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Test No. 2616

England Tour of Australia 2025
2025-26 season
Australia vs England - 5th Test
04-08 January, 2026 (5-day match)

Australia won the 5-match series 4-1

Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 5 wickets


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Zak Crawley lbw b Neser
16 
29 
3 
0
55.17 
»
 Ben Duckett c Carey b Starc
27 
24 
5 
0
112.50 
»
 Jacob Bethell c Carey b Boland
10 
23 
2 
0
43.48 
»
 Joe Root c & b Neser
160 
242 
15 
0
66.12 
»
 Harry Brook c Smith b Boland
84 
97 
6 
1
86.60 
»
 Ben Stokes c Carey b 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 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 
Extras B 1, LB 6, W 2, N 3
12
Total : (all out in 97.3 overs)
384
 RR : 3.94

Fall of wickets : 1-35 (Ben Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Zak Crawley, 11.4 ov), 3-57 (Jacob Bethell, 12.6 ov), 4-226 (Harry Brook, 47.4 ov), 5-229 (Ben Stokes, 50.5 ov), 6-323 (Jamie Smith, 74.4 ov), 7-375 (Will Jacks, 91.6 ov), 8-382 (Brydon Carse, 94.1 ov), 9-384 (Joe Root, 97.1 ov), 10-384 (Josh Tongue, 97.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
23
2 
93 
2
4.04
1
0
»
 Michael Neser
18
 .3
2 
60 
4
3.24
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
26
2 
85 
2
3.27
0
0
»
 Cameron Green
18
0 
85 
1
4.72
1
1
»
 Beau Webster
5
0 
20 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Travis Head
4
0 
20 
0
5.00
0
0
»
 Marnus Labuschagne
3
0 
14 
1
4.67
1
1

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Travis Head lbw b Bethell
163 
166 
24 
1
98.19 
»
 Jake Weatherald lbw b Stokes
21 
36 
4 
0
58.33 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne c Bethell b Stokes
48 
68 
7 
0
70.59 
»
 Michael Neser c Smith b Carse
24 
90 
4 
0
26.67 
»
 Steven Smith c Smith b Tongue
138 
220 
15 
1
62.73 
»
 Usman Khawaja b Carse
17 
49 
2 
0
34.69 
»
 Alex Carey c Bethell b Tongue
16 
13 
3 
0
123.08 
»
 Cameron Green c Duckett b Carse
37 
64 
3 
0
57.81 
»
 Beau Webster Not Out
71 
87 
7 
0
81.61 
»
 Mitchell Starc b Tongue
5 
14 
0 
0
35.71 
»
 Scott Boland c Brook b Jacks
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 4, LB 14, W 4, N 5
27
Total : (all out in 133.5 overs)
567
 RR : 4.24

Fall of wickets : 1-57 (Jake Weatherald, 12.2 ov), 2-162 (Marnus Labuschagne, 30.6 ov), 3-234 (Michael Neser, 54.4 ov), 4-288 (Travis Head, 67.1 ov), 5-339 (Usman Khawaja, 83.4 ov), 6-366 (Alex Carey, 88.1 ov), 7-437 (Cameron Green, 106.3 ov), 8-544 (Steven Smith, 128.5 ov), 9-564 (Mitchell Starc, 132.6 ov), 10-567 (Scott Boland, 133.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brydon Carse
27
2 
130 
3
4.81
0
1
»
 Matthew Potts
25
1 
141 
0
5.64
0
2
»
 Josh Tongue
30
0 
97 
3
3.23
0
0
»
 Ben Stokes
27
 .4
6 
95 
2
3.43
5
0
»
 Will Jacks
8
 .5
0 
34 
1
3.85
0
0
»
 Jacob Bethell
15
 .2
1 
52 
1
3.39
0
1

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Zak Crawley lbw b Starc
1 
2 
0 
0
50.00 
»
 Ben Duckett b Neser
42 
55 
6 
0
76.36 
»
 Jacob Bethell c Carey b Starc
154 
265 
15 
0
58.11 
»
 Joe 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
26 
41 
3 
0
63.41 
»
 Ben Stokes c Smith b Webster
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Brydon Carse c Smith b Boland
16 
20 
3 
0
80.00 
»
 Matthew Potts Not Out
18 
43 
3 
0
41.86 
»
 Josh Tongue c Labuschagne b Starc
6 
14 
1 
0
42.86 
Extras B 9, LB 11, W 3, N 2, Pen 5
30
Total : (all out in 88.2 overs)
342
 RR : 3.87

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Zak Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-85 (Ben Duckett, 19.1 ov), 3-117 (Joe Root, 31.6 ov), 4-219 (Harry Brook, 51.1 ov), 5-219 (Will Jacks, 51.3 ov), 6-264 (Jamie Smith, 64.1 ov), 7-267 (Ben Stokes, 65.2 ov), 8-297 (Brydon Carse, 70.3 ov), 9-328 (Jacob Bethell, 84.2 ov), 10-342 (Josh Tongue, 88.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
18
 .2
2 
72 
3
3.93
0
0
»
 Scott Boland
25
6 
46 
2
1.84
0
0
»
 Michael Neser
16
0 
55 
1
3.44
1
0
»
 Cameron Green
6
0 
40 
0
6.67
0
0
»
 Beau Webster
16
1 
64 
3
4.00
1
0
»
 Travis Head
4
0 
25 
0
6.25
0
1
»
 Marnus Labuschagne
3
0 
15 
0
5.00
0
2

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 160 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Travis Head c Carse b Tongue
29 
35 
4 
0
82.86 
»
 Jake Weatherald c Potts b Tongue
34 
40 
5 
0
85.00 
»
 Marnus Labuschagne run out
37 
40 
4 
1
92.50 
»
 Steven Smith b Jacks
12 
12 
1 
0
100.00 
»
 Usman Khawaja b 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 
Extras B 3, LB 1, W 1
5
Total : (5 wickets in 31.2 overs)
161
 RR : 5.14

did not bat: Beau Webster, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland

Fall of wickets : 1-62 (Travis Head, 10.3 ov), 2-71 (Jake Weatherald, 14.4 ov), 3-92 (Steven Smith, 17.5 ov), 4-119 (Usman Khawaja, 22.1 ov), 5-121 (Marnus Labuschagne, 23.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Brydon Carse
8
0 
51 
0
6.38
0
1
»
 Josh Tongue
11
0 
42 
3
3.82
0
0
»
 Jacob Bethell
3
0 
16 
0
5.33
0
0
»
 Will Jacks
6
 .2
1 
42 
1
6.63
0
0
»
 Joe Root
3
1 
6 
0
2.00
0
0

Match details
Points: Australia 12, England 0
Man of the Match: Travis Head (Australia)
Man of the Series : Mitchell Starc (Australia)
Umpires : Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand) and Ahsan Raza (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: Sam Nogajski (Australia)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Sun, Jan 4 - England 1st innings 211/3 (Joe Root 72*, Harry Brook 78*, 45 ov)
Day 2 : Mon, Jan 5 - Australia 1st innings 166/2 (Travis Head 91*, Michael Neser 1*, 34.1 ov)
Day 3 : Tue, Jan 6 - Australia 1st innings 518/7 (Steven Smith 129*, Beau Webster 42*, 124 ov)
Day 4 : Wed, Jan 7 - England 2nd innings 302/8 (Jacob Bethell 142*, Matthew Potts 0*, 75 ov)
Day 5 : Thu, Jan 7 - Australia 2nd innings 161/5 (31.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Australia Alex Carey (wk), Beau Webster, Cameron Green, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Steven Smith (Capt.), Travis Head, Usman Khawaja
England Ben Duckett, Ben Stokes (Capt.), Brydon Carse, Harry Brook, Jacob Bethell, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Josh Tongue, Matthew Potts, Will Jacks, Zak Crawley
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