AUSTRALIA vs ENGLAND — Match Centre
Match details
- Status
- Result · Australia won by 5 wkts
- Match
- 5th Test · TEST
- Series
- The Ashes, 2025-26
- Scheduled start
- Sun 4 Jan 2026 · 5:30 AM Bangladesh time
- Scheduled end
- Wed 7 Jan 2026 · 6:00 AM Bangladesh time
- Scheduled length
- 3 days
- Venue
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
- Data
- Scores fetched Wed 23 Sep 2026 · 6:09 AM Bangladesh time
Scorecard
England · 384/10 (97.3)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Zak Crawley | lbw b Neser | 16 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 55.17 |
 Duckett | c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc | 27 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 112.50 |
 Jacob Bethell | c Alex Carey b Boland | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.48 |
 Root | c and b Neser | 160 | 242 | 15 | 0 | 66.12 |
 Harry Brook | c Steven Smith b Boland | 84 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 86.60 |
 Stokes (c) | c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
 Jamie Smith † | c Boland b Labuschagne | 46 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 60.53 |
 Will Jacks | c Green b Neser | 27 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 43.55 |
 Brydon Carse | c Alex Carey b Green | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
 Matthew Potts | not out | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6.25 |
 Josh Tongue | b Neser | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Mitchell Starc | 23.0 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 4.00 |
 Neser | 18.3 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 3.20 |
 Boland | 26.0 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 3.30 |
 Green | 18.0 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 4.70 |
 Webster | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 |
 Head | 4.0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5.00 |
 Labuschagne | 3.0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.70 |
Australia · 567/10 (133.5)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head | lbw b Jacob Bethell | 163 | 166 | 24 | 1 | 98.19 |
 Jake Weatherald | lbw b Stokes | 21 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 58.33 |
| Labuschagne | c Jacob Bethell b Stokes | 48 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 70.59 |
| Neser | c Jamie Smith b Brydon Carse | 24 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 26.67 |
 Steven Smith (c) | c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue | 138 | 220 | 16 | 1 | 62.73 |
 Khawaja | lbw b Brydon Carse | 17 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 34.69 |
 Alex Carey † | c Jacob Bethell b Josh Tongue | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 123.08 |
| Green | c Duckett b Brydon Carse | 37 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 57.81 |
| Webster | not out | 71 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 81.61 |
| Mitchell Starc | b Josh Tongue | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Boland | c Harry Brook b Will Jacks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brydon Carse | 27.0 | 2 | 130 | 3 | 4.80 |
| Matthew Potts | 25.0 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Josh Tongue | 30.0 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 3.20 |
| Stokes | 27.4 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 3.40 |
| Will Jacks | 8.5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.80 |
| Jacob Bethell | 15.2 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 3.40 |
England · 342/10 (88.2)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley | lbw b Mitchell Starc | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| Duckett | b Neser | 42 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 76.36 |
| Jacob Bethell | c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc | 154 | 265 | 15 | 0 | 58.11 |
| Root | lbw b Boland | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 16.22 |
| Harry Brook | lbw b Webster | 42 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 87.50 |
| Will Jacks | c Green b Webster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Jamie Smith † | run out (Jake Weatherald/Labuschagne) | 26 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 63.41 |
| Stokes (c) | c Steven Smith b Webster | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 |
| Brydon Carse | c Steven Smith b Boland | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 80.00 |
| Matthew Potts | not out | 18 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 41.86 |
| Josh Tongue | c Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 42.86 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 18.2 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 3.90 |
| Boland | 25.0 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 1.80 |
| Neser | 16.0 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 3.40 |
| Green | 6.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6.70 |
| Webster | 16.0 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 4.00 |
| Head | 4.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.20 |
| Labuschagne | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 |
Australia · 161/5 (31.2)
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head | c Brydon Carse b Josh Tongue | 29 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 82.86 |
| Jake Weatherald | c Matthew Potts b Josh Tongue | 34 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 85.00 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | run out (Matthew Potts/Jamie Smith) | 37 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 92.50 |
| Steven Smith (c) | b Will Jacks | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Usman Khawaja | b Josh Tongue | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Alex Carey † | not out | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 59.26 |
| Cameron Green | not out | 22 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 81.48 |
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brydon Carse | 8.0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 6.40 |
| Josh Tongue | 11.0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 3.80 |
| Jacob Bethell | 3.0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.30 |
| Will Jacks | 6.2 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 6.60 |
| Joe Root | 3.0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 |
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
LLLWL
Last: Pakistan won by 1 wkt
W won · L lost · D drawn or tied · NR no result
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Info
| Result | Australia won by 5 wkts |
| Match | 5th Test · TEST |
| Series | The Ashes, 2025-26 |
| Date & time | Sun 4 Jan 2026 · 5:30 AM Bangladesh time |
| Ended | Wed 7 Jan 2026 · 6:00 AM Bangladesh time |
| Venue | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney |