a surprise, to be honest, but we will need the weather to play ball too and there are varying forecasts flying around. If the weather does not intervene, I can only see an England victory here. Australia look shattered. What of the state of the match? Despite a deathly slow over rate yesterday, England amassed an enormous 389 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Simon Wilde: A full house at the Oval was swept along on a tide of Bazball euphoria as England's batsmen battered Australia){kind=link}
One final hurrah. Broad has the new Duke’s first up. David Warner, whom he has dismissed 17 times, is on strike and the Oval crowd is in full voice.
Broad’s final shot in professional cricket is indeed that clubbed six off Starc as Anderson falls in the next over, out leg-before to Todd Murphy. It means England are all out for 395 and Australia need 384 to win.
Broad sprints off to get his bowling spikes on. He has taken more wickets against Australia (151) than any other English bowler and will have one final go at the old enemy.
STAT: Only one other batsman’s final delivery in Test cricket was hit for six. West Indies’ Wayne Daniel smacked Australia’s Tom Hogan for a maximum with his final ball at Port of Spain in 1984.
Australia do indeed give Broad a guard of honour to raucous applause from the Oval crowd. Broad puts his arm around his old mate Anderson, who turns 41 today, before walking on to the field to bat for the final time for England. Only Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar have appeared in more Test matches in tandem than Broad and Anderson.