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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Australia won by 2 wickets

England
393/8d & 273
Australia
386 & 282/8
Date
16 Jun – 20 Jun 2023 · England in 2023
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
Edgbaston, Birmingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 393/8 dec (78 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c AT Carey b SM Boland 61 73 7 0 83.6
Ben Duckett c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 12 10 2 0 120.0
Ollie Pope lbw b NM Lyon 31 44 2 0 70.5
Joe Root not out 118* 152 7 4 77.6
Harry Brook b NM Lyon 32 37 4 0 86.5
Ben Stokes c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 1 8 0 0 12.5
Jonny Bairstow st AT Carey b NM Lyon 78 78 12 0 100.0
Moeen Ali st AT Carey b NM Lyon 18 17 2 1 105.9
Stuart Broad b C Green 16 21 2 0 76.2
Ollie Robinson not out 17* 31 2 0 54.8
Extras (b 0, lb 6, w 0, nb 3) 9
Total 78 overs 393/8

Did not bat: JM Anderson

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (BM Duckett, 3.4 ov), 2-92 (OJ Pope, 17.6 ov), 3-124 (Z Crawley, 26.4 ov), 4-175 (HC Brook, 37.2 ov), 5-176 (BA Stokes, 38.4 ov), 6-297 (JM Bairstow, 61.4 ov), 7-323 (MM Ali, 65.5 ov), 8-350 (SCJ Broad, 70.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PJ Cummins 14 0 59 0 4.21 0 0
JR Hazlewood 15 1 61 2 4.07 0 0
SM Boland 14 0 86 1 6.14 0 0
NM Lyon 29 1 149 4 5.14 0 0
C Green 6 0 32 1 5.33 0 3

Australia · 1st innings 386 all out (116.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner b SCJ Broad 9 27 2 0 33.3
UT Khawaja b OE Robinson 141 321 14 3 43.9
M Labuschagne c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
SPD Smith lbw b BA Stokes 16 59 0 0 27.1
TM Head c Z Crawley b MM Ali 50 63 8 1 79.4
C Green b MM Ali 38 68 4 1 55.9
AT Carey b JM Anderson 66 99 10 1 66.7
PJ Cummins c BA Stokes b OE Robinson 38 62 0 3 61.3
NM Lyon c BM Duckett b OE Robinson 1 6 0 0 16.7
SM Boland c OJ Pope b SCJ Broad 0 5 0 0 0.0
JR Hazlewood not out 1* 1 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 15) 26
Total 116.1 overs 386

Fall of wickets: 1-29 (DA Warner, 10.1 ov), 2-29 (M Labuschagne, 10.2 ov), 3-67 (SPD Smith, 26.6 ov), 4-148 (TM Head, 45.3 ov), 5-220 (C Green, 67.1 ov), 6-338 (AT Carey, 98.4 ov), 7-372 (UT Khawaja, 112.4 ov), 8-377 (NM Lyon, 114.3 ov), 9-378 (SM Boland, 115.3 ov), 10-386 (PJ Cummins, 116.1 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 23 4 68 3 2.96 0 7
Ollie Robinson 22.1 5 55 3 2.48 1 1
James Anderson 21 5 53 1 2.52 0 0
Harry Brook 3 1 5 0 1.67 0 1
Moeen Ali 33 4 147 2 4.45 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 0 33 1 4.71 0 6
Joe Root 7 3 15 0 2.14 0 0

England · 2nd innings 273 all out (66.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c AT Carey b SM Boland 7 25 0 0 28.0
Ben Duckett c C Green b PJ Cummins 19 28 1 0 67.9
Ollie Pope b PJ Cummins 14 16 2 0 87.5
Joe Root st AT Carey b NM Lyon 46 55 5 1 83.6
Harry Brook c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon 46 52 5 0 88.5
Ben Stokes lbw b PJ Cummins 43 66 5 0 65.2
Jonny Bairstow lbw b NM Lyon 20 39 3 0 51.3
Moeen Ali c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 19 31 2 1 61.3
Ollie Robinson c C Green b NM Lyon 27 44 2 0 61.4
Stuart Broad not out 10* 29 0 0 34.5
James Anderson c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 12 14 2 0 85.7
Extras (b 0, lb 9, w 0, nb 1) 10
Total 66.2 overs 273

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (BM Duckett, 8.4 ov), 2-27 (Z Crawley, 9.1 ov), 3-77 (OJ Pope, 16.6 ov), 4-129 (JE Root, 25.1 ov), 5-150 (HC Brook, 33.4 ov), 6-196 (JM Bairstow, 45.3 ov), 7-210 (BA Stokes, 48.2 ov), 8-229 (MM Ali, 54.4 ov), 9-256 (OE Robinson, 61.5 ov), 10-273 (JM Anderson, 66.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PJ Cummins 18.2 1 63 4 3.44 0 0
JR Hazlewood 10 1 48 1 4.80 0 1
NM Lyon 24 2 80 4 3.33 0 0
SM Boland 12 2 61 1 5.08 0 0
C Green 2 0 12 0 6.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 282/8 (92.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
UT Khawaja b BA Stokes 65 197 7 0 33.0
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b OE Robinson 36 57 4 0 63.2
M Labuschagne c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 13 15 3 0 86.7
SPD Smith c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 6 13 1 0 46.2
SM Boland c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 20 40 2 0 50.0
TM Head c JE Root b MM Ali 16 24 3 0 66.7
C Green b OE Robinson 28 66 2 0 42.4
AT Carey c & b JE Root 20 50 2 0 40.0
PJ Cummins not out 44* 73 4 2 60.3
NM Lyon not out 16* 28 2 0 57.1
Extras (b 0, lb 10, w 0, nb 8) 18
Total 92.3 overs 282/8

Did not bat: JR Hazlewood

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (DA Warner, 17.4 ov), 2-78 (M Labuschagne, 21.3 ov), 3-89 (SPD Smith, 25.3 ov), 4-121 (SM Boland, 37.2 ov), 5-143 (TM Head, 44.5 ov), 6-192 (C Green, 63.4 ov), 7-209 (UT Khawaja, 71.6 ov), 8-227 (AT Carey, 80.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 17 1 56 0 3.29 0 1
Stuart Broad 21 3 64 3 3.05 0 4
Ollie Robinson 18.3 7 43 2 2.32 0 3
Moeen Ali 14 2 57 1 4.07 0 0
Joe Root 15 2 43 1 2.87 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 2 9 1 1.29 0 0

Player of the match: UT Khawaja · Umpires: Ahsan Raza, M Erasmus · TV umpire: CB Gaffaney · Match referee: AJ Pycroft. 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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