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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia
511 & 69/2
England
334 & 241
Date
4 Dec – 8 Dec 2025 · England in 2025
Start
04:00 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 334 all out (76.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c AT Carey b MG Neser 76 93 11 0 81.7
Ben Duckett c M Labuschagne b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
Ollie Pope b MA Starc 0 3 0 0 0.0
Joe Root not out 138* 206 15 1 67.0
Harry Brook c SPD Smith b MA Starc 31 33 4 0 93.9
Ben Stokes run out (JP Inglis) 19 49 4 0 38.8
Jamie Smith b SM Boland 0 2 0 0 0.0
Will Jacks c SPD Smith b MA Starc 19 31 3 0 61.3
AAP Atkinson c AT Carey b MA Starc 4 3 1 0 133.3
Brydon Carse c AT Carey b MA Starc 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jofra Archer c M Labuschagne b B Doggett 38 36 2 2 105.6
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 1) 9
Total 76.2 overs 334

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (BM Duckett, 0.6 ov), 2-5 (OJ Pope, 2.3 ov), 3-122 (Z Crawley, 27.5 ov), 4-176 (HC Brook, 39.2 ov), 5-210 (BA Stokes, 54.6 ov), 6-211 (JL Smith, 55.3 ov), 7-251 (WG Jacks, 64.5 ov), 8-264 (AAP Atkinson, 66.2 ov), 9-264 (BA Carse, 66.4 ov), 10-334 (JC Archer, 76.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 20 0 75 6 3.75 0 0
MG Neser 14 3 43 1 3.07 1 0
SM Boland 19 1 87 1 4.58 2 0
B Doggett 15.2 1 81 1 5.28 0 1
C Green 8 1 43 0 5.38 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 511 all out (117.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head c AAP Atkinson b BA Carse 33 43 3 1 76.7
J Weatherald lbw b JC Archer 72 78 12 1 92.3
M Labuschagne c JL Smith b BA Stokes 65 78 9 1 83.3
SPD Smith c WG Jacks b BA Carse 61 85 5 2 71.8
C Green b BA Carse 45 57 7 0 78.9
AT Carey c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 63 69 6 0 91.3
JP Inglis b BA Stokes 23 25 4 0 92.0
MG Neser c JL Smith b BA Stokes 16 41 1 0 39.0
MA Starc c BA Stokes b BA Carse 77 141 13 0 54.6
SM Boland not out 21* 72 3 0 29.2
B Doggett c HC Brook b WG Jacks 13 21 1 0 61.9
Extras (b 4, lb 7, w 6, nb 5) 22
Total 117.3 overs 511

Fall of wickets: 1-77 (TM Head, 13.1 ov), 2-146 (J Weatherald, 25.5 ov), 3-196 (M Labuschagne, 37.1 ov), 4-291 (C Green, 56.1 ov), 5-292 (SPD Smith, 56.4 ov), 6-329 (JP Inglis, 63.5 ov), 7-383 (MG Neser, 75.6 ov), 8-416 (AT Carey, 82.6 ov), 9-491 (MA Starc, 110.2 ov), 10-511 (B Doggett, 117.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 25 3 87 1 3.48 0 0
AAP Atkinson 28 6 114 1 4.07 1 1
Brydon Carse 29 3 152 4 5.24 5 2
Ben Stokes 24 0 113 3 4.71 0 2
Will Jacks 11.3 2 34 1 2.96 0 0

England · 2nd innings 241 all out (75.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c & b MG Neser 44 59 6 0 74.6
Ben Duckett b SM Boland 15 18 0 0 83.3
Ollie Pope c & b MG Neser 26 32 4 0 81.3
Joe Root c AT Carey b MA Starc 15 36 1 0 41.7
Harry Brook c AT Carey b SM Boland 15 21 2 0 71.4
Ben Stokes c AT Carey b MG Neser 50 152 4 0 32.9
Jamie Smith c AT Carey b MA Starc 4 11 1 0 36.4
Will Jacks c SPD Smith b MG Neser 41 92 2 0 44.6
AAP Atkinson c SPD Smith b B Doggett 3 13 0 0 23.1
Brydon Carse c SPD Smith b MG Neser 7 10 0 0 70.0
Jofra Archer not out 5* 9 1 0 55.6
Extras (b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 16
Total 75.2 overs 241

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (BM Duckett, 7.4 ov), 2-90 (OJ Pope, 17.1 ov), 3-97 (Z Crawley, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (JE Root, 26.3 ov), 5-123 (HC Brook, 29.3 ov), 6-128 (JL Smith, 32.3 ov), 7-224 (WG Jacks, 69.1 ov), 8-227 (BA Stokes, 71.5 ov), 9-231 (AAP Atkinson, 72.3 ov), 10-241 (BA Carse, 75.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 18 2 64 2 3.56 0 0
MG Neser 16.2 2 42 5 2.57 0 0
B Doggett 17 2 56 1 3.29 0 1
SM Boland 17 4 47 2 2.76 0 0
C Green 5 1 15 0 3.00 2 0
TM Head 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
M Labuschagne 1 0 3 0 3.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 69/2 (10 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head b AAP Atkinson 22 22 2 1 100.0
J Weatherald not out 17* 23 2 0 73.9
M Labuschagne c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 3 6 0 0 50.0
SPD Smith not out 23* 9 2 2 255.6
Extras (b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 0) 4
Total 10 overs 69/2

Did not bat: C Green, AT Carey, JP Inglis, MG Neser, MA Starc, SM Boland, B Doggett

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (TM Head, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (M Labuschagne, 7.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 5 0 28 0 5.60 0 0
AAP Atkinson 5 0 37 2 7.40 0 0

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