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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test
Result
Match drawn
Last checked 21 October 2026
Scorecard
Australia won the toss and chose to bat
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | lbw b G Onions | 62 | 106 | 10 | 0 | 58.5 |
| SM Katich | lbw b GP Swann | 46 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 95.8 |
| RT Ponting | c MJ Prior b G Onions | 38 | 47 | 5 | 0 | 80.9 |
| MEK Hussey | b G Onions | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MJ Clarke | lbw b JM Anderson | 29 | 55 | 4 | 0 | 52.7 |
| MJ North | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 24.5 |
| GA Manou | b JM Anderson | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 72.7 |
| MG Johnson | lbw b JM Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| NM Hauritz | not out | 20* | 50 | 1 | 0 | 40.0 |
| PM Siddle | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 13 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 50.0 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c GP Swann b G Onions | 20 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 64.5 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, w 2, nb 1) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 70.4 overs | 263 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-85 (SM Katich, 18.6 ov), 2-126 (SR Watson, 30.1 ov), 3-126 (MEK Hussey, 30.2 ov), 4-163 (RT Ponting, 38.3 ov), 5-193 (MJ Clarke, 49.4 ov), 6-202 (MJ North, 51.4 ov), 7-202 (MG Johnson, 51.5 ov), 8-203 (GA Manou, 53.5 ov), 9-229 (PM Siddle, 61.5 ov), 10-263 (BW Hilfenhaus, 70.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 24 | 7 | 80 | 5 | 3.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 15 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 3.87 | 1 | 1 |
| G Onions | 16.4 | 2 | 58 | 4 | 3.48 | 1 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 13 | 2 | 51 | 0 | 3.92 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Strauss | c GA Manou b BW Hilfenhaus | 69 | 134 | 11 | 0 | 51.5 |
| Alastair Cook | c GA Manou b PM Siddle | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ravi Bopara | b BW Hilfenhaus | 23 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 42.6 |
| Ian Bell | lbw b MG Johnson | 53 | 114 | 7 | 1 | 46.5 |
| Paul Collingwood | c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus | 13 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 59.1 |
| Matt Prior | c sub (PJ Hughes) b PM Siddle | 41 | 59 | 6 | 0 | 69.5 |
| Andrew Flintoff | c MJ Clarke b NM Hauritz | 74 | 79 | 10 | 1 | 93.7 |
| Stuart Broad | c & b PM Siddle | 55 | 64 | 9 | 0 | 85.9 |
| Graeme Swann | c MJ North b MG Johnson | 24 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 120.0 |
| James Anderson | c GA Manou b BW Hilfenhaus | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| G Onions | not out | 2* | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Extras | (b 2, lb 4, w 6, nb 9) | 21 | ||||
| Total | 93.3 overs | 376 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (AN Cook, 1.4 ov), 2-60 (RS Bopara, 19.2 ov), 3-141 (AJ Strauss, 44.1 ov), 4-159 (PD Collingwood, 50.5 ov), 5-168 (IR Bell, 55.6 ov), 6-257 (MJ Prior, 71.3 ov), 7-309 (A Flintoff, 80.4 ov), 8-348 (GP Swann, 87.3 ov), 9-355 (JM Anderson, 88.6 ov), 10-376 (SCJ Broad, 93.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BW Hilfenhaus | 30 | 7 | 109 | 4 | 3.63 | 0 | 4 |
| PM Siddle | 21.3 | 3 | 89 | 3 | 4.14 | 1 | 0 |
| NM Hauritz | 18 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 3.17 | 0 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | 21 | 1 | 92 | 2 | 4.38 | 1 | 5 |
| SR Watson | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Batter | How out | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SR Watson | c MJ Prior b JM Anderson | 53 | 114 | 9 | 0 | 46.5 |
| SM Katich | c MJ Prior b G Onions | 26 | 47 | 2 | 0 | 55.3 |
| RT Ponting | b GP Swann | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 71.4 |
| MEK Hussey | c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad | 64 | 130 | 13 | 0 | 49.2 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 103* | 192 | 14 | 0 | 53.6 |
| MJ North | c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad | 96 | 159 | 15 | 0 | 60.4 |
| GA Manou | not out | 13* | 28 | 1 | 0 | 46.4 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 3) | 15 | ||||
| Total | 112.2 overs | 375/5 | ||||
Did not bat: MG Johnson, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle, BW Hilfenhaus
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (SM Katich, 13.2 ov), 2-52 (RT Ponting, 14.6 ov), 3-137 (SR Watson, 43.6 ov), 4-161 (MEK Hussey, 52.6 ov), 5-346 (MJ North, 103.1 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson | 21 | 8 | 47 | 1 | 2.24 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Flintoff | 15 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 2.33 | 0 | 0 |
| G Onions | 19 | 3 | 74 | 1 | 3.89 | 1 | 0 |
| Graeme Swann | 31 | 4 | 119 | 1 | 3.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Broad | 16 | 2 | 38 | 2 | 2.38 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Bopara | 8.2 | 1 | 44 | 0 | 5.28 | 0 | 2 |
| Paul Collingwood | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
Player of the match: MJ Clarke · Umpires: Aleem Dar, RE Koertzen · 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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