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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia
204 & 231/2
England
255 & 179
Date
Thursday 26 December 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Melbourne

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 255 all out (100 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle 27 47 3 0 57.4
MA Carberry b SR Watson 38 103 6 0 36.9
Joe Root c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 24 82 2 0 29.3
Kevin Pietersen b MG Johnson 71 161 5 1 44.1
Ian Bell c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 27 98 1 0 27.6
Ben Stokes c SR Watson b MG Johnson 14 23 1 1 60.9
Jonny Bairstow b MG Johnson 10 17 0 1 58.8
Tim Bresnan c GJ Bailey b MG Johnson 1 14 0 0 7.1
Stuart Broad lbw b MG Johnson 11 16 2 0 68.8
James Anderson not out 11* 24 1 0 45.8
Monty Panesar b NM Lyon 2 16 0 0 12.5
Extras (b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 1) 19
Total 100 overs 255

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (AN Cook, 16.5 ov), 2-96 (MA Carberry, 33.6 ov), 3-106 (JE Root, 42.1 ov), 4-173 (IR Bell, 72.6 ov), 5-202 (BA Stokes, 80.3 ov), 6-216 (JM Bairstow, 84.4 ov), 7-230 (TT Bresnan, 90.1 ov), 8-231 (KP Pietersen, 90.5 ov), 9-242 (SCJ Broad, 94.2 ov), 10-255 (MS Panesar, 99.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 24 8 47 2 1.96 0 0
MG Johnson 24 4 63 5 2.63 1 0
PM Siddle 23 7 50 1 2.17 0 1
NM Lyon 22.2 3 67 1 3.00 0 0
SR Watson 6.4 2 11 1 1.65 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 204 all out (82.2 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c KP Pietersen b TT Bresnan 61 171 8 0 35.7
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 9 14 2 0 64.3
SR Watson c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 10 15 2 0 66.7
MJ Clarke b JM Anderson 10 34 0 0 29.4
SPD Smith c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 19 77 3 0 24.7
GJ Bailey c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 0 19 0 0 0.0
BJ Haddin c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 65 68 7 1 95.6
MG Johnson c JM Anderson b TT Bresnan 2 30 0 0 6.7
RJ Harris c JE Root b SCJ Broad 6 27 1 0 22.2
PM Siddle c TT Bresnan b SCJ Broad 0 5 0 0 0.0
NM Lyon not out 18* 34 3 0 52.9
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) 4
Total 82.2 overs 204

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (DA Warner, 6.3 ov), 2-36 (SR Watson, 11.2 ov), 3-62 (MJ Clarke, 25.2 ov), 4-110 (SPD Smith, 49.5 ov), 5-112 (CJL Rogers, 52.1 ov), 6-122 (GJ Bailey, 57.5 ov), 7-151 (MG Johnson, 66.2 ov), 8-162 (RJ Harris, 71.6 ov), 9-164 (PM Siddle, 73.3 ov), 10-204 (BJ Haddin, 82.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 20.2 4 67 4 3.30 0 0
Stuart Broad 20 6 45 3 2.25 0 0
Ben Stokes 15 4 46 1 3.07 0 0
Tim Bresnan 18 6 24 2 1.33 0 0
Monty Panesar 9 2 18 0 2.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 179 all out (61 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b MG Johnson 51 64 7 0 79.7
MA Carberry lbw b PM Siddle 12 81 1 0 14.8
Joe Root run out (MG Johnson) 15 24 1 0 62.5
Kevin Pietersen c RJ Harris b NM Lyon 49 90 6 0 54.4
Ian Bell c MG Johnson b NM Lyon 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 19 55 1 0 34.5
Jonny Bairstow c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 21 28 2 2 75.0
Tim Bresnan b NM Lyon 0 8 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon 0 3 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 1* 6 0 0 16.7
Monty Panesar lbw b MG Johnson 0 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 6, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 61 overs 179

Fall of wickets: 1-65 (AN Cook, 21.3 ov), 2-86 (MA Carberry, 27.5 ov), 3-86 (JE Root, 28.2 ov), 4-87 (IR Bell, 28.4 ov), 5-131 (BA Stokes, 44.5 ov), 6-173 (JM Bairstow, 54.3 ov), 7-174 (TT Bresnan, 57.2 ov), 8-174 (SCJ Broad, 57.5 ov), 9-179 (KP Pietersen, 59.4 ov), 10-179 (MS Panesar, 60.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 10 1 34 0 3.40 0 0
MG Johnson 15 5 25 3 1.67 0 0
NM Lyon 17 3 50 5 2.94 0 0
PM Siddle 15 6 46 1 3.07 0 0
SR Watson 4 2 13 0 3.25 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 231/2 (51.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c JM Bairstow b MS Panesar 116 155 13 0 74.8
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 25 47 2 0 53.2
SR Watson not out 83* 90 11 0 92.2
MJ Clarke not out 6* 20 1 0 30.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 1) 1
Total 51.5 overs 231/2

Did not bat: SPD Smith, GJ Bailey, BJ Haddin, MG Johnson, RJ Harris, PM Siddle, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-64 (DA Warner, 17.6 ov), 2-200 (CJL Rogers, 45.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 11 2 26 0 2.36 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 0 58 0 5.80 0 0
Monty Panesar 7.5 0 41 1 5.23 0 0
Ben Stokes 12 0 50 1 4.17 0 1
Joe Root 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 0
Tim Bresnan 7 1 48 0 6.86 0 0

Player of the match: MG Johnson · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: BF Bowden · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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