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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 275 runs

Australia
473/9d & 230/9d
England
236 & 192
Date
16 Dec – 20 Dec 2021 · England in 2021
Start
04:00 UK
Venue
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 473/9 dec (150.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MS Harris c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 3 28 0 0 10.7
DA Warner c SCJ Broad b BA Stokes 95 167 11 0 56.9
M Labuschagne lbw b OE Robinson 103 305 8 0 33.8
SPD Smith lbw b JM Anderson 93 201 12 1 46.3
TM Head b JE Root 18 36 3 0 50.0
C Green b BA Stokes 2 5 0 0 40.0
AT Carey c H Hameed b JM Anderson 51 107 5 0 47.7
MA Starc not out 39* 39 5 0 100.0
MG Neser c SCJ Broad b BA Stokes 35 24 5 1 145.8
JA Richardson c JC Buttler b CR Woakes 9 3 0 1 300.0
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 5, nb 11) 25
Total 150.4 overs 473/9

Did not bat: NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (MS Harris, 7.3 ov), 2-176 (DA Warner, 64.2 ov), 3-241 (M Labuschagne, 97.5 ov), 4-291 (TM Head, 110.3 ov), 5-294 (C Green, 111.3 ov), 6-385 (SPD Smith, 138.6 ov), 7-390 (AT Carey, 140.4 ov), 8-448 (MG Neser, 149.1 ov), 9-473 (JA Richardson, 150.4 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 29 10 58 2 2.00 0 0
Stuart Broad 26 6 73 1 2.81 0 2
Chris Woakes 23.4 6 103 1 4.35 2 2
Ollie Robinson 27 13 45 1 1.67 0 4
Ben Stokes 25 2 113 3 4.52 3 3
Joe Root 20 2 72 1 3.60 0 0

England · 1st innings 236 all out (84.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
H Hameed c MA Starc b MG Neser 6 21 0 0 28.6
RJ Burns c SPD Smith b MA Starc 4 3 1 0 133.3
Dawid Malan c SPD Smith b MA Starc 80 157 10 0 51.0
Joe Root c SPD Smith b C Green 62 116 7 0 53.4
Ben Stokes b C Green 34 98 3 1 34.7
Ollie Pope c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon 5 19 1 0 26.3
Jos Buttler c DA Warner b MA Starc 0 15 0 0 0.0
Chris Woakes b NM Lyon 24 40 5 0 60.0
Ollie Robinson lbw b NM Lyon 0 7 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c TM Head b MA Starc 9 17 0 1 52.9
James Anderson not out 5* 13 1 0 38.5
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 1) 7
Total 84.1 overs 236

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (RJ Burns, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (H Hameed, 6.2 ov), 3-150 (JE Root, 45.4 ov), 4-157 (DJ Malan, 51.5 ov), 5-164 (OJ Pope, 56.6 ov), 6-169 (JC Buttler, 61.5 ov), 7-202 (CR Woakes, 74.5 ov), 8-204 (OE Robinson, 76.4 ov), 9-220 (BA Stokes, 79.3 ov), 10-236 (SCJ Broad, 84.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 16.1 6 37 4 2.29 0 0
JA Richardson 19 4 78 0 4.11 0 1
MG Neser 11 0 33 1 3.00 0 0
NM Lyon 28 11 58 3 2.07 0 0
C Green 10 3 24 2 2.40 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 230/9 dec (61 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner run out (JC Buttler/SCJ Broad) 13 38 1 0 34.2
MS Harris c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 23 66 3 0 34.8
MG Neser b JM Anderson 3 13 0 0 23.1
M Labuschagne c BA Stokes b DJ Malan 51 96 6 0 53.1
SPD Smith c JC Buttler b OE Robinson 6 31 1 0 19.4
TM Head c BA Stokes b OE Robinson 51 54 7 0 94.4
C Green not out 33* 43 0 0 76.7
AT Carey b JE Root 6 6 1 0 100.0
MA Starc c OJ Pope b JE Root 19 20 0 1 95.0
JA Richardson c JC Buttler b DJ Malan 8 4 0 1 200.0
Extras (b 3, lb 8, w 1, nb 5) 17
Total 61 overs 230/9

Did not bat: NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-41 (DA Warner, 13.6 ov), 2-48 (MG Neser, 18.6 ov), 3-48 (MS Harris, 19.2 ov), 4-55 (SPD Smith, 28.6 ov), 5-144 (TM Head, 45.6 ov), 6-173 (M Labuschagne, 52.3 ov), 7-180 (AT Carey, 53.6 ov), 8-216 (MA Starc, 59.3 ov), 9-230 (JA Richardson, 60.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 10 6 8 1 0.80 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 3 27 1 2.70 0 0
Ollie Robinson 15 2 54 2 3.60 0 2
Chris Woakes 12 3 46 0 3.83 0 0
Joe Root 6 1 27 2 4.50 0 0
Ben Stokes 2 0 24 0 12.00 1 3
Dawid Malan 6 0 33 2 5.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 192 all out (113.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c SPD Smith b JA Richardson 34 95 5 0 35.8
H Hameed c AT Carey b JA Richardson 0 6 0 0 0.0
Dawid Malan lbw b MG Neser 20 52 4 0 38.5
Joe Root c AT Carey b MA Starc 24 67 1 0 35.8
Ben Stokes lbw b NM Lyon 12 77 1 0 15.6
Ollie Pope c SPD Smith b MA Starc 4 7 1 0 57.1
Jos Buttler hit wicket b JA Richardson 26 207 2 0 12.6
Chris Woakes b JA Richardson 44 97 7 0 45.4
Ollie Robinson c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 8 39 1 0 20.5
Stuart Broad not out 9* 31 1 0 29.0
James Anderson c C Green b JA Richardson 2 5 0 0 40.0
Extras (b 2, lb 3, w 0, nb 4) 9
Total 113.1 overs 192

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (H Hameed, 1.6 ov), 2-48 (DJ Malan, 21.1 ov), 3-70 (RJ Burns, 30.6 ov), 4-82 (JE Root, 43.2 ov), 5-86 (OJ Pope, 45.3 ov), 6-105 (BA Stokes, 56.4 ov), 7-166 (CR Woakes, 87.6 ov), 8-178 (OE Robinson, 102.2 ov), 9-182 (JC Buttler, 109.6 ov), 10-192 (JM Anderson, 113.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 27 10 43 2 1.59 0 1
JA Richardson 19.1 9 42 5 2.19 0 2
NM Lyon 39 16 55 2 1.41 0 0
MG Neser 13 5 28 1 2.15 0 0
C Green 9 5 9 0 1.00 0 1
M Labuschagne 4 2 10 0 2.50 0 0
SPD Smith 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0
TM Head 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Player of the match: M Labuschagne · Umpires: P Wilson, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: PR Reiffel · 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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