TestNo. 2440Men

England v Australia

Australia won by 9 wickets

The Ashes, Match 18 December 2021 to 11 December 2021Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Englandbatted first

147 & 297103 ov

Australia

425 & 20/15.1 ov

England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match TM Head

England innings

14750.1 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
H Hameed	c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins	25	75	3	0	33.3
DJ Malan	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	6	9	1	0	66.7
JE Root	c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood	0	9	0	0	0.0
BA Stokes	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	5	21	1	0	23.8
OJ Pope	c JR Hazlewood b C Green	35	79	2	0	44.3
JC Buttler	c AT Carey b MA Starc	39	58	5	0	67.2
CR Woakes	c JR Hazlewood b PJ Cummins	21	24	4	0	87.5
OE Robinson	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	0	3	0	0	0.0
MA Wood	c MS Harris b PJ Cummins	8	15	1	0	53.3
MJ Leach	not out	2*	7	0	0	28.6
Extras	lb 5, w 1	6
Total	all out, 50.1 overs, run rate 2.93	147

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-0 RJ Burns2-11 DJ Malan3-11 JE Root4-29 BA Stokes5-60 H Hameed6-112 JC Buttler7-118 OJ Pope8-122 OE Robinson9-144 MA Wood10-147 CR Woakes

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
MA Starc	12	2	35	2	2.92	56	6	0
JR Hazlewood	13	4	42	2	3.23	59	5	0
PJ Cummins	13.1	3	38	5	2.89	61	3	1
NM Lyon	9	2	21	0	2.33	42	2	0
C Green	3	1	6	1	2.00	16	1	0

Australia innings

425104.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
DA Warner	c BA Stokes b OE Robinson	94	176	11	2	53.4
MS Harris	c DJ Malan b OE Robinson	3	17	0	0	17.6
M Labuschagne	c MA Wood b MJ Leach	74	117	6	2	63.2
SPD Smith	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	12	19	2	0	63.2
TM Head	b MA Wood	152	148	14	4	102.7
C Green	b OE Robinson	0	1	0	0	0.0
AT Carey	c OJ Pope b CR Woakes	12	32	1	0	37.5
PJ Cummins	c H Hameed b JE Root	12	27	0	0	44.4
MA Starc	c RJ Burns b CR Woakes	35	64	5	0	54.7
NM Lyon	c OE Robinson b MA Wood	15	24	2	0	62.5
JR Hazlewood	not out	0*	6	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 4	16
Total	all out, 104.3 overs, run rate 4.07	425

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-10 MS Harris2-166 M Labuschagne3-189 SPD Smith4-195 DA Warner5-195 C Green6-236 AT Carey7-306 PJ Cummins8-391 MA Starc9-420 NM Lyon10-425 TM Head

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
CR Woakes	25	8	76	2	3.04	111	7	0	0	0
OE Robinson	23	8	58	3	2.52	113	9	0	0	0
MA Wood	25.3	4	85	3	3.33	114	9	1	1	1
BA Stokes	12	0	65	0	5.42	46	8	1	1	3
MJ Leach	13	0	102	1	7.85	39	8	5	0	0
JE Root	6	0	29	1	4.83	22	0	1	0	0

England innings

297103 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b MA Starc	27	58	4	0	46.6
RJ Burns	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	13	27	2	0	48.1
DJ Malan	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	82	195	10	0	42.1
JE Root	c AT Carey b C Green	89	165	10	0	53.9
BA Stokes	c C Green b PJ Cummins	14	49	3	0	28.6
OJ Pope	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	4	6	1	0	66.7
JC Buttler	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	23	39	4	0	59.0
CR Woakes	c AT Carey b C Green	16	47	2	0	34.0
OE Robinson	c TM Head b NM Lyon	8	17	0	0	47.1
MA Wood	b NM Lyon	6	13	1	0	46.2
MJ Leach	not out	0*	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 5, w 6	15
Total	all out, 103 overs, run rate 2.88	297

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-23 RJ Burns2-61 H Hameed3-223 DJ Malan4-229 JE Root5-234 OJ Pope6-266 BA Stokes7-268 JC Buttler8-286 OE Robinson9-296 MA Wood10-297 CR Woakes

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd
MA Starc	20	3	77	1	3.85	84	12	0
JR Hazlewood	14	6	32	1	2.29	72	6	0
PJ Cummins	20	6	51	2	2.55	92	4	1
NM Lyon	34	5	91	4	2.68	153	12	0
C Green	12	3	23	2	1.92	60	2	1
M Labuschagne	3	0	14	0	4.67	7	1	0

Australia innings

20/15.1 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
AT Carey	c JC Buttler b OE Robinson	9	23	0	0	39.1
MS Harris	not out	9*	10	1	0	90.0
M Labuschagne	not out	0*	0	0	0	-
Extras	nb 2	2
Total	1 wicket, 5.1 overs, run rate 3.87	20

Did not batDA Warner, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, NM Lyon, JR Hazlewood

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 430

1-16 AT Carey

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
OE Robinson	3	13	1	4.33	11	0	2
CR Woakes	2	3	0	1.50	10	0	0
MA Wood	0.1	4	0	24.00	0	1	0

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Player of the match

TM HeadAustralia

152off 148 balls, 14 fours and 4 sixes, strike rate 102.7

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2440
Competition: The Ashes
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: PR Reiffel and RJ Tucker
TV umpire: P Wilson
Match referee: DC Boon
Season: 2021/22

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 27 / 22°C, 9.5 mm rain
Day 2: 28 / 22°C, 14 mm rain
Day 3: 28 / 20°C, 11.4 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 17°C, 0.2 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2021-12-08-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "result": "Australia won by 9 wickets",
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    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 425, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 297, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 20, "wickets": 1 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 36 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 20 rows ... ]
}

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