Australia v England
England won by 4 wickets
The Ashes, Match 426 December 2025 to 27 December 2025Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Australiabatted first
152 & 13234.3 ov
England
110 & 178/632.2 ov
England won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match JC Tongue
Australia innings
15245.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM Head | b AAP Atkinson | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.5 |
| J Weatherald | c JL Smith b JC Tongue | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.5 |
| M Labuschagne | c JE Root b JC Tongue | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.6 |
| SPD Smith | b JC Tongue | 9 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29.0 |
| UT Khawaja | c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson | 29 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 55.8 |
| AT Carey | c Z Crawley b BA Stokes | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| C Green | run out (BA Carse) | 17 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MG Neser | b JC Tongue | 35 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 71.4 |
| MA Starc | c BA Stokes b BA Carse | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| JA Richardson | not out | 0* | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Boland | c HC Brook b JC Tongue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 8, nb 1 | 13 | ||||
| Total | all out, 45.2 overs, run rate 3.35 | 152 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-27 TM Head2-31 J Weatherald3-34 M Labuschagne4-51 SPD Smith5-89 UT Khawaja6-91 AT Carey7-143 C Green8-152 MA Starc9-152 MG Neser10-152 SM Boland
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP Atkinson | 14 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2.00 | 69 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Carse | 12 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3.50 | 51 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JC Tongue | 11.2 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 3.97 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Stokes | 8 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3.13 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
11029.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Crawley | c SPD Smith b MA Starc | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.7 |
| BM Duckett | c MG Neser b MA Starc | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| JG Bethell | c AT Carey b MG Neser | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| JE Root | c AT Carey b MG Neser | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HC Brook | lbw b SM Boland | 41 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 120.6 |
| BA Stokes | c SPD Smith b MG Neser | 16 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 42.1 |
| JL Smith | b SM Boland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 |
| WG Jacks | c AT Carey b SM Boland | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| AAP Atkinson | b C Green | 28 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 80.0 |
| BA Carse | c SM Boland b MG Neser | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| JC Tongue | not out | 1* | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| Extras | lb 4, nb 1 | 5 | ||||
| Total | all out, 29.5 overs, run rate 3.69 | 110 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-7 BM Duckett2-8 JG Bethell3-8 Z Crawley4-16 JE Root5-66 HC Brook6-68 JL Smith7-77 WG Jacks8-83 BA Stokes9-91 BA Carse10-110 AAP Atkinson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 6 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3.83 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Neser | 10 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 4.50 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Boland | 9 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3.33 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Richardson | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| C Green | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings
13234.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Boland | c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.3 |
| TM Head | b BA Carse | 46 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 68.7 |
| J Weatherald | b BA Stokes | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| M Labuschagne | c JE Root b JC Tongue | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.4 |
| SPD Smith | not out | 24* | 39 | 1 | 0 | 61.5 |
| UT Khawaja | c OJ Pope (sub) b JC Tongue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| AT Carey | c HC Brook b BA Carse | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| C Green | c HC Brook b BA Stokes | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 65.5 |
| MG Neser | c & b BA Carse | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MA Starc | c JE Root b BA Carse | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JA Richardson | c Z Crawley b BA Stokes | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 6, nb 3 | 13 | ||||
| Total | all out, 34.3 overs, run rate 3.83 | 132 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-22 SM Boland2-40 J Weatherald3-61 M Labuschagne4-82 TM Head5-83 UT Khawaja6-88 AT Carey7-119 C Green8-120 MG Neser9-121 MA Starc10-132 JA Richardson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAP Atkinson | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BA Carse | 11 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 3.09 | 47 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JC Tongue | 11 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 4.00 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BA Stokes | 7.3 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3.20 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
England innings
178/632.2 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z Crawley | lbw b SM Boland | 37 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 77.1 |
| BM Duckett | b MA Starc | 34 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 130.8 |
| BA Carse | c C Green b JA Richardson | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| JG Bethell | c UT Khawaja b SM Boland | 40 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 87.0 |
| JE Root | lbw b JA Richardson | 15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 39.5 |
| HC Brook | not out | 18* | 22 | 3 | 0 | 81.8 |
| BA Stokes | c AT Carey b MA Starc | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| JL Smith | not out | 3* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Extras | b 8, lb 10, nb 5 | 23 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 32.2 overs, run rate 5.51 | 178 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-51 BM Duckett2-65 BA Carse3-112 Z Crawley4-137 JG Bethell5-158 JE Root6-165 BA Stokes
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5.50 | 33 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MG Neser | 8 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 6.75 | 24 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| JA Richardson | 5.2 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 4.13 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| SM Boland | 9 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.22 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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