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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 82 runs

Australia
371 & 349
England
286 & 352
Date
17 Dec – 20 Dec 2025 · England in 2025
Start
23:30 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 371 all out (91.2 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head c Z Crawley b BA Carse 10 28 1 0 35.7
J Weatherald c JL Smith b JC Archer 18 27 4 0 66.7
M Labuschagne c BA Carse b JC Archer 19 40 2 0 47.5
UT Khawaja c JC Tongue b WG Jacks 82 126 10 0 65.1
C Green c BA Carse b JC Archer 0 2 0 0 0.0
AT Carey c JL Smith b WG Jacks 106 143 8 1 74.1
JP Inglis b JC Tongue 32 39 4 0 82.1
PJ Cummins c OJ Pope b BA Carse 13 19 2 0 68.4
MA Starc b JC Archer 54 75 9 0 72.0
NM Lyon lbw b JC Archer 9 35 1 0 25.7
SM Boland not out 14* 21 3 0 66.7
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 7) 14
Total 91.2 overs 371

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (J Weatherald, 8.2 ov), 2-33 (TM Head, 9.1 ov), 3-94 (M Labuschagne, 24.1 ov), 4-94 (C Green, 24.3 ov), 5-185 (UT Khawaja, 47.2 ov), 6-244 (JP Inglis, 60.5 ov), 7-271 (PJ Cummins, 65.5 ov), 8-321 (AT Carey, 77.2 ov), 9-348 (MA Starc, 85.2 ov), 10-371 (NM Lyon, 91.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 20.2 5 53 5 2.61 0 0
Brydon Carse 16 0 89 2 5.56 0 6
Josh Tongue 16 1 64 1 4.00 0 0
Ben Stokes 19 3 53 0 2.79 0 1
Will Jacks 20 3 105 2 5.25 0 0

England · 1st innings 286 all out (87.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 9 19 0 0 47.4
Ben Duckett b NM Lyon 29 30 5 0 96.7
Ollie Pope c JP Inglis b NM Lyon 3 10 0 0 30.0
Joe Root c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 19 31 3 0 61.3
Harry Brook c AT Carey b C Green 45 63 2 1 71.4
Ben Stokes b MA Starc 83 198 8 0 41.9
Jamie Smith c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 22 26 3 1 84.6
Will Jacks c AT Carey b SM Boland 6 29 1 0 20.7
Brydon Carse b SM Boland 0 5 0 0 0.0
Jofra Archer c M Labuschagne b SM Boland 51 105 5 1 48.6
Josh Tongue not out 7* 12 0 0 58.3
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 0, nb 4) 12
Total 87.2 overs 286

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Z Crawley, 7.4 ov), 2-41 (OJ Pope, 9.3 ov), 3-42 (BM Duckett, 9.6 ov), 4-71 (JE Root, 16.4 ov), 5-127 (HC Brook, 36.2 ov), 6-159 (JL Smith, 45.1 ov), 7-168 (WG Jacks, 52.2 ov), 8-168 (BA Carse, 54.1 ov), 9-274 (BA Stokes, 84.1 ov), 10-286 (JC Archer, 87.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 16 1 61 1 3.81 0 1
PJ Cummins 17 3 69 3 4.06 0 1
SM Boland 15.2 6 45 3 2.93 0 1
NM Lyon 28 5 70 2 2.50 0 0
C Green 11 3 33 1 3.00 0 1

Australia · 2nd innings 349 all out (84.4 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head c Z Crawley b JC Tongue 170 219 16 2 77.6
J Weatherald lbw b BA Carse 1 10 0 0 10.0
M Labuschagne c HC Brook b JC Tongue 13 45 1 0 28.9
UT Khawaja c JL Smith b WG Jacks 40 51 4 0 78.4
C Green c HC Brook b JC Tongue 7 7 1 0 100.0
AT Carey c HC Brook b BA Stokes 72 128 6 0 56.3
JP Inglis c JL Smith b JC Tongue 10 20 0 0 50.0
PJ Cummins c HC Brook b BA Carse 6 18 0 0 33.3
MA Starc not out 7* 8 1 0 87.5
NM Lyon lbw b BA Carse 0 1 0 0 0.0
SM Boland c & b JC Archer 1 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5) 22
Total 84.4 overs 349

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (J Weatherald, 1.3 ov), 2-53 (M Labuschagne, 16.3 ov), 3-139 (UT Khawaja, 35.1 ov), 4-149 (C Green, 36.5 ov), 5-311 (TM Head, 73.6 ov), 6-329 (AT Carey, 78.2 ov), 7-335 (JP Inglis, 79.5 ov), 8-344 (PJ Cummins, 83.1 ov), 9-344 (NM Lyon, 83.2 ov), 10-349 (SM Boland, 84.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Jofra Archer 12.4 2 20 1 1.58 0 2
Brydon Carse 20 1 80 3 4.00 0 1
Josh Tongue 18 0 70 4 3.89 2 2
Will Jacks 19 0 107 1 5.63 0 0
Joe Root 8 0 32 0 4.00 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 0 26 1 3.71 1 0

England · 2nd innings 352 all out (102.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley st AT Carey b NM Lyon 85 151 8 0 56.3
Ben Duckett c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins 4 2 1 0 200.0
Ollie Pope c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins 17 29 2 0 58.6
Joe Root c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 39 63 5 0 61.9
Harry Brook b NM Lyon 30 56 2 0 53.6
Ben Stokes b NM Lyon 5 18 1 0 27.8
Jamie Smith c PJ Cummins b MA Starc 60 83 7 2 72.3
Will Jacks c M Labuschagne b MA Starc 47 137 3 0 34.3
Brydon Carse not out 39* 64 4 1 60.9
Jofra Archer c J Weatherald b MA Starc 3 14 0 0 21.4
Josh Tongue c M Labuschagne b SM Boland 1 3 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 4, lb 14, w 1, nb 3) 22
Total 102.5 overs 352

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (BM Duckett, 1.2 ov), 2-31 (OJ Pope, 9.4 ov), 3-109 (JE Root, 28.6 ov), 4-177 (HC Brook, 47.2 ov), 5-189 (BA Stokes, 51.6 ov), 6-194 (Z Crawley, 53.3 ov), 7-285 (JL Smith, 82.5 ov), 8-337 (WG Jacks, 97.2 ov), 9-349 (JC Archer, 101.3 ov), 10-352 (JC Tongue, 102.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 17 3 62 3 3.65 1 0
PJ Cummins 17 4 48 3 2.82 0 2
SM Boland 17.5 5 35 1 1.96 0 0
NM Lyon 25 6 77 3 3.08 0 0
C Green 10 0 44 0 4.40 0 1
TM Head 15 3 61 0 4.07 0 0
M Labuschagne 1 0 7 0 7.00 0 0

Player of the match: AT Carey · Umpires: Ahsan Raza, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: JJ Crowe. 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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