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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test
Result
Australia won by 277 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL Langer | c KP Pietersen b A Flintoff | 82 | 98 | 13 | 0 | 83.7 |
| ML Hayden | c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff | 21 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 44.7 |
| RT Ponting | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 196 | 319 | 23 | 0 | 61.4 |
| DR Martyn | c PD Collingwood b AF Giles | 29 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 46.8 |
| MEK Hussey | b A Flintoff | 86 | 187 | 8 | 0 | 46.0 |
| MJ Clarke | c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson | 56 | 94 | 5 | 1 | 59.6 |
| AC Gilchrist | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SK Warne | c GO Jones b SJ Harmison | 17 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 65.4 |
| B Lee | not out | 43* | 61 | 5 | 0 | 70.5 |
| SR Clark | b A Flintoff | 39 | 23 | 3 | 2 | 169.6 |
| GD McGrath | not out | 8* | 17 | 0 | 0 | 47.1 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 8, nb 7) | 25 | ||||
| Total | 155 overs | 602/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-79 (ML Hayden, 18.3 ov), 2-141 (JL Langer, 28.5 ov), 3-198 (DR Martyn, 47.2 ov), 4-407 (MEK Hussey, 108.4 ov), 5-467 (RT Ponting, 126.3 ov), 6-467 (AC Gilchrist, 126.6 ov), 7-500 (SK Warne, 135.3 ov), 8-528 (MJ Clarke, 141.3 ov), 9-578 (SR Clark, 149.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 30 | 4 | 123 | 1 | 4.10 | 6 | 1 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 31 | 5 | 98 | 2 | 3.16 | 0 | 1 |
| James Anderson | 29 | 6 | 141 | 1 | 4.86 | 1 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 30 | 4 | 99 | 4 | 3.30 | 1 | 3 |
| Ashley Giles | 25 | 2 | 91 | 1 | 3.64 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Bell | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12.00 | 0 | 2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 9 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c MEK Hussey b GD McGrath | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Alastair Cook | c SK Warne b GD McGrath | 11 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.3 |
| Ian Bell | c RT Ponting b SR Clark | 50 | 162 | 5 | 0 | 30.9 |
| Paul Collingwood | c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.5 |
| Kevin Pietersen | lbw b GD McGrath | 16 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 36.4 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Geraint Jones | lbw b GD McGrath | 19 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Ashley Giles | c ML Hayden b GD McGrath | 24 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 61.5 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Steve Harmison | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Anderson | not out | 2* | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 8, w 2, nb 6) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 61.1 overs | 157 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (AJ Strauss, 5.4 ov), 2-28 (AN Cook, 5.5 ov), 3-42 (PD Collingwood, 10.6 ov), 4-78 (KP Pietersen, 27.4 ov), 5-79 (A Flintoff, 28.3 ov), 6-126 (GO Jones, 49.2 ov), 7-149 (IR Bell, 56.2 ov), 8-153 (MJ Hoggard, 58.2 ov), 9-154 (SJ Harmison, 59.2 ov), 10-157 (AF Giles, 61.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 15 | 3 | 51 | 1 | 3.40 | 2 | 5 |
| GD McGrath | 23.1 | 8 | 50 | 6 | 2.16 | 0 | 1 |
| SR Clark | 14 | 5 | 21 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 9 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2.78 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL Langer | not out | 100* | 146 | 8 | 0 | 68.5 |
| ML Hayden | run out | 37 | 41 | 6 | 0 | 90.2 |
| RT Ponting | not out | 60* | 85 | 4 | 0 | 70.6 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) | 5 | ||||
| Total | 45.1 overs | 202/1 | ||||
Did not bat: DR Martyn, MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, SR Clark, GD McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-68 (ML Hayden, 15.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hoggard | 11 | 2 | 43 | 0 | 3.91 | 0 | 0 |
| James Anderson | 9 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 6.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 5 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | 0 | 1 |
| Steve Harmison | 12.1 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 4.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Ashley Giles | 5 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c sub (RA Broad) b SR Clark | 11 | 31 | 1 | 0 | 35.5 |
| Alastair Cook | c MEK Hussey b SK Warne | 43 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b SK Warne | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Paul Collingwood | st AC Gilchrist b SK Warne | 96 | 155 | 12 | 2 | 61.9 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c DR Martyn b B Lee | 92 | 155 | 14 | 0 | 59.4 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c JL Langer b SK Warne | 16 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 61.5 |
| Geraint Jones | b GD McGrath | 33 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 68.8 |
| Ashley Giles | c SK Warne b SR Clark | 23 | 38 | 3 | 0 | 60.5 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c SK Warne b SR Clark | 8 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 22.9 |
| Steve Harmison | c GD McGrath b SR Clark | 13 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 72.2 |
| James Anderson | not out | 4* | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 10, w 2, nb 11) | 31 | ||||
| Total | 100.1 overs | 370 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-29 (AJ Strauss, 10.4 ov), 2-36 (IR Bell, 13.2 ov), 3-91 (AN Cook, 29.2 ov), 4-244 (PD Collingwood, 63.3 ov), 5-271 (A Flintoff, 71.4 ov), 6-293 (KP Pietersen, 80.4 ov), 7-326 (GO Jones, 87.1 ov), 8-346 (AF Giles, 92.5 ov), 9-361 (MJ Hoggard, 98.2 ov), 10-370 (SJ Harmison, 100.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 22 | 1 | 98 | 1 | 4.45 | 1 | 7 |
| GD McGrath | 19 | 3 | 53 | 1 | 2.79 | 0 | 3 |
| SR Clark | 24.1 | 6 | 72 | 4 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 |
| SK Warne | 34 | 7 | 124 | 4 | 3.65 | 1 | 1 |
| MEK Hussey | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: RT Ponting · Umpires: BF Bowden, SA Bucknor · TV umpire: PD Parker · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.
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