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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 281 runs

Australia
326 & 276
England
155 & 166
Date
Friday 3 January 2014 · England in 2014
Venue
Sydney

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 326 all out (76 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers b BA Stokes 11 39 1 0 28.2
DA Warner b SCJ Broad 16 20 3 0 80.0
SR Watson lbw b JM Anderson 43 59 7 0 72.9
MJ Clarke c IR Bell b BA Stokes 10 29 1 0 34.5
SPD Smith c sub (JE Root) b BA Stokes 115 154 17 1 74.7
GJ Bailey c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 1 8 0 0 12.5
BJ Haddin c AN Cook b BA Stokes 75 90 13 0 83.3
MG Johnson c sub (JE Root) b SG Borthwick 12 32 0 0 37.5
RJ Harris c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 22 27 2 1 81.5
PM Siddle c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 0 1 0 0 0.0
NM Lyon not out 1* 3 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 10, lb 2, w 2, nb 6) 20
Total 76 overs 326

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (DA Warner, 5.5 ov), 2-51 (CJL Rogers, 15.4 ov), 3-78 (MJ Clarke, 22.3 ov), 4-94 (SR Watson, 25.4 ov), 5-97 (GJ Bailey, 28.1 ov), 6-225 (BJ Haddin, 55.3 ov), 7-269 (MG Johnson, 67.3 ov), 8-325 (RJ Harris, 75.1 ov), 9-325 (PM Siddle, 75.2 ov), 10-326 (SPD Smith, 75.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 21 3 67 1 3.19 0 0
Stuart Broad 19.5 5 65 2 3.28 2 0
Ben Stokes 19.5 1 99 6 4.99 0 5
WB Rankin 8.2 0 34 0 4.08 0 1
SG Borthwick 7 0 49 1 7.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 155 all out (58.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b RJ Harris 7 19 1 0 36.8
MA Carberry c NM Lyon b MG Johnson 0 9 0 0 0.0
James Anderson c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson 7 24 1 0 29.2
Ian Bell c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle 2 32 0 0 6.3
Kevin Pietersen c SR Watson b RJ Harris 3 9 0 0 33.3
Gary Ballance c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 18 51 2 0 35.3
Ben Stokes b PM Siddle 47 101 4 0 46.5
Jonny Bairstow c GJ Bailey b PM Siddle 18 50 1 0 36.0
SG Borthwick c SPD Smith b RJ Harris 1 17 0 0 5.9
Stuart Broad not out 30* 22 4 1 136.4
WB Rankin b MG Johnson 13 22 2 0 59.1
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 5, nb 3) 9
Total 58.5 overs 155

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (MA Carberry, 3.3 ov), 2-8 (AN Cook, 6.2 ov), 3-14 (JM Anderson, 9.4 ov), 4-17 (KP Pietersen, 12.2 ov), 5-23 (IR Bell, 17.4 ov), 6-62 (GS Ballance, 31.5 ov), 7-111 (JM Bairstow, 48.1 ov), 8-112 (BA Stokes, 48.6 ov), 9-125 (SG Borthwick, 52.6 ov), 10-155 (WB Rankin, 58.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 14 5 36 3 2.57 0 0
MG Johnson 13.5 3 33 3 2.39 1 3
PM Siddle 13 4 23 3 1.77 0 0
SR Watson 3 1 5 0 1.67 0 0
NM Lyon 15 3 57 1 3.80 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 276 all out (61.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c & b SG Borthwick 119 169 15 0 70.4
DA Warner lbw b JM Anderson 16 20 3 0 80.0
SR Watson c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 9 9 2 0 100.0
MJ Clarke c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 6 18 1 0 33.3
SPD Smith c AN Cook b BA Stokes 7 12 1 0 58.3
GJ Bailey c SG Borthwick b SCJ Broad 46 74 6 0 62.2
BJ Haddin b SG Borthwick 28 40 3 0 70.0
MG Johnson b BA Stokes 4 3 1 0 133.3
RJ Harris c MA Carberry b SG Borthwick 13 10 1 1 130.0
PM Siddle c JM Bairstow b WB Rankin 4 6 0 0 66.7
NM Lyon not out 6* 10 0 0 60.0
Extras (b 0, lb 14, w 2, nb 2) 18
Total 61.3 overs 276

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (DA Warner, 6.4 ov), 2-47 (SR Watson, 10.3 ov), 3-72 (MJ Clarke, 15.6 ov), 4-91 (SPD Smith, 20.3 ov), 5-200 (GJ Bailey, 45.4 ov), 6-239 (BJ Haddin, 54.5 ov), 7-244 (MG Johnson, 55.4 ov), 8-255 (CJL Rogers, 58.2 ov), 9-266 (RJ Harris, 58.6 ov), 10-276 (PM Siddle, 61.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 15 6 46 2 3.07 0 0
Stuart Broad 14 1 57 2 4.07 1 2
WB Rankin 12.3 0 47 1 3.76 0 0
Ben Stokes 10 0 62 2 6.20 1 0
SG Borthwick 6 0 33 3 5.50 0 0
Kevin Pietersen 4 1 17 0 4.25 0 0

England · 2nd innings 166 all out (31.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 7 12 1 0 58.3
MA Carberry c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 43 63 8 0 68.3
Ian Bell c DA Warner b RJ Harris 16 19 1 1 84.2
Kevin Pietersen c GJ Bailey b RJ Harris 6 10 0 0 60.0
Gary Ballance lbw b MG Johnson 7 27 1 0 25.9
Ben Stokes b RJ Harris 32 16 3 2 200.0
Jonny Bairstow c GJ Bailey b NM Lyon 0 3 0 0 0.0
SG Borthwick c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon 4 2 1 0 200.0
Stuart Broad b RJ Harris 42 36 3 4 116.7
James Anderson not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
WB Rankin c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 31.4 overs 166

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (AN Cook, 1.6 ov), 2-37 (IR Bell, 9.3 ov), 3-57 (KP Pietersen, 13.3 ov), 4-87 (MA Carberry, 21.2 ov), 5-90 (GS Ballance, 21.5 ov), 6-91 (JM Bairstow, 22.4 ov), 7-95 (SG Borthwick, 22.6 ov), 8-139 (BA Stokes, 29.1 ov), 9-166 (SCJ Broad, 31.2 ov), 10-166 (WB Rankin, 31.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 9.4 4 25 5 2.59 0 0
MG Johnson 9 1 40 3 4.44 0 1
PM Siddle 4 1 24 0 6.00 0 0
NM Lyon 9 0 70 2 7.78 0 0

Player of the match: RJ Harris · Umpires: Aleem Dar, M Erasmus · TV umpire: AL Hill · 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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