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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by an innings and 46 runs

England
149 & 286
Australia
481
Date
Thursday 20 August 2015 · England in 2015
Venue
The Oval, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 481 all out (125.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c AN Cook b MA Wood 43 100 7 0 43.0
DA Warner c A Lyth b MM Ali 85 131 11 0 64.9
SPD Smith b ST Finn 143 252 17 2 56.7
MJ Clarke c JC Buttler b BA Stokes 15 29 1 0 51.7
AC Voges lbw b BA Stokes 76 130 12 0 58.5
MR Marsh c IR Bell b ST Finn 3 13 0 0 23.1
PM Nevill c JC Buttler b MM Ali 18 27 3 0 66.7
MG Johnson b MM Ali 0 2 0 0 0.0
MA Starc lbw b BA Stokes 58 52 9 1 111.5
PM Siddle c A Lyth b ST Finn 1 9 0 0 11.1
NM Lyon not out 5* 9 1 0 55.6
Extras (b 1, lb 24, w 6, nb 3) 34
Total 125.1 overs 481

Fall of wickets: 1-110 (CJL Rogers, 33.2 ov), 2-161 (DA Warner, 45.1 ov), 3-186 (MJ Clarke, 54.4 ov), 4-332 (AC Voges, 92.6 ov), 5-343 (MR Marsh, 97.5 ov), 6-376 (PM Nevill, 105.3 ov), 7-376 (MG Johnson, 105.5 ov), 8-467 (SPD Smith, 121.1 ov), 9-475 (MA Starc, 122.6 ov), 10-481 (PM Siddle, 125.1 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 20 4 59 0 2.95 0 1
Mark Wood 26 9 59 1 2.27 2 0
Ben Stokes 29 6 133 3 4.59 3 0
Steven Finn 29.1 7 90 3 3.09 0 2
Moeen Ali 18 1 102 3 5.67 0 0
Joe Root 3 0 13 0 4.33 0 0

England · 1st innings 149 all out (48.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c MA Starc b PM Siddle 19 42 4 0 45.2
Alastair Cook b NM Lyon 22 21 4 0 104.8
Ian Bell b PM Siddle 10 42 1 0 23.8
Joe Root c PM Nevill b MR Marsh 6 39 1 0 15.4
Jonny Bairstow c NM Lyon b MG Johnson 13 15 1 0 86.7
Ben Stokes c PM Nevill b MR Marsh 15 25 2 0 60.0
Jos Buttler b NM Lyon 1 3 0 0 33.3
Moeen Ali c PM Nevill b MG Johnson 30 61 6 0 49.2
Stuart Broad c AC Voges b MR Marsh 0 4 0 0 0.0
Mark Wood c MA Starc b MG Johnson 24 41 6 0 58.5
Steven Finn not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, lb 7, w 0, nb 1) 9
Total 48.4 overs 149

Fall of wickets: 1-30 (AN Cook, 7.1 ov), 2-46 (A Lyth, 12.2 ov), 3-60 (IR Bell, 23.3 ov), 4-64 (JE Root, 24.4 ov), 5-83 (JM Bairstow, 28.3 ov), 6-84 (JC Buttler, 29.2 ov), 7-92 (BA Stokes, 34.1 ov), 8-92 (SCJ Broad, 34.5 ov), 9-149 (MA Wood, 48.3 ov), 10-149 (MM Ali, 48.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 8 3 18 0 2.25 0 0
MG Johnson 8.4 4 21 3 2.42 0 0
NM Lyon 10 2 40 2 4.00 0 0
PM Siddle 13 5 32 2 2.46 0 0
MR Marsh 9 2 30 3 3.33 0 1

England · 2nd innings 286 all out (101.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
A Lyth c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle 10 33 2 0 30.3
Alastair Cook c AC Voges b SPD Smith 85 234 11 0 36.3
Ian Bell c MJ Clarke b MR Marsh 13 40 2 0 32.5
Joe Root c MA Starc b MG Johnson 11 30 1 0 36.7
Jonny Bairstow c AC Voges b NM Lyon 26 48 5 0 54.2
Ben Stokes c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon 0 4 0 0 0.0
Jos Buttler c MA Starc b MR Marsh 42 107 4 0 39.3
Mark Wood lbw b PM Siddle 6 16 1 0 37.5
Moeen Ali c PM Nevill b PM Siddle 35 57 6 0 61.4
Stuart Broad b PM Siddle 11 28 1 0 39.3
Steven Finn not out 9* 14 1 0 64.3
Extras (b 12, lb 18, w 7, nb 1) 38
Total 101.4 overs 286

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (A Lyth, 12.1 ov), 2-62 (IR Bell, 25.3 ov), 3-99 (JE Root, 36.5 ov), 4-140 (JM Bairstow, 51.2 ov), 5-140 (BA Stokes, 51.6 ov), 6-199 (AN Cook, 76.6 ov), 7-221 (MA Wood, 83.5 ov), 8-223 (JC Buttler, 86.2 ov), 9-263 (SCJ Broad, 97.2 ov), 10-286 (MM Ali, 101.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MG Johnson 16 2 65 1 4.06 2 0
MA Starc 16 4 40 0 2.50 0 1
NM Lyon 28 7 53 2 1.89 0 0
PM Siddle 24.4 12 35 4 1.42 0 0
MR Marsh 16 4 56 2 3.50 1 0
SPD Smith 1 0 7 1 7.00 0 0

Player of the match: SPD Smith · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: S Ravi · 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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