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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 49 runs

England
283 & 395
Australia
295 & 334
Date
27 Jul – 31 Jul 2023 · England in 2023
Start
11:00 UK
Venue
The Kia Oval, Kennington

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to field

England · 1st innings 283 all out (54.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 22 37 3 0 59.5
Ben Duckett c AT Carey b MR Marsh 41 41 3 0 100.0
Moeen Ali b T Murphy 34 47 3 2 72.3
Joe Root b JR Hazlewood 5 11 1 0 45.5
Harry Brook c SPD Smith b MA Starc 85 91 11 2 93.4
Ben Stokes b MA Starc 3 16 0 0 18.8
Jonny Bairstow b JR Hazlewood 4 14 0 0 28.6
Chris Woakes c TM Head b MA Starc 36 36 4 1 100.0
Mark Wood b T Murphy 28 29 5 0 96.6
Stuart Broad c TM Head b MA Starc 7 5 1 0 140.0
James Anderson not out 0* 3 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 9, lb 7, w 0, nb 2) 18
Total 54.4 overs 283

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (BM Duckett, 11.6 ov), 2-66 (Z Crawley, 12.4 ov), 3-73 (JE Root, 15.3 ov), 4-184 (MM Ali, 33.3 ov), 5-193 (BA Stokes, 38.3 ov), 6-208 (JM Bairstow, 41.6 ov), 7-212 (HC Brook, 42.3 ov), 8-261 (MA Wood, 51.3 ov), 9-270 (SCJ Broad, 52.5 ov), 10-283 (CR Woakes, 54.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 14.4 1 82 4 5.59 0 0
JR Hazlewood 13 0 54 2 4.15 0 0
PJ Cummins 13 2 66 1 5.08 0 0
MR Marsh 8 0 43 1 5.38 0 2
T Murphy 6 0 22 2 3.67 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 295 all out (103.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
UT Khawaja lbw b SCJ Broad 47 157 7 0 29.9
DA Warner c Z Crawley b CR Woakes 24 52 3 0 46.2
M Labuschagne c JE Root b MA Wood 9 82 0 0 11.0
SPD Smith c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 71 123 6 0 57.7
TM Head c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 4 5 1 0 80.0
MR Marsh b JM Anderson 16 28 1 1 57.1
AT Carey c BA Stokes b JE Root 10 23 1 1 43.5
MA Starc c BM Duckett b MA Wood 7 18 0 0 38.9
PJ Cummins c BA Stokes b JE Root 36 86 4 0 41.9
T Murphy lbw b CR Woakes 34 39 2 3 87.2
JR Hazlewood not out 6* 7 1 0 85.7
Extras (b 17, lb 12, w 1, nb 1) 31
Total 103.1 overs 295

Fall of wickets: 1-49 (DA Warner, 16.5 ov), 2-91 (M Labuschagne, 42.5 ov), 3-115 (UT Khawaja, 51.5 ov), 4-127 (TM Head, 53.4 ov), 5-151 (MR Marsh, 60.4 ov), 6-170 (AT Carey, 67.5 ov), 7-185 (MA Starc, 72.5 ov), 8-239 (SPD Smith, 89.6 ov), 9-288 (T Murphy, 101.2 ov), 10-295 (PJ Cummins, 103.1 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 20 5 49 2 2.45 0 0
James Anderson 26 9 67 1 2.58 0 1
Mark Wood 22 4 62 2 2.82 1 0
Chris Woakes 25 8 61 3 2.44 0 0
Joe Root 7.1 1 20 2 2.79 0 0
Harry Brook 3 1 7 0 2.33 0 0

England · 2nd innings 395 all out (81.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawley c SPD Smith b PJ Cummins 73 76 9 0 96.1
Ben Duckett c AT Carey b MA Starc 42 55 7 0 76.4
Ben Stokes c PJ Cummins b T Murphy 42 67 3 1 62.7
Joe Root b T Murphy 91 106 11 1 85.8
Harry Brook c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood 7 6 0 1 116.7
Jonny Bairstow c AT Carey b MA Starc 78 103 11 0 75.7
Moeen Ali c JR Hazlewood b MA Starc 29 38 4 0 76.3
Chris Woakes c UT Khawaja b MA Starc 1 5 0 0 20.0
Mark Wood c MR Marsh b T Murphy 9 11 1 0 81.8
Stuart Broad not out 8* 8 0 1 100.0
James Anderson lbw b T Murphy 8 19 2 0 42.1
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 3) 7
Total 81.5 overs 395

Fall of wickets: 1-79 (BM Duckett, 16.6 ov), 2-140 (Z Crawley, 26.3 ov), 3-213 (BA Stokes, 39.3 ov), 4-222 (HC Brook, 40.5 ov), 5-332 (JE Root, 65.3 ov), 6-360 (JM Bairstow, 72.4 ov), 7-364 (CR Woakes, 74.1 ov), 8-375 (MM Ali, 76.6 ov), 9-379 (MA Wood, 77.2 ov), 10-395 (JM Anderson, 81.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 20 2 100 4 5.00 0 0
JR Hazlewood 15 0 67 1 4.47 0 1
PJ Cummins 16 0 79 1 4.94 0 1
MR Marsh 8 0 35 0 4.38 0 1
T Murphy 22.5 0 110 4 4.82 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 334 all out (94.4 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes 60 106 9 0 56.6
UT Khawaja lbw b CR Woakes 72 145 8 0 49.7
M Labuschagne c Z Crawley b MA Wood 13 33 2 0 39.4
SPD Smith c Z Crawley b CR Woakes 54 94 9 0 57.4
TM Head c JE Root b MM Ali 43 70 6 0 61.4
MR Marsh c JM Bairstow b MM Ali 6 9 1 0 66.7
AT Carey c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 28 50 1 1 56.0
MA Starc c Z Crawley b CR Woakes 0 2 0 0 0.0
PJ Cummins c BA Stokes b MM Ali 9 14 1 0 64.3
T Murphy c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad 18 39 3 0 46.2
JR Hazlewood not out 4* 8 1 0 50.0
Extras (b 10, lb 10, w 5, nb 2) 27
Total 94.4 overs 334

Fall of wickets: 1-140 (DA Warner, 41.2 ov), 2-141 (UT Khawaja, 43.2 ov), 3-169 (M Labuschagne, 48.6 ov), 4-264 (TM Head, 73.3 ov), 5-274 (SPD Smith, 74.6 ov), 6-274 (MR Marsh, 75.5 ov), 7-275 (MA Starc, 76.3 ov), 8-294 (PJ Cummins, 81.2 ov), 9-329 (T Murphy, 90.6 ov), 10-334 (AT Carey, 94.4 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
Stuart Broad 20.4 4 62 2 3.00 0 0
James Anderson 14 4 53 0 3.79 0 1
Chris Woakes 19 4 50 4 2.63 0 1
Moeen Ali 23 2 76 3 3.30 0 0
Joe Root 9 0 39 0 4.33 0 0
Mark Wood 9 0 34 1 3.78 1 0

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