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Test No. 2288

The Ashes 2017-18
2017-18 season
Australia vs England - 3rd Test
14-18 December, 2017 (5-day match)

Australia led the 5-match series 3-0

Venue : W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 41 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook lbw b Starc
7 
16 
1 
0
43.75 
»
 Mark Stoneman c Paine b Starc
56 
110 
10 
0
50.91 
»
 James Vince c Paine b Hazlewood
25 
63 
4 
0
39.68 
»
 Joe Root c Paine b Cummins
20 
23 
4 
0
86.96 
»
 Dawid Malan c sub b Lyon
140 
227 
19 
1
61.67 
»
 Jonny Bairstow b Starc
119 
215 
18 
0
55.35 
»
 Moeen Ali c Smith b Cummins
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Chris Woakes c Cummins b Hazlewood
8 
12 
2 
0
66.67 
»
 Craig Overton c Bancroft b Hazlewood
2 
7 
0 
0
28.57 
»
 Stuart Broad c Bancroft b Starc
12 
10 
0 
1
120.00 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 10, LB 2, W 1, N 1
14
Total : (all out in 115.1 overs)
403
 RR : 3.50

Fall of wickets : 1-26 (AN Cook, 4.4 ov), 2-89 (JM Vince, 25.3 ov), 3-115 (JE Root, 32.4 ov), 4-131 (MD Stoneman, 37.5 ov), 5-368 (DJ Malan, 106.5 ov), 6-372 (MM Ali, 107.2 ov), 7-389 (CR Woakes, 110.5 ov), 8-389 (JM Bairstow, 111.2 ov), 9-393 (C Overton, 112.6 ov), 10-403 (SCJ Broad, 115.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
25
 .1
5 
91 
4
3.62
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
28
9 
92 
3
3.29
1
0
»
 Pat Cummins
28
8 
84 
2
3.00
0
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
22
4 
73 
1
3.32
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
9
1 
43 
0
4.78
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
3
1 
8 
0
2.67
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft lbw b Overton
25 
55 
3 
0
45.45 
»
 David Warner c Bairstow b Overton
22 
36 
1 
0
61.11 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b Woakes
50 
123 
8 
0
40.65 
»
 Steven Smith lbw b Anderson
239 
399 
30 
1
59.90 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Root b Ali
28 
75 
4 
0
37.33 
»
 Mitchell Marsh lbw b Anderson
181 
236 
29 
0
76.69 
»
 Tim Paine Not Out
49 
85 
6 
0
57.65 
»
 Mitchell Starc run out
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Pat Cummins lbw b Anderson
41 
63 
4 
1
65.08 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Ali b Anderson
4 
3 
1 
0
133.33 
Extras B 4, LB 16, W 1, N 1
22
Total : (9 wickets dec in 179.3 overs)
662
 RR : 3.69

did not bat: Josh Hazlewood

Fall of wickets : 1-44 (DA Warner, 13.2 ov), 2-55 (CT Bancroft, 17.2 ov), 3-179 (UT Khawaja, 51.1 ov), 4-248 (SE Marsh, 74.4 ov), 5-549 (MR Marsh, 152.2 ov), 6-560 (SPD Smith, 156.1 ov), 7-561 (MA Starc, 156.6 ov), 8-654 (PJ Cummins, 177.6 ov), 9-662 (NM Lyon, 179.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
37
 .3
9 
116 
4
3.09
1
0
»
 Stuart Broad
35
3 
142 
0
4.06
0
0
»
 Chris Woakes
41
8 
128 
1
3.12
0
1
»
 Craig Overton
24
1 
110 
2
4.58
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
33
4 
120 
1
3.64
0
0
»
 Joe Root
3
0 
13 
0
4.33
0
0
»
 Dawid Malan
6
1 
13 
0
2.17
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook c & b Hazlewood
14 
20 
2 
0
70.00 
»
 Mark Stoneman c Paine b Hazlewood
3 
8 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 James Vince b Starc
55 
95 
12 
0
57.89 
»
 Joe Root c Smith b Lyon
14 
20 
3 
0
70.00 
»
 Dawid Malan c Paine b Hazlewood
54 
135 
8 
0
40.00 
»
 Jonny Bairstow b Hazlewood
14 
26 
3 
0
53.85 
»
 Moeen Ali lbw b Lyon
11 
56 
2 
0
19.64 
»
 Chris Woakes c Paine b Cummins
22 
48 
3 
0
45.83 
»
 Craig Overton c Khawaja b Hazlewood
12 
21 
2 
0
57.14 
»
 Stuart Broad c Paine b Cummins
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
Extras B 6, LB 11, N 1
18
Total : (all out in 72.5 overs)
218
 RR : 2.99

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (MD Stoneman, 1.5 ov), 2-29 (AN Cook, 7.3 ov), 3-60 (JE Root, 14.1 ov), 4-100 (JM Vince, 29.5 ov), 5-133 (JM Bairstow, 39.1 ov), 6-172 (MM Ali, 54.5 ov), 7-196 (DJ Malan, 63.2 ov), 8-210 (C Overton, 67.5 ov), 9-211 (SCJ Broad, 68.2 ov), 10-218 (CR Woakes, 72.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
17
5 
44 
1
2.59
0
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
18
6 
48 
5
2.67
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
3
1 
14 
0
4.67
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
19
 .5
4 
53 
2
2.67
1
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
15
4 
42 
2
2.80
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Steven Smith (Australia)
Umpires : Marais Erasmus (South Africa) and Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
Third Umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Referee : Sir Richie Richardson (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Paul Wilson (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 14 Dec - England 1st innings 305/4 (DJ Malan 110*, JM Bairstow 75*, 89 ov)
Day 2 : 15 Dec - Australia 1st innings 203/3 (SPD Smith 92*, SE Marsh 7*, 62 ov)
Day 3 : 16 Dec - Australia 1st innings 549/4 (SPD Smith 229*, MR Marsh 181*, 152 ov)
Day 4 : 17 Dec - England 2nd innings 132/4 (DJ Malan 28*, JM Bairstow 14*, 38.2 ov)
Day 5 : 18 Dec - England 2nd innings 218 (JM Anderson 1*, 72.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith (Capt.), Tim Paine (wk), Usman Khawaja
England Alastair Cook, Chris Woakes, Craig Overton, Dawid Malan, James Anderson, James Vince, Joe Root (Capt.), Jonny Bairstow (wk), Mark Stoneman, Moeen Ali, Stuart Broad
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