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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 251 runs

England
374 & 146
Australia
284 & 487/7d
Date
Thursday 1 August 2019 · England in 2019
Venue
Birmingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 284 all out (80.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft c JE Root b SCJ Broad 8 25 2 0 32.0
DA Warner lbw b SCJ Broad 2 14 0 0 14.3
UT Khawaja c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 13 23 2 0 56.5
SPD Smith b SCJ Broad 144 219 16 2 65.8
TM Head lbw b CR Woakes 35 61 5 0 57.4
MS Wade lbw b CR Woakes 1 5 0 0 20.0
TD Paine c RJ Burns b SCJ Broad 5 14 0 0 35.7
JL Pattinson lbw b SCJ Broad 0 2 0 0 0.0
PJ Cummins lbw b BA Stokes 5 10 1 0 50.0
PM Siddle c JC Buttler b MM Ali 44 85 4 0 51.8
NM Lyon not out 12* 26 3 0 46.2
Extras (b 0, lb 13, w 2, nb 0) 15
Total 80.4 overs 284

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (DA Warner, 3.5 ov), 2-17 (CT Bancroft, 7.3 ov), 3-35 (UT Khawaja, 14.2 ov), 4-99 (TM Head, 32.4 ov), 5-105 (MS Wade, 34.6 ov), 6-112 (TD Paine, 39.4 ov), 7-112 (JL Pattinson, 39.6 ov), 8-122 (PJ Cummins, 43.6 ov), 9-210 (PM Siddle, 67.2 ov), 10-284 (SPD Smith, 80.4 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 4 3 1 0 0.25 0 0
Stuart Broad 22.4 4 86 5 3.79 0 0
Chris Woakes 21 2 58 3 2.76 0 0
Ben Stokes 18 1 77 1 4.28 2 0
Moeen Ali 13 3 42 1 3.23 0 0
Joe Denly 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0

England · 1st innings 374 all out (135.5 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c TD Paine b NM Lyon 133 312 17 0 42.6
Jason Roy c SPD Smith b JL Pattinson 10 22 2 0 45.5
Joe Root c & b PM Siddle 57 119 6 0 47.9
Joe Denly lbw b JL Pattinson 18 36 3 0 50.0
Jos Buttler c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins 5 10 1 0 50.0
Ben Stokes c TD Paine b PJ Cummins 50 96 8 0 52.1
Jonny Bairstow c DA Warner b PM Siddle 8 35 1 0 22.9
Moeen Ali b NM Lyon 0 5 0 0 0.0
Chris Woakes not out 37* 95 1 1 38.9
Stuart Broad c JL Pattinson b PJ Cummins 29 67 2 0 43.3
James Anderson c PJ Cummins b NM Lyon 3 19 0 0 15.8
Extras (b 10, lb 11, w 2, nb 1) 24
Total 135.5 overs 374

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (JJ Roy, 7.2 ov), 2-154 (JE Root, 49.6 ov), 3-189 (JL Denly, 62.1 ov), 4-194 (JC Buttler, 65.4 ov), 5-282 (BA Stokes, 97.1 ov), 6-296 (RJ Burns, 104.1 ov), 7-300 (MM Ali, 104.6 ov), 8-300 (JM Bairstow, 105.5 ov), 9-365 (SCJ Broad, 129.6 ov), 10-374 (JM Anderson, 135.5 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PJ Cummins 33 9 84 3 2.55 0 0
JL Pattinson 27 3 82 2 3.04 1 0
PM Siddle 27 8 52 2 1.93 0 0
NM Lyon 43.5 8 112 3 2.56 0 1
MS Wade 1 0 7 0 7.00 1 0
TM Head 2 1 7 0 3.50 0 0
SPD Smith 2 0 9 0 4.50 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 487/7 dec (112 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CT Bancroft c JC Buttler b MM Ali 7 31 1 0 22.6
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 8 8 2 0 100.0
UT Khawaja c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 40 48 6 0 83.3
SPD Smith c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 142 207 14 0 68.6
TM Head c JM Bairstow b BA Stokes 51 116 6 0 44.0
MS Wade c JL Denly b BA Stokes 110 143 17 0 76.9
TD Paine b MM Ali 34 44 2 1 77.3
JL Pattinson not out 47* 48 2 4 97.9
PJ Cummins not out 26* 33 2 0 78.8
Extras (b 11, lb 2, w 3, nb 6) 22
Total 112 overs 487/7

Did not bat: PM Siddle, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-13 (DA Warner, 2.6 ov), 2-27 (CT Bancroft, 9.1 ov), 3-75 (UT Khawaja, 18.2 ov), 4-205 (TM Head, 52.6 ov), 5-331 (SPD Smith, 85.1 ov), 6-407 (MS Wade, 98.2 ov), 7-409 (TD Paine, 99.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 22 2 91 1 4.14 1 0
Chris Woakes 13 1 46 1 3.54 1 0
Moeen Ali 29 1 130 2 4.48 0 2
Joe Root 12 1 50 0 4.17 0 0
Ben Stokes 22 5 85 3 3.86 1 4
Joe Denly 14 1 72 0 5.14 0 0

England · 2nd innings 146 all out (52.3 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
RJ Burns c NM Lyon b PJ Cummins 11 33 1 0 33.3
Jason Roy b NM Lyon 28 58 4 0 48.3
Joe Root c CT Bancroft b NM Lyon 28 57 3 0 49.1
Joe Denly c CT Bancroft b NM Lyon 11 16 2 0 68.8
Jos Buttler b PJ Cummins 1 25 0 0 4.0
Ben Stokes c TD Paine b NM Lyon 6 28 1 0 21.4
Jonny Bairstow c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins 6 8 1 0 75.0
Moeen Ali c DA Warner b NM Lyon 4 28 0 0 14.3
Chris Woakes c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 37 54 7 0 68.5
Stuart Broad c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 4* 9 1 0 44.4
Extras (b 4, lb 4, w 0, nb 2) 10
Total 52.3 overs 146

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (RJ Burns, 9.5 ov), 2-60 (JJ Roy, 21.2 ov), 3-80 (JL Denly, 25.5 ov), 4-85 (JE Root, 29.1 ov), 5-85 (JC Buttler, 32.6 ov), 6-97 (JM Bairstow, 36.6 ov), 7-97 (BA Stokes, 37.1 ov), 8-136 (MM Ali, 47.3 ov), 9-136 (SCJ Broad, 47.4 ov), 10-146 (CR Woakes, 52.3 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PM Siddle 12 2 28 0 2.33 0 0
NM Lyon 20 5 49 6 2.45 0 0
JL Pattinson 8 1 29 0 3.63 0 1
PJ Cummins 11.3 3 32 4 2.78 0 1
SPD Smith 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0

Player of the match: SPD Smith · Umpires: Aleem Dar, JS Wilson · 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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