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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
England won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | c ML Hayden b SK Warne | 43 | 65 | 8 | 0 | 66.2 |
| Andrew Strauss | c SM Katich b SK Warne | 129 | 210 | 17 | 0 | 61.4 |
| Michael Vaughan | c MJ Clarke b SK Warne | 11 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 44.0 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b SK Warne | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b SK Warne | 14 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 56.0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c SK Warne b GD McGrath | 72 | 115 | 12 | 1 | 62.6 |
| Paul Collingwood | lbw b SW Tait | 7 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 26.9 |
| Geraint Jones | b B Lee | 25 | 41 | 5 | 0 | 61.0 |
| Ashley Giles | lbw b SK Warne | 32 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 45.7 |
| Matthew Hoggard | c DR Martyn b GD McGrath | 2 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 |
| Steve Harmison | not out | 20* | 20 | 4 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 7) | 18 | ||||
| Total | 105.4 overs | 373 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-82 (ME Trescothick, 17.3 ov), 2-102 (MP Vaughan, 23.5 ov), 3-104 (IR Bell, 25.6 ov), 4-131 (KP Pietersen, 33.3 ov), 5-274 (A Flintoff, 70.1 ov), 6-289 (PD Collingwood, 76.3 ov), 7-297 (AJ Strauss, 79.4 ov), 8-325 (GO Jones, 89.3 ov), 9-345 (MJ Hoggard, 100.2 ov), 10-373 (AF Giles, 105.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 27 | 5 | 72 | 2 | 2.67 | 1 | 0 |
| B Lee | 23 | 3 | 94 | 1 | 4.09 | 0 | 3 |
| SW Tait | 15 | 1 | 61 | 1 | 4.07 | 0 | 3 |
| SK Warne | 37.4 | 5 | 122 | 6 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Katich | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL Langer | b SJ Harmison | 105 | 146 | 11 | 2 | 71.9 |
| ML Hayden | lbw b A Flintoff | 138 | 303 | 18 | 0 | 45.5 |
| RT Ponting | c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff | 35 | 56 | 3 | 0 | 62.5 |
| DR Martyn | c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff | 10 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 34.5 |
| MJ Clarke | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 25 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 42.4 |
| SM Katich | lbw b A Flintoff | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 9.1 |
| AC Gilchrist | lbw b MJ Hoggard | 23 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 115.0 |
| SK Warne | c MP Vaughan b A Flintoff | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| B Lee | c AF Giles b MJ Hoggard | 6 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| GD McGrath | c AJ Strauss b MJ Hoggard | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SW Tait | not out | 1* | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 8, w 2, nb 9) | 23 | ||||
| Total | 107.1 overs | 367 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-185 (JL Langer, 52.4 ov), 2-264 (RT Ponting, 72.2 ov), 3-281 (DR Martyn, 80.4 ov), 4-323 (ML Hayden, 92.3 ov), 5-329 (SM Katich, 94.6 ov), 6-356 (AC Gilchrist, 101.1 ov), 7-359 (MJ Clarke, 103.3 ov), 8-363 (SK Warne, 104.5 ov), 9-363 (GD McGrath, 105.6 ov), 10-367 (B Lee, 107.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 22 | 2 | 87 | 1 | 3.95 | 2 | 2 |
| Matthew Hoggard | 24.1 | 2 | 97 | 4 | 4.01 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 34 | 10 | 78 | 5 | 2.29 | 0 | 6 |
| Ashley Giles | 23 | 1 | 76 | 0 | 3.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcus Trescothick | lbw b SK Warne | 33 | 84 | 1 | 0 | 39.3 |
| Andrew Strauss | c SM Katich b SK Warne | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Michael Vaughan | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 45 | 65 | 6 | 0 | 69.2 |
| Ian Bell | c SK Warne b GD McGrath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b GD McGrath | 158 | 187 | 15 | 7 | 84.5 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c & b SK Warne | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 61.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | c RT Ponting b SK Warne | 10 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 19.6 |
| Geraint Jones | b SW Tait | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 |
| Ashley Giles | b SK Warne | 59 | 97 | 7 | 0 | 60.8 |
| Matthew Hoggard | not out | 4* | 35 | 0 | 0 | 11.4 |
| Steve Harmison | c ML Hayden b SK Warne | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 0, w 7, nb 5) | 16 | ||||
| Total | 91.3 overs | 335 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AJ Strauss, 3.4 ov), 2-67 (MP Vaughan, 22.4 ov), 3-67 (IR Bell, 22.5 ov), 4-109 (ME Trescothick, 33.1 ov), 5-126 (A Flintoff, 37.5 ov), 6-186 (PD Collingwood, 51.5 ov), 7-199 (GO Jones, 56.5 ov), 8-308 (KP Pietersen, 82.5 ov), 9-335 (AF Giles, 91.1 ov), 10-335 (SJ Harmison, 91.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 26 | 3 | 85 | 3 | 3.27 | 0 | 1 |
| B Lee | 20 | 4 | 88 | 0 | 4.40 | 1 | 4 |
| SK Warne | 38.3 | 3 | 124 | 6 | 3.22 | 1 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SW Tait | 5 | 0 | 28 | 1 | 5.60 | 1 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JL Langer | not out | 0* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| ML Hayden | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Extras | (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 0) | 4 | ||||
| Total | 0.4 overs | 4/0 | ||||
Did not bat: RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, GD McGrath, SW Tait
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Harmison | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen · 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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