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

Michael Clarke of Australia looks on from the change rooms after rain stopped play during day four (GETTY IMAGES)

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