The Ashes have been retained by Australia but the fifth test has been an exhilarating battle between the two teams, albeit with its fair share of controversies.
From the infamous Bairstow runout to the Alex Carey haircut, there have been plenty of stuff to debate throughout the series.
There was yet another such moment on Day 2 of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval on Friday. It happened during the 78th over of Australia's innings when Steve Smith and Pat Cummins were batting with the score at 193/7, fighting hard to get near to England's first innings total of 283.
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Steve Smith runout incident - What happened?
Smith was batting on 42 at the time.
He worked the third ball of the over from Chris Woakes to midwicket and set for a quick two. Cummins responded but Smith found himself in trouble when George Ealham, a substitute fielder, rushed in and got a throw to the wicket-keeper quickly.
Smith ended up putting in a huge dive to save himself and but it seemed Jonny Bairstow had managed to break the stumps before he reached the safety of the crease.
The England players were convinced Smith was out and were already celebrating and the initial replays of the runout also seemed to indicate that Smith was out of his crease when Bairstow broke the stumps.
However, after a prolonged inspection of the replays, the TV Umpire Nitin Menon adjudged Smith to be not out, much to the chagrin and surprise of the England team.
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What did Stuart Broad claim?
"I honestly don't know the rules," Broad said. "I think there was enough grey area to give that not out. It looked like benefit of the doubt sort of stuff, first angle I saw I thought out, and then the side angle it looked like the bails probably dislodged.
"Kumar said to me if it was zing bails it would been given out, I don't really understand the reasoning why."
What does the law say about run outs?
According to the laws, the bail has to be completely removed. Law 29.1 states: "The wicket is broken when at least one bail is completely removed from the top of the stumps, or one or more stumps is removed from the ground."
MCC's Official Interpretation of the Laws of Cricket, adds: "For the purposes of dismissal - a bail has been removed at the moment that both ends of it leave their grooves."
What did Steve Smith say about the contentious run out decision?
The former Australian skipper had almost walked off half the ground towards the pavilion after the first replay. However, when the incident was played from a different angle he decided to walk back to the crease and wait.
"I saw the initial replay and saw the bail come up, and when I looked at it the second time looked like Jonny might have knocked the bail before the ball had come," he said.
"Looked pretty close at that stage, if the ball had hit at the initial stage when the bail came then think I was well out of my ground. I know now that he's (Ealham) very quick. The next one we hit out there when it was a similar push for two, I was like, gee, this guy's tearing around the boundary, he's coming at pace. Had I known that previously I might have just stayed there for the single," he stated.
