TestNo. 2608Men

England v Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

The Ashes, Match 121 November 2025 to 22 November 2025Perth Stadium, Perth

Englandbatted first

172 & 16434.4 ov

Australia

132 & 205/228.2 ov

England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match MA Starc

England innings

17232.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	0	6	0	0	0.0
BM Duckett	lbw b MA Starc	21	20	4	0	105.0
OJ Pope	lbw b C Green	46	58	4	0	79.3
JE Root	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	0	7	0	0	0.0
HC Brook	c AT Carey b B Doggett	52	61	5	1	85.2
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	6	12	0	0	50.0
JL Smith	c C Green b MA Starc	33	22	6	0	150.0
AAP Atkinson	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	1	2	0	0	50.0
BA Carse	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	6	9	1	0	66.7
JC Archer	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.0
MA Wood	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 5, nb 2	7
Total	all out, 32.5 overs, run rate 5.24	172

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 210

1-0 Z Crawley2-33 BM Duckett3-39 JE Root4-94 OJ Pope5-115 BA Stokes6-160 HC Brook7-161 AAP Atkinson8-168 BA Carse9-172 JL Smith10-172 MA Wood

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
MA Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.52	57	10	0	0
SM Boland	10	0	62	0	6.20	38	7	1	2
B Doggett	7	1	27	2	3.86	25	2	0	0
NM Lyon	2	0	10	0	5.00	3	0	0	0
C Green	1	0	10	1	10.00	1	1	0	0

Australia innings

13245.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
J Weatherald	lbw b JC Archer	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Labuschagne	b JC Archer	9	41	1	0	22.0
SPD Smith	c HC Brook b BA Carse	17	49	2	0	34.7
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b BA Carse	2	6	0	0	33.3
TM Head	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	21	35	1	0	60.0
C Green	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	24	50	2	0	48.0
AT Carey	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	26	26	3	0	100.0
MA Starc	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	12	12	0	0	100.0
NM Lyon	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	4	21	0	0	19.0
SM Boland	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	0	2	0	0	0.0
B Doggett	not out	7*	30	0	0	23.3
Extras	lb 8, nb 2	10
Total	all out, 45.2 overs, run rate 2.91	132

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 210

1-0 J Weatherald2-28 M Labuschagne3-30 SPD Smith4-31 UT Khawaja5-76 TM Head6-83 C Green7-118 MA Starc8-121 AT Carey9-121 SM Boland10-132 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Nb
JC Archer	9	4	11	2	1.22	47	1	0
AAP Atkinson	12	5	24	0	2.00	58	2	0
MA Wood	8	1	21	0	2.63	33	1	1
BA Carse	10.2	1	45	3	4.35	39	4	1
BA Stokes	6	1	23	5	3.83	22	1	0

England innings

16434.4 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c & b MA Starc	0	5	0	0	0.0
BM Duckett	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	28	40	3	0	70.0
OJ Pope	c AT Carey b SM Boland	33	57	2	0	57.9
JE Root	b MA Starc	8	11	1	0	72.7
HC Brook	c UT Khawaja b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.0
BA Stokes	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	2	11	0	0	18.2
JL Smith	c AT Carey b B Doggett	15	25	1	0	60.0
AAP Atkinson	c B Doggett b SM Boland	37	32	2	2	115.6
BA Carse	c AT Carey b B Doggett	20	20	1	2	100.0
JC Archer	c SPD Smith b B Doggett	5	3	1	0	166.7
MA Wood	not out	4*	1	1	0	400.0
Extras	b 1, lb 11	12
Total	all out, 34.4 overs, run rate 4.73	164

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 210

1-0 Z Crawley2-65 BM Duckett3-76 OJ Pope4-76 HC Brook5-76 JE Root6-88 BA Stokes7-104 JL Smith8-154 BA Carse9-160 JC Archer10-164 AAP Atkinson

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s
MA Starc	12	1	55	3	4.58	45	4	2
SM Boland	11.4	2	33	4	2.83	52	1	1
B Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.67	29	5	1
C Green	2	0	13	0	6.50	7	2	0

Australia innings

205/228.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	123	83	16	4	148.2
J Weatherald	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	23	34	3	0	67.6
M Labuschagne	not out	51*	49	6	1	104.1
SPD Smith	not out	2*	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, w 4	6
Total	2 wickets, 28.2 overs, run rate 7.24	205

Did not batUT Khawaja, C Green, AT Carey, MA Starc, NM Lyon, SM Boland, B Doggett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 210

1-75 J Weatherald2-192 TM Head

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
JC Archer	8	0	45	0	5.63	26	4	1	0
AAP Atkinson	9	1	61	0	6.78	29	9	0	3
BA Carse	5.2	0	44	2	8.25	18	5	2	1
MA Wood	3	0	23	0	7.67	7	2	1	0
BA Stokes	2	0	18	0	9.00	6	4	0	0
JE Root	1	0	12	0	12.00	2	1	1	0

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Player of the match

MA StarcAustralia

7-58in 12.5 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2608
Competition: The Ashes
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: AT Holdstock and Nitin Menon
TV umpire: Sharfuddoula
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 26 / 18°C, dry
Day 2: 21 / 19°C, 1.8 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-11-21-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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