01
26 Dec 2017
Test · The Ashes · 4th Test
Melbourne
Australia
327 & 263/4d – 491
England
England drew
Match drawn
England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test
Australia
v England
Result
Australia won by an innings and 123 runs
- Australia
- 649/7d
- England
- 346 & 180
- Date
- Thursday 4 January 2018 · England in 2018
- Venue
- Sydney
- Competition
- Test · The Ashes · 5th Test
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Australia v England Test scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
England · 1st innings 346 all out (112.3 overs)
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | lbw b JR Hazlewood | 39 | 104 | 3 | 0 | 37.5 |
| MD Stoneman | c TD Paine b PJ Cummins | 24 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 |
| James Vince | c TD Paine b PJ Cummins | 25 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 46.3 |
| Joe Root | c MR Marsh b MA Starc | 83 | 141 | 8 | 0 | 58.9 |
| Dawid Malan | c SPD Smith b MA Starc | 62 | 180 | 6 | 0 | 34.4 |
| Jonny Bairstow | c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Moeen Ali | c TD Paine b PJ Cummins | 30 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 51.7 |
| Tom Curran | c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins | 39 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Stuart Broad | c SPD Smith b NM Lyon | 31 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 96.9 |
| MS Crane | run out | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| James Anderson | not out | 0* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 0) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 112.3 overs | 346 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-28 (MD Stoneman, 9.5 ov), 2-88 (JM Vince, 28.5 ov), 3-95 (AN Cook, 32.3 ov), 4-228 (JE Root, 80.3 ov), 5-233 (JM Bairstow, 81.4 ov), 6-251 (DJ Malan, 88.4 ov), 7-294 (MM Ali, 102.4 ov), 8-335 (TK Curran, 108.4 ov), 9-346 (SCJ Broad, 111.4 ov), 10-346 (MS Crane, 112.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 21 | 6 | 80 | 2 | 3.81 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Hazlewood | 23 | 4 | 65 | 2 | 2.83 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | 24.3 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 3.27 | 2 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 37 | 5 | 86 | 1 | 2.32 | 0 | 0 |
| MR Marsh | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
Australia · 1st innings 649/7 dec (193 overs)
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CT Bancroft | b SCJ Broad | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DA Warner | c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson | 56 | 104 | 6 | 0 | 53.8 |
| UT Khawaja | st JM Bairstow b MS Crane | 171 | 381 | 18 | 1 | 44.9 |
| SPD Smith | c & b MM Ali | 83 | 158 | 5 | 0 | 52.5 |
| SE Marsh | run out | 156 | 291 | 18 | 0 | 53.6 |
| MR Marsh | b TK Curran | 101 | 141 | 15 | 2 | 71.6 |
| TD Paine | not out | 38* | 52 | 2 | 0 | 73.1 |
| MA Starc | c JM Vince b MM Ali | 11 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 110.0 |
| PJ Cummins | not out | 24* | 16 | 4 | 0 | 150.0 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 2) | 9 | ||||
| Total | 193 overs | 649/7 | ||||
Did not bat: JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (CT Bancroft, 1.2 ov), 2-86 (DA Warner, 31.4 ov), 3-274 (SPD Smith, 93.1 ov), 4-375 (UT Khawaja, 130.4 ov), 5-544 (MR Marsh, 173.2 ov), 6-596 (SE Marsh, 185.6 ov), 7-613 (MA Starc, 188.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 34 | 14 | 56 | 1 | 1.65 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 30 | 2 | 121 | 1 | 4.03 | 0 | 0 |
| Moeen Ali | 48 | 10 | 170 | 2 | 3.54 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Curran | 25 | 3 | 82 | 1 | 3.28 | 1 | 0 |
| MS Crane | 48 | 3 | 193 | 1 | 4.02 | 0 | 2 |
| Joe Root | 8 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 2.63 | 0 | 0 |
England · 2nd innings 180/9 (88.1 overs)
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook | b NM Lyon | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MD Stoneman | lbw b MA Starc | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| James Vince | c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins | 18 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Joe Root | retired hurt | 58 | 167 | 1 | 0 | 34.7 |
| Dawid Malan | lbw b NM Lyon | 5 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 18.5 |
| Jonny Bairstow | lbw b PJ Cummins | 38 | 143 | 4 | 0 | 26.6 |
| Moeen Ali | lbw b NM Lyon | 13 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 30.2 |
| Tom Curran | not out | 23* | 40 | 5 | 0 | 57.5 |
| Stuart Broad | c TD Paine b PJ Cummins | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| MS Crane | c TD Paine b PJ Cummins | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| James Anderson | c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 8.7 |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 0, pen 5) | 7 | ||||
| Total | 88.1 overs | 180/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-5 (MD Stoneman, 2.6 ov), 2-15 (AN Cook, 5.5 ov), 3-43 (JM Vince, 20.6 ov), 4-68 (DJ Malan, 33.4 ov), 5-121 (MM Ali, 61.2 ov), 6-144 (JM Bairstow, 77.4 ov), 7-148 (SCJ Broad, 77.6 ov), 8-156 (MS Crane, 81.1 ov), 9-180 (JM Anderson, 88.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 16 | 4 | 38 | 1 | 2.38 | 0 | 0 |
| JR Hazlewood | 17.1 | 6 | 36 | 1 | 2.10 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | 35 | 12 | 54 | 3 | 1.54 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Cummins | 17 | 4 | 39 | 4 | 2.29 | 0 | 0 |
| SPD Smith | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| MR Marsh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: PJ Cummins · Umpires: JS Wilson, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: S Ravi · 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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