AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND — Match Centre
Match details
- Status
- Result · England won by 4 wkts
- Match
- 4th Test · TEST
- Series
- The Ashes, 2025-26
- Scheduled start
- Fri 26 Dec 2025 · 5:30 AM Bangladesh time
- Scheduled end
- Mon 29 Dec 2025 · 6:00 AM Bangladesh time
- Scheduled length
- 3 days
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Data
- Scores fetched Wed 23 Sep 2026 · 6:09 AM Bangladesh time
Scorecard
Australia · 152/10 (45.2)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Head | b Gus Atkinson | 12 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 54.55 |
 Jake Weatherald | c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue | 10 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 43.48 |
 Labuschagne | c Root b Josh Tongue | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 31.58 |
 Steven Smith (c) | b Josh Tongue | 9 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 29.03 |
 Khawaja | c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson | 29 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 55.77 |
 Alex Carey † | c Zak Crawley b Stokes | 20 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 57.14 |
 Green | run out (Brydon Carse) | 17 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 |
 Neser | b Josh Tongue | 35 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 71.43 |
 Mitchell Starc | c Stokes b Brydon Carse | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
 Jhye Richardson | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Boland | c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gus Atkinson | 14.0 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 2.00 |
 Brydon Carse | 12.0 | 3 | 42 | 1 | 3.50 |
 Josh Tongue | 11.2 | 2 | 45 | 5 | 4.00 |
 Stokes | 8.0 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 3.10 |
England · 110/10 (29.5)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zak Crawley | c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
 Duckett | c Neser b Mitchell Starc | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
 Jacob Bethell | c Alex Carey b Neser | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
 Root | c Alex Carey b Neser | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Harry Brook | lbw b Boland | 41 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 120.59 |
| Stokes (c) | c Steven Smith b Neser | 16 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 42.11 |
 Jamie Smith † | b Boland | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
 Will Jacks | c Alex Carey b Boland | 5 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Gus Atkinson | b Green | 28 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 80.00 |
| Brydon Carse | c Boland b Neser | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Josh Tongue | not out | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 6.0 | 0 | 23 | 2 | 3.80 |
| Neser | 10.0 | 1 | 45 | 4 | 4.50 |
| Boland | 9.0 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 3.30 |
| Jhye Richardson | 4.0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Green | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
Australia · 132/10 (34.3)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boland | c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson | 6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 35.29 |
| Head | b Brydon Carse | 46 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 68.66 |
| Jake Weatherald | b Stokes | 5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| Labuschagne | c Root b Josh Tongue | 8 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
| Steven Smith (c) | not out | 24 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 61.54 |
| Khawaja | c (sub)Ollie Pope b Josh Tongue | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Alex Carey † | c Harry Brook b Brydon Carse | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.67 |
| Green | c Harry Brook b Stokes | 19 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 65.52 |
| Neser | c and b Brydon Carse | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Mitchell Starc | c Root b Brydon Carse | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jhye Richardson | c Zak Crawley b Stokes | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 70.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Atkinson | 5.0 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 4.00 |
| Brydon Carse | 11.0 | 3 | 34 | 4 | 3.10 |
| Josh Tongue | 11.0 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 4.00 |
| Stokes | 7.3 | 1 | 24 | 3 | 3.20 |
England · 178/6 (32.2)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | lbw b Boland | 37 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 77.08 |
| Ben Duckett | b Mitchell Starc | 34 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 130.77 |
| Brydon Carse | c Green b Jhye Richardson | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| Jacob Bethell | c Khawaja b Boland | 40 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 86.96 |
| Joe Root | lbw b Jhye Richardson | 15 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 39.47 |
| Harry Brook | not out | 18 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 81.82 |
| Ben Stokes (c) | c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Jamie Smith † | not out | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 150.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 10.0 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5.50 |
| Michael Neser | 8.0 | 1 | 54 | 0 | 6.80 |
| Jhye Richardson | 5.2 | 1 | 22 | 2 | 4.10 |
| Scott Boland | 9.0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 3.20 |
Preview
Head-to-Head · recent meetings
AUS
6
wins
Played
8
1 no-result
ENG
1
wins
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Recent form · last 5 completed
AUSTRALIA
LWDWL
Last: South Africa won by an innings and 31 runs
ENGLAND
WLLLW
Last: England won by 55 runs
W won · L lost · D drawn or tied · NR no result
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Info
| Result | England won by 4 wkts |
| Match | 4th Test · TEST |
| Series | The Ashes, 2025-26 |
| Date & time | Fri 26 Dec 2025 · 5:30 AM Bangladesh time |
| Ended | Mon 29 Dec 2025 · 6:00 AM Bangladesh time |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |