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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Match Drawn

Australia
416/8d & 265/6d
England
294 & 270/9
Date
5 Jan – 8 Jan 2022 · England in 2022
Start
23:30 UK
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 416/8 dec (134 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad 30 72 6 0 41.7
MS Harris c JE Root b JM Anderson 38 109 4 0 34.9
M Labuschagne c JC Buttler b MA Wood 28 59 4 0 47.5
SPD Smith c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 67 141 5 0 47.5
UT Khawaja b SCJ Broad 137 260 13 0 52.7
C Green c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad 5 14 1 0 35.7
AT Carey c JM Bairstow b JE Root 13 39 2 0 33.3
PJ Cummins c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 24 47 4 0 51.1
MA Starc not out 34* 60 3 0 56.7
NM Lyon not out 16* 7 2 1 228.6
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 12, nb 4) 24
Total 134 overs 416/8

Did not bat: SM Boland

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (DA Warner, 20.6 ov), 2-111 (MS Harris, 39.1 ov), 3-117 (M Labuschagne, 40.2 ov), 4-232 (SPD Smith, 83.6 ov), 5-242 (C Green, 87.4 ov), 6-285 (AT Carey, 102.3 ov), 7-331 (PJ Cummins, 113.5 ov), 8-398 (UT Khawaja, 131.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 30 9 54 1 1.80 0 0
Stuart Broad 29 5 101 5 3.48 0 1
Ben Stokes 13.5 3 37 0 2.67 2 3
Mark Wood 26.1 6 76 1 2.90 2 0
MJ Leach 24 2 89 0 3.71 0 0
Dawid Malan 3 0 15 0 5.00 0 0
Joe Root 8 0 36 1 4.50 0 0

England · 1st innings 294 all out (79.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
H Hameed b MA Starc 6 26 1 0 23.1
Zak Crawley b SM Boland 18 55 2 0 32.7
Dawid Malan c UT Khawaja b C Green 3 39 0 0 7.7
Joe Root c SPD Smith b SM Boland 0 7 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes lbw b NM Lyon 66 91 9 1 72.5
Jonny Bairstow c AT Carey b SM Boland 113 158 8 3 71.5
Jos Buttler c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins 0 8 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c NM Lyon b PJ Cummins 39 41 2 3 95.1
MJ Leach c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon 10 29 2 0 34.5
Stuart Broad c AT Carey b SM Boland 15 19 1 0 78.9
James Anderson not out 4* 4 1 0 100.0
Extras (b 9, lb 6, w 3, nb 2) 20
Total 79.1 overs 294

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (H Hameed, 9.2 ov), 2-36 (Z Crawley, 16.6 ov), 3-36 (JE Root, 20.1 ov), 4-36 (DJ Malan, 21.5 ov), 5-164 (BA Stokes, 50.6 ov), 6-173 (JC Buttler, 53.3 ov), 7-245 (MA Wood, 65.3 ov), 8-266 (MJ Leach, 72.5 ov), 9-289 (JM Bairstow, 77.5 ov), 10-294 (SCJ Broad, 79.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PJ Cummins 20 6 68 2 3.40 2 1
MA Starc 16 2 56 1 3.50 0 1
SM Boland 14.1 6 36 4 2.54 0 0
C Green 9 4 24 1 2.67 1 0
NM Lyon 17 0 88 2 5.18 0 0
M Labuschagne 3 0 7 0 2.33 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 265/6 dec (68.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
MS Harris c sub (OJ Pope) b MJ Leach 27 61 3 0 44.3
DA Warner c sub (OJ Pope) b MA Wood 3 18 0 0 16.7
M Labuschagne c sub (OJ Pope) b MA Wood 29 42 1 0 69.0
SPD Smith b MJ Leach 23 31 2 1 74.2
UT Khawaja not out 101* 138 10 2 73.2
C Green c JE Root b MJ Leach 74 122 7 1 60.7
AT Carey c sub (OJ Pope) b MJ Leach 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 5, nb 0) 8
Total 68.5 overs 265/6

Did not bat: PJ Cummins, MA Starc, NM Lyon, SM Boland

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (DA Warner, 5.6 ov), 2-52 (MS Harris, 18.1 ov), 3-68 (M Labuschagne, 21.4 ov), 4-86 (SPD Smith, 28.6 ov), 5-265 (C Green, 68.4 ov), 6-265 (AT Carey, 68.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 12 1 34 0 2.83 0 0
Stuart Broad 11 3 31 0 2.82 0 0
Mark Wood 15 0 65 2 4.33 1 0
MJ Leach 21.5 1 84 4 3.85 0 0
Joe Root 7 0 35 0 5.00 0 0
Dawid Malan 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

England · 2nd innings 270/9 (102 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley lbw b C Green 77 100 13 0 77.0
H Hameed c AT Carey b SM Boland 9 58 0 0 15.5
Dawid Malan b NM Lyon 4 29 0 0 13.8
Joe Root c AT Carey b SM Boland 24 85 3 0 28.2
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 60 123 10 1 48.8
Jonny Bairstow c M Labuschagne b SM Boland 41 105 3 0 39.0
Jos Buttler lbw b PJ Cummins 11 38 0 0 28.9
Mark Wood lbw b PJ Cummins 0 2 0 0 0.0
MJ Leach c DA Warner b SPD Smith 26 34 2 0 76.5
Stuart Broad not out 8* 35 0 0 22.9
James Anderson not out 0* 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 3) 10
Total 102 overs 270/9

Fall of wickets: 1-46 (H Hameed, 19.2 ov), 2-74 (DJ Malan, 27.5 ov), 3-96 (Z Crawley, 32.6 ov), 4-156 (JE Root, 58.1 ov), 5-193 (BA Stokes, 74.4 ov), 6-218 (JC Buttler, 84.4 ov), 7-218 (MA Wood, 84.6 ov), 8-237 (JM Bairstow, 91.2 ov), 9-270 (MJ Leach, 99.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 18 2 68 0 3.78 0 0
PJ Cummins 22 5 80 2 3.64 0 3
SM Boland 24 11 30 3 1.25 0 0
NM Lyon 22 10 28 2 1.27 0 0
C Green 10 1 38 1 3.80 0 0
M Labuschagne 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0
SPD Smith 4 1 10 1 2.50 0 0

Player of the match: UT Khawaja · Umpires: PR Reiffel, RJ Tucker · TV umpire: P Wilson · Match referee: SR Bernard. 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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