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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 3 wickets

England
477 & 129/7
Australia
218 & 387
Date
Thursday 25 August 2005 · England in 2005
Venue
Nottingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 477 all out (123.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick b SW Tait 65 111 8 1 58.6
Andrew Strauss c ML Hayden b SK Warne 35 64 4 0 54.7
Michael Vaughan c AC Gilchrist b RT Ponting 58 99 9 0 58.6
Ian Bell c AC Gilchrist b SW Tait 3 5 0 0 60.0
Kevin Pietersen c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 45 108 6 0 41.7
Andrew Flintoff lbw b SW Tait 102 132 14 1 77.3
Geraint Jones c & b MS Kasprowicz 85 149 8 0 57.0
Ashley Giles lbw b SK Warne 15 35 3 0 42.9
Matthew Hoggard c AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 10 28 1 0 35.7
Steve Harmison st AC Gilchrist b SK Warne 2 6 0 0 33.3
SP Jones not out 15* 27 3 0 55.6
Extras (b 1, lb 15, w 1, nb 25) 42
Total 123.1 overs 477

Fall of wickets: 1-105 (AJ Strauss, 21.4 ov), 2-137 (ME Trescothick, 30.5 ov), 3-146 (IR Bell, 34.1 ov), 4-213 (MP Vaughan, 55.2 ov), 5-241 (KP Pietersen, 64.1 ov), 6-418 (A Flintoff, 103.2 ov), 7-450 (GO Jones, 112.5 ov), 8-450 (AF Giles, 113.1 ov), 9-454 (SJ Harmison, 115.1 ov), 10-477 (MJ Hoggard, 123.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 32 2 131 1 4.09 0 8
MS Kasprowicz 32 3 122 1 3.81 0 13
SW Tait 24 4 97 3 4.04 0 4
SK Warne 29.1 4 102 4 3.50 0 0
RT Ponting 6 2 9 1 1.50 1 0

Australia · 1st innings 218 all out (49.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c IR Bell b MJ Hoggard 27 59 5 0 45.8
ML Hayden lbw b MJ Hoggard 7 27 1 0 25.9
RT Ponting lbw b SP Jones 1 6 0 0 16.7
DR Martyn lbw b MJ Hoggard 1 3 0 0 33.3
MJ Clarke lbw b SJ Harmison 36 53 5 0 67.9
SM Katich c AJ Strauss b SP Jones 45 66 7 0 68.2
AC Gilchrist c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 27 36 3 1 75.0
SK Warne c IR Bell b SP Jones 0 1 0 0 0.0
B Lee c IR Bell b SP Jones 47 44 5 3 106.8
MS Kasprowicz b SP Jones 5 7 1 0 71.4
SW Tait not out 3* 9 0 0 33.3
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 16) 19
Total 49.1 overs 218

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (ML Hayden, 9.3 ov), 2-21 (RT Ponting, 10.3 ov), 3-22 (DR Martyn, 11.1 ov), 4-58 (JL Langer, 19.3 ov), 5-99 (MJ Clarke, 30.3 ov), 6-157 (SM Katich, 39.2 ov), 7-157 (SK Warne, 39.3 ov), 8-163 (AC Gilchrist, 42.2 ov), 9-175 (MS Kasprowicz, 43.2 ov), 10-218 (B Lee, 49.1 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Steve Harmison 9 1 48 1 5.33 0 3
Matthew Hoggard 15 3 70 3 4.67 0 4
SP Jones 14.1 4 44 5 3.11 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 11 1 54 1 4.91 1 8

Australia · 2nd innings 387 all out (124.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
JL Langer c IR Bell b AF Giles 61 112 8 0 54.5
ML Hayden c AF Giles b A Flintoff 26 41 4 0 63.4
RT Ponting run out (sub (GJ Pratt)) 48 89 3 1 53.9
DR Martyn c GO Jones b A Flintoff 13 30 1 0 43.3
MJ Clarke c GO Jones b MJ Hoggard 56 170 6 0 32.9
SM Katich lbw b SJ Harmison 59 183 4 0 32.2
AC Gilchrist lbw b MJ Hoggard 11 11 2 0 100.0
SK Warne st GO Jones b AF Giles 45 42 5 2 107.1
B Lee not out 26* 39 3 0 66.7
MS Kasprowicz c GO Jones b SJ Harmison 19 26 1 0 73.1
SW Tait b SJ Harmison 4 16 1 0 25.0
Extras (b 1, lb 4, w 0, nb 14) 19
Total 124.1 overs 387

Fall of wickets: 1-50 (ML Hayden, 13.4 ov), 2-129 (JL Langer, 33.6 ov), 3-155 (RT Ponting, 44.1 ov), 4-161 (DR Martyn, 46.1 ov), 5-261 (MJ Clarke, 94.2 ov), 6-277 (AC Gilchrist, 98.5 ov), 7-314 (SM Katich, 107.3 ov), 8-342 (SK Warne, 112.3 ov), 9-373 (MS Kasprowicz, 119.2 ov), 10-387 (SW Tait, 123.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Matthew Hoggard 27 7 72 2 2.67 0 1
SP Jones 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0
Steve Harmison 30 5 93 3 3.10 0 1
Andrew Flintoff 29 4 83 2 2.86 0 9
Ashley Giles 28 3 107 2 3.82 0 0
Ian Bell 6.1 2 12 0 1.95 0 3

England · 2nd innings 129/7 (31.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Marcus Trescothick c RT Ponting b SK Warne 27 22 4 0 122.7
Andrew Strauss c MJ Clarke b SK Warne 23 37 3 0 62.2
Michael Vaughan c ML Hayden b SK Warne 0 6 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell c MS Kasprowicz b B Lee 3 20 0 0 15.0
Kevin Pietersen c AC Gilchrist b B Lee 23 34 3 0 67.6
Andrew Flintoff b B Lee 26 34 3 0 76.5
Geraint Jones c MS Kasprowicz b SK Warne 3 13 0 0 23.1
Ashley Giles not out 7* 17 0 0 41.2
Matthew Hoggard not out 8* 13 1 0 61.5
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 5) 9
Total 31.5 overs 129/7

Did not bat: SJ Harmison, SP Jones

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (ME Trescothick, 5.1 ov), 2-36 (MP Vaughan, 7.1 ov), 3-57 (AJ Strauss, 13.5 ov), 4-57 (IR Bell, 14.1 ov), 5-103 (KP Pietersen, 24.1 ov), 6-111 (A Flintoff, 26.4 ov), 7-116 (GO Jones, 27.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
B Lee 12 0 51 3 4.25 0 5
MS Kasprowicz 2 0 19 0 9.50 0 0
SK Warne 13.5 2 31 4 2.24 0 0
SW Tait 4 0 24 0 6.00 0 0

Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff · Umpires: Aleem Dar, SA Bucknor · 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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