TestNo. 2616Men

England v Australia

Australia won by 5 wickets

The Ashes, Match 54 January 2026 to 8 January 2026Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Englandbatted first

384 & 34288.2 ov

Australia

567 & 161/531.2 ov

England won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match TM Head

England innings

38497.3 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b MG Neser	16	29	3	0	55.2
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b MA Starc	27	24	5	0	112.5
JG Bethell	c AT Carey b SM Boland	10	23	2	0	43.5
JE Root	c & b MG Neser	160	242	15	0	66.1
HC Brook	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	84	97	6	1	86.6
BA Stokes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	11	0	0	0.0
JL Smith	c SM Boland b M Labuschagne	46	76	6	1	60.5
WG Jacks	c C Green b MG Neser	27	62	2	1	43.5
BA Carse	c AT Carey b C Green	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJ Potts	not out	1*	16	0	0	6.3
JC Tongue	b MG Neser	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 3	12
Total	all out, 97.3 overs, run rate 3.94	384

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 570

1-35 BM Duckett2-51 Z Crawley3-57 JG Bethell4-226 HC Brook5-229 BA Stokes6-323 JL Smith7-375 WG Jacks8-382 BA Carse9-384 JE Root10-384 JC Tongue

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	23	2	93	2	4.04	88	10	1	0	1
MG Neser	18.3	2	60	4	3.24	79	8	0	0	0
SM Boland	26	2	85	2	3.27	105	9	0	0	0
C Green	18	0	85	1	4.72	63	8	1	1	1
BJ Webster	5	0	20	0	4.00	17	2	0	0	0
TM Head	4	0	20	0	5.00	10	2	0	0	0
M Labuschagne	3	0	14	1	4.67	12	0	1	1	1

Australia innings

567133.5 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	lbw b JG Bethell	163	166	24	1	98.2
J Weatherald	lbw b BA Stokes	21	36	4	0	58.3
M Labuschagne	c JG Bethell b BA Stokes	48	68	7	0	70.6
MG Neser	c JL Smith b BA Carse	24	90	4	0	26.7
SPD Smith	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	138	220	16	1	62.7
UT Khawaja	lbw b BA Carse	17	49	2	0	34.7
AT Carey	c JG Bethell b JC Tongue	16	13	3	0	123.1
C Green	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	37	64	3	1	57.8
BJ Webster	not out	71*	87	7	0	81.6
MA Starc	b JC Tongue	5	14	0	0	35.7
SM Boland	c HC Brook b WG Jacks	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 14, w 4, nb 5	27
Total	all out, 133.5 overs, run rate 4.24	567

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 570

1-57 J Weatherald2-162 M Labuschagne3-234 MG Neser4-288 TM Head5-339 UT Khawaja6-366 AT Carey7-437 C Green8-544 SPD Smith9-564 MA Starc10-567 SM Boland

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd	Nb
BA Carse	27	2	130	3	4.81	104	20	0	1	0
MJ Potts	25	1	141	0	5.64	92	23	1	2	0
JC Tongue	30	0	97	3	3.23	118	11	0	0	0
BA Stokes	27.4	6	95	2	3.43	119	12	1	0	5
WG Jacks	8.5	0	34	1	3.85	28	2	0	0	0
JG Bethell	15.2	1	52	1	3.39	61	2	1	1	0

England innings

34288.2 ov

England batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b MA Starc	1	2	0	0	50.0
BM Duckett	b MG Neser	42	55	6	0	76.4
JG Bethell	c AT Carey b MA Starc	154	265	15	0	58.1
JE Root	lbw b SM Boland	6	37	1	0	16.2
HC Brook	lbw b BJ Webster	42	48	5	0	87.5
WG Jacks	c C Green b BJ Webster	0	2	0	0	0.0
JL Smith	run out (J Weatherald, M Labuschagne)	26	41	3	0	63.4
BA Stokes	c SPD Smith b BJ Webster	1	5	0	0	20.0
BA Carse	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	16	20	3	0	80.0
MJ Potts	not out	18*	43	3	0	41.9
JC Tongue	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	6	14	1	0	42.9
Extras	b 9, lb 11, w 3, nb 2, pen 5	30
Total	all out, 88.2 overs, run rate 3.87	342

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 570

1-4 Z Crawley2-85 BM Duckett3-117 JE Root4-219 HC Brook5-219 WG Jacks6-264 JL Smith7-267 BA Stokes8-297 BA Carse9-328 JG Bethell10-342 JC Tongue

Bowling to England
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	18.2	2	72	3	3.93	72	10	0	0
SM Boland	25	6	46	2	1.84	118	3	0	0
MG Neser	16	0	55	1	3.44	65	6	0	1
C Green	6	0	40	0	6.67	14	7	0	0
BJ Webster	16	1	64	3	4.00	57	7	0	1
TM Head	4	0	25	0	6.25	11	3	1	0
M Labuschagne	3	0	15	0	5.00	8	1	2	0

Australia innings

161/531.2 ov

Australia batting
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c BA Carse b JC Tongue	29	35	4	0	82.9
J Weatherald	c MJ Potts b JC Tongue	34	40	5	0	85.0
M Labuschagne	run out (JL Smith, MJ Potts)	37	40	4	1	92.5
SPD Smith	b WG Jacks	12	12	1	0	100.0
UT Khawaja	b JC Tongue	6	7	1	0	85.7
AT Carey	not out	16*	27	1	0	59.3
C Green	not out	22*	27	3	0	81.5
Extras	b 3, lb 1, w 1	5
Total	5 wickets, 31.2 overs, run rate 5.14	161

Did not batMG Neser, BJ Webster, MA Starc, SM Boland

Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 570

1-62 TM Head2-71 J Weatherald3-92 SPD Smith4-119 UT Khawaja5-121 M Labuschagne

Bowling to Australia
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	4s	6s	Wd
BA Carse	8	0	51	0	6.38	22	8	0	1
JC Tongue	11	0	42	3	3.82	41	4	0	0
JG Bethell	3	0	16	0	5.33	9	2	0	0
WG Jacks	6.2	1	42	1	6.63	21	5	1	0
JE Root	3	1	6	0	2.00	13	0	0	0

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Player of the match

TM HeadAustralia

163off 166 balls, 24 fours and 1 sixes, strike rate 98.2

Match facts

Format: Test No. 2616
Competition: The Ashes
Toss: England, chose to bat
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and CB Gaffaney
TV umpire: HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee: JJ Crowe
Season: 2025/26

Conditions

The day's weather at the ground.

Day 1: 26 / 20°C, 8.1 mm rain
Day 2: 24 / 20°C, 3.5 mm rain
Day 3: 25 / 20°C, 1.1 mm rain
Day 4: 28 / 21°C, 0.1 mm rain
Day 5: 31 / 22°C, dry

GET/v1/matches/2026-01-04-england-v-australia/scorecard200

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    { "team": "England", "runs": 342, "wickets": 10 },
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