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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia
425 & 20/1
England
147 & 297
Date
8 Dec – 12 Dec 2021 · England in 2021
Start
00:00 UK
Venue
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 147 all out (50.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
H Hameed c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 25 75 3 0 33.3
Dawid Malan c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 6 9 1 0 66.7
Joe Root c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood 0 9 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins 5 21 1 0 23.8
Ollie Pope c JR Hazlewood b C Green 35 79 2 0 44.3
Jos Buttler c AT Carey b MA Starc 39 58 5 0 67.2
Chris Woakes c JR Hazlewood b PJ Cummins 21 24 4 0 87.5
Ollie Robinson c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 0 3 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c MS Harris b PJ Cummins 8 15 1 0 53.3
MJ Leach not out 2* 7 0 0 28.6
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) 6
Total 50.1 overs 147

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (DJ Malan, 3.2 ov), 3-11 (JE Root, 5.5 ov), 4-29 (BA Stokes, 12.4 ov), 5-60 (H Hameed, 26.4 ov), 6-112 (JC Buttler, 40.3 ov), 7-118 (OJ Pope, 43.1 ov), 8-122 (OE Robinson, 44.3 ov), 9-144 (MA Wood, 48.3 ov), 10-147 (CR Woakes, 50.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 12 2 35 2 2.92 0 0
JR Hazlewood 13 4 42 2 3.23 0 0
PJ Cummins 13.1 3 38 5 2.89 1 0
NM Lyon 9 2 21 0 2.33 0 0
C Green 3 1 6 1 2.00 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 425 all out (104.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c BA Stokes b OE Robinson 94 176 11 2 53.4
MS Harris c DJ Malan b OE Robinson 3 17 0 0 17.6
M Labuschagne c MA Wood b MJ Leach 74 117 6 2 63.2
SPD Smith c JC Buttler b MA Wood 12 19 2 0 63.2
TM Head b MA Wood 152 148 14 4 102.7
C Green b OE Robinson 0 1 0 0 0.0
AT Carey c OJ Pope b CR Woakes 12 32 1 0 37.5
PJ Cummins c H Hameed b JE Root 12 27 0 0 44.4
MA Starc c RJ Burns b CR Woakes 35 64 5 0 54.7
NM Lyon c OE Robinson b MA Wood 15 24 2 0 62.5
JR Hazlewood not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 4) 16
Total 104.3 overs 425

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (MS Harris, 5.2 ov), 2-166 (M Labuschagne, 47.2 ov), 3-189 (SPD Smith, 52.6 ov), 4-195 (DA Warner, 55.2 ov), 5-195 (C Green, 55.3 ov), 6-236 (AT Carey, 64.4 ov), 7-306 (PJ Cummins, 75.6 ov), 8-391 (MA Starc, 95.6 ov), 9-420 (NM Lyon, 102.3 ov), 10-425 (TM Head, 104.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Chris Woakes 25 8 76 2 3.04 0 0
Ollie Robinson 23 8 58 3 2.52 0 0
Mark Wood 25.3 4 85 3 3.33 1 1
Ben Stokes 12 0 65 0 5.42 1 3
MJ Leach 13 0 102 1 7.85 0 0
Joe Root 6 0 29 1 4.83 0 0

England · 2nd innings 297 all out (103 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
H Hameed c AT Carey b MA Starc 27 58 4 0 46.6
RJ Burns c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 13 27 2 0 48.1
Dawid Malan c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon 82 195 10 0 42.1
Joe Root c AT Carey b C Green 89 165 10 0 53.9
Ben Stokes c C Green b PJ Cummins 14 49 3 0 28.6
Ollie Pope c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 4 6 1 0 66.7
Jos Buttler c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 23 39 4 0 59.0
Chris Woakes c AT Carey b C Green 16 47 2 0 34.0
Ollie Robinson c TM Head b NM Lyon 8 17 0 0 47.1
Mark Wood b NM Lyon 6 13 1 0 46.2
MJ Leach not out 0* 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 6, nb 0) 15
Total 103 overs 297

Fall of wickets: 1-23 (RJ Burns, 8.6 ov), 2-61 (H Hameed, 20.6 ov), 3-223 (DJ Malan, 73.4 ov), 4-229 (JE Root, 76.1 ov), 5-234 (OJ Pope, 77.3 ov), 6-266 (BA Stokes, 88.4 ov), 7-268 (JC Buttler, 91.1 ov), 8-286 (OE Robinson, 97.5 ov), 9-296 (MA Wood, 101.4 ov), 10-297 (CR Woakes, 102.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 20 3 77 1 3.85 0 0
JR Hazlewood 14 6 32 1 2.29 0 0
PJ Cummins 20 6 51 2 2.55 1 0
NM Lyon 34 5 91 4 2.68 0 0
C Green 12 3 23 2 1.92 1 0
M Labuschagne 3 0 14 0 4.67 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 20/1 (5.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
AT Carey c JC Buttler b OE Robinson 9 23 0 0 39.1
MS Harris not out 9* 10 1 0 90.0
M Labuschagne not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 0, nb 2) 2
Total 5.1 overs 20/1

Did not bat: DA Warner, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, NM Lyon, JR Hazlewood

Fall of wickets: 1-16 (AT Carey, 4.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Ollie Robinson 3 0 13 1 4.33 0 2
Chris Woakes 2 0 3 0 1.50 0 0
Mark Wood 0.1 0 4 0 24.00 0 0

Player of the match: TM Head · Umpires: PR Reiffel, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: P Wilson · Match referee: DC Boon. 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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Australia wins156Australia victories

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