f63383 t2616 wtc225	Australia v England
	England in Australia 2025/26 (5th Test) ICC World Test Championship 2025 to 2026/27
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th January 2026 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 5 wickets
Points	Australia 12; England 0
Umpires	Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), CB Gaffaney (New Zealand)
TV umpire	HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Scorers	TJ Lorraine, IE Wright
Reserve Umpire	SJ Nogajski
Close of play day 1	England (1) 211/3 (Root 72*, Brook 78*; 45 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 166/2 (Head 91*, Neser 1*; 34.1 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 518/7 (Smith 129*, Webster 42*; 124 overs)
Close of play day 4	England (2) 302/8 (Bethell 142*, Potts 0*; 75 overs)
Player of the Match	TM Head
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	lbw b Neser	16	29	59	3	-	23
BM Duckett	c Carey b Starc	27	24	34	5	-	13
JG Bethell	c Carey b Boland	10	23	30	2	-	20
JE Root	c and b Neser	160	242	398	15	-	144
HC Brook	c Smith b Boland	84	97	164	6	1	46
*BA Stokes	c Carey b Starc	0	11	15	-	-	11
+JL Smith	c Boland b Labuschagne	46	76	104	6	1	55
WG Jacks	c Green b Neser	27	62	76	2	1	48
BA Carse	c Carey b Green	1	6	9	-	-	5
MJ Potts	not out	1	16	16	-	-	15
JC Tongue	b Neser	0	2	2	-	-	2
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	12
Total	(all out, 460 minutes, 97.3 overs)	384
Fall of wickets:
1-35 (Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Crawley, 11.4 ov), 3-57 (Bethell, 12.6 ov), 4-226 (Brook, 47.4 ov), 5-229 (Stokes, 50.5 ov), 6-323 (Smith, 74.4 ov), 7-375 (Jacks, 91.6 ov), 8-382 (Carse, 94.1 ov), 9-384 (Root, 97.1 ov), 10-384 (Tongue, 97.3 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	23	2	93	2	-	1	90	10	1
Neser	18.3	2	60	4	-	-	82	8	-
Boland	26	2	85	2	-	-	107	9	-
Green	18	0	85	1	1	1	63	8	1
Webster	5	0	20	0	-	-	17	2	-
Head	4	0	20	0	-	-	10	2	-
Labuschagne	3	0	14	1	1	1	12	-	1

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TM Head	lbw b Bethell	163	166	324	24	1	91
JB Weatherald	lbw b Stokes	21	36	57	4	-	27
M Labuschagne	c Bethell b Stokes	48	68	91	7	-	48
MG Neser	c Smith b Carse	24	90	115	4	-	79
*SPD Smith	c Smith b Tongue	138	220	332	16	1	143
Usman Khawaja	lbw b Carse	17	49	66	2	-	39
+AT Carey	c Bethell b Tongue	16	13	22	3	-	8
CD Green	c Duckett b Carse	37	64	84	3	1	45
BJ Webster	not out	71	87	123	7	-	48
MA Starc	b Tongue	5	14	20	-	-	10
SM Boland	c Brook b Jacks	0	1	4	-	-	1
Extras	(4 b, 14 lb, 5 nb, 4 w)	27
Total	(all out, 626 minutes, 133.5 overs)	567
Fall of wickets:
1-57 (Weatherald, 12.2 ov), 2-162 (Labuschagne, 30.6 ov), 3-234 (Neser, 54.4 ov), 4-288 (Head, 67.1 ov), 5-339 (Usman Khawaja, 83.4 ov), 6-366 (Carey, 88.1 ov), 7-437 (Green, 106.3 ov), 8-544 (Smith, 128.5 ov), 9-564 (Starc, 132.6 ov), 10-567 (Boland, 133.5 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Carse	27	2	130	3	1	-	107	20	-
Potts	25	1	141	0	2	-	93	23	1
Tongue	30	0	97	3	-	-	123	11	-
Stokes	27.4	6	95	2	-	5	122	12	1
Jacks	8.5	0	34	1	-	-	28	2	-
Bethell	15.2	1	52	1	1	-	61	2	1

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	lbw b Starc	1	2	5	-	-	1
BM Duckett	b Neser	42	55	96	6	-	34
JG Bethell	c Carey b Starc	154	265	384	15	-	170
JE Root	lbw b Boland	6	37	64	1	-	34
HC Brook	lbw b Webster	42	48	89	5	-	25
WG Jacks	c Green b Webster	0	2	1	-	-	2
+JL Smith	run out (Weatherald->Labuschagne)	26	41	47	3	-	26
*BA Stokes	c Smith b Webster	1	5	5	-	-	4
BA Carse	c Smith b Boland	16	20	18	3	-	13
MJ Potts	not out	18	43	80	3	-	35
JC Tongue	c Labuschagne b Starc	6	14	20	1	-	11
Extras	(9 b, 11 lb, 2 nb, 3 w, 5 pen)	30
Total	(all out, 410 minutes, 88.2 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-4 (Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-85 (Duckett, 19.1 ov), 3-117 (Root, 31.6 ov), 4-219 (Brook, 51.1 ov), 5-219 (Jacks, 51.3 ov), 6-264 (Smith, 64.1 ov), 7-267 (Stokes, 65.2 ov), 8-297 (Carse, 70.3 ov), 9-328 (Bethell, 84.2 ov), 10-342 (Tongue, 88.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	18.2	2	72	3	-	-	74	10	-
Boland	25	6	46	2	-	-	119	3	-
Neser	16	0	55	1	-	1	66	6	-
Green	6	0	40	0	-	-	18	7	-
Webster	16	1	64	3	-	1	57	7	-
Head	4	0	25	0	1	-	11	3	-
Labuschagne	3	0	15	0	2	-	8	1	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TM Head	c Carse b Tongue	29	35	53	4	-	19
JB Weatherald	c Potts b Tongue	34	40	71	5	-	23
M Labuschagne	run out (Potts->Smith)	37	40	60	4	1	24
*SPD Smith	b Jacks	12	12	13	1	-	6
Usman Khawaja	b Tongue	6	7	19	1	-	5
+AT Carey	not out	16	27	40	1	-	16
CD Green	not out	22	27	34	3	-	15
BJ Webster	did not bat
MG Neser	did not bat
MA Starc	did not bat
SM Boland	did not bat
Extras	(3 b, 1 lb, 1 w)	5
Total	(5 wickets, 148 minutes, 31.2 overs)	161
Fall of wickets:
1-62 (Head, 10.3 ov), 2-71 (Weatherald, 14.4 ov), 3-92 (Smith, 17.5 ov), 4-119 (Usman Khawaja, 22.1 ov), 5-121 (Labuschagne, 23.1 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Carse	8	0	51	0	1	-	22	8	-
Tongue	11	0	42	3	-	-	42	4	-
Bethell	3	0	16	0	-	-	9	2	-
Jacks	6.2	1	42	1	-	-	22	5	1
Root	3	1	6	0	-	-	13	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: England (1) 114/3 (Root 31*, Brook 23*; 24 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 211/3 (Root 72*, Brook 78*; 45 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 336/6 (Root 138*, Jacks 3*; 78 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 384 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 281/3 (Head 162*, Smith 16*; 65 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 377/6 (Smith 65*, Green 8*; 91 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (2) 80/1 (Duckett 40*, Bethell 28*; 17 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 174/3 (Bethell 79*, Brook 24*; 41 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Australia (2) 71/2 (Labuschagne 7*; 14.4 overs)
--> England first innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 22.6 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 31.1 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 41.6 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 56.2 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 69.1 overs
--> England first innings: 350 in 80.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 20.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 28.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 43.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 59.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 69.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 85.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 97.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 450 in 109.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 500 in 120.4 overs
--> Australia first innings: 550 in 129.6 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 12.2 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 26.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 36.6 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 46.4 overs
--> England second innings: 250 in 62.3 overs
--> England second innings: 300 in 75.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 9.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 19.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 30.4 overs
--> JE Root (1) 50 in 65 balls with 7 fours
--> JE Root (1) 100 in 146 balls with 11 fours
--> JE Root (1) 150 in 226 balls with 15 fours
--> JE Root (1) passed 19000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 77
--> HC Brook (1) 50 in 63 balls with 5 fours
--> TM Head (1) 50 in 55 balls with 9 fours
--> TM Head (1) 100 in 105 balls with 17 fours
--> TM Head (1) 150 in 152 balls with 23 fours and 1 six
--> TM Head (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 100
--> M Labuschagne (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 1
--> SPD Smith (1) 50 in 95 balls with 7 fours
--> SPD Smith (1) 100 in 166 balls with 11 fours and 1 six
--> SPD Smith (1) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 31
--> BJ Webster (1) 50 in 64 balls with 5 fours
--> JG Bethell (2) 50 in 87 balls with 7 fours
--> JG Bethell (2) passed his previous highest score of 96 in Test matches
--> JG Bethell (2) made his first century in Test matches
--> JG Bethell (2) passed his previous highest score of 96 in First-Class matches
--> JG Bethell (2) made his first century in First-Class matches
--> JG Bethell (2) 100 in 162 balls with 13 fours
--> JG Bethell (2) 150 in 243 balls with 15 fours
--> JB Weatherald (2) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> Usman Khawaja (2) passed 15500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 6
--> MJ Potts made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> MJ Potts made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> BJ Webster achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed BA Stokes in the England second innings (previous best was 2-6)
--> JE Root (31) and HC Brook (16) added 50 in 63 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (50) and HC Brook (47) added 100 in 122 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (69) and HC Brook (77) added 150 in 184 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (22) and JL Smith (27) added 50 in 73 balls for the England 6th wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (22) and WG Jacks (27) added 50 in 93 balls for the England 7th wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (29) and JB Weatherald (20) added 50 in 56 balls for the Australia 1st wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (24) and M Labuschagne (25) added 50 in 55 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (49) and M Labuschagne (48) added 100 in 104 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (36) and MG Neser (14) added 50 in 110 balls for the Australia 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (31) and SPD Smith (20) added 50 in 64 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
--> SPD Smith (29) and Usman Khawaja (17) added 50 in 98 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the first innings
--> SPD Smith (24) and CD Green (25) added 50 in 74 balls for the Australia 7th wicket in the first innings
--> SPD Smith (30) and BJ Webster (21) added 50 in 70 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the first innings
--> SPD Smith (43) and BJ Webster (56) added 100 in 126 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the first innings
--> BM Duckett (29) and JG Bethell (18) added 50 in 73 balls for the England 2nd wicket in the second innings
--> JG Bethell (23) and HC Brook (24) added 50 in 55 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> TM Head (24) and JB Weatherald (26) added 50 in 55 balls for the Australia 1st wicket in the second innings

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England 1st innings
Over 11.4: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Z Crawley (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 50.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - BA Stokes (decision overturned)
Australia 1st innings
Over 12.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - J Weatherald (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 21.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - M Labuschagne (decision upheld)
Over 35.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - MG Neser (decision upheld)
Over 52.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MG Neser (decision upheld)
Over 67.1: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TM Head (decision upheld)
Over 83.4: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - UT Khawaja (decision upheld)
England 2nd innings
Over 0.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - Z Crawley (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 25.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Over 31.6: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 51.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - HC Brook (decision overturned)
Over 76.1: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - MJ Potts (decision upheld)
Over 81.3: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - JG Bethell (decision overturned)
Over 85.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - MJ Potts (decision upheld)
Australia 2nd innings
Over 0.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - TM Head (decision upheld)
Over 6.4: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - J Weatherald (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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