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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by an innings and 78 runs

England
391/9d
Australia
60 & 253
Date
Thursday 6 August 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
Nottingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 60 all out (18.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 0 3 0 0 0.0
DA Warner c JC Buttler b MA Wood 0 2 0 0 0.0
SPD Smith c JE Root b SCJ Broad 6 3 1 0 200.0
SE Marsh c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 0 4 0 0 0.0
MJ Clarke c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 10 15 2 0 66.7
AC Voges c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 1 4 0 0 25.0
PM Nevill b ST Finn 2 15 0 0 13.3
MG Johnson c JE Root b SCJ Broad 13 25 2 0 52.0
MA Starc c JE Root b SCJ Broad 1 8 0 0 12.5
JR Hazlewood not out 4* 15 0 0 26.7
NM Lyon c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 9 20 2 0 45.0
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 0, nb 3) 14
Total 18.3 overs 60

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (CJL Rogers, 0.3 ov), 2-10 (SPD Smith, 0.6 ov), 3-10 (DA Warner, 1.2 ov), 4-15 (SE Marsh, 2.4 ov), 5-21 (AC Voges, 4.1 ov), 6-29 (MJ Clarke, 6.1 ov), 7-33 (PM Nevill, 9.2 ov), 8-46 (MA Starc, 12.4 ov), 9-47 (MG Johnson, 12.6 ov), 10-60 (NM Lyon, 18.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 9.3 5 15 8 1.58 0 0
Mark Wood 3 0 13 1 4.33 0 2
Steven Finn 6 0 21 1 3.50 0 1

England · 1st innings 391/9 dec (85.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c PM Nevill b MA Starc 14 28 2 0 50.0
Alastair Cook lbw b MA Starc 43 87 7 0 49.4
Ian Bell lbw b MA Starc 1 6 0 0 16.7
Joe Root c PM Nevill b MA Starc 130 176 19 1 73.9
Jonny Bairstow c CJL Rogers b JR Hazlewood 74 105 12 0 70.5
Mark Wood b MA Starc 28 32 5 0 87.5
Ben Stokes c PM Nevill b JR Hazlewood 5 10 1 0 50.0
Jos Buttler b MA Starc 12 11 3 0 109.1
Moeen Ali c SPD Smith b MG Johnson 38 24 7 1 158.3
Stuart Broad not out 24* 29 2 1 82.8
Steven Finn not out 0* 8 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 14, lb 2, w 2, nb 4) 22
Total 85.2 overs 391/9

Fall of wickets: 1-32 (A Lyth, 11.2 ov), 2-34 (IR Bell, 13.4 ov), 3-96 (AN Cook, 27.4 ov), 4-269 (JM Bairstow, 61.5 ov), 5-297 (JE Root, 70.3 ov), 6-306 (MA Wood, 72.1 ov), 7-320 (JC Buttler, 74.2 ov), 8-332 (BA Stokes, 75.5 ov), 9-390 (MM Ali, 83.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 27 2 111 6 4.11 0 1
JR Hazlewood 24 4 97 2 4.04 1 3
MG Johnson 21.2 2 102 1 4.78 0 0
NM Lyon 10 1 47 0 4.70 0 0
DA Warner 3 0 18 0 6.00 1 0

Australia · 2nd innings 253 all out (72.4 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c JE Root b BA Stokes 52 83 10 0 62.7
DA Warner c SCJ Broad b BA Stokes 64 74 9 2 86.5
SPD Smith c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad 5 9 1 0 55.6
SE Marsh c JE Root b BA Stokes 2 6 0 0 33.3
MJ Clarke c IR Bell b MA Wood 13 37 1 0 35.1
AC Voges not out 51* 118 7 0 43.2
PM Nevill lbw b BA Stokes 17 57 2 0 29.8
MG Johnson c AN Cook b BA Stokes 5 16 1 0 31.3
MA Starc c IR Bell b BA Stokes 0 17 0 0 0.0
JR Hazlewood b MA Wood 0 10 0 0 0.0
NM Lyon b MA Wood 4 12 1 0 33.3
Extras (b 20, lb 16, w 1, nb 3) 40
Total 72.4 overs 253

Fall of wickets: 1-113 (CJL Rogers, 23.6 ov), 2-130 (DA Warner, 25.6 ov), 3-136 (SE Marsh, 27.6 ov), 4-136 (SPD Smith, 28.2 ov), 5-174 (MJ Clarke, 40.5 ov), 6-224 (PM Nevill, 57.4 ov), 7-236 (MG Johnson, 61.3 ov), 8-242 (MA Starc, 65.6 ov), 9-243 (JR Hazlewood, 68.6 ov), 10-253 (NM Lyon, 72.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 16 5 36 1 2.25 0 0
Mark Wood 17.4 3 69 3 3.91 1 2
Steven Finn 12 4 42 0 3.50 0 1
Ben Stokes 21 8 36 6 1.71 0 0
Moeen Ali 6 0 34 0 5.67 0 0

Player of the match: Stuart Broad · Umpires: Aleem Dar, S Ravi · 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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