England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

England won by 4 wickets

Australia
152 & 132
England
110 & 178/6
Date
26 Dec – 29 Dec 2025 · England in 2025
Start
23:30 UK
Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 152 all out (45.2 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head b AAP Atkinson 12 22 2 0 54.5
J Weatherald c JL Smith b JC Tongue 10 23 1 0 43.5
M Labuschagne c JE Root b JC Tongue 6 19 0 0 31.6
SPD Smith b JC Tongue 9 31 2 0 29.0
UT Khawaja c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 29 52 2 0 55.8
AT Carey c Z Crawley b BA Stokes 20 35 0 0 57.1
C Green run out (BA Carse) 17 34 2 0 50.0
MG Neser b JC Tongue 35 49 7 0 71.4
MA Starc c BA Stokes b BA Carse 1 6 0 0 16.7
JA Richardson not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
SM Boland c HC Brook b JC Tongue 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) 13
Total 45.2 overs 152

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (TM Head, 6.1 ov), 2-31 (J Weatherald, 9.2 ov), 3-34 (M Labuschagne, 11.5 ov), 4-51 (SPD Smith, 19.2 ov), 5-89 (UT Khawaja, 28.5 ov), 6-91 (AT Carey, 31.2 ov), 7-143 (C Green, 42.1 ov), 8-152 (MA Starc, 44.5 ov), 9-152 (MG Neser, 45.1 ov), 10-152 (SM Boland, 45.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AAP Atkinson 14 4 28 2 2.00 0 0
Brydon Carse 12 3 42 1 3.50 0 1
Josh Tongue 11.2 2 45 5 3.97 0 0
Ben Stokes 8 1 25 1 3.13 0 0

England · 1st innings 110 all out (29.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c SPD Smith b MA Starc 5 14 0 0 35.7
Ben Duckett c MG Neser b MA Starc 2 5 0 0 40.0
Jacob Bethell c AT Carey b MG Neser 1 5 0 0 20.0
Joe Root c AT Carey b MG Neser 0 15 0 0 0.0
Harry Brook lbw b SM Boland 41 34 2 2 120.6
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b MG Neser 16 38 1 0 42.1
Jamie Smith b SM Boland 2 3 0 0 66.7
Will Jacks c AT Carey b SM Boland 5 10 0 0 50.0
AAP Atkinson b C Green 28 35 3 1 80.0
Brydon Carse c SM Boland b MG Neser 4 12 0 0 33.3
Josh Tongue not out 1* 9 0 0 11.1
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1) 5
Total 29.5 overs 110

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (BM Duckett, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (JG Bethell, 3.4 ov), 3-8 (Z Crawley, 4.2 ov), 4-16 (JE Root, 7.6 ov), 5-66 (HC Brook, 16.5 ov), 6-68 (JL Smith, 18.2 ov), 7-77 (WG Jacks, 20.2 ov), 8-83 (BA Stokes, 21.1 ov), 9-91 (BA Carse, 23.6 ov), 10-110 (AAP Atkinson, 29.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 6 0 23 2 3.83 0 0
MG Neser 10 1 45 4 4.50 0 0
SM Boland 9 1 30 3 3.33 0 0
JA Richardson 4 1 8 0 2.00 0 1
C Green 0.5 0 0 1 0.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 132 all out (34.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SM Boland c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson 6 17 1 0 35.3
TM Head b BA Carse 46 67 4 0 68.7
J Weatherald b BA Stokes 5 15 0 0 33.3
M Labuschagne c JE Root b JC Tongue 8 18 1 0 44.4
SPD Smith not out 24* 39 1 0 61.5
UT Khawaja c sub (OJ Pope) b JC Tongue 0 2 0 0 0.0
AT Carey c HC Brook b BA Carse 4 6 1 0 66.7
C Green c HC Brook b BA Stokes 19 29 3 0 65.5
MG Neser c & b BA Carse 0 5 0 0 0.0
MA Starc c JE Root b BA Carse 0 2 0 0 0.0
JA Richardson c Z Crawley b BA Stokes 7 10 1 0 70.0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 3) 13
Total 34.3 overs 132

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (SM Boland, 6.1 ov), 2-40 (J Weatherald, 10.5 ov), 3-61 (M Labuschagne, 17.1 ov), 4-82 (TM Head, 20.6 ov), 5-83 (UT Khawaja, 21.3 ov), 6-88 (AT Carey, 22.5 ov), 7-119 (C Green, 30.5 ov), 8-120 (MG Neser, 31.5 ov), 9-121 (MA Starc, 31.6 ov), 10-132 (JA Richardson, 34.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
AAP Atkinson 5 1 20 1 4.00 0 0
Brydon Carse 11 3 34 4 3.09 0 1
Josh Tongue 11 2 44 2 4.00 0 2
Ben Stokes 7.3 1 24 3 3.20 0 0

England · 2nd innings 178/6 (32.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley lbw b SM Boland 37 48 3 1 77.1
Ben Duckett b MA Starc 34 26 4 1 130.8
Brydon Carse c C Green b JA Richardson 6 8 0 0 75.0
Jacob Bethell c UT Khawaja b SM Boland 40 46 5 0 87.0
Joe Root lbw b JA Richardson 15 38 0 0 39.5
Harry Brook not out 18* 22 3 0 81.8
Ben Stokes c AT Carey b MA Starc 2 9 0 0 22.2
Jamie Smith not out 3* 2 0 0 150.0
Extras (b 8, lb 10, w 0, nb 5) 23
Total 32.2 overs 178/6

Did not bat: WG Jacks, AAP Atkinson, JC Tongue

Fall of wickets: 1-51 (BM Duckett, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (BA Carse, 9.5 ov), 3-112 (Z Crawley, 18.4 ov), 4-137 (JG Bethell, 24.3 ov), 5-158 (JE Root, 28.4 ov), 6-165 (BA Stokes, 31.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 10 0 55 2 5.50 0 1
MG Neser 8 1 54 0 6.75 0 0
JA Richardson 5.2 1 22 2 4.13 0 4
SM Boland 9 0 29 2 3.22 0 0

Player of the match: Josh Tongue · Umpires: CB Gaffaney, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: Ahsan Raza · 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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