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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson | 30 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Alastair Cook | c MEK Hussey b BW Hilfenhaus | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | c PJ Hughes b MG Johnson | 35 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 67.3 |
| Kevin Pietersen | c SM Katich b NM Hauritz | 69 | 141 | 4 | 0 | 48.9 |
| Paul Collingwood | c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus | 64 | 145 | 6 | 0 | 44.1 |
| Matt Prior | b PM Siddle | 56 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 90.3 |
| Andrew Flintoff | b PM Siddle | 37 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 72.5 |
| James Anderson | c MEK Hussey b NM Hauritz | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 65.0 |
| Stuart Broad | b MG Johnson | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 95.0 |
| Graeme Swann | not out | 47* | 40 | 6 | 0 | 117.5 |
| Monty Panesar | c RT Ponting b NM Hauritz | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| Extras | (b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 12) | 38 | ||||
| Total | 106.5 overs | 435 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (AN Cook, 7.6 ov), 2-67 (AJ Strauss, 19.6 ov), 3-90 (RS Bopara, 24.4 ov), 4-228 (PD Collingwood, 65.3 ov), 5-241 (KP Pietersen, 70.5 ov), 6-327 (A Flintoff, 86.4 ov), 7-329 (MJ Prior, 88.3 ov), 8-355 (SCJ Broad, 93.5 ov), 9-423 (JM Anderson, 102.4 ov), 10-435 (MS Panesar, 106.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Johnson | 22 | 2 | 87 | 3 | 3.95 | 0 | 0 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | 27 | 5 | 77 | 2 | 2.85 | 1 | 4 |
| PM Siddle | 27 | 3 | 121 | 2 | 4.48 | 1 | 5 |
| NM Hauritz | 23.5 | 1 | 95 | 3 | 3.99 | 0 | 3 |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Katich | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ Hughes | c MJ Prior b A Flintoff | 36 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 66.7 |
| SM Katich | lbw b JM Anderson | 122 | 261 | 12 | 0 | 46.7 |
| RT Ponting | b MS Panesar | 150 | 224 | 14 | 1 | 67.0 |
| MEK Hussey | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| MJ Clarke | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 83 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 57.2 |
| MJ North | not out | 125* | 242 | 13 | 0 | 51.7 |
| BJ Haddin | c RS Bopara b PD Collingwood | 121 | 151 | 11 | 3 | 80.1 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 14, w 4, nb 7) | 34 | ||||
| Total | 181 overs | 674/6 | ||||
Did not bat: MG Johnson, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, PM Siddle
Fall of wickets: 1-60 (PJ Hughes, 14.6 ov), 2-299 (SM Katich, 84.6 ov), 3-325 (MEK Hussey, 90.1 ov), 4-331 (RT Ponting, 94.5 ov), 5-474 (MJ Clarke, 136.5 ov), 6-674 (BJ Haddin, 180.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 32 | 6 | 110 | 2 | 3.44 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 32 | 6 | 129 | 1 | 4.03 | 2 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 38 | 8 | 131 | 0 | 3.45 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 35 | 3 | 128 | 1 | 3.66 | 1 | 7 |
| Monty Panesar | 35 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 3.29 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c BJ Haddin b NM Hauritz | 17 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 31.5 |
| Alastair Cook | lbw b MG Johnson | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | lbw b BW Hilfenhaus | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Kevin Pietersen | b BW Hilfenhaus | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| Paul Collingwood | c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle | 74 | 245 | 6 | 0 | 30.2 |
| Matt Prior | c MJ Clarke b NM Hauritz | 14 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 43.8 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c RT Ponting b MG Johnson | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 36.6 |
| Stuart Broad | lbw b NM Hauritz | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 29.8 |
| Graeme Swann | lbw b BW Hilfenhaus | 31 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 49.2 |
| James Anderson | not out | 21* | 53 | 3 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 7* | 35 | 1 | 0 | 20.0 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 9, w 4, nb 11) | 33 | ||||
| Total | 105 overs | 252/9 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-13 (AN Cook, 4.3 ov), 2-17 (RS Bopara, 5.3 ov), 3-31 (KP Pietersen, 10.4 ov), 4-46 (AJ Strauss, 16.6 ov), 5-70 (MJ Prior, 26.3 ov), 6-127 (A Flintoff, 49.4 ov), 7-159 (SCJ Broad, 66.4 ov), 8-221 (GP Swann, 86.1 ov), 9-233 (PD Collingwood, 93.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MG Johnson | 22 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 2.00 | 4 | 1 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | 15 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 3.13 | 0 | 4 |
| PM Siddle | 18 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 2.83 | 0 | 2 |
| NM Hauritz | 37 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 1.70 | 0 | 2 |
| MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ North | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| SM Katich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: RT Ponting · Umpires: Aleem Dar, BR Doctrove · TV umpire: RA Kettleborough · 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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