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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test
Result
England won by an innings and 71 runs
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | c KP Pietersen b JM Anderson | 51 | 94 | 7 | 1 | 54.3 |
| SM Katich | run out (IJL Trott) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| RT Ponting | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MJ Clarke | c GP Swann b JM Anderson | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| MEK Hussey | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 93 | 183 | 8 | 0 | 50.8 |
| MJ North | c MJ Prior b ST Finn | 26 | 93 | 4 | 0 | 28.0 |
| BJ Haddin | c ST Finn b SCJ Broad | 56 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 58.9 |
| RJ Harris | lbw b GP Swann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| XJ Doherty | run out (AJ Strauss/AN Cook/MJ Prior) | 6 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 31.6 |
| PM Siddle | c AN Cook b JM Anderson | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| DE Bollinger | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 6, w 1, nb 1) | 8 | ||||
| Total | 85.5 overs | 245 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (SM Katich, 0.4 ov), 2-0 (RT Ponting, 0.5 ov), 3-2 (MJ Clarke, 2.1 ov), 4-96 (SR Watson, 28.3 ov), 5-156 (MJ North, 54.4 ov), 6-207 (MEK Hussey, 73.3 ov), 7-207 (RJ Harris, 73.4 ov), 8-226 (XJ Doherty, 79.3 ov), 9-243 (PM Siddle, 84.3 ov), 10-245 (BJ Haddin, 85.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 19 | 4 | 51 | 4 | 2.68 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 18.5 | 6 | 39 | 1 | 2.07 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 16 | 1 | 71 | 1 | 4.44 | 1 | 1 |
| Graeme Swann | 29 | 2 | 70 | 2 | 2.41 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | b DE Bollinger | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Alastair Cook | c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris | 148 | 269 | 18 | 0 | 55.0 |
| Jonathan Trott | c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris | 78 | 144 | 11 | 0 | 54.2 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c SM Katich b XJ Doherty | 227 | 308 | 33 | 1 | 73.7 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b SR Watson | 42 | 70 | 5 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Ian Bell | not out | 68* | 97 | 8 | 1 | 70.1 |
| Matt Prior | not out | 27* | 21 | 2 | 0 | 128.6 |
| Extras | (b 8, lb 13, w 8, nb 0) | 29 | ||||
| Total | 152 overs | 620/5 | ||||
Did not bat: SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, ST Finn
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (AJ Strauss, 1.3 ov), 2-176 (IJL Trott, 48.3 ov), 3-351 (AN Cook, 96.4 ov), 4-452 (PD Collingwood, 117.4 ov), 5-568 (KP Pietersen, 146.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RJ Harris | 29 | 5 | 84 | 2 | 2.90 | 1 | 0 |
| DE Bollinger | 29 | 1 | 130 | 1 | 4.48 | 2 | 0 |
| PM Siddle | 30 | 3 | 121 | 0 | 4.03 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 19 | 7 | 44 | 1 | 2.32 | 0 | 0 |
| XJ Doherty | 27 | 3 | 158 | 1 | 5.85 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ North | 18 | 0 | 62 | 0 | 3.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | c AJ Strauss b ST Finn | 57 | 141 | 10 | 0 | 40.4 |
| SM Katich | c MJ Prior b GP Swann | 43 | 85 | 6 | 0 | 50.6 |
| RT Ponting | c PD Collingwood b GP Swann | 9 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 47.4 |
| MJ Clarke | c AN Cook b KP Pietersen | 80 | 139 | 11 | 0 | 57.6 |
| MEK Hussey | c JM Anderson b ST Finn | 52 | 107 | 5 | 1 | 48.6 |
| MJ North | lbw b GP Swann | 22 | 35 | 3 | 0 | 62.9 |
| BJ Haddin | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 12 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 57.1 |
| RJ Harris | lbw b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| XJ Doherty | b GP Swann | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| PM Siddle | b GP Swann | 6 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 27.3 |
| DE Bollinger | not out | 7* | 16 | 1 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 1, w 5, nb 0) | 11 | ||||
| Total | 99.1 overs | 304 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-84 (SM Katich, 29.2 ov), 2-98 (RT Ponting, 35.2 ov), 3-134 (SR Watson, 46.2 ov), 4-238 (MJ Clarke, 79.2 ov), 5-261 (MEK Hussey, 85.2 ov), 6-286 (BJ Haddin, 90.5 ov), 7-286 (RJ Harris, 90.6 ov), 8-286 (MJ North, 91.2 ov), 9-295 (XJ Doherty, 95.1 ov), 10-304 (PM Siddle, 99.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 22 | 4 | 92 | 2 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 11 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 2.91 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 41.1 | 12 | 91 | 5 | 2.21 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Finn | 18 | 2 | 60 | 2 | 3.33 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | 3 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · Umpires: M Erasmus, AL Hill · TV umpire: BR Doctrove · 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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