TestNo. 2613Men

Australia v England

Australia won by 82 runs

The Ashes, Match 317 December 2025 to 21 December 2025Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Australiabatted first

371 & 34984.4 ov

England

286 & 352102.5 ov

Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AT Carey

Australia innings

37191.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b BA Carse	10	28	1	0	35.7
J Weatherald	c JL Smith b JC Archer	18	27	4	0	66.7
M Labuschagne	c BA Carse b JC Archer	19	40	2	0	47.5
UT Khawaja	c JC Tongue b WG Jacks	82	126	10	0	65.1
C Green	c BA Carse b JC Archer	0	2	0	0	0.0
AT Carey	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	106	143	8	1	74.1
JP Inglis	b JC Tongue	32	39	4	0	82.1
PJ Cummins	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	13	19	2	0	68.4
MA Starc	b JC Archer	54	75	9	0	72.0
NM Lyon	lbw b JC Archer	9	35	1	0	25.7
SM Boland	not out	14*	21	3	0	66.7
Extras	lb 7, nb 7	14
Total	all out, 91.2 overs, run rate 4.06	371

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-33 J Weatherald2-33 TM Head3-94 M Labuschagne4-94 C Green5-185 UT Khawaja6-244 JP Inglis7-271 PJ Cummins8-321 AT Carey9-348 MA Starc10-371 NM Lyon

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
JC Archer	20.2	5	53	5	2.61	95	8	0	0
BA Carse	16	0	89	2	5.56	57	12	0	6
JC Tongue	16	1	64	1	4.00	64	9	0	0
BA Stokes	19	3	53	0	2.79	84	6	0	1
WG Jacks	20	3	105	2	5.25	59	9	1	0

England innings

28687.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	9	19	0	0	47.4
BM Duckett	b NM Lyon	29	30	5	0	96.7
OJ Pope	c JP Inglis b NM Lyon	3	10	0	0	30.0
JE Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	19	31	3	0	61.3
HC Brook	c AT Carey b C Green	45	63	2	1	71.4
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	83	198	8	0	41.9
JL Smith	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	22	26	3	1	84.6
WG Jacks	c AT Carey b SM Boland	6	29	1	0	20.7
BA Carse	b SM Boland	0	5	0	0	0.0
JC Archer	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	51	105	5	1	48.6
JC Tongue	not out	7*	12	0	0	58.3
Extras	b 3, lb 5, nb 4	12
Total	all out, 87.2 overs, run rate 3.27	286

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-37 Z Crawley2-41 OJ Pope3-42 BM Duckett4-71 JE Root5-127 HC Brook6-159 JL Smith7-168 WG Jacks8-168 BA Carse9-274 BA Stokes10-286 JC Archer

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Nb
MA Starc	16	1	61	1	3.81	60	6	0	1
PJ Cummins	17	3	69	3	4.06	68	8	1	1
SM Boland	15.2	6	45	3	2.93	73	4	1	1
NM Lyon	28	5	70	2	2.50	118	4	1	0
C Green	11	3	33	1	3.00	49	5	0	1

Australia innings

34984.4 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b JC Tongue	170	219	16	2	77.6
J Weatherald	lbw b BA Carse	1	10	0	0	10.0
M Labuschagne	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	13	45	1	0	28.9
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	40	51	4	0	78.4
C Green	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	7	7	1	0	100.0
AT Carey	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	72	128	6	0	56.3
JP Inglis	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	20	0	0	50.0
PJ Cummins	c HC Brook b BA Carse	6	18	0	0	33.3
MA Starc	not out	7*	8	1	0	87.5
NM Lyon	lbw b BA Carse	0	1	0	0	0.0
SM Boland	c & b JC Archer	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras	b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5	22
Total	all out, 84.4 overs, run rate 4.12	349

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-8 J Weatherald2-53 M Labuschagne3-139 UT Khawaja4-149 C Green5-311 TM Head6-329 AT Carey7-335 JP Inglis8-344 PJ Cummins9-344 NM Lyon10-349 SM Boland

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
JC Archer	12.4	2	20	1	1.58	55	0	0	0	2
BA Carse	20	1	80	3	4.00	80	9	1	0	1
JC Tongue	18	0	70	4	3.89	69	7	0	2	2
WG Jacks	19	0	107	1	5.63	55	11	1	0	0
JE Root	8	0	32	0	4.00	23	1	0	0	0
BA Stokes	7	0	26	1	3.71	21	1	0	1	0

England innings

352102.5 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	85	151	8	0	56.3
BM Duckett	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	4	2	1	0	200.0
OJ Pope	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	17	29	2	0	58.6
JE Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	39	63	5	0	61.9
HC Brook	b NM Lyon	30	56	2	0	53.6
BA Stokes	b NM Lyon	5	18	1	0	27.8
JL Smith	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	60	83	7	2	72.3
WG Jacks	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	47	137	3	0	34.3
BA Carse	not out	39*	64	4	1	60.9
JC Archer	c J Weatherald b MA Starc	3	14	0	0	21.4
JC Tongue	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 4, lb 14, w 1, nb 3	22
Total	all out, 102.5 overs, run rate 3.42	352

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 380

1-4 BM Duckett2-31 OJ Pope3-109 JE Root4-177 HC Brook5-189 BA Stokes6-194 Z Crawley7-285 JL Smith8-337 WG Jacks9-349 JC Archer10-352 JC Tongue

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	17	3	62	3	3.65	65	7	0	1	0
PJ Cummins	17	4	48	3	2.82	76	6	0	0	2
SM Boland	17.5	5	35	1	1.96	87	5	0	0	0
NM Lyon	25	6	77	3	3.08	105	7	1	0	0
C Green	10	0	44	0	4.40	33	2	1	0	1
TM Head	15	3	61	0	4.07	53	5	1	0	0
M Labuschagne	1	0	7	0	7.00	2	1	0	0	0

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Player of the match

AT CareyAustralia

106off 143 balls, 8 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 74.1

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2613
Competition: The Ashes
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Nitin Menon
TV umpire: CB Gaffaney
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 37 / 17°C, dry
Day 2: 39 / 21°C, dry
Day 3: 31 / 17°C, 0.9 mm rain
Day 4: 29 / 15°C, 5.6 mm rain
Day 5: 22 / 13°C, 12.1 mm rain

GET/v1/matches/2025-12-17-australia-v-england/scorecard200

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  "result": "Australia won by 82 runs",
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    { "team": "England", "runs": 286, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "Australia", "runs": 349, "wickets": 10 },
    { "team": "England", "runs": 352, "wickets": 10 }
  ],
  "batting": [ ... 44 rows ... ],
  "bowling": [ ... 23 rows ... ]
}

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