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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 120 runs

Australia
442/8d & 138
England
227 & 233
Date
Saturday 2 December 2017 · England in 2017
Venue
Adelaide

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 442/8 dec (149 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft run out 10 41 0 0 24.4
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 47 102 5 0 46.1
UT Khawaja c JM Vince b JM Anderson 53 112 8 0 47.3
SPD Smith b C Overton 40 90 3 0 44.4
PSP Handscomb lbw b SCJ Broad 36 86 5 0 41.9
SE Marsh not out 126* 231 15 1 54.5
TD Paine c MM Ali b C Overton 57 102 6 1 55.9
MA Starc c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 6 29 0 0 20.7
PJ Cummins c DJ Malan b C Overton 44 90 7 0 48.9
NM Lyon not out 10* 11 0 1 90.9
Extras (b 6, lb 6, w 1, nb 0) 13
Total 149 overs 442/8

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (CT Bancroft, 14.3 ov), 2-86 (DA Warner, 33.1 ov), 3-139 (UT Khawaja, 51.4 ov), 4-161 (SPD Smith, 62.1 ov), 5-209 (PSP Handscomb, 81.3 ov), 6-294 (TD Paine, 107.5 ov), 7-311 (MA Starc, 116.6 ov), 8-410 (PJ Cummins, 145.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 31 5 74 1 2.39 0 0
Stuart Broad 30 11 72 2 2.40 0 0
Chris Woakes 27 4 84 1 3.11 1 0
C Overton 33 3 105 3 3.18 0 0
Moeen Ali 24 3 79 0 3.29 0 0
Joe Root 4 0 16 0 4.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 227 all out (76.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 37 90 3 0 41.1
MD Stoneman lbw b MA Starc 18 21 2 0 85.7
James Vince c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood 2 10 0 0 20.0
Joe Root c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins 9 10 1 0 90.0
Dawid Malan c TD Paine b PJ Cummins 19 58 1 0 32.8
Moeen Ali c & b NM Lyon 25 57 2 0 43.9
Jonny Bairstow c & b MA Starc 21 50 2 0 42.0
Chris Woakes c & b MA Starc 36 62 4 0 58.1
C Overton not out 41* 79 5 0 51.9
Stuart Broad c TD Paine b NM Lyon 3 17 0 0 17.6
James Anderson lbw b NM Lyon 0 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 15, w 1, nb 0) 16
Total 76.1 overs 227

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (MD Stoneman, 6.6 ov), 2-31 (JM Vince, 10.4 ov), 3-50 (JE Root, 15.3 ov), 4-80 (AN Cook, 28.1 ov), 5-102 (DJ Malan, 37.1 ov), 6-132 (MM Ali, 48.2 ov), 7-142 (JM Bairstow, 53.1 ov), 8-208 (CR Woakes, 69.4 ov), 9-227 (SCJ Broad, 74.4 ov), 10-227 (JM Anderson, 76.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 20 4 49 3 2.45 0 0
JR Hazlewood 16 3 56 1 3.50 0 0
PJ Cummins 16 3 47 2 2.94 1 0
NM Lyon 24.1 5 60 4 2.48 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 138 all out (58 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson 4 8 1 0 50.0
DA Warner c JE Root b CR Woakes 14 60 1 0 23.3
UT Khawaja lbw b JM Anderson 20 49 3 0 40.8
SPD Smith lbw b CR Woakes 6 12 1 0 50.0
PSP Handscomb c DJ Malan b JM Anderson 12 42 0 0 28.6
NM Lyon c SCJ Broad b JM Anderson 14 30 2 0 46.7
SE Marsh b CR Woakes 19 60 2 0 31.7
TD Paine c C Overton b CR Woakes 11 27 0 0 40.7
MA Starc c MM Ali b JM Anderson 20 25 1 1 80.0
PJ Cummins not out 11* 28 0 0 39.3
JR Hazlewood c DJ Malan b C Overton 3 7 0 0 42.9
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) 4
Total 58 overs 138

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (CT Bancroft, 2.2 ov), 2-39 (UT Khawaja, 18.4 ov), 3-41 (DA Warner, 19.5 ov), 4-50 (SPD Smith, 23.2 ov), 5-71 (NM Lyon, 32.2 ov), 6-75 (PSP Handscomb, 34.4 ov), 7-90 (TD Paine, 43.4 ov), 8-122 (SE Marsh, 51.2 ov), 9-128 (MA Starc, 54.2 ov), 10-138 (JR Hazlewood, 57.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 22 7 43 5 1.95 1 0
Stuart Broad 13 6 26 0 2.00 1 0
C Overton 2 0 11 1 5.50 0 0
Chris Woakes 16 3 36 4 2.25 0 0
Moeen Ali 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 233 all out (84.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b NM Lyon 16 66 2 0 24.2
MD Stoneman c UT Khawaja b MA Starc 36 65 6 0 55.4
James Vince c PSP Handscomb b MA Starc 15 39 1 0 38.5
Joe Root c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood 67 123 9 0 54.5
Dawid Malan b PJ Cummins 29 80 4 0 36.3
Chris Woakes c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood 5 10 0 0 50.0
Moeen Ali lbw b NM Lyon 2 20 0 0 10.0
Jonny Bairstow b MA Starc 36 57 5 0 63.2
C Overton lbw b MA Starc 7 34 1 0 20.6
Stuart Broad c TD Paine b MA Starc 8 12 0 0 66.7
James Anderson not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 7, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 12
Total 84.2 overs 233

Fall of wickets: 1-53 (AN Cook, 19.5 ov), 2-54 (MD Stoneman, 23.3 ov), 3-91 (JM Vince, 33.6 ov), 4-169 (DJ Malan, 59.5 ov), 5-176 (CR Woakes, 62.2 ov), 6-177 (JE Root, 64.5 ov), 7-188 (MM Ali, 70.6 ov), 8-206 (C Overton, 80.1 ov), 9-224 (SCJ Broad, 82.6 ov), 10-233 (JM Bairstow, 84.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 19.2 3 88 5 4.55 0 0
JR Hazlewood 20 7 49 2 2.45 0 0
PJ Cummins 20 6 39 1 1.95 0 0
NM Lyon 25 6 45 2 1.80 0 0

Player of the match: SE Marsh · Umpires: Aleem Dar, CB Gaffaney · TV umpire: M Erasmus · 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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