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Test No. 2289

The Ashes 2017-18
2017-18 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
26-30 December, 2017 (5-day match)

Australia led the 5-match series 3-0

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft lbw b Woakes
26 
95 
2 
0
27.37 
»
 David Warner c Bairstow b Anderson
103 
151 
13 
1
68.21 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Bairstow b Broad
17 
65 
2 
0
26.15 
»
 Steven Smith b Curran
76 
156 
8 
0
48.72 
»
 Shaun Marsh lbw b Broad
61 
148 
8 
0
41.22 
»
 Mitchell Marsh b Woakes
9 
18 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Tim Paine b Anderson
24 
36 
4 
0
66.67 
»
 Pat Cummins c Cook b Broad
4 
18 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Jackson Bird lbw b Broad
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Josh Hazlewood Not Out
1 
12 
0 
0
8.33 
»
 Nathan Lyon lbw b Anderson
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras LB 1, N 1
2
Total : (all out in 119.0 overs)
327
 RR : 2.75

Fall of wickets : 1-122 (CT Bancroft, 34.3 ov), 2-135 (DA Warner, 47.4 ov), 3-160 (UT Khawaja, 57.1 ov), 4-260 (SPD Smith, 96.2 ov), 5-278 (MR Marsh, 100.5 ov), 6-314 (SE Marsh, 109.6 ov), 7-318 (TD Paine, 112.2 ov), 8-325 (JM Bird, 113.6 ov), 9-326 (PJ Cummins, 115.2 ov), 10-327 (NM Lyon, 118.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
29
11 
61 
3
2.10
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
28
10 
51 
4
1.82
0
0
»
 Chris Woakes
22
4 
72 
2
3.27
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
12
0 
57 
0
4.75
0
0
»
 Tom Curran
21
5 
65 
1
3.10
1
0
»
 Dawid Malan
7
1 
20 
0
2.86
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Alastair Cook Not Out
244 
409 
27 
0
59.66 
»
 Mark Stoneman c & b Lyon
15 
37 
1 
0
40.54 
»
 James Vince lbw b Hazlewood
17 
37 
3 
0
45.95 
»
 Joe Root c Lyon b Cummins
61 
133 
7 
0
45.86 
»
 Dawid Malan lbw b Hazlewood
14 
43 
3 
0
32.56 
»
 Jonny Bairstow c Paine b Lyon
22 
39 
3 
0
56.41 
»
 Moeen Ali c SE Marsh b Lyon
20 
14 
2 
1
142.86 
»
 Chris Woakes c Paine b Cummins
26 
62 
3 
0
41.94 
»
 Tom Curran c Paine b Hazlewood
4 
15 
1 
0
26.67 
»
 Stuart Broad c Khawaja b Cummins
56 
63 
8 
1
88.89 
»
 James Anderson c Bancroft b Cummins
0 
16 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 5, N 3
12
Total : (all out in 144.1 overs)
491
 RR : 3.41

Fall of wickets : 1-35 (MD Stoneman, 11.3 ov), 2-80 (JM Vince, 24.1 ov), 3-218 (JE Root, 68.5 ov), 4-246 (DJ Malan, 80.2 ov), 5-279 (JM Bairstow, 89.6 ov), 6-307 (MM Ali, 93.1 ov), 7-366 (CR Woakes, 114.5 ov), 8-373 (TK Curran, 119.3 ov), 9-473 (SCJ Broad, 137.5 ov), 10-491 (JM Anderson, 144.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Josh Hazlewood
30
5 
95 
3
3.17
0
0
»
 Jackson Bird
30
5 
108 
0
3.60
3
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
42
9 
109 
3
2.60
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
29
 .1
1 
117 
4
4.01
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
12
1 
42 
0
3.50
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
1
0 
11 
0
11.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft b Woakes
27 
42 
4 
0
64.29 
»
 David Warner c Vince b Root
86 
227 
8 
0
37.89 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Bairstow b Anderson
11 
14 
1 
1
78.57 
»
 Steven Smith Not Out
102 
275 
6 
0
37.09 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Bairstow b Broad
4 
22 
1 
0
18.18 
»
 Mitchell Marsh Not Out
29 
166 
3 
0
17.47 
Extras B 4
4
Total : (4 wickets in 124.2 overs)
263
 RR : 2.12

did not bat: Jackson Bird, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Tim Paine

Fall of wickets : 1-51 (CT Bancroft, 15.4 ov), 2-65 (UT Khawaja, 21.1 ov), 3-172 (DA Warner, 69.2 ov), 4-178 (SE Marsh, 75.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
30
12 
46 
1
1.53
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
24
11 
44 
1
1.83
0
0
»
 Chris Woakes
26
7 
62 
1
2.38
0
0
»
 Tom Curran
20
6 
53 
0
2.65
0
0
»
 Moeen Ali
13
 .2
2 
32 
0
2.40
0
0
»
 Dawid Malan
8
1 
21 
0
2.63
0
0
»
 Joe Root
3
2 
1 
1
0.33
0
0

Match details
Debuts: TK Curran (England)
Man of the Match: Alastair Cook (England)
Umpires : Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Sundaram Ravi (India)
Third Umpire: Joel Wilson (West Indies)
Referee : Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: Sam Nogajski (Ausralia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 26 Dec - Australia 1st innings 244/3 (SPD Smith 65*, SE Marsh 31*, 89 ov)
Day 2 : 27 Dec - England 1st innings 192/2 (AN Cook 104*, JE Root 49*, 57 ov)
Day 3 : 28 Dec - England 1st innings 491/9 (AN Cook 244*, JM Anderson 0*, 144 ov)
Day 4 : 29 Dec - Australia 2nd innings 103/2 (DA Warner 40*, SPD Smith 25*, 43.5 ov)
Day 5 : 30 Dec - Australia 2nd innings 263/4d (SPD Smith 102*, MR Marsh 29*, 124.2 ov) - end of match

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