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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 267 runs

Australia
268 & 309
England
187 & 123
Date
Thursday 16 December 2010 · England in 2010
Venue
WACA Ground, Perth

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 268 all out (76 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson lbw b ST Finn 13 40 1 0 32.5
PJ Hughes b CT Tremlett 2 6 0 0 33.3
RT Ponting c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 12 10 3 0 120.0
MJ Clarke c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 4 10 1 0 40.0
MEK Hussey c MJ Prior b GP Swann 61 104 9 1 58.7
SPD Smith c AJ Strauss b CT Tremlett 7 37 0 0 18.9
BJ Haddin c GP Swann b JM Anderson 53 80 6 1 66.3
MG Johnson c JM Anderson b ST Finn 62 93 8 1 66.7
RJ Harris b JM Anderson 3 5 0 0 60.0
PM Siddle not out 35* 59 3 0 59.3
BW Hilfenhaus c AN Cook b GP Swann 13 12 3 0 108.3
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 0, nb 0) 3
Total 76 overs 268

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (PJ Hughes, 1.6 ov), 2-17 (RT Ponting, 4.5 ov), 3-28 (MJ Clarke, 7.6 ov), 4-36 (SR Watson, 16.1 ov), 5-69 (SPD Smith, 27.3 ov), 6-137 (MEK Hussey, 40.4 ov), 7-189 (BJ Haddin, 57.3 ov), 8-201 (RJ Harris, 59.5 ov), 9-233 (MG Johnson, 70.3 ov), 10-268 (BW Hilfenhaus, 75.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20 3 61 3 3.05 0 0
Chris Tremlett 23 3 63 3 2.74 0 0
Steven Finn 15 1 86 2 5.73 0 0
Paul Collingwood 2 0 3 0 1.50 0 0
Graeme Swann 16 0 52 2 3.25 0 0

England · 1st innings 187 all out (62.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 52 102 8 0 51.0
Alastair Cook c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson 32 63 3 1 50.8
Jonathan Trott lbw b MG Johnson 4 8 1 0 50.0
Kevin Pietersen lbw b MG Johnson 0 3 0 0 0.0
Paul Collingwood lbw b MG Johnson 5 17 0 0 29.4
Ian Bell c RT Ponting b RJ Harris 53 90 6 0 58.9
Matt Prior b PM Siddle 12 42 1 0 28.6
Graeme Swann c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 11 31 1 0 35.5
Chris Tremlett b MG Johnson 2 14 0 0 14.3
James Anderson c SR Watson b MG Johnson 0 6 0 0 0.0
Steven Finn not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 8, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) 15
Total 62.3 overs 187

Fall of wickets: 1-78 (AN Cook, 24.1 ov), 2-82 (IJL Trott, 26.3 ov), 3-82 (KP Pietersen, 26.6 ov), 4-94 (AJ Strauss, 31.3 ov), 5-98 (PD Collingwood, 32.3 ov), 6-145 (MJ Prior, 46.4 ov), 7-181 (GP Swann, 57.1 ov), 8-186 (IR Bell, 61.1 ov), 9-186 (CT Tremlett, 62.1 ov), 10-187 (JM Anderson, 62.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BW Hilfenhaus 21 6 53 0 2.52 0 1
RJ Harris 15 4 59 3 3.93 1 0
PM Siddle 9 2 25 1 2.78 0 1
MG Johnson 17.3 5 38 6 2.17 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 309 all out (86 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson lbw b CT Tremlett 95 174 11 0 54.6
PJ Hughes c PD Collingwood b ST Finn 12 31 1 0 38.7
RT Ponting c MJ Prior b ST Finn 1 9 0 0 11.1
MJ Clarke b CT Tremlett 20 18 4 0 111.1
MEK Hussey c GP Swann b CT Tremlett 116 172 15 0 67.4
SPD Smith c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 36 62 2 0 58.1
BJ Haddin b CT Tremlett 7 10 0 1 70.0
MG Johnson c IR Bell b PD Collingwood 1 4 0 0 25.0
RJ Harris c IR Bell b ST Finn 1 7 0 0 14.3
PM Siddle c PD Collingwood b JM Anderson 8 26 1 0 30.8
BW Hilfenhaus not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 4, nb 2) 12
Total 86 overs 309

Fall of wickets: 1-31 (PJ Hughes, 12.2 ov), 2-34 (RT Ponting, 16.1 ov), 3-64 (MJ Clarke, 20.4 ov), 4-177 (SR Watson, 50.2 ov), 5-252 (SPD Smith, 68.4 ov), 6-271 (BJ Haddin, 72.3 ov), 7-276 (MG Johnson, 73.3 ov), 8-284 (RJ Harris, 76.2 ov), 9-308 (PM Siddle, 84.1 ov), 10-309 (MEK Hussey, 85.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 26 7 65 1 2.50 1 0
Chris Tremlett 24 4 87 5 3.63 2 1
Steven Finn 21 4 97 3 4.62 0 1
Graeme Swann 9 0 51 0 5.67 0 0
Paul Collingwood 6 3 3 1 0.50 1 0

England · 2nd innings 123 all out (37 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c RT Ponting b MG Johnson 15 35 3 0 42.9
Alastair Cook lbw b RJ Harris 13 16 1 0 81.3
Jonathan Trott c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 31 61 3 0 50.8
Kevin Pietersen c SR Watson b BW Hilfenhaus 3 23 0 0 13.0
Paul Collingwood c SPD Smith b RJ Harris 11 27 1 0 40.7
James Anderson b RJ Harris 3 14 0 0 21.4
Ian Bell lbw b RJ Harris 16 23 3 0 69.6
Matt Prior c MEK Hussey b RJ Harris 10 9 0 1 111.1
Graeme Swann b MG Johnson 9 5 1 0 180.0
Chris Tremlett not out 1* 3 0 0 33.3
Steven Finn c SPD Smith b RJ Harris 2 7 0 0 28.6
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) 9
Total 37 overs 123

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (AN Cook, 6.1 ov), 2-37 (AJ Strauss, 9.5 ov), 3-55 (KP Pietersen, 18.1 ov), 4-81 (IJL Trott, 25.5 ov), 5-81 (PD Collingwood, 26.6 ov), 6-94 (JM Anderson, 30.5 ov), 7-111 (IR Bell, 34.1 ov), 8-114 (MJ Prior, 34.4 ov), 9-120 (GP Swann, 35.4 ov), 10-123 (ST Finn, 36.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BW Hilfenhaus 10 4 16 1 1.60 0 0
RJ Harris 11 1 47 6 4.27 0 0
MG Johnson 12 3 44 3 3.67 0 0
PM Siddle 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 1

Player of the match: MG Johnson · Umpires: BR Doctrove, M Erasmus · TV umpire: Aleem Dar · 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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