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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia
567 & 161/5
England
384 & 342
Date
4 Jan – 7 Jan 2026 · England in 2026
Start
23:30 UK
Venue
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Last checked 29 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 384 all out (97.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley lbw b MG Neser 16 29 3 0 55.2
Ben Duckett c AT Carey b MA Starc 27 24 5 0 112.5
Jacob Bethell c AT Carey b SM Boland 10 23 2 0 43.5
Joe Root c & b MG Neser 160 242 15 0 66.1
Harry Brook c SPD Smith b SM Boland 84 97 6 1 86.6
Ben Stokes c AT Carey b MA Starc 0 11 0 0 0.0
Jamie Smith c SM Boland b M Labuschagne 46 76 6 1 60.5
Will Jacks c C Green b MG Neser 27 62 2 1 43.5
Brydon Carse c AT Carey b C Green 1 6 0 0 16.7
Matthew Potts not out 1* 16 0 0 6.3
Josh Tongue b MG Neser 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 3) 12
Total 97.3 overs 384

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (BM Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Z Crawley, 11.4 ov), 3-57 (JG Bethell, 12.6 ov), 4-226 (HC Brook, 47.4 ov), 5-229 (BA Stokes, 50.5 ov), 6-323 (JL Smith, 74.4 ov), 7-375 (WG Jacks, 91.6 ov), 8-382 (BA Carse, 94.1 ov), 9-384 (JE Root, 97.1 ov), 10-384 (JC Tongue, 97.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 23 2 93 2 4.04 0 1
MG Neser 18.3 2 60 4 3.24 0 0
SM Boland 26 2 85 2 3.27 0 0
C Green 18 0 85 1 4.72 1 1
BJ Webster 5 0 20 0 4.00 0 0
TM Head 4 0 20 0 5.00 0 0
M Labuschagne 3 0 14 1 4.67 1 1

Australia · 1st innings 567 all out (133.5 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head lbw b JG Bethell 163 166 24 1 98.2
J Weatherald lbw b BA Stokes 21 36 4 0 58.3
M Labuschagne c JG Bethell b BA Stokes 48 68 7 0 70.6
MG Neser c JL Smith b BA Carse 24 90 4 0 26.7
SPD Smith c JL Smith b JC Tongue 138 220 16 1 62.7
UT Khawaja lbw b BA Carse 17 49 2 0 34.7
AT Carey c JG Bethell b JC Tongue 16 13 3 0 123.1
C Green c BM Duckett b BA Carse 37 64 3 1 57.8
BJ Webster not out 71* 87 7 0 81.6
MA Starc b JC Tongue 5 14 0 0 35.7
SM Boland c HC Brook b WG Jacks 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 14, w 4, nb 5) 27
Total 133.5 overs 567

Fall of wickets: 1-57 (J Weatherald, 12.2 ov), 2-162 (M Labuschagne, 30.6 ov), 3-234 (MG Neser, 54.4 ov), 4-288 (TM Head, 67.1 ov), 5-339 (UT Khawaja, 83.4 ov), 6-366 (AT Carey, 88.1 ov), 7-437 (C Green, 106.3 ov), 8-544 (SPD Smith, 128.5 ov), 9-564 (MA Starc, 132.6 ov), 10-567 (SM Boland, 133.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Brydon Carse 27 2 130 3 4.81 1 0
Matthew Potts 25 1 141 0 5.64 2 0
Josh Tongue 30 0 97 3 3.23 0 0
Ben Stokes 27.4 6 95 2 3.43 0 5
Will Jacks 8.5 0 34 1 3.85 0 0
Jacob Bethell 15.2 1 52 1 3.39 1 0

England · 2nd innings 342 all out (88.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley lbw b MA Starc 1 2 0 0 50.0
Ben Duckett b MG Neser 42 55 6 0 76.4
Jacob Bethell c AT Carey b MA Starc 154 265 15 0 58.1
Joe Root lbw b SM Boland 6 37 1 0 16.2
Harry Brook lbw b BJ Webster 42 48 5 0 87.5
Will Jacks c C Green b BJ Webster 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jamie Smith run out (J Weatherald/M Labuschagne) 26 41 3 0 63.4
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b BJ Webster 1 5 0 0 20.0
Brydon Carse c SPD Smith b SM Boland 16 20 3 0 80.0
Matthew Potts not out 18* 43 3 0 41.9
Josh Tongue c M Labuschagne b MA Starc 6 14 1 0 42.9
Extras (b 9, lb 11, w 3, nb 2, pen 5) 30
Total 88.2 overs 342

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Z Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-85 (BM Duckett, 19.1 ov), 3-117 (JE Root, 31.6 ov), 4-219 (HC Brook, 51.1 ov), 5-219 (WG Jacks, 51.3 ov), 6-264 (JL Smith, 64.1 ov), 7-267 (BA Stokes, 65.2 ov), 8-297 (BA Carse, 70.3 ov), 9-328 (JG Bethell, 84.2 ov), 10-342 (JC Tongue, 88.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 18.2 2 72 3 3.93 0 0
SM Boland 25 6 46 2 1.84 0 0
MG Neser 16 0 55 1 3.44 0 1
C Green 6 0 40 0 6.67 0 0
BJ Webster 16 1 64 3 4.00 0 1
TM Head 4 0 25 0 6.25 1 0
M Labuschagne 3 0 15 0 5.00 2 0

Australia · 2nd innings 161/5 (31.2 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
TM Head c BA Carse b JC Tongue 29 35 4 0 82.9
J Weatherald c MJ Potts b JC Tongue 34 40 5 0 85.0
M Labuschagne run out (JL Smith/MJ Potts) 37 40 4 1 92.5
SPD Smith b WG Jacks 12 12 1 0 100.0
UT Khawaja b JC Tongue 6 7 1 0 85.7
AT Carey not out 16* 27 1 0 59.3
C Green not out 22* 27 3 0 81.5
Extras (b 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 0) 5
Total 31.2 overs 161/5

Did not bat: MG Neser, BJ Webster, MA Starc, SM Boland

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (TM Head, 10.3 ov), 2-71 (J Weatherald, 14.4 ov), 3-92 (SPD Smith, 17.5 ov), 4-119 (UT Khawaja, 22.1 ov), 5-121 (M Labuschagne, 23.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Brydon Carse 8 0 51 0 6.38 1 0
Josh Tongue 11 0 42 3 3.82 0 0
Jacob Bethell 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
Will Jacks 6.2 1 42 1 6.63 0 0
Joe Root 3 1 6 0 2.00 0 0

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