England v Australia
Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
The Ashes, Match 326 December 2021 to 28 December 2021Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Englandbatted first
185 & 6827.4 ov
Australia
26787.5 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match SM Boland
England innings
18565.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Hameed | c AT Carey b PJ Cummins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Z Crawley | c C Green b PJ Cummins | 12 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 |
| DJ Malan | c DA Warner b PJ Cummins | 14 | 66 | 1 | 0 | 21.2 |
| JE Root | c AT Carey b MA Starc | 50 | 82 | 4 | 0 | 61.0 |
| BA Stokes | c NM Lyon b C Green | 25 | 60 | 2 | 1 | 41.7 |
| JM Bairstow | c C Green b MA Starc | 35 | 75 | 3 | 0 | 46.7 |
| JC Buttler | c SM Boland b NM Lyon | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| MA Wood | lbw b SM Boland | 6 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| OE Robinson | c SM Boland b NM Lyon | 22 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 84.6 |
| MJ Leach | c SPD Smith b NM Lyon | 13 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 72.2 |
| JM Anderson | not out | 0* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, nb 1 | 5 | ||||
| Total | all out, 65.1 overs, run rate 2.84 | 185 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270
1-4 H Hameed2-13 Z Crawley3-61 DJ Malan4-82 JE Root5-115 BA Stokes6-128 JC Buttler7-141 MA Wood8-159 JM Bairstow9-176 MJ Leach10-185 OE Robinson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 15 | 3 | 54 | 2 | 3.60 | 69 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PJ Cummins | 15 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 2.40 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Boland | 13 | 2 | 48 | 1 | 3.69 | 55 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Green | 8 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0.88 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 14.1 | 3 | 36 | 3 | 2.54 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
26787.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Harris | c JE Root b JM Anderson | 76 | 189 | 7 | 0 | 40.2 |
| DA Warner | c Z Crawley b JM Anderson | 38 | 42 | 5 | 0 | 90.5 |
| NM Lyon | c JC Buttler b OE Robinson | 10 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 45.5 |
| M Labuschagne | c JE Root b MA Wood | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| SPD Smith | b JM Anderson | 16 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 51.6 |
| TM Head | c JE Root b OE Robinson | 27 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| C Green | lbw b MJ Leach | 17 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 |
| AT Carey | c JC Buttler b BA Stokes | 19 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 44.2 |
| PJ Cummins | c H Hameed b JM Anderson | 21 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 65.6 |
| MA Starc | not out | 24* | 37 | 1 | 0 | 64.9 |
| SM Boland | c Z Crawley b MA Wood | 6 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 54.5 |
| Extras | b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5 | 12 | ||||
| Total | all out, 87.5 overs, run rate 3.04 | 267 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270
1-57 DA Warner2-76 NM Lyon3-84 M Labuschagne4-110 SPD Smith5-171 TM Head6-180 MS Harris7-207 C Green8-219 AT Carey9-253 PJ Cummins10-267 SM Boland
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JM Anderson | 23 | 10 | 33 | 4 | 1.43 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OE Robinson | 19.2 | 4 | 64 | 2 | 3.31 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| MA Wood | 19.5 | 2 | 71 | 2 | 3.58 | 84 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Stokes | 10.4 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4.41 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MJ Leach | 15 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 3.07 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
6827.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Hameed | c AT Carey b SM Boland | 7 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 22.6 |
| Z Crawley | c AT Carey b MA Starc | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 31.3 |
| DJ Malan | lbw b MA Starc | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JE Root | c DA Warner b SM Boland | 28 | 59 | 4 | 0 | 47.5 |
| MJ Leach | b SM Boland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| BA Stokes | b MA Starc | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 68.8 |
| JM Bairstow | lbw b SM Boland | 5 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 27.8 |
| JC Buttler | not out | 5* | 14 | 1 | 0 | 35.7 |
| MA Wood | c & b SM Boland | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| OE Robinson | c M Labuschagne b SM Boland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JM Anderson | b C Green | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | lb 5 | 5 | ||||
| Total | all out, 27.4 overs, run rate 2.46 | 68 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 270
1-7 Z Crawley2-7 DJ Malan3-22 H Hameed4-22 MJ Leach5-46 BA Stokes6-60 JM Bairstow7-61 JE Root8-65 MA Wood9-65 OE Robinson10-68 JM Anderson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 10 | 3 | 29 | 3 | 2.90 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | 10 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 1.90 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Boland | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1.75 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C Green | 3.4 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.18 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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