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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia
132 & 205/2
England
172 & 164
Date
21 Nov – 25 Nov 2025 · England in 2025
Start
02:20 UK
Venue
Optus Stadium, Perth

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 172 all out (32.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c UT Khawaja b MA Starc 0 6 0 0 0.0
Ben Duckett lbw b MA Starc 21 20 4 0 105.0
Ollie Pope lbw b C Green 46 58 4 0 79.3
Joe Root c M Labuschagne b MA Starc 0 7 0 0 0.0
Harry Brook c AT Carey b B Doggett 52 61 5 1 85.2
Ben Stokes b MA Starc 6 12 0 0 50.0
Jamie Smith c C Green b MA Starc 33 22 6 0 150.0
AAP Atkinson c SPD Smith b MA Starc 1 2 0 0 50.0
Brydon Carse c M Labuschagne b B Doggett 6 9 1 0 66.7
Jofra Archer not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c AT Carey b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 2) 7
Total 32.5 overs 172

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Z Crawley, 0.6 ov), 2-33 (BM Duckett, 6.4 ov), 3-39 (JE Root, 8.5 ov), 4-94 (OJ Pope, 19.6 ov), 5-115 (BA Stokes, 24.5 ov), 6-160 (HC Brook, 29.5 ov), 7-161 (AAP Atkinson, 30.1 ov), 8-168 (BA Carse, 31.5 ov), 9-172 (JL Smith, 32.4 ov), 10-172 (MA Wood, 32.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 12.5 4 58 7 4.52 0 0
SM Boland 10 0 62 0 6.20 0 2
B Doggett 7 1 27 2 3.86 0 0
NM Lyon 2 0 10 0 5.00 0 0
C Green 1 0 10 1 10.00 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 132 all out (45.2 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
J Weatherald lbw b JC Archer 0 2 0 0 0.0
M Labuschagne b JC Archer 9 41 1 0 22.0
SPD Smith c HC Brook b BA Carse 17 49 2 0 34.7
UT Khawaja c JL Smith b BA Carse 2 6 0 0 33.3
TM Head c BA Carse b BA Stokes 21 35 1 0 60.0
C Green c JL Smith b BA Stokes 24 50 2 0 48.0
AT Carey c BA Carse b BA Stokes 26 26 3 0 100.0
MA Starc c BA Carse b BA Stokes 12 12 0 0 100.0
NM Lyon c BM Duckett b BA Carse 4 21 0 0 19.0
SM Boland c HC Brook b BA Stokes 0 2 0 0 0.0
B Doggett not out 7* 30 0 0 23.3
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 0, nb 2) 10
Total 45.2 overs 132

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (J Weatherald, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (M Labuschagne, 14.2 ov), 3-30 (SPD Smith, 15.5 ov), 4-31 (UT Khawaja, 17.2 ov), 5-76 (TM Head, 29.1 ov), 6-83 (C Green, 31.1 ov), 7-118 (MA Starc, 35.6 ov), 8-121 (AT Carey, 37.4 ov), 9-121 (SM Boland, 37.6 ov), 10-132 (NM Lyon, 45.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 9 4 11 2 1.22 0 0
AAP Atkinson 12 5 24 0 2.00 0 0
Mark Wood 8 1 21 0 2.63 0 1
Brydon Carse 10.2 1 45 3 4.35 0 1
Ben Stokes 6 1 23 5 3.83 0 0

England · 2nd innings 164 all out (34.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c & b MA Starc 0 5 0 0 0.0
Ben Duckett c SPD Smith b SM Boland 28 40 3 0 70.0
Ollie Pope c AT Carey b SM Boland 33 57 2 0 57.9
Joe Root b MA Starc 8 11 1 0 72.7
Harry Brook c UT Khawaja b SM Boland 0 3 0 0 0.0
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b MA Starc 2 11 0 0 18.2
Jamie Smith c AT Carey b B Doggett 15 25 1 0 60.0
AAP Atkinson c B Doggett b SM Boland 37 32 2 2 115.6
Brydon Carse c AT Carey b B Doggett 20 20 1 2 100.0
Jofra Archer c SPD Smith b B Doggett 5 3 1 0 166.7
Mark Wood not out 4* 1 1 0 400.0
Extras (b 1, lb 11, w 0, nb 0) 12
Total 34.4 overs 164

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Z Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-65 (BM Duckett, 16.2 ov), 3-76 (OJ Pope, 18.3 ov), 4-76 (HC Brook, 18.6 ov), 5-76 (JE Root, 19.2 ov), 6-88 (BA Stokes, 24.4 ov), 7-104 (JL Smith, 27.1 ov), 8-154 (BA Carse, 33.1 ov), 9-160 (JC Archer, 33.5 ov), 10-164 (AAP Atkinson, 34.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 12 1 55 3 4.58 0 0
SM Boland 11.4 2 33 4 2.83 0 0
B Doggett 9 0 51 3 5.67 0 0
C Green 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 205/2 (28.2 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head c OJ Pope b BA Carse 123 83 16 4 148.2
J Weatherald c BM Duckett b BA Carse 23 34 3 0 67.6
M Labuschagne not out 51* 49 6 1 104.1
SPD Smith not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 4, nb 0) 6
Total 28.2 overs 205/2

Did not bat: UT Khawaja, C Green, AT Carey, MA Starc, NM Lyon, SM Boland, B Doggett

Fall of wickets: 1-75 (J Weatherald, 11.3 ov), 2-192 (TM Head, 26.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 8 0 45 0 5.63 0 0
AAP Atkinson 9 1 61 0 6.78 3 0
Brydon Carse 5.2 0 44 2 8.25 1 0
Mark Wood 3 0 23 0 7.67 0 0
Ben Stokes 2 0 18 0 9.00 0 0
Joe Root 1 0 12 0 12.00 0 0

Player of the match: MA Starc · Umpires: AT Holdstock, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: Sharfuddoula · 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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Australia wins156Australia victories

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