MATCH SCORECARD

Australia v England

2025-12-26 · Test · Men · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia15245.2 ov & 13234.3 ov

England11029.5 ov & 178/632.2 ov

England won by 4 wickets

Toss England, chose to fieldPlayer of the match Josh TongueThe Ashes

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MATCH CHARTS

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Worm · cumulative runs by over

AustraliaEnglandAustraliaEnglandWicket

Manhattan · Australia runs per over

Manhattan · England runs per over

Manhattan · Australia runs per over

Manhattan · England runs per over

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours64 · 46.0%

Other runs75 · 54.0%

Scoring mix · England

Fours24 · 22.9%

Sixes18 · 17.1%

Other runs63 · 60.0%

Scoring mix · Australia

Fours48 · 40.3%

Other runs71 · 59.7%

Scoring mix · England

Fours60 · 38.7%

Sixes12 · 7.7%

Other runs83 · 53.5%

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

JC Tongue

5/45 · 3.97

AAP Atkinson

2/28 · 2.00

BA Stokes

1/25 · 3.12

BA Carse

1/42 · 3.50

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

MG Neser

4/45 · 4.50

SM Boland

3/30 · 3.33

MA Starc

2/23 · 3.83

C Green

1/0 · 0.00

JA Richardson

0/8 · 2.00

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

BA Carse

4/34 · 3.09

BA Stokes

3/24 · 3.20

JC Tongue

2/44 · 4.00

AAP Atkinson

1/20 · 4.00

Bowling spells · wickets, with economy

JA Richardson

2/22 · 4.12

SM Boland

2/29 · 3.22

MA Starc

2/55 · 5.50

MG Neser

0/54 · 6.75

INNINGS 1

Australia

45.2 overs · run rate 3.35 · all out

152

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
Travis Head	b Gus Atkinson	12	22	2	54.54
J Weatherald	c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue	10	23	1	43.47
Marnus Labuschagne	c Joe Root b Josh Tongue	6	19	0	31.57
Steven Smith	b Josh Tongue	9	31	2	29.03
Usman Khawaja	c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	29	52	2	55.76
Alex Carey	c Zak Crawley b Ben Stokes	20	35	0	57.14
Cameron Green	run out (Brydon Carse)	17	34	2	50.00
MG Neser	b Josh Tongue	35	49	7	71.42
Mitchell Starc	c Ben Stokes b Brydon Carse	1	6	0	16.66
JA Richardson	not out	0*	1	0	0.00
SM Boland	c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 13 (w 0, nb 1, b/lb 12)Total 152 (45.2 ov)Run rate 3.35

Fall of wickets1-27 (TM Head, 6.1 ov)2-31 (J Weatherald, 9.2 ov)3-34 (M Labuschagne, 11.5 ov)4-51 (SPD Smith, 19.2 ov)5-89 (UT Khawaja, 28.5 ov)6-91 (AT Carey, 31.2 ov)7-143 (C Green, 42.1 ov)8-152 (MA Starc, 44.5 ov)9-152 (MG Neser, 45.1 ov)10-152 (SM Boland, 45.2 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	NB
Gus Atkinson	14.0	4	28	2	2.00	0
Brydon Carse	12.0	3	42	1	3.50	1
Josh Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	3.97	0
Ben Stokes	8.0	1	25	1	3.12	0

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · TM Head & J Weatherald

2nd wicket · J Weatherald & M Labuschagne

3rd wicket · M Labuschagne & SPD Smith

4th wicket · SPD Smith & UT Khawaja

5th wicket · UT Khawaja & AT Carey

6th wicket · AT Carey & C Green

7th wicket · C Green & MG Neser

8th wicket · MG Neser & MA Starc

9th wicket · MG Neser & JA Richardson

10th wicket · JA Richardson & SM Boland

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	5	0	6
3	3	0	9
4	3	0	12
5	0	0	12
6	15	0	27
7	3	1	30
8	1	0	31
9	0	0	31
10	3	1	34
11	0	0	34
12	0	1	34
13	0	0	34
14	5	0	39
15	4	0	43
16	0	0	43
17	5	0	48
18	3	0	51
19	0	0	51
20	3	1	54
21	3	0	57
22	4	0	61
23	3	0	64
24	6	0	70
25	2	0	72
26	4	0	76
27	5	0	81
28	4	0	85
29	4	1	89
30	1	0	90
31	1	0	91
32	0	1	91
33	2	0	93
34	2	0	95
35	4	0	99
36	4	0	103
37	8	0	111
38	9	0	120
39	0	0	120
40	1	0	121
41	6	0	127
42	16	0	143
43	8	1	151
44	1	0	152
45	0	1	152
46	0	2	152

INNINGS 2

England

29.5 overs · run rate 3.68 · all out

110

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	5	14	0	0	35.71
Ben Duckett	c MG Neser b Mitchell Starc	2	5	0	0	40.00
Jacob Bethell	c Alex Carey b MG Neser	1	5	0	0	20.00
Joe Root	c Alex Carey b MG Neser	0	15	0	0	0.00
Harry Brook	lbw b SM Boland	41	34	2	2	120.58
Ben Stokes	c Steven Smith b MG Neser	16	38	1	0	42.10
Jamie Smith	b SM Boland	2	3	0	0	66.66
Will Jacks	c Alex Carey b SM Boland	5	10	0	0	50.00
Gus Atkinson	b Cameron Green	28	35	3	1	80.00
Brydon Carse	c SM Boland b MG Neser	4	12	0	0	33.33
Josh Tongue	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.11

Extras 5 (w 0, nb 1, b/lb 4)Total 110 (29.5 ov)Run rate 3.68

Fall of wickets1-7 (BM Duckett, 2.3 ov)2-8 (JG Bethell, 3.4 ov)3-8 (Z Crawley, 4.2 ov)4-16 (JE Root, 8.0 ov)5-66 (HC Brook, 16.5 ov)6-68 (JL Smith, 18.2 ov)7-77 (WG Jacks, 20.2 ov)8-83 (BA Stokes, 21.1 ov)9-91 (BA Carse, 24.0 ov)10-110 (AAP Atkinson, 29.5 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	NB
Mitchell Starc	6.0	0	23	2	3.83	0
MG Neser	10.0	1	45	4	4.50	0
SM Boland	9.0	1	30	3	3.33	0
JA Richardson	4.0	1	8	0	2.00	1
Cameron Green	0.5	0	0	1	0.00	0

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Z Crawley & BM Duckett

2nd wicket · Z Crawley & JG Bethell

3rd wicket · Z Crawley & JE Root

4th wicket · JE Root & HC Brook

5th wicket · HC Brook & BA Stokes

6th wicket · BA Stokes & JL Smith

7th wicket · BA Stokes & WG Jacks

8th wicket · BA Stokes & AAP Atkinson

9th wicket · AAP Atkinson & BA Carse

10th wicket · AAP Atkinson & JC Tongue

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	3	0	4
3	4	1	8
4	0	1	8
5	1	1	9
6	5	0	14
7	1	0	15
8	1	1	16
9	14	0	30
10	8	0	38
11	1	0	39
12	13	0	52
13	3	0	55
14	1	0	56
15	5	0	61
16	1	0	62
17	6	1	68
18	0	0	68
19	1	1	69
20	8	0	77
21	6	1	83
22	5	1	88
23	2	0	90
24	1	1	91
25	6	0	97
26	9	0	106
27	0	0	106
28	1	0	107
29	3	0	110
30	0	1	110

INNINGS 3

Australia

34.3 overs · run rate 3.82 · all out

132

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	SR
SM Boland	c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	6	17	1	35.29
Travis Head	b Brydon Carse	46	67	4	68.65
J Weatherald	b Ben Stokes	5	15	0	33.33
Marnus Labuschagne	c Joe Root b Josh Tongue	8	18	1	44.44
Steven Smith	not out	24*	39	1	61.53
Usman Khawaja	c OJ Pope b Josh Tongue	0	2	0	0.00
Alex Carey	c Harry Brook b Brydon Carse	4	6	1	66.66
Cameron Green	c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	19	29	3	65.51
MG Neser	c & b Brydon Carse	0	5	0	0.00
Mitchell Starc	c Joe Root b Brydon Carse	0	2	0	0.00
JA Richardson	c Zak Crawley b Ben Stokes	7	10	1	70.00

Extras 13 (w 0, nb 3, b/lb 10)Total 132 (34.3 ov)Run rate 3.82

Fall of wickets1-22 (SM Boland, 6.1 ov)2-40 (J Weatherald, 10.5 ov)3-61 (M Labuschagne, 17.1 ov)4-82 (TM Head, 21.0 ov)5-83 (UT Khawaja, 21.3 ov)6-88 (AT Carey, 22.5 ov)7-119 (C Green, 30.5 ov)8-120 (MG Neser, 31.5 ov)9-121 (MA Starc, 32.0 ov)10-132 (JA Richardson, 34.3 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	NB
Gus Atkinson	5.0	1	20	1	4.00	0
Brydon Carse	11.0	3	34	4	3.09	1
Josh Tongue	11.0	2	44	2	4.00	2
Ben Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	3.20	0

Partnerships · Australia

1st wicket · SM Boland & TM Head

2nd wicket · TM Head & J Weatherald

3rd wicket · TM Head & M Labuschagne

4th wicket · TM Head & SPD Smith

5th wicket · SPD Smith & UT Khawaja

6th wicket · SPD Smith & AT Carey

7th wicket · SPD Smith & C Green

8th wicket · SPD Smith & MG Neser

9th wicket · SPD Smith & MA Starc

10th wicket · SPD Smith & JA Richardson

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	4	0	4
2	5	0	9
3	2	0	11
4	0	0	11
5	11	0	22
6	0	0	22
7	0	1	22
8	10	0	32
9	3	0	35
10	4	0	39
11	1	1	40
12	2	0	42
13	6	0	48
14	3	0	51
15	6	0	57
16	0	0	57
17	4	0	61
18	7	1	68
19	5	0	73
20	6	0	79
21	3	1	82
22	5	1	87
23	1	1	88
24	4	0	92
25	6	0	98
26	12	0	110
27	4	0	114
28	0	0	114
29	2	0	116
30	3	0	119
31	0	1	119
32	2	2	121
33	1	0	122
34	9	0	131
35	1	1	132

INNINGS 4

England

32.2 overs · run rate 5.50

178/6

Batting scorecard
Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b SM Boland	37	48	3	1	77.08
Ben Duckett	b Mitchell Starc	34	26	4	1	130.76
Brydon Carse	c Cameron Green b JA Richardson	6	8	0	0	75.00
Jacob Bethell	c Usman Khawaja b SM Boland	40	46	5	0	86.95
Joe Root	lbw b JA Richardson	15	38	0	0	39.47
Harry Brook	not out	18*	22	3	0	81.81
Ben Stokes	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	2	9	0	0	22.22
Jamie Smith	not out	3*	2	0	0	150.00

Extras 23 (w 0, nb 5, b/lb 18)Total 178/6 (32.2 ov)Run rate 5.50

Did not bat: Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue

Fall of wickets1-51 (BM Duckett, 7.0 ov)2-65 (BA Carse, 9.5 ov)3-112 (Z Crawley, 18.4 ov)4-137 (JG Bethell, 24.3 ov)5-158 (JE Root, 28.4 ov)6-165 (BA Stokes, 31.2 ov)

Bowling scorecard
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	NB
Mitchell Starc	10.0	0	55	2	5.50	1
MG Neser	8.0	1	54	0	6.75	0
JA Richardson	5.2	1	22	2	4.12	4
SM Boland	9.0	0	29	2	3.22	0

Partnerships · England

1st wicket · Z Crawley & BM Duckett

2nd wicket · Z Crawley & BA Carse

3rd wicket · Z Crawley & JG Bethell

4th wicket · JG Bethell & JE Root

5th wicket · JE Root & HC Brook

6th wicket · HC Brook & BA Stokes

7th wicket (unbroken) · HC Brook & JL Smith

Over-by-over totals

Runs and wickets in each over
Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	5	0	5
2	4	0	9
3	6	0	15
4	11	0	26
5	8	0	34
6	11	0	45
7	6	1	51
8	5	0	56
9	5	0	61
10	9	1	70
11	6	0	76
12	1	0	77
13	8	0	85
14	10	0	95
15	2	0	97
16	7	0	104
17	4	0	108
18	3	0	111
19	1	1	112
20	7	0	119
21	3	0	122
22	5	0	127
23	6	0	133
24	3	0	136
25	1	1	137
26	4	0	141
27	5	0	146
28	8	0	154
29	4	1	158
30	3	0	161
31	4	0	165
32	9	1	174
33	4	0	178

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	5	0	6
3	3	0	9
4	3	0	12
5	0	0	12
6	15	0	27
7	3	1	30
8	1	0	31
9	0	0	31
10	3	1	34
11	0	0	34
12	0	1	34
13	0	0	34
14	5	0	39
15	4	0	43
16	0	0	43
17	5	0	48
18	3	0	51
19	0	0	51
20	3	1	54
21	3	0	57
22	4	0	61
23	3	0	64
24	6	0	70
25	2	0	72
26	4	0	76
27	5	0	81
28	4	0	85
29	4	1	89
30	1	0	90
31	1	0	91
32	0	1	91
33	2	0	93
34	2	0	95
35	4	0	99
36	4	0	103
37	8	0	111
38	9	0	120
39	0	0	120
40	1	0	121
41	6	0	127
42	16	0	143
43	8	1	151
44	1	0	152
45	0	1	152
46	0	2	152

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	3	0	4
3	4	1	8
4	0	1	8
5	1	1	9
6	5	0	14
7	1	0	15
8	1	1	16
9	14	0	30
10	8	0	38
11	1	0	39
12	13	0	52
13	3	0	55
14	1	0	56
15	5	0	61
16	1	0	62
17	6	1	68
18	0	0	68
19	1	1	69
20	8	0	77
21	6	1	83
22	5	1	88
23	2	0	90
24	1	1	91
25	6	0	97
26	9	0	106
27	0	0	106
28	1	0	107
29	3	0	110
30	0	1	110

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	4	0	4
2	5	0	9
3	2	0	11
4	0	0	11
5	11	0	22
6	0	0	22
7	0	1	22
8	10	0	32
9	3	0	35
10	4	0	39
11	1	1	40
12	2	0	42
13	6	0	48
14	3	0	51
15	6	0	57
16	0	0	57
17	4	0	61
18	7	1	68
19	5	0	73
20	6	0	79
21	3	1	82
22	5	1	87
23	1	1	88
24	4	0	92
25	6	0	98
26	12	0	110
27	4	0	114
28	0	0	114
29	2	0	116
30	3	0	119
31	0	1	119
32	2	2	121
33	1	0	122
34	9	0	131
35	1	1	132

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	5	0	5
2	4	0	9
3	6	0	15
4	11	0	26
5	8	0	34
6	11	0	45
7	6	1	51
8	5	0	56
9	5	0	61
10	9	1	70
11	6	0	76
12	1	0	77
13	8	0	85
14	10	0	95
15	2	0	97
16	7	0	104
17	4	0	108
18	3	0	111
19	1	1	112
20	7	0	119
21	3	0	122
22	5	0	127
23	6	0	133
24	3	0	136
25	1	1	137
26	4	0	141
27	5	0	146
28	8	0	154
29	4	1	158
30	3	0	161
31	4	0	165
32	9	1	174
33	4	0	178

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	5	0	6
3	3	0	9
4	3	0	12
5	0	0	12
6	15	0	27
7	3	1	30
8	1	0	31
9	0	0	31
10	3	1	34
11	0	0	34
12	0	1	34
13	0	0	34
14	5	0	39
15	4	0	43
16	0	0	43
17	5	0	48
18	3	0	51
19	0	0	51
20	3	1	54
21	3	0	57
22	4	0	61
23	3	0	64
24	6	0	70
25	2	0	72
26	4	0	76
27	5	0	81
28	4	0	85
29	4	1	89
30	1	0	90
31	1	0	91
32	0	1	91
33	2	0	93
34	2	0	95
35	4	0	99
36	4	0	103
37	8	0	111
38	9	0	120
39	0	0	120
40	1	0	121
41	6	0	127
42	16	0	143
43	8	1	151
44	1	0	152
45	0	1	152
46	0	2	152

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	3	0	4
3	4	1	8
4	0	1	8
5	1	1	9
6	5	0	14
7	1	0	15
8	1	1	16
9	14	0	30
10	8	0	38
11	1	0	39
12	13	0	52
13	3	0	55
14	1	0	56
15	5	0	61
16	1	0	62
17	6	1	68
18	0	0	68
19	1	1	69
20	8	0	77
21	6	1	83
22	5	1	88
23	2	0	90
24	1	1	91
25	6	0	97
26	9	0	106
27	0	0	106
28	1	0	107
29	3	0	110
30	0	1	110

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	4	0	4
2	5	0	9
3	2	0	11
4	0	0	11
5	11	0	22
6	0	0	22
7	0	1	22
8	10	0	32
9	3	0	35
10	4	0	39
11	1	1	40
12	2	0	42
13	6	0	48
14	3	0	51
15	6	0	57
16	0	0	57
17	4	0	61
18	7	1	68
19	5	0	73
20	6	0	79
21	3	1	82
22	5	1	87
23	1	1	88
24	4	0	92
25	6	0	98
26	12	0	110
27	4	0	114
28	0	0	114
29	2	0	116
30	3	0	119
31	0	1	119
32	2	2	121
33	1	0	122
34	9	0	131
35	1	1	132

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	5	0	5
2	4	0	9
3	6	0	15
4	11	0	26
5	8	0	34
6	11	0	45
7	6	1	51
8	5	0	56
9	5	0	61
10	9	1	70
11	6	0	76
12	1	0	77
13	8	0	85
14	10	0	95
15	2	0	97
16	7	0	104
17	4	0	108
18	3	0	111
19	1	1	112
20	7	0	119
21	3	0	122
22	5	0	127
23	6	0	133
24	3	0	136
25	1	1	137
26	4	0	141
27	5	0	146
28	8	0	154
29	4	1	158
30	3	0	161
31	4	0	165
32	9	1	174
33	4	0	178

Australia v England

Runs by over, wickets and phases

Australia

England

Australia

England

Playing XIs

Australia

England

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	5	0	6
3	3	0	9
4	3	0	12
5	0	0	12
6	15	0	27
7	3	1	30
8	1	0	31
9	0	0	31
10	3	1	34
11	0	0	34
12	0	1	34
13	0	0	34
14	5	0	39
15	4	0	43
16	0	0	43
17	5	0	48
18	3	0	51
19	0	0	51
20	3	1	54
21	3	0	57
22	4	0	61
23	3	0	64
24	6	0	70
25	2	0	72
26	4	0	76
27	5	0	81
28	4	0	85
29	4	1	89
30	1	0	90
31	1	0	91
32	0	1	91
33	2	0	93
34	2	0	95
35	4	0	99
36	4	0	103
37	8	0	111
38	9	0	120
39	0	0	120
40	1	0	121
41	6	0	127
42	16	0	143
43	8	1	151
44	1	0	152
45	0	1	152
46	0	2	152

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	1	0	1
2	3	0	4
3	4	1	8
4	0	1	8
5	1	1	9
6	5	0	14
7	1	0	15
8	1	1	16
9	14	0	30
10	8	0	38
11	1	0	39
12	13	0	52
13	3	0	55
14	1	0	56
15	5	0	61
16	1	0	62
17	6	1	68
18	0	0	68
19	1	1	69
20	8	0	77
21	6	1	83
22	5	1	88
23	2	0	90
24	1	1	91
25	6	0	97
26	9	0	106
27	0	0	106
28	1	0	107
29	3	0	110
30	0	1	110

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	4	0	4
2	5	0	9
3	2	0	11
4	0	0	11
5	11	0	22
6	0	0	22
7	0	1	22
8	10	0	32
9	3	0	35
10	4	0	39
11	1	1	40
12	2	0	42
13	6	0	48
14	3	0	51
15	6	0	57
16	0	0	57
17	4	0	61
18	7	1	68
19	5	0	73
20	6	0	79
21	3	1	82
22	5	1	87
23	1	1	88
24	4	0	92
25	6	0	98
26	12	0	110
27	4	0	114
28	0	0	114
29	2	0	116
30	3	0	119
31	0	1	119
32	2	2	121
33	1	0	122
34	9	0	131
35	1	1	132

Over	Runs	Wickets	Total
1	5	0	5
2	4	0	9
3	6	0	15
4	11	0	26
5	8	0	34
6	11	0	45
7	6	1	51
8	5	0	56
9	5	0	61
10	9	1	70
11	6	0	76
12	1	0	77
13	8	0	85
14	10	0	95
15	2	0	97
16	7	0	104
17	4	0	108
18	3	0	111
19	1	1	112
20	7	0	119
21	3	0	122
22	5	0	127
23	6	0	133
24	3	0	136
25	1	1	137
26	4	0	141
27	5	0	146
28	8	0	154
29	4	1	158
30	3	0	161
31	4	0	165
32	9	1	174
33	4	0	178