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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 2 runs

England
407 & 182
Australia
308 & 279
Date
Thursday 4 August 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Birmingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 407 all out (79.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz 90 102 15 2 88.2
Andrew Strauss b SK Warne 48 76 10 0 63.2
Michael Vaughan c B Lee b JN Gillespie 24 41 3 0 58.5
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz 6 3 1 0 200.0
Kevin Pietersen c SM Katich b B Lee 71 76 10 1 93.4
Andrew Flintoff c AC Gilchrist b JN Gillespie 68 62 6 5 109.7
Geraint Jones c AC Gilchrist b MS Kasprowicz 1 15 0 0 6.7
Ashley Giles lbw b SK Warne 23 30 4 0 76.7
Matthew Hoggard lbw b SK Warne 16 49 2 0 32.7
Steve Harmison b SK Warne 17 11 2 1 154.5
SP Jones not out 19* 24 1 1 79.2
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 1, nb 14) 24
Total 79.1 overs 407

Fall of wickets: 1-112 (AJ Strauss, 25.3 ov), 2-164 (ME Trescothick, 32.3 ov), 3-170 (IR Bell, 32.6 ov), 4-187 (MP Vaughan, 36.6 ov), 5-290 (A Flintoff, 54.3 ov), 6-293 (GO Jones, 57.4 ov), 7-342 (AF Giles, 65.1 ov), 8-348 (KP Pietersen, 66.3 ov), 9-375 (SJ Harmison, 69.4 ov), 10-407 (MJ Hoggard, 79.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 16.5 1 111 1 6.59 1 3
JN Gillespie 22 3 91 2 4.14 0 3
MS Kasprowicz 15 3 80 3 5.33 0 8
SK Warne 25.2 4 116 4 4.58 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 308 all out (76 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer lbw b SP Jones 82 154 7 0 53.2
ML Hayden c AJ Strauss b MJ Hoggard 0 1 0 0 0.0
RT Ponting c MP Vaughan b AF Giles 61 76 12 0 80.3
DR Martyn run out (MP Vaughan) 20 18 4 0 111.1
MJ Clarke c GO Jones b AF Giles 40 68 7 0 58.8
SM Katich c GO Jones b A Flintoff 4 18 1 0 22.2
AC Gilchrist not out 49* 69 4 0 71.0
SK Warne b AF Giles 8 14 2 0 57.1
B Lee c A Flintoff b SP Jones 6 10 1 0 60.0
JN Gillespie lbw b A Flintoff 7 37 1 0 18.9
MS Kasprowicz lbw b A Flintoff 0 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 13, lb 7, w 1, nb 10) 31
Total 76 overs 308

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (ML Hayden, 1.1 ov), 2-88 (RT Ponting, 19.5 ov), 3-118 (DR Martyn, 24.5 ov), 4-194 (MJ Clarke, 44.2 ov), 5-208 (SM Katich, 49.4 ov), 6-262 (JL Langer, 61.3 ov), 7-273 (SK Warne, 64.5 ov), 8-282 (B Lee, 67.1 ov), 9-308 (JN Gillespie, 75.5 ov), 10-308 (MS Kasprowicz, 75.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 11 1 48 0 4.36 0 2
Matthew Hoggard 8 0 41 1 5.13 0 4
SP Jones 16 2 69 2 4.31 1 1
Andrew Flintoff 15 1 52 3 3.47 0 3
Ashley Giles 26 2 78 3 3.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 182 all out (52.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 21 38 4 0 55.3
Andrew Strauss b SK Warne 6 12 1 0 50.0
Matthew Hoggard c ML Hayden b B Lee 1 27 0 0 3.7
Michael Vaughan b B Lee 1 2 0 0 50.0
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 21 43 2 0 48.8
Kevin Pietersen c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 20 35 0 2 57.1
Andrew Flintoff b SK Warne 73 86 6 4 84.9
Geraint Jones c RT Ponting b B Lee 9 19 1 0 47.4
Ashley Giles c ML Hayden b SK Warne 8 36 0 0 22.2
Steve Harmison c RT Ponting b SK Warne 0 1 0 0 0.0
SP Jones not out 12* 23 3 0 52.2
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 0, nb 9) 10
Total 52.1 overs 182

Fall of wickets: 1-25 (AJ Strauss, 6.2 ov), 2-27 (ME Trescothick, 11.2 ov), 3-29 (MP Vaughan, 11.5 ov), 4-31 (MJ Hoggard, 13.5 ov), 5-72 (KP Pietersen, 24.6 ov), 6-75 (IR Bell, 26.5 ov), 7-101 (GO Jones, 33.6 ov), 8-131 (AF Giles, 44.3 ov), 9-131 (SJ Harmison, 44.4 ov), 10-182 (A Flintoff, 52.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 18 1 82 4 4.56 0 5
JN Gillespie 8 0 24 0 3.00 0 1
MS Kasprowicz 3 0 29 0 9.67 0 3
SK Warne 23.1 7 46 6 1.99 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 279 all out (64.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer b A Flintoff 28 47 4 0 59.6
ML Hayden c ME Trescothick b SP Jones 31 64 4 0 48.4
RT Ponting c GO Jones b A Flintoff 0 5 0 0 0.0
DR Martyn c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard 28 36 5 0 77.8
MJ Clarke b SJ Harmison 30 57 4 0 52.6
SM Katich c ME Trescothick b AF Giles 16 21 3 0 76.2
AC Gilchrist c A Flintoff b AF Giles 1 4 0 0 25.0
JN Gillespie lbw b A Flintoff 0 2 0 0 0.0
SK Warne hit wicket b A Flintoff 42 59 4 2 71.2
B Lee not out 43* 75 5 0 57.3
MS Kasprowicz c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 20 31 3 0 64.5
Extras (b 13, lb 8, w 1, nb 18) 40
Total 64.3 overs 279

Fall of wickets: 1-47 (JL Langer, 12.2 ov), 2-48 (RT Ponting, 12.6 ov), 3-82 (ML Hayden, 22.5 ov), 4-107 (DR Martyn, 26.1 ov), 5-134 (SM Katich, 31.6 ov), 6-136 (AC Gilchrist, 33.5 ov), 7-137 (JN Gillespie, 34.2 ov), 8-175 (MJ Clarke, 43.4 ov), 9-220 (SK Warne, 52.1 ov), 10-279 (MS Kasprowicz, 64.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 17.3 3 62 2 3.54 1 1
Matthew Hoggard 5 0 26 1 5.20 0 0
Ashley Giles 15 3 68 2 4.53 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 22 3 79 4 3.59 0 13
SP Jones 5 1 23 1 4.60 0 0

Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff · Umpires: BF Bowden, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: JW Lloyds · 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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