TestNo. 2611Men

England v Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

The Ashes, Match 24 December 2025 to 7 December 2025Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Englandbatted first

334 & 24175.2 ov

Australia

511 & 69/210 ov

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

England innings

33476.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MG Neser	76	93	11	0	81.7
BM Duckett	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
OJ Pope	b MA Starc	0	3	0	0	0.0
JE Root	not out	138*	206	15	1	67.0
HC Brook	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	31	33	4	0	93.9
BA Stokes	run out (JP Inglis)	19	49	4	0	38.8
JL Smith	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
WG Jacks	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	19	31	3	0	61.3
AAP Atkinson	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	3	1	0	133.3
BA Carse	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	2	0	0	0.0
JC Archer	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	38	36	2	2	105.6
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 1	9
Total	all out, 76.2 overs, run rate 4.38	334

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-5 BM Duckett2-5 OJ Pope3-122 Z Crawley4-176 HC Brook5-210 BA Stokes6-211 JL Smith7-251 WG Jacks8-264 AAP Atkinson9-264 BA Carse10-334 JC Archer

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75	78	8	1	0	0
MG Neser	14	3	43	1	3.07	61	5	0	1	0
SM Boland	19	1	87	1	4.58	76	11	2	2	0
B Doggett	15.2	1	81	1	5.28	53	10	0	0	1
C Green	8	1	43	0	5.38	27	6	0	0	0

Australia innings

511117.3 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c AAP Atkinson b BA Carse	33	43	3	1	76.7
J Weatherald	lbw b JC Archer	72	78	12	1	92.3
M Labuschagne	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	65	78	9	1	83.3
SPD Smith	c WG Jacks b BA Carse	61	85	5	2	71.8
C Green	b BA Carse	45	57	7	0	78.9
AT Carey	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	63	69	6	0	91.3
JP Inglis	b BA Stokes	23	25	4	0	92.0
MG Neser	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	16	41	1	0	39.0
MA Starc	c BA Stokes b BA Carse	77	141	13	0	54.6
SM Boland	not out	21*	72	3	0	29.2
B Doggett	c HC Brook b WG Jacks	13	21	1	0	61.9
Extras	b 4, lb 7, w 6, nb 5	22
Total	all out, 117.3 overs, run rate 4.35	511

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-77 TM Head2-146 J Weatherald3-196 M Labuschagne4-291 C Green5-292 SPD Smith6-329 JP Inglis7-383 MG Neser8-416 AT Carey9-491 MA Starc10-511 B Doggett

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JC Archer	25	3	87	1	3.48	107	9	2	0	0
AAP Atkinson	28	6	114	1	4.07	119	18	0	1	1
BA Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24	115	16	3	5	2
BA Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.71	92	16	0	0	2
WG Jacks	11.3	2	34	1	2.96	50	5	0	0	0

England innings

24175.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c & b MG Neser	44	59	6	0	74.6
BM Duckett	b SM Boland	15	18	0	0	83.3
OJ Pope	c & b MG Neser	26	32	4	0	81.3
JE Root	c AT Carey b MA Starc	15	36	1	0	41.7
HC Brook	c AT Carey b SM Boland	15	21	2	0	71.4
BA Stokes	c AT Carey b MG Neser	50	152	4	0	32.9
JL Smith	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	11	1	0	36.4
WG Jacks	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	41	92	2	0	44.6
AAP Atkinson	c SPD Smith b B Doggett	3	13	0	0	23.1
BA Carse	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	7	10	0	0	70.0
JC Archer	not out	5*	9	1	0	55.6
Extras	b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 1	16
Total	all out, 75.2 overs, run rate 3.20	241

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-48 BM Duckett2-90 OJ Pope3-97 Z Crawley4-121 JE Root5-123 HC Brook6-128 JL Smith7-224 WG Jacks8-227 BA Stokes9-231 AAP Atkinson10-241 BA Carse

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	18	2	64	2	3.56	72	6	0	0
MG Neser	16.2	2	42	5	2.57	74	2	0	0
B Doggett	17	2	56	1	3.29	68	5	0	1
SM Boland	17	4	47	2	2.76	78	7	0	0
C Green	5	1	15	0	3.00	21	1	2	0
TM Head	1	0	1	0	1.00	5	0	0	0
M Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	3.00	4	0	0	0

Australia innings

69/210 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	b AAP Atkinson	22	22	2	1	100.0
J Weatherald	not out	17*	23	2	0	73.9
M Labuschagne	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	3	6	0	0	50.0
SPD Smith	not out	23*	9	2	2	255.6
Extras	b 4	4
Total	2 wickets, 10 overs, run rate 6.90	69

Did not batC Green, AT Carey, JP Inglis, MG Neser, MA Starc, SM Boland, B Doggett

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 520

1-37 TM Head2-41 M Labuschagne

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JC Archer	5	0	28	0	5.60	15	3	1	0	0
AAP Atkinson	5	0	37	2	7.40	16	3	2	0	0

Ball by ball and partnerships. Every delivery of this match is in the database, with batter, bowler, runs, extras and wickets. The first over is free on any key; the rest opens with Match Week for the last 7 days, or Archive for every match since 2001. See the plans.

Player of the match

MA StarcAustralia

77off 141 balls, 13 fours and 0 sixes, strike rate 54.6

6-75in 20 overs

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2611
Competition: The Ashes
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: AT Holdstock and Sharfuddoula
TV umpire: Nitin Menon
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 28 / 21°C, dry
Day 2: 29 / 20°C, dry
Day 3: 30 / 20°C, dry
Day 4: 31 / 22°C, 8.5 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-12-04-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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  "result": "Australia won by 8 wickets",
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    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 511, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 241, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 69, "wickets": 2 }
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