England Tour of Australia 2025 Home | History
Scores Upcoming Results
Test No. 2615

England Tour of Australia 2025
2025-26 season
Australia vs England - 4th Test
26-27 December, 2025 (5-day match)

Australia led the 5-match series 3-1

Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to field first
Result : England won by 4 wickets


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Travis Head b Atkinson
12 
22 
2 
0
54.55 
»
 Jake Weatherald c Smith b Tongue
10 
23 
1 
0
43.48 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Root b Tongue
6 
19 
0 
0
31.58 
»
 Steven Smith b Tongue
9 
31 
2 
0
29.03 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Smith b Atkinson
29 
52 
2 
0
55.77 
»
 Alex Carey c Crawley b Stokes
20 
35 
0 
0
57.14 
»
 Cameron Green run out
17 
34 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Michael Neser b Tongue
35 
49 
7 
0
71.43 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Stokes b Carse
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Jhye Richardson Not Out
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Scott Boland c Brook b Tongue
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 8, N 1
13
Total : (all out in 45.2 overs)
152
 RR : 3.35

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (Travis Head, 6.1 ov), 2-31 (Jake Weatherald, 9.2 ov), 3-34 (Marnus Labuschagne, 11.5 ov), 4-51 (Steven Smith, 19.2 ov), 5-89 (Usman Khawaja, 28.5 ov), 6-91 (Alex Carey, 31.2 ov), 7-143 (Cameron Green, 42.1 ov), 8-152 (Mitchell Starc, 44.5 ov), 9-152 (Michael Neser, 45.1 ov), 10-152 (Scott Boland, 45.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Gus Atkinson
14
4 
28 
2
2.00
0
0
»
 Brydon Carse
12
3 
42 
1
3.50
1
0
»
 Josh Tongue
11
 .2
2 
45 
5
3.97
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
8
1 
25 
1
3.13
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Zak Crawley c Smith b Starc
5 
14 
0 
0
35.71 
»
 Ben Duckett c Neser b Starc
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Jacob Bethell c Carey b Neser
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Joe Root c Carey b Neser
0 
15 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Harry Brook lbw b Boland
41 
34 
2 
2
120.59 
»
 Ben Stokes c Smith b Neser
16 
38 
1 
0
42.11 
»
 Jamie Smith b Boland
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Will Jacks c 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 
Extras LB 4, N 1
5
Total : (all out in 29.5 overs)
110
 RR : 3.69

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (Ben Duckett, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (Jacob Bethell, 3.4 ov), 3-8 (Zak Crawley, 4.2 ov), 4-16 (Joe Root, 7.6 ov), 5-66 (Harry Brook, 16.5 ov), 6-68 (Jamie Smith, 18.2 ov), 7-77 (Will Jacks, 20.2 ov), 8-83 (Ben Stokes, 21.1 ov), 9-91 (Brydon Carse, 23.6 ov), 10-110 (Gus Atkinson, 29.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
6
0 
23 
2
3.83
0
0
»
 Michael Neser
10
1 
45 
4
4.50
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
9
1 
30 
3
3.33
0
0
»
 Jhye Richardson
4
1 
8 
0
2.00
1
0
»
 Cameron Green
0
 .5
0 
0 
1
0.00
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Scott Boland c Smith b Atkinson
6 
17 
1 
0
35.29 
»
 Travis Head b Carse
46 
67 
4 
0
68.66 
»
 Jake Weatherald b Stokes
5 
15 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Root b Tongue
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Steven Smith Not Out
24 
39 
1 
0
61.54 
»
 Usman Khawaja c sub b Tongue
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Alex Carey c Brook b Carse
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Cameron Green c Brook b Stokes
19 
29 
3 
0
65.52 
»
 Michael Neser c & b Carse
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Root b Carse
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Jhye Richardson Not Out
7 
10 
1 
0
70.00 
Extras B 4, LB 6, N 3
13
Total : (all out in 34.3 overs)
132
 RR : 3.83

Fall of wickets : 1-22 (Scott Boland, 6.1 ov), 2-40 (Jake Weatherald, 10.5 ov), 3-61 (Marnus Labuschagne, 17.1 ov), 4-82 (Travis Head, 20.6 ov), 5-83 (Usman Khawaja, 21.3 ov), 6-88 (Alex Carey, 22.5 ov), 7-119 (Cameron Green, 30.5 ov), 8-120 (Michael Neser, 31.5 ov), 9-121 (Mitchell Starc, 31.6 ov), 10-132 (Jhye Richardson, 34.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Gus Atkinson
5
1 
20 
1
4.00
0
0
»
 Brydon Carse
11
3 
34 
4
3.09
1
0
»
 Josh Tongue
11
2 
44 
2
4.00
2
0
»
 Ben Stokes
7
 .3
1 
24 
3
3.20
0
0

England 2nd Innings
(Target: 175 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Zak Crawley lbw b Boland
37 
48 
3 
1
77.08 
»
 Ben Duckett b Starc
34 
26 
4 
1
130.77 
»
 Brydon Carse c Green b JA Richardson
6 
8 
0 
0
75.00 
»
 Jacob Bethell c Khawaja b Boland
40 
46 
5 
0
86.96 
»
 Joe Root lbw b JA Richardson
15 
38 
0 
0
39.47 
»
 Harry Brook Not Out
18 
22 
3 
0
81.82 
»
 Ben Stokes c Carey b Starc
2 
9 
0 
0
22.22 
»
 Jamie Smith Not Out
3 
1 
0 
0
300.00 
Extras B 8, LB 10, N 5
23
Total : (6 wickets in 32.2 overs)
178
 RR : 5.51

did not bat: Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue, Will Jacks

Fall of wickets : 1-51 (Ben Duckett, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (Brydon Carse, 9.5 ov), 3-112 (Zak Crawley, 18.4 ov), 4-137 (Jacob Bethell, 24.3 ov), 5-158 (Joe Root, 28.4 ov), 6-165 (Ben Stokes, 31.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
10
0 
55 
2
5.50
1
0
»
 Michael Neser
8
1 
54 
0
6.75
0
0
»
 Jhye Richardson
5
 .2
1 
22 
2
4.13
4
0
»
 Scott Boland
9
0 
29 
2
3.22
0
0

Match details
Points: England 12, Australia 0
Man of the Match: Josh Tongue (England)
Umpires : Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Third Umpire: Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Phillip Gillespie (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Fri, Dec 26 - Australia 2nd innings 4/0 (Scott Boland 4*, Travis Head 0*, 1 ov)
Day 2 : Sat, Dec 27 - England 2nd innings 178/6 (32.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Jake Weatherald, Jhye Richardson, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Steven Smith (Capt.), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja
England Ben Duckett, Ben Stokes (Capt.), Brydon Carse, Gus Atkinson, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Will Jacks, Zak Crawley
Scores Upcoming Results
Latest News
Bangladesh secure historic first Test win over Pakistan [+]
Bangladesh beat Pakistan for the first time in Test cricket by completing a 10-wicket win in Rawalpindi
Wood takes five as England win third Test [+]
Captain Ben Stokes scores 24-ball fifty seals 10-wicket thrashing as England wrapped up a 3-0 series
Tucker and McBrine steer Irish to win over Zimbabwe [+]
A record 84-run stand between Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine helped Ireland to a four-wicket Test victory over Zimbabwe at Stormont.
England dismantle Windies to win Test and series [+]
England surged to a series win by blowing away West Indies in a single session on the fourth day of the second Test at Trent Bridge.
Rohit to lead India in ODI series against Sri Lanka [+]
Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul made comebacks in the ODI squad for upcoming series against Sri Lanka.
Mukesh, Samson shine as India to secure T20I Series [+]
India beat Zimbabwe by 42 runs as India has won the series 4-1.
England complete innings win in emotional final day [+]
James Anderson bows out with 704 as Gus Atkinson takes 12 to rout West Indies.
England close in on innings win as West Indies fail again [+]
Anderson, Atkinson and Stokes share six wickets after England build big lead.
Atkinson seven puts England on top against Windies [+]
Anderson nipped in to have last man Jayden Seales lbw, leaving West Indies 121 all out.
Smith, Pennington win first England Test call-ups [+]
No place for Foakes or Bairstow with Smith set to make Test debut as wicketkeeper.
Top