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England men · Test · The Ashes · 3rd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 3 wickets

England
237 & 254/7
Australia
263 & 224
Date
6 Jul – 10 Jul 2023 · England in 2023
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
Headingley, Leeds

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to field

Australia · 1st innings 263 all out (60.4 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad 4 5 1 0 80.0
UT Khawaja b MA Wood 13 37 2 0 35.1
M Labuschagne c JE Root b CR Woakes 21 58 4 0 36.2
SPD Smith c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 22 31 1 1 71.0
TM Head c JE Root b CR Woakes 39 74 5 0 52.7
MR Marsh c Z Crawley b CR Woakes 118 118 17 4 100.0
AT Carey c CR Woakes b MA Wood 8 16 1 0 50.0
MA Starc b MA Wood 2 10 0 0 20.0
PJ Cummins lbw b MA Wood 0 2 0 0 0.0
T Murphy b MA Wood 13 12 3 0 108.3
SM Boland not out 0* 4 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 10, lb 10, w 0, nb 3) 23
Total 60.4 overs 263

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (DA Warner, 0.5 ov), 2-42 (UT Khawaja, 12.6 ov), 3-61 (M Labuschagne, 19.3 ov), 4-85 (SPD Smith, 24.2 ov), 5-240 (MR Marsh, 52.1 ov), 6-245 (TM Head, 54.3 ov), 7-249 (MA Starc, 56.3 ov), 8-249 (PJ Cummins, 56.5 ov), 9-254 (AT Carey, 58.2 ov), 10-263 (T Murphy, 60.4 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 11.4 0 58 2 4.97 0 1
Ollie Robinson 11.2 2 38 0 3.35 0 2
Mark Wood 11.4 4 34 5 2.91 0 0
Chris Woakes 17 1 73 3 4.29 0 0
Moeen Ali 9 1 40 0 4.44 0 0

England · 1st innings 237 all out (52.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c DA Warner b MR Marsh 33 39 3 0 84.6
Ben Duckett c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 2 6 0 0 33.3
Harry Brook c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 3 11 0 0 27.3
Joe Root c DA Warner b PJ Cummins 19 45 2 0 42.2
Jonny Bairstow c SPD Smith b MA Starc 12 37 2 0 32.4
Ben Stokes c SPD Smith b T Murphy 80 108 6 5 74.1
Moeen Ali c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 21 46 2 0 45.7
Chris Woakes c AT Carey b MA Starc 10 10 0 1 100.0
Mark Wood c MR Marsh b PJ Cummins 24 8 1 3 300.0
Stuart Broad c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 7 8 1 0 87.5
Ollie Robinson not out 5* 6 1 0 83.3
Extras (b 4, lb 3, w 5, nb 9) 21
Total 52.3 overs 237

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (BM Duckett, 3.2 ov), 2-22 (HC Brook, 5.2 ov), 3-65 (Z Crawley, 13.3 ov), 4-68 (JE Root, 19.2 ov), 5-87 (JM Bairstow, 24.3 ov), 6-131 (MM Ali, 39.4 ov), 7-142 (CR Woakes, 42.1 ov), 8-167 (MA Wood, 43.4 ov), 9-199 (SCJ Broad, 47.4 ov), 10-237 (BA Stokes, 52.3 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 14 3 59 2 4.21 0 1
PJ Cummins 18 1 91 6 5.06 1 3
SM Boland 10 0 35 0 3.50 0 3
MR Marsh 3 1 9 1 3.00 0 2
T Murphy 7.3 0 36 1 4.80 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 224 all out (67.1 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
UT Khawaja c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 43 96 3 0 44.8
DA Warner c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad 1 5 0 0 20.0
M Labuschagne c HC Brook b MM Ali 33 77 5 0 42.9
SPD Smith c BM Duckett b MM Ali 2 9 0 0 22.2
TM Head c BM Duckett b SCJ Broad 77 112 7 3 68.8
MR Marsh c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 28 52 5 0 53.8
AT Carey b CR Woakes 5 14 1 0 35.7
MA Starc c HC Brook b MA Wood 16 19 2 0 84.2
PJ Cummins c JM Bairstow b MA Wood 1 8 0 0 12.5
T Murphy lbw b SCJ Broad 11 10 2 0 110.0
SM Boland not out 0* 1 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 5, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 7
Total 67.1 overs 224

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (DA Warner, 2.2 ov), 2-68 (M Labuschagne, 25.2 ov), 3-72 (SPD Smith, 27.4 ov), 4-90 (UT Khawaja, 34.5 ov), 5-131 (MR Marsh, 49.5 ov), 6-139 (AT Carey, 53.5 ov), 7-168 (MA Starc, 58.4 ov), 8-170 (PJ Cummins, 60.2 ov), 9-211 (T Murphy, 65.5 ov), 10-224 (TM Head, 67.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 14.1 3 45 3 3.18 0 0
Chris Woakes 18 0 68 3 3.78 0 0
Mark Wood 17 2 66 2 3.88 0 0
Joe Root 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0
Moeen Ali 17 3 34 2 2.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 254/7 (50 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c AT Carey b MR Marsh 44 55 5 0 80.0
Ben Duckett lbw b MA Starc 23 31 3 0 74.2
Moeen Ali b MA Starc 5 15 0 0 33.3
Joe Root c AT Carey b PJ Cummins 21 33 3 0 63.6
Harry Brook c PJ Cummins b MA Starc 75 93 9 0 80.6
Ben Stokes c AT Carey b MA Starc 13 15 2 0 86.7
Jonny Bairstow b MA Starc 5 8 1 0 62.5
Chris Woakes not out 32* 47 4 0 68.1
Mark Wood not out 16* 8 1 1 200.0
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 5) 20
Total 50 overs 254/7

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, OE Robinson

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (BM Duckett, 9.1 ov), 2-60 (MM Ali, 13.5 ov), 3-93 (Z Crawley, 19.3 ov), 4-131 (JE Root, 28.5 ov), 5-161 (BA Stokes, 33.5 ov), 6-171 (JM Bairstow, 35.5 ov), 7-230 (HC Brook, 47.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
PJ Cummins 15 0 77 1 5.13 0 1
MA Starc 16 0 78 5 4.88 1 0
SM Boland 11 1 49 0 4.45 0 2
MR Marsh 6 0 23 1 3.83 0 1
T Murphy 2 0 13 0 6.50 0 1

Player of the match: Mark Wood · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, Nitin Menon · TV umpire: JS Wilson · 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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