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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c MEK Hussey b BW Hilfenhaus | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c SR Watson b PM Siddle | 67 | 168 | 6 | 0 | 39.9 |
| Jonathan Trott | b SR Watson | 29 | 53 | 5 | 0 | 54.7 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c RT Ponting b PM Siddle | 43 | 70 | 6 | 0 | 61.4 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MJ North b PM Siddle | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Ian Bell | c SR Watson b XJ Doherty | 76 | 131 | 8 | 0 | 58.0 |
| Matt Prior | b PM Siddle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b PM Siddle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Graeme Swann | lbw b PM Siddle | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 111.1 |
| James Anderson | b XJ Doherty | 11 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Steven Finn | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 8, w 7, nb 5) | 20 | ||||
| Total | 76.5 overs | 260 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (AJ Strauss, 0.3 ov), 2-41 (IJL Trott, 13.6 ov), 3-117 (KP Pietersen, 37.3 ov), 4-125 (PD Collingwood, 39.5 ov), 5-197 (AN Cook, 65.3 ov), 6-197 (MJ Prior, 65.4 ov), 7-197 (SCJ Broad, 65.5 ov), 8-228 (GP Swann, 69.2 ov), 9-254 (IR Bell, 76.1 ov), 10-260 (JM Anderson, 76.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW Hilfenhaus | 19 | 4 | 60 | 1 | 3.16 | 2 | 2 |
| PM Siddle | 16 | 3 | 54 | 6 | 3.38 | 2 | 2 |
| MG Johnson | 15 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 12 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 2.50 | 3 | 1 |
| XJ Doherty | 13.5 | 3 | 41 | 2 | 2.96 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ North | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson | 36 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 47.4 |
| SM Katich | c & b ST Finn | 50 | 106 | 5 | 0 | 47.2 |
| RT Ponting | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 10 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 38.5 |
| MJ Clarke | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 9 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 18.0 |
| MEK Hussey | c AN Cook b ST Finn | 195 | 330 | 26 | 1 | 59.1 |
| MJ North | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 12.5 |
| BJ Haddin | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 136 | 287 | 16 | 1 | 47.4 |
| MG Johnson | b ST Finn | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| XJ Doherty | c AN Cook b ST Finn | 16 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 53.3 |
| PM Siddle | c GP Swann b ST Finn | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.5 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | not out | 1* | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 12, w 4, nb 1) | 21 | ||||
| Total | 158.4 overs | 481 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-78 (SR Watson, 25.2 ov), 2-96 (RT Ponting, 33.2 ov), 3-100 (SM Katich, 36.1 ov), 4-140 (MJ Clarke, 51.2 ov), 5-143 (MJ North, 52.5 ov), 6-450 (BJ Haddin, 145.3 ov), 7-458 (MEK Hussey, 148.6 ov), 8-462 (MG Johnson, 152.3 ov), 9-472 (PM Siddle, 154.4 ov), 10-481 (XJ Doherty, 158.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 37 | 13 | 99 | 2 | 2.68 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 33 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 2.18 | 1 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 43 | 5 | 128 | 2 | 2.98 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 33.4 | 1 | 125 | 6 | 3.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 12 | 1 | 41 | 0 | 3.42 | 2 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | st BJ Haddin b MJ North | 110 | 224 | 15 | 0 | 49.1 |
| Alastair Cook | not out | 235* | 428 | 26 | 0 | 54.9 |
| Jonathan Trott | not out | 135* | 266 | 19 | 0 | 50.8 |
| Extras | (b 17, lb 4, w 10, nb 6) | 37 | ||||
| Total | 152 overs | 517/1 | ||||
Did not bat: KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, IR Bell, MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, ST Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-188 (AJ Strauss, 66.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW Hilfenhaus | 32 | 8 | 82 | 0 | 2.56 | 1 | 3 |
| PM Siddle | 24 | 4 | 90 | 0 | 3.75 | 2 | 3 |
| MJ North | 19 | 3 | 47 | 1 | 2.47 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | 27 | 5 | 104 | 0 | 3.85 | 1 | 0 |
| XJ Doherty | 35 | 5 | 107 | 0 | 3.06 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 15 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 4.40 | 2 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | not out | 41* | 97 | 4 | 0 | 42.3 |
| SM Katich | c AJ Strauss b SCJ Broad | 4 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| RT Ponting | not out | 51* | 43 | 4 | 1 | 118.6 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 0, pen 5) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 26 overs | 107/1 | ||||
Did not bat: MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, MJ North, BJ Haddin, MG Johnson, XJ Doherty, PM Siddle, BW Hilfenhaus
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (SM Katich, 5.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 5 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 7 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 2.57 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 8 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Alastair Cook · Umpires: Aleem Dar, BR Doctrove · TV umpire: AL Hill · 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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