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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 8 wickets

England
281 & 124/2
Australia
136 & 265
Date
Wednesday 29 July 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Birmingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 136 all out (36.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers lbw b SCJ Broad 52 89 9 0 58.4
DA Warner lbw b JM Anderson 2 6 0 0 33.3
SPD Smith c AN Cook b ST Finn 7 18 1 0 38.9
MJ Clarke b ST Finn 10 10 2 0 100.0
AC Voges c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 16 34 3 0 47.1
MR Marsh c JC Buttler b JM Anderson 0 3 0 0 0.0
PM Nevill b JM Anderson 2 8 0 0 25.0
MG Johnson c BA Stokes b JM Anderson 3 6 0 0 50.0
MA Starc c JC Buttler b SCJ Broad 11 20 1 0 55.0
JR Hazlewood not out 14* 16 3 0 87.5
NM Lyon b JM Anderson 11 11 2 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) 8
Total 36.4 overs 136

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (DA Warner, 2.2 ov), 2-18 (SPD Smith, 7.6 ov), 3-34 (MJ Clarke, 11.2 ov), 4-77 (AC Voges, 20.6 ov), 5-82 (MR Marsh, 22.3 ov), 6-86 (PM Nevill, 24.4 ov), 7-94 (MG Johnson, 26.6 ov), 8-110 (CJL Rogers, 31.2 ov), 9-119 (MA Starc, 33.3 ov), 10-136 (NM Lyon, 36.4 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14.4 2 47 6 3.20 0 0
Stuart Broad 12 2 44 2 3.67 0 0
Steven Finn 10 1 38 2 3.80 0 1

England · 1st innings 281 all out (67.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c AC Voges b JR Hazlewood 10 30 1 0 33.3
Alastair Cook c AC Voges b NM Lyon 34 48 5 0 70.8
Ian Bell c DA Warner b NM Lyon 53 56 10 0 94.6
Joe Root c AC Voges b MA Starc 63 75 9 1 84.0
Jonny Bairstow c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 5 12 1 0 41.7
Ben Stokes c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 0 2 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler lbw b NM Lyon 9 38 1 0 23.7
Moeen Ali c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood 59 78 11 0 75.6
Stuart Broad c MR Marsh b JR Hazlewood 31 55 3 0 56.4
Steven Finn not out 0* 7 0 0 0.0
James Anderson c PM Nevill b MA Starc 3 2 0 0 150.0
Extras (b 6, lb 4, w 4, nb 0) 14
Total 67.1 overs 281

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (A Lyth, 7.3 ov), 2-76 (AN Cook, 17.2 ov), 3-132 (IR Bell, 27.4 ov), 4-142 (JM Bairstow, 30.3 ov), 5-142 (BA Stokes, 30.5 ov), 6-182 (JE Root, 40.6 ov), 7-190 (JC Buttler, 45.3 ov), 8-277 (SCJ Broad, 64.6 ov), 9-278 (MM Ali, 66.3 ov), 10-281 (JM Anderson, 67.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 16.1 1 71 2 4.39 3 0
JR Hazlewood 15 0 74 3 4.93 0 0
MG Johnson 16 2 66 2 4.13 1 0
MR Marsh 7 2 24 0 3.43 0 0
NM Lyon 13 2 36 3 2.77 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 265 all out (79.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers lbw b SCJ Broad 6 13 1 0 46.2
DA Warner c A Lyth b JM Anderson 77 62 11 0 124.2
SPD Smith c JC Buttler b ST Finn 8 27 1 0 29.6
MJ Clarke c A Lyth b ST Finn 3 19 0 0 15.8
AC Voges c IR Bell b ST Finn 0 1 0 0 0.0
MR Marsh b ST Finn 6 24 0 0 25.0
PM Nevill c JC Buttler b ST Finn 59 147 7 0 40.1
MG Johnson c BA Stokes b ST Finn 14 38 1 0 36.8
MA Starc c sub (JE Poysden) b MM Ali 58 108 6 1 53.7
JR Hazlewood c JE Root b BA Stokes 11 20 1 0 55.0
NM Lyon not out 12* 16 2 0 75.0
Extras (b 2, lb 9, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 79.1 overs 265

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (CJL Rogers, 3.2 ov), 2-62 (SPD Smith, 12.2 ov), 3-76 (MJ Clarke, 16.3 ov), 4-76 (AC Voges, 16.4 ov), 5-92 (MR Marsh, 22.1 ov), 6-111 (DA Warner, 28.3 ov), 7-153 (MG Johnson, 46.1 ov), 8-217 (PM Nevill, 64.2 ov), 9-245 (JR Hazlewood, 72.2 ov), 10-265 (MA Starc, 79.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 8.3 5 15 1 1.76 0 0
Stuart Broad 20 4 61 1 3.05 0 0
Steven Finn 21 3 79 6 3.76 0 0
Moeen Ali 16.1 3 64 1 3.96 0 0
Ben Stokes 11 3 28 1 2.55 0 0
Joe Root 2.3 0 7 0 2.80 0 0

England · 2nd innings 124/2 (32.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth lbw b JR Hazlewood 12 28 3 0 42.9
Alastair Cook b MA Starc 7 12 0 0 58.3
Ian Bell not out 65* 90 10 0 72.2
Joe Root not out 38* 63 6 1 60.3
Extras (b 0, lb 0, w 2, nb 0) 2
Total 32.1 overs 124/2

Did not bat: JM Bairstow, BA Stokes, JC Buttler, MM Ali, SCJ Broad, ST Finn, JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (AN Cook, 4.1 ov), 2-51 (A Lyth, 11.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 6 1 33 1 5.50 2 0
JR Hazlewood 7 0 21 1 3.00 0 0
NM Lyon 11 1 52 0 4.73 0 0
MG Johnson 7 3 10 0 1.43 0 0
MR Marsh 1.1 0 8 0 6.86 0 0

Player of the match: Steven Finn · Umpires: Aleem Dar, CB Gaffaney · TV umpire: M Erasmus · 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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Australia wins156Australia victories

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