England v Australia
England won by 169 runs
The Ashes, Match 18 July 2015 to 11 July 2015Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Englandbatted first
430 & 28970.1 ov
Australia
308 & 24270.3 ov
England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match JE Root
England innings
430102.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Lyth | c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| AN Cook | c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon | 20 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 50.0 |
| GS Ballance | lbw b JR Hazlewood | 61 | 149 | 8 | 0 | 40.9 |
| IR Bell | lbw b MA Starc | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| JE Root | c SR Watson b MA Starc | 134 | 166 | 17 | 0 | 80.7 |
| BA Stokes | b MA Starc | 52 | 78 | 6 | 2 | 66.7 |
| JC Buttler | c MG Johnson b JR Hazlewood | 27 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 79.4 |
| MM Ali | c SR Watson b MA Starc | 77 | 88 | 11 | 1 | 87.5 |
| SCJ Broad | c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon | 18 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 69.2 |
| MA Wood | not out | 7* | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 |
| JM Anderson | b MA Starc | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Extras | b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 1 | 26 | ||||
| Total | all out, 102.1 overs, run rate 4.21 | 430 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-7 A Lyth2-42 AN Cook3-43 IR Bell4-196 GS Ballance5-280 JE Root6-293 BA Stokes7-343 JC Buttler8-395 SCJ Broad9-419 MM Ali10-430 JM Anderson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 24.1 | 4 | 114 | 5 | 4.72 | 100 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JR Hazlewood | 23 | 8 | 83 | 3 | 3.61 | 108 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | 25 | 3 | 111 | 0 | 4.44 | 106 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 20 | 4 | 69 | 2 | 3.45 | 84 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 8 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 3.00 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DA Warner | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
30884.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJL Rogers | c JC Buttler b MA Wood | 95 | 133 | 11 | 1 | 71.4 |
| DA Warner | c AN Cook b JM Anderson | 17 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 40.5 |
| SPD Smith | c AN Cook b MM Ali | 33 | 56 | 5 | 0 | 58.9 |
| MJ Clarke | c & b MM Ali | 38 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 73.1 |
| AC Voges | c JM Anderson b BA Stokes | 31 | 75 | 4 | 0 | 41.3 |
| SR Watson | lbw b SCJ Broad | 30 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 52.6 |
| NM Lyon | lbw b MA Wood | 6 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 23.1 |
| BJ Haddin | c JC Buttler b JM Anderson | 22 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 57.9 |
| MG Johnson | c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad | 14 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 73.7 |
| MA Starc | c JE Root b JM Anderson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JR Hazlewood | not out | 2* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 6, lb 11, w 3 | 20 | ||||
| Total | all out, 84.4 overs, run rate 3.64 | 308 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-52 DA Warner2-129 SPD Smith3-180 CJL Rogers4-207 MJ Clarke5-258 AC Voges6-265 SR Watson7-265 NM Lyon8-304 BJ Haddin9-306 MG Johnson10-308 MA Starc
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 18.5 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 2.28 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SCJ Broad | 17 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 3.53 | 78 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| MA Wood | 20 | 5 | 66 | 2 | 3.30 | 91 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MM Ali | 15 | 1 | 71 | 2 | 4.73 | 62 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Stokes | 13.5 | 5 | 51 | 1 | 3.69 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
England innings
28970.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Lyth | c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon | 37 | 62 | 4 | 1 | 59.7 |
| AN Cook | c NM Lyon b MA Starc | 12 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 46.2 |
| GS Ballance | c BJ Haddin b JR Hazlewood | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| IR Bell | b MG Johnson | 60 | 89 | 11 | 0 | 67.4 |
| JE Root | b JR Hazlewood | 60 | 89 | 9 | 0 | 67.4 |
| BA Stokes | b MA Starc | 42 | 59 | 9 | 0 | 71.2 |
| JC Buttler | c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.8 |
| MM Ali | c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson | 15 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 36.6 |
| SCJ Broad | c JR Hazlewood b NM Lyon | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.1 |
| MA Wood | not out | 32* | 18 | 4 | 1 | 177.8 |
| JM Anderson | b NM Lyon | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | b 7, lb 6, w 6 | 19 | ||||
| Total | all out, 70.1 overs, run rate 4.12 | 289 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-17 AN Cook2-22 GS Ballance3-73 A Lyth4-170 IR Bell5-207 JE Root6-236 JC Buttler7-240 BA Stokes8-245 SCJ Broad9-288 MM Ali10-289 JM Anderson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Johnson | 16 | 2 | 69 | 2 | 4.31 | 68 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| JR Hazlewood | 13 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 3.77 | 57 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MA Starc | 16 | 4 | 60 | 2 | 3.75 | 76 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 20.1 | 4 | 75 | 4 | 3.72 | 86 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 5 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4.60 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
24270.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJL Rogers | c IR Bell b SCJ Broad | 10 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 35.7 |
| DA Warner | lbw b MM Ali | 52 | 86 | 6 | 1 | 60.5 |
| SPD Smith | c IR Bell b SCJ Broad | 33 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 67.3 |
| MJ Clarke | c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad | 4 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 30.8 |
| AC Voges | c JC Buttler b MA Wood | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.3 |
| SR Watson | lbw b MA Wood | 19 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 32.8 |
| BJ Haddin | c AN Cook b MM Ali | 7 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 35.0 |
| MG Johnson | c A Lyth b JE Root | 77 | 94 | 9 | 2 | 81.9 |
| MA Starc | c A Lyth b JE Root | 17 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 44.7 |
| JR Hazlewood | c JE Root b MM Ali | 14 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 82.4 |
| NM Lyon | not out | 0* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 3, nb 1 | 8 | ||||
| Total | all out, 70.3 overs, run rate 3.43 | 242 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430
1-19 CJL Rogers2-97 DA Warner3-101 SPD Smith4-106 MJ Clarke5-106 AC Voges6-122 BJ Haddin7-151 SR Watson8-223 MA Starc9-242 MG Johnson10-242 JR Hazlewood
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