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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 405 runs

England
312 & 103
Australia
566/8d & 254/2d
Date
Thursday 16 July 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Lord's, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 566/8 dec (149 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers b SCJ Broad 173 300 28 0 57.7
DA Warner c JM Anderson b MM Ali 38 42 7 0 90.5
SPD Smith lbw b JE Root 215 346 25 1 62.1
MJ Clarke c GS Ballance b MA Wood 7 32 0 0 21.9
AC Voges c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 25 47 5 0 53.2
MR Marsh b SCJ Broad 12 15 2 0 80.0
PM Nevill c MM Ali b JE Root 45 59 5 0 76.3
MG Johnson c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 15 33 2 0 45.5
MA Starc not out 12* 21 0 1 57.1
Extras (b 8, lb 14, w 1, nb 1) 24
Total 149 overs 566/8

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-78 (DA Warner, 14.6 ov), 2-362 (CJL Rogers, 95.4 ov), 3-383 (MJ Clarke, 106.5 ov), 4-426 (AC Voges, 119.3 ov), 5-442 (MR Marsh, 123.3 ov), 6-533 (SPD Smith, 139.4 ov), 7-536 (PM Nevill, 141.3 ov), 8-566 (MG Johnson, 148.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 26 4 99 0 3.81 1 0
Stuart Broad 27 5 83 4 3.07 0 1
Mark Wood 28 7 92 1 3.29 0 0
Moeen Ali 36 4 138 1 3.83 0 0
Ben Stokes 19 2 77 0 4.05 0 0
Joe Root 12 0 55 2 4.58 0 0
A Lyth 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 312 all out (90.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c PM Nevill b MA Starc 0 2 0 0 0.0
Alastair Cook b MR Marsh 96 233 13 0 41.2
Gary Ballance b MG Johnson 23 31 4 0 74.2
Ian Bell b JR Hazlewood 1 2 0 0 50.0
Joe Root c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 1 4 0 0 25.0
Ben Stokes b MR Marsh 87 128 13 1 68.0
Jos Buttler c PM Nevill b NM Lyon 13 26 3 0 50.0
Moeen Ali lbw b JR Hazlewood 39 57 5 1 68.4
Stuart Broad c sub (SE Marsh) b MG Johnson 21 45 1 0 46.7
Mark Wood b JR Hazlewood 4 7 1 0 57.1
James Anderson not out 6* 7 1 0 85.7
Extras (b 12, lb 8, w 0, nb 1) 21
Total 90.1 overs 312

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (A Lyth, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (GS Ballance, 8.3 ov), 3-29 (IR Bell, 9.1 ov), 4-30 (JE Root, 10.3 ov), 5-175 (BA Stokes, 54.1 ov), 6-210 (JC Buttler, 65.1 ov), 7-266 (AN Cook, 78.2 ov), 8-294 (MM Ali, 85.4 ov), 9-306 (MA Wood, 87.5 ov), 10-312 (SCJ Broad, 90.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 22 1 86 1 3.91 0 0
JR Hazlewood 22 2 68 3 3.09 0 1
MG Johnson 20.1 8 53 3 2.63 0 0
NM Lyon 16 1 53 1 3.31 0 0
MR Marsh 8 3 23 2 2.88 0 0
SPD Smith 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 254/2 dec (49 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers retired hurt 49 77 6 0 63.6
DA Warner c AN Cook b MM Ali 83 116 12 0 71.6
SPD Smith b MM Ali 58 48 9 0 120.8
MJ Clarke not out 32* 34 3 0 94.1
MR Marsh not out 27* 19 1 2 142.1
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 49 overs 254/2

Did not bat: AC Voges, PM Nevill, MG Johnson, MA Starc, JR Hazlewood, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-165 (DA Warner, 36.2 ov), 2-210 (SPD Smith, 42.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 7 0 38 0 5.43 0 0
Stuart Broad 8 2 42 0 5.25 0 0
Moeen Ali 16 0 78 2 4.88 0 0
Mark Wood 10 3 39 0 3.90 0 0
Ben Stokes 3 0 20 0 6.67 0 0
Joe Root 5 0 32 0 6.40 0 0

England · 2nd innings 103 all out (37 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c PM Nevill b MA Starc 7 16 1 0 43.8
Alastair Cook c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 11 31 2 0 35.5
Gary Ballance c PM Nevill b MR Marsh 14 33 2 0 42.4
Ian Bell c sub (SE Marsh) b NM Lyon 11 50 2 0 22.0
Joe Root b JR Hazlewood 17 44 2 0 38.6
Ben Stokes run out (MG Johnson) 0 3 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 11 9 2 0 122.2
Moeen Ali c sub (SE Marsh) b MG Johnson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c AC Voges b NM Lyon 25 17 4 1 147.1
Mark Wood not out 2* 10 0 0 20.0
James Anderson b JR Hazlewood 0 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 5
Total 37 overs 103

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (A Lyth, 4.3 ov), 2-23 (AN Cook, 8.4 ov), 3-42 (GS Ballance, 16.1 ov), 4-48 (IR Bell, 25.3 ov), 5-52 (BA Stokes, 26.2 ov), 6-64 (JC Buttler, 28.1 ov), 7-64 (MM Ali, 28.5 ov), 8-101 (SCJ Broad, 33.6 ov), 9-101 (JE Root, 34.3 ov), 10-103 (JM Anderson, 36.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 7 3 16 1 2.29 0 0
JR Hazlewood 8 2 20 2 2.50 0 0
MG Johnson 10 3 27 3 2.70 0 0
MR Marsh 3 2 8 1 2.67 0 0
NM Lyon 9 3 27 2 3.00 0 0

Player of the match: SPD Smith · 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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