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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 10 wickets

Australia
328 & 173/0
England
302 & 195
Date
Thursday 23 November 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Brisbane

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 302 all out (116.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c PSP Handscomb b MA Starc 2 10 0 0 20.0
MD Stoneman b PJ Cummins 53 159 3 0 33.3
James Vince run out 83 170 12 0 48.8
Joe Root lbw b PJ Cummins 15 50 1 0 30.0
Dawid Malan c SE Marsh b MA Starc 56 130 11 0 43.1
Moeen Ali lbw b NM Lyon 38 102 2 1 37.3
Jonny Bairstow c TD Paine b PJ Cummins 9 24 1 0 37.5
Chris Woakes b NM Lyon 0 4 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c PSP Handscomb b JR Hazlewood 20 32 3 0 62.5
Jake Ball c DA Warner b MA Starc 14 11 3 0 127.3
James Anderson not out 5* 9 1 0 55.6
Extras (b 5, lb 0, w 1, nb 1) 7
Total 116.4 overs 302

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AN Cook, 2.4 ov), 2-127 (MD Stoneman, 54.2 ov), 3-145 (JM Vince, 59.3 ov), 4-163 (JE Root, 70.4 ov), 5-246 (DJ Malan, 102.2 ov), 6-249 (MM Ali, 103.3 ov), 7-250 (CR Woakes, 105.1 ov), 8-270 (JM Bairstow, 110.3 ov), 9-286 (JT Ball, 113.4 ov), 10-302 (SCJ Broad, 116.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 28 4 77 3 2.75 1 1
JR Hazlewood 22.4 6 57 1 2.51 0 0
PJ Cummins 30 8 85 3 2.83 0 0
NM Lyon 36 12 78 2 2.17 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 328 all out (130.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 5 19 0 0 26.3
DA Warner c DJ Malan b JT Ball 26 43 2 0 60.5
UT Khawaja lbw b MM Ali 11 24 2 0 45.8
SPD Smith not out 141* 326 14 0 43.3
PSP Handscomb lbw b JM Anderson 14 17 1 0 82.4
SE Marsh c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 51 141 8 0 36.2
TD Paine c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 13 42 2 0 31.0
MA Starc c & b SCJ Broad 6 5 0 1 120.0
PJ Cummins c AN Cook b CR Woakes 42 120 5 1 35.0
JR Hazlewood b MM Ali 6 25 0 0 24.0
NM Lyon c AN Cook b JE Root 9 22 1 0 40.9
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 2, nb 1) 4
Total 130.3 overs 328

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (CT Bancroft, 3.4 ov), 2-30 (UT Khawaja, 10.3 ov), 3-59 (DA Warner, 19.4 ov), 4-76 (PSP Handscomb, 24.5 ov), 5-175 (SE Marsh, 67.2 ov), 6-202 (TD Paine, 80.4 ov), 7-209 (MA Starc, 81.4 ov), 8-275 (PJ Cummins, 113.6 ov), 9-298 (JR Hazlewood, 122.4 ov), 10-328 (NM Lyon, 130.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 29 10 50 2 1.72 0 0
Stuart Broad 25 10 49 3 1.96 0 0
Moeen Ali 30 8 74 2 2.47 0 0
Chris Woakes 24 5 67 1 2.79 0 0
Jake Ball 18 3 77 1 4.28 2 1
Joe Root 4.3 0 10 1 2.22 0 0

England · 2nd innings 195 all out (71.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c MA Starc b JR Hazlewood 7 13 1 0 53.8
MD Stoneman c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 27 81 4 0 33.3
James Vince c SPD Smith b JR Hazlewood 2 6 0 0 33.3
Joe Root lbw b JR Hazlewood 51 104 5 0 49.0
Dawid Malan c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 4 17 0 0 23.5
Moeen Ali st TD Paine b NM Lyon 40 64 6 0 62.5
Jonny Bairstow c PSP Handscomb b MA Starc 42 75 2 1 56.0
Chris Woakes c SPD Smith b MA Starc 17 57 2 0 29.8
Stuart Broad c TD Paine b MA Starc 2 9 0 0 22.2
Jake Ball c PSP Handscomb b PJ Cummins 1 5 0 0 20.0
James Anderson not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 2) 2
Total 71.4 overs 195

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (AN Cook, 3.3 ov), 2-17 (JM Vince, 5.3 ov), 3-62 (MD Stoneman, 27.4 ov), 4-74 (DJ Malan, 33.4 ov), 5-113 (JE Root, 40.6 ov), 6-155 (MM Ali, 53.2 ov), 7-185 (CR Woakes, 68.2 ov), 8-194 (JM Bairstow, 70.1 ov), 9-195 (SCJ Broad, 70.5 ov), 10-195 (JT Ball, 71.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 16 1 51 3 3.19 0 1
JR Hazlewood 16 3 46 3 2.88 0 0
PJ Cummins 12.4 4 23 1 1.82 0 0
NM Lyon 24 4 67 3 2.79 0 1
SPD Smith 3 0 8 0 2.67 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 173/0 (50 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft not out 82* 182 10 1 45.1
DA Warner not out 87* 119 10 0 73.1
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total 50 overs 173/0

Did not bat: UT Khawaja, SPD Smith, PSP Handscomb, SE Marsh, TD Paine, MA Starc, PJ Cummins, JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 11 2 27 0 2.45 0 1
Stuart Broad 10 2 20 0 2.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 4 0 23 0 5.75 0 0
Chris Woakes 11 1 46 0 4.18 0 0
Jake Ball 8 1 38 0 4.75 1 0
Joe Root 6 1 17 0 2.83 0 0

Player of the match: SPD Smith · Umpires: Aleem Dar, M Erasmus · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: RB Richardson. 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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