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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 169 runs

England
430 & 289
Australia
308 & 242
Date
Wednesday 8 July 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Cardiff

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 430 all out (102.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood 6 10 1 0 60.0
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 20 40 3 0 50.0
Gary Ballance lbw b JR Hazlewood 61 149 8 0 40.9
Ian Bell lbw b MA Starc 1 7 0 0 14.3
Joe Root c SR Watson b MA Starc 134 166 17 0 80.7
Ben Stokes b MA Starc 52 78 6 2 66.7
Jos Buttler c MG Johnson b JR Hazlewood 27 34 3 0 79.4
Moeen Ali c SR Watson b MA Starc 77 88 11 1 87.5
Stuart Broad c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 18 26 2 1 69.2
Mark Wood not out 7* 10 1 0 70.0
James Anderson b MA Starc 1 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 1) 26
Total 102.1 overs 430

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (A Lyth, 1.6 ov), 2-42 (AN Cook, 13.2 ov), 3-43 (IR Bell, 14.3 ov), 4-196 (GS Ballance, 53.3 ov), 5-280 (JE Root, 72.1 ov), 6-293 (BA Stokes, 76.2 ov), 7-343 (JC Buttler, 85.5 ov), 8-395 (SCJ Broad, 97.1 ov), 9-419 (MM Ali, 100.2 ov), 10-430 (JM Anderson, 102.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 24.1 4 114 5 4.72 1 1
JR Hazlewood 23 8 83 3 3.61 0 0
MG Johnson 25 3 111 0 4.44 0 0
NM Lyon 20 4 69 2 3.45 0 0
SR Watson 8 0 24 0 3.00 0 0
DA Warner 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 308 all out (84.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c JC Buttler b MA Wood 95 133 11 1 71.4
DA Warner c AN Cook b JM Anderson 17 42 3 0 40.5
SPD Smith c AN Cook b MM Ali 33 56 5 0 58.9
MJ Clarke c & b MM Ali 38 52 6 0 73.1
AC Voges c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 31 75 4 0 41.3
SR Watson lbw b SCJ Broad 30 57 6 0 52.6
NM Lyon lbw b MA Wood 6 26 1 0 23.1
BJ Haddin c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 22 38 5 0 57.9
MG Johnson c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad 14 19 2 0 73.7
MA Starc c JE Root b JM Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.0
JR Hazlewood not out 2* 4 0 0 50.0
Extras (b 6, lb 11, w 3, nb 0) 20
Total 84.4 overs 308

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (DA Warner, 14.3 ov), 2-129 (SPD Smith, 32.6 ov), 3-180 (CJL Rogers, 42.4 ov), 4-207 (MJ Clarke, 52.1 ov), 5-258 (AC Voges, 67.2 ov), 6-265 (SR Watson, 71.4 ov), 7-265 (NM Lyon, 74.6 ov), 8-304 (BJ Haddin, 82.5 ov), 9-306 (MG Johnson, 83.2 ov), 10-308 (MA Starc, 84.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 18.5 6 43 3 2.28 0 0
Stuart Broad 17 4 60 2 3.53 1 0
Mark Wood 20 5 66 2 3.30 0 0
Moeen Ali 15 1 71 2 4.73 0 0
Ben Stokes 13.5 5 51 1 3.69 2 0

England · 2nd innings 289 all out (70.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon 37 62 4 1 59.7
Alastair Cook c NM Lyon b MA Starc 12 26 1 0 46.2
Gary Ballance c BJ Haddin b JR Hazlewood 0 7 0 0 0.0
Ian Bell b MG Johnson 60 89 11 0 67.4
Joe Root b JR Hazlewood 60 89 9 0 67.4
Ben Stokes b MA Starc 42 59 9 0 71.2
Jos Buttler c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 7 19 0 0 36.8
Moeen Ali c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 15 41 2 0 36.6
Stuart Broad c JR Hazlewood b NM Lyon 4 7 1 0 57.1
Mark Wood not out 32* 18 4 1 177.8
James Anderson b NM Lyon 1 4 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 7, lb 6, w 6, nb 0) 19
Total 70.1 overs 289

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (AN Cook, 6.6 ov), 2-22 (GS Ballance, 9.6 ov), 3-73 (A Lyth, 19.4 ov), 4-170 (IR Bell, 39.6 ov), 5-207 (JE Root, 51.1 ov), 6-236 (JC Buttler, 58.2 ov), 7-240 (BA Stokes, 59.1 ov), 8-245 (SCJ Broad, 60.4 ov), 9-288 (MM Ali, 69.1 ov), 10-289 (JM Anderson, 70.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MG Johnson 16 2 69 2 4.31 1 0
JR Hazlewood 13 2 49 2 3.77 0 0
MA Starc 16 4 60 2 3.75 1 0
NM Lyon 20.1 4 75 4 3.72 0 0
SR Watson 5 0 23 0 4.60 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 242 all out (70.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 10 28 2 0 35.7
DA Warner lbw b MM Ali 52 86 6 1 60.5
SPD Smith c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 33 49 6 0 67.3
MJ Clarke c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 4 13 1 0 30.8
AC Voges c JC Buttler b MA Wood 1 16 0 0 6.3
SR Watson lbw b MA Wood 19 58 2 0 32.8
BJ Haddin c AN Cook b MM Ali 7 20 1 0 35.0
MG Johnson c A Lyth b JE Root 77 94 9 2 81.9
MA Starc c A Lyth b JE Root 17 38 3 0 44.7
JR Hazlewood c JE Root b MM Ali 14 17 2 0 82.4
NM Lyon not out 0* 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 70.3 overs 242

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (CJL Rogers, 9.4 ov), 2-97 (DA Warner, 26.3 ov), 3-101 (SPD Smith, 27.4 ov), 4-106 (MJ Clarke, 31.4 ov), 5-106 (AC Voges, 32.2 ov), 6-122 (BJ Haddin, 38.1 ov), 7-151 (SR Watson, 50.5 ov), 8-223 (MA Starc, 65.4 ov), 9-242 (MG Johnson, 69.1 ov), 10-242 (JR Hazlewood, 70.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 12 3 33 0 2.75 0 0
Stuart Broad 14 3 39 3 2.79 0 0
Moeen Ali 16.3 4 59 3 3.58 0 0
Ben Stokes 8 2 23 0 2.88 0 0
Mark Wood 14 4 53 2 3.79 0 1
Joe Root 6 1 28 2 4.67 0 0

Player of the match: Joe Root · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, M Erasmus · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · 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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