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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 239 runs

England
155 & 180
Australia
190 & 384
Date
Thursday 21 July 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Lord's, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 190 all out (40.2 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c SJ Harmison b A Flintoff 40 44 5 0 90.9
ML Hayden b MJ Hoggard 12 25 2 0 48.0
RT Ponting c AJ Strauss b SJ Harmison 9 18 1 0 50.0
DR Martyn c GO Jones b SP Jones 2 4 0 0 50.0
MJ Clarke lbw b SP Jones 11 22 2 0 50.0
SM Katich c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 27 67 5 0 40.3
AC Gilchrist c GO Jones b A Flintoff 26 19 6 0 136.8
SK Warne b SJ Harmison 28 29 5 0 96.6
B Lee c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 3 8 0 0 37.5
JN Gillespie lbw b SJ Harmison 1 11 0 0 9.1
GD McGrath not out 10* 6 2 0 166.7
Extras (b 5, lb 4, w 1, nb 11) 21
Total 40.2 overs 190

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (ML Hayden, 7.6 ov), 2-55 (RT Ponting, 12.5 ov), 3-66 (JL Langer, 14.4 ov), 4-66 (DR Martyn, 15.1 ov), 5-87 (MJ Clarke, 21.5 ov), 6-126 (AC Gilchrist, 28.3 ov), 7-175 (SK Warne, 36.1 ov), 8-178 (SM Katich, 36.3 ov), 9-178 (B Lee, 38.4 ov), 10-190 (JN Gillespie, 40.2 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 11.2 0 43 5 3.79 0 0
Matthew Hoggard 8 0 40 1 5.00 0 2
Andrew Flintoff 11 2 50 2 4.55 0 9
SP Jones 10 0 48 2 4.80 1 0

England · 1st innings 155 all out (48.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c JL Langer b GD McGrath 4 17 1 0 23.5
Andrew Strauss c SK Warne b GD McGrath 2 21 0 0 9.5
Michael Vaughan b GD McGrath 3 20 0 0 15.0
Ian Bell b GD McGrath 6 25 1 0 24.0
Kevin Pietersen c DR Martyn b SK Warne 57 89 8 2 64.0
Andrew Flintoff b GD McGrath 0 4 0 0 0.0
Geraint Jones c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 30 56 6 0 53.6
Ashley Giles c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 11 13 2 0 84.6
Matthew Hoggard c ML Hayden b SK Warne 0 16 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison c DR Martyn b B Lee 11 19 1 0 57.9
SP Jones not out 20* 14 3 0 142.9
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 0, nb 5) 11
Total 48.1 overs 155

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (ME Trescothick, 6.1 ov), 2-11 (AJ Strauss, 6.5 ov), 3-18 (MP Vaughan, 12.2 ov), 4-19 (IR Bell, 14.3 ov), 5-21 (A Flintoff, 16.1 ov), 6-79 (GO Jones, 34.1 ov), 7-92 (AF Giles, 36.6 ov), 8-101 (MJ Hoggard, 41.4 ov), 9-122 (KP Pietersen, 43.4 ov), 10-155 (SJ Harmison, 48.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 18 5 53 5 2.94 0 0
B Lee 15.1 5 47 3 3.10 0 4
JN Gillespie 8 1 30 0 3.75 0 1
SK Warne 7 2 19 2 2.71 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 384 all out (100.4 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer run out (KP Pietersen) 6 15 1 0 40.0
ML Hayden b A Flintoff 34 54 5 0 63.0
RT Ponting c sub (JC Hildreth) b MJ Hoggard 42 65 3 0 64.6
DR Martyn lbw b SJ Harmison 65 138 7 0 47.1
MJ Clarke b MJ Hoggard 91 106 15 0 85.8
SM Katich c SP Jones b SJ Harmison 67 113 8 0 59.3
AC Gilchrist b A Flintoff 10 14 1 0 71.4
SK Warne c AF Giles b SJ Harmison 2 7 0 0 28.6
B Lee run out (AF Giles) 8 16 1 0 50.0
JN Gillespie b SP Jones 13 52 3 0 25.0
GD McGrath not out 20* 32 3 0 62.5
Extras (b 10, lb 8, w 0, nb 8) 26
Total 100.4 overs 384

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (JL Langer, 5.3 ov), 2-54 (ML Hayden, 14.4 ov), 3-100 (RT Ponting, 27.3 ov), 4-255 (MJ Clarke, 61.6 ov), 5-255 (DR Martyn, 62.1 ov), 6-274 (AC Gilchrist, 67.2 ov), 7-279 (SK Warne, 70.2 ov), 8-289 (B Lee, 74.1 ov), 9-341 (JN Gillespie, 89.6 ov), 10-384 (SM Katich, 100.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 27.4 6 54 3 1.95 0 0
Matthew Hoggard 16 1 56 2 3.50 0 2
Andrew Flintoff 27 5 123 2 4.56 0 5
SP Jones 18 1 69 1 3.83 0 1
Ashley Giles 11 1 56 0 5.09 0 0
Ian Bell 1 0 8 0 8.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 180 all out (58.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c ML Hayden b SK Warne 44 103 8 0 42.7
Andrew Strauss c & b B Lee 37 67 6 0 55.2
Michael Vaughan b B Lee 4 26 1 0 15.4
Ian Bell lbw b SK Warne 8 15 0 0 53.3
Kevin Pietersen not out 64* 79 6 2 81.0
Andrew Flintoff c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 3 11 0 0 27.3
Geraint Jones c JN Gillespie b GD McGrath 6 27 1 0 22.2
Ashley Giles c ML Hayden b GD McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.0
Matthew Hoggard lbw b GD McGrath 0 15 0 0 0.0
Steve Harmison lbw b SK Warne 0 1 0 0 0.0
SP Jones c SK Warne b GD McGrath 0 6 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 0, nb 3) 14
Total 58.1 overs 180

Fall of wickets: 1-80 (AJ Strauss, 26.3 ov), 2-96 (ME Trescothick, 29.2 ov), 3-104 (IR Bell, 33.1 ov), 4-112 (MP Vaughan, 36.2 ov), 5-119 (A Flintoff, 39.3 ov), 6-158 (GO Jones, 50.3 ov), 7-158 (AF Giles, 50.5 ov), 8-164 (MJ Hoggard, 54.6 ov), 9-167 (SJ Harmison, 55.3 ov), 10-180 (SP Jones, 58.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
GD McGrath 17.1 2 29 4 1.69 0 0
B Lee 15 3 58 2 3.87 0 1
JN Gillespie 6 0 18 0 3.00 0 2
SK Warne 20 2 64 4 3.20 0 0

Player of the match: GD McGrath · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: MR Benson · 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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