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Test No. 2170

Australia tour of England and Ireland 2015
2015-16 season
England vs Australia - 1st Test
08-11 July, 2015 (5-day match)

England led the 5-match series 1-0

Venue : Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 169 runs


England 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Adam Lyth c Warner b Hazlewood
6 
10 
1 
0
60.00 
»
 Alastair Cook c Haddin b Lyon
20 
40 
3 
0
50.00 
»
 Gary Ballance lbw b Hazlewood
61 
149 
8 
0
40.94 
»
 Ian Bell lbw b Starc
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Joe Root c Watson b Starc
134 
166 
17 
0
80.72 
»
 Ben Stokes b Starc
52 
78 
6 
2
66.67 
»
 Jos Buttler c Johnson b Hazlewood
27 
34 
3 
0
79.41 
»
 Moeen Ali c Watson b Starc
77 
88 
11 
1
87.50 
»
 Stuart Broad c Haddin b Lyon
18 
26 
2 
1
69.23 
»
 Mark Wood Not Out
7 
10 
1 
0
70.00 
»
 James Anderson b Starc
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
Extras B 17, LB 3, W 5, N 1
26
Total : (all out in 102.1 overs)
430
 RR : 4.21

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Lyth, 1.6 ov), 2-42 (Cook, 13.2 ov), 3-43 (Bell, 14.3 ov), 4-196 (Ballance, 53.3 ov), 5-280 (Root, 72.1 ov), 6-293 (Stokes, 76.2 ov), 7-343 (Buttler, 85.5 ov), 8-395 (Broad, 97.1 ov), 9-419 (Ali, 100.2 ov), 10-430 (Anderson, 102.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
24
 .1
4 
114 
5
4.72
1
1
»
 Josh Hazlewood
23
8 
83 
3
3.61
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
25
3 
111 
0
4.44
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
20
4 
69 
2
3.45
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
8
0 
24 
0
3.00
0
0
»
 David Warner
2
0 
9 
0
4.50
0
0

Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Chris Rogers c Buttler b Wood
95 
133 
11 
1
71.43 
»
 David Warner c Cook b Anderson
17 
42 
3 
0
40.48 
»
 Steven Smith c Cook b Ali
33 
56 
5 
0
58.93 
»
 Michael Clarke c & b Ali
38 
52 
6 
0
73.08 
»
 Adam Voges c Anderson b Stokes
31 
75 
4 
0
41.33 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Broad
30 
57 
6 
0
52.63 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b Wood
6 
26 
1 
0
23.08 
»
 Brad Haddin c Buttler b Anderson
22 
38 
5 
0
57.89 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Ballance b Broad
14 
19 
2 
0
73.68 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Root b Anderson
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
2 
4 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras B 6, LB 11, W 3
20
Total : (all out in 84.5 overs)
308
 RR : 3.63

Fall of wickets : 1-52 (Warner, 14.3 ov), 2-129 (Smith, 32.6 ov), 3-180 (Rogers, 42.4 ov), 4-207 (Clarke, 52.1 ov), 5-258 (Voges, 67.2 ov), 6-265 (Watson, 71.4 ov), 7-265 (Lyon, 74.6 ov), 8-304 (Haddin, 82.5 ov), 9-306 (Johnson, 83.2 ov), 10-308 (Starc, 84.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
18
 .5
6 
43 
3
2.28
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
17
4 
60 
2
3.53
0
1
»
 Mark Wood
20
5 
66 
2
3.30
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
15
1 
71 
2
4.73
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
14
5 
51 
1
3.64
0
2

England 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Adam Lyth c Clarke b Lyon
37 
62 
4 
1
59.68 
»
 Alastair Cook c Lyon b Starc
12 
26 
1 
0
46.15 
»
 Gary Ballance c Haddin b Hazlewood
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ian Bell b Johnson
60 
89 
11 
0
67.42 
»
 Joe Root b Hazlewood
60 
89 
9 
0
67.42 
»
 Ben Stokes b Starc
42 
59 
9 
0
71.19 
»
 Jos Buttler c Haddin b Lyon
7 
19 
0 
0
36.84 
»
 Moeen Ali c Haddin b Johnson
15 
41 
2 
0
36.59 
»
 Stuart Broad c Hazlewood b Lyon
4 
7 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Mark Wood Not Out
32 
18 
4 
1
177.78 
»
 James Anderson b Lyon
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
Extras B 7, LB 6, W 6
19
Total : (all out in 70.1 overs)
289
 RR : 4.12

Fall of wickets : 1-17 (Cook, 6.6 ov), 2-22 (Ballance, 9.6 ov), 3-73 (Lyth, 19.4 ov), 4-170 (Bell, 39.6 ov), 5-207 (Root, 51.1 ov), 6-236 (Buttler, 58.2 ov), 7-240 (Stokes, 59.1 ov), 8-245 (Broad, 60.4 ov), 9-288 (Ali, 69.1 ov), 10-289 (Anderson, 70.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
16
2 
69 
2
4.31
0
1
»
 Josh Hazlewood
13
2 
49 
2
3.77
0
0
»
 Mitchell Starc
16
4 
60 
2
3.75
0
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
20
 .1
4 
75 
4
3.72
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
5
0 
23 
0
4.60
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
(Target: 412 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Chris Rogers c Bell b Broad
10 
28 
2 
0
35.71 
»
 David Warner lbw b Ali
52 
86 
6 
1
60.47 
»
 Steven Smith c Bell b Broad
33 
49 
6 
0
67.35 
»
 Michael Clarke c Stokes b Broad
4 
13 
1 
0
30.77 
»
 Adam Voges c Buttler b Wood
1 
16 
0 
0
6.25 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Wood
19 
58 
2 
0
32.76 
»
 Brad Haddin c Cook b Ali
7 
20 
1 
0
35.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Lyth b Root
77 
94 
9 
2
81.91 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Lyth b Root
17 
38 
3 
0
44.74 
»
 Josh Hazlewood c Root b Ali
14 
17 
2 
0
82.35 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 3, N 1
8
Total : (all out in 70.3 overs)
242
 RR : 3.43

Fall of wickets : 1-19 (Rogers, 9.4 ov), 2-97 (Warner, 26.3 ov), 3-101 (Smith, 27.4 ov), 4-106 (Clarke, 31.4 ov), 5-106 (Voges, 32.2 ov), 6-122 (Haddin, 38.1 ov), 7-151 (Watson, 50.5 ov), 8-223 (Starc, 65.4 ov), 9-242 (Johnson, 69.1 ov), 10-242 (Hazlewood, 70.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
12
3 
33 
0
2.75
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
14
3 
39 
3
2.79
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
16
 .3
4 
59 
3
3.58
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
8
2 
23 
0
2.88
0
0
»
 Mark Wood
14
4 
53 
2
3.79
1
0
»
 Joe Root
6
1 
28 
2
4.67
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: JE Root (England)
Umpires : HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and M Erasmus (South Africa)
Third Umpire: CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: NGB Cook (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st innings - 343/7 (MM Ali 26*, SCJ Broad 0*, 88 ov)
Day 2 : Australia 1st innings - 264/5 (SR Watson 29*, NM Lyon 6*, 70 ov)
Day 3 : England 2nd innings - 289 (MA Wood 32*, 70.1 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 242 (NM Lyon 0*, 70.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Joe Root, Jos Buttler (wk), James Anderson, Mark Wood, Ian Bell, Gary Ballance, Ben Stokes, Alastair Cook (Capt.), Adam Lyth, Stuart Broad, Moeen Ali
Australia Brad Haddin (wk), Chris Rogers, David Warner, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Steven Smith, Shane Watson, Adam Voges
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