RESULT

AUS vs ENG Scorecard, The Ashes, 26 December, 2021, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

AUS

267/10 (87.5 ov)

ENG

185/10 (65.1 ov) & 68/10 (27.4 ov)

Australia won by an inning and 14 runs.

England 1st Innings

185/10 (65.1 ov)

RR 2.84

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed c A Carey b P Cummins	0	10	0	0	0.00
Zak Crawley c C Green b P Cummins	12	25	0	0	48.00
Dawid Malan c D Warner b P Cummins	14	66	1	0	21.21
Joe Root c A Carey b M Starc	50	82	4	0	60.98
Ben Stokes c NM Lyon b C Green	25	60	2	1	41.67
Jonny Bairstow c C Green b M Starc	35	75	3	0	46.67
Jos Buttler c SM Boland b NM Lyon	3	11	0	0	27.27
Mark Wood lbw b SM Boland	6	15	0	0	40.00
Ollie Robinson c SM Boland b NM Lyon	22	26	3	0	84.62
Jack Leach c S Smith b NM Lyon	13	18	0	1	72.22
James Anderson Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.84 RUNS PER OVER)	185/10 (65.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 4-1 (Haseeb Hameed, 1.5 ov), 13-2 (Zak Crawley, 7.2 ov), 61-3 (Dawid Malan, 26.3 ov), 82-4 (Joe Root, 32.6 ov), 115-5 (Ben Stokes, 46.2 ov), 128-6 (Jos Buttler, 51.2 ov), 141-7 (Mark Wood, 55.5 ov), 159-8 (Jonny Bairstow, 58.4 ov), 176-9 (Jack Leach, 63.3 ov), 185-10 (Ollie Robinson, 65.1 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	ECO
Mitchell Starc	15	3	54	2	1	3.60
Pat Cummins	15	2	36	3	0	2.40
Scott Boland	13	2	48	1	0	3.69
Cameron Green	8	4	7	1	0	0.88
Nathan Lyon	14.1	3	36	3	0	2.54

Australia 1st Innings

267/10 (87.5 ov)

RR 3.04

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harris c J Root b J Anderson	76	189	7	0	40.21
David Warner c Z Crawley b J Anderson	38	42	5	0	90.48
Nathan Lyon c J Buttler b OE Robinson	10	22	2	0	45.45
Marnus Labuschagne c J Root b M Wood	1	14	0	0	7.14
Steven Smith b J Anderson	16	31	1	0	51.61
Travis Head c J Root b OE Robinson	27	48	2	0	56.25
Cameron Green lbw b J Leach	17	63	2	0	26.98
Alex Carey c J Buttler b B Stokes	19	43	0	0	44.19
Pat Cummins c H Hameed b J Anderson	21	32	2	0	65.63
Mitchell Starc Not out	24	37	1	0	64.86
Scott Boland c Z Crawley b M Wood	6	11	0	0	54.55
EXTRAS (b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5, p 0)	12
TOTAL (3.04 RUNS PER OVER)	267/10 (87.5 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 57-1 (David Warner, 14.1 ov), 76-2 (Nathan Lyon, 19.4 ov), 84-3 (Marnus Labuschagne, 24.3 ov), 110-4 (Steven Smith, 35.1 ov), 171-5 (Travis Head, 55.4 ov), 180-6 (Marcus Harris, 61.1 ov), 207-7 (Cameron Green, 72.5 ov), 219-8 (Alex Carey, 75.3 ov), 253-9 (Pat Cummins, 84.2 ov), 267-10 (Scott Boland, 87.5 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	NB	WD	ECO
James Anderson	23	10	33	4	0	0	1.43
Ollie Robinson	19.2	4	64	2	4	0	3.31
Mark Wood	19.5	2	71	2	0	0	3.58
Ben Stokes	10.4	1	47	1	1	1	4.41
Jack Leach	15	0	46	1	0	0	3.07

England 2nd Innings

68/10 (27.4 ov)

RR 2.46

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameed c A Carey b SM Boland	7	31	1	0	22.58
Zak Crawley c A Carey b M Starc	5	16	1	0	31.25
Dawid Malan lbw b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
Joe Root c D Warner b SM Boland	28	59	4	0	47.46
Jack Leach b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Stokes b M Starc	11	16	2	0	68.75
Jonny Bairstow lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	0	27.78
Jos Buttler Not out	5	14	1	0	35.71
Mark Wood c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ollie Robinson c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
James Anderson b C Green	2	4	0	0	50.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, p 0)	5
TOTAL (2.46 RUNS PER OVER)	68/10 (27.4 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS: 7-1 (Zak Crawley, 4.4 ov), 7-2 (Dawid Malan, 4.5 ov), 22-3 (Haseeb Hameed, 10.3 ov), 22-4 (Jack Leach, 10.5 ov), 46-5 (Ben Stokes, 16.5 ov), 60-6 (Jonny Bairstow, 22.5 ov), 61-7 (Joe Root, 24.4 ov), 65-8 (Mark Wood, 26.1 ov), 65-9 (Ollie Robinson, 26.3 ov), 68-10 (James Anderson, 27.4 ov)

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Mitchell Starc	10	3	29	3	2.90
Pat Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.90
Scott Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75
Cameron Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18

* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

SERIES: The Ashes
DATE & TIME: Sunday, December 26, 2021 · 05:00 AM
TOSS: Australia elected to bowl
VENUE: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
UMPIRES: Paul Reiffel (Australia), Paul Wilson (Australia), Rod Tucker (Australia, TV)
MATCH REFEREE: David Boon (Australia)