Australia v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, Match 3, The Ashes, 2021

The Ashes Match 3: Australia v England at Melbourne, December 25, 2021

Australia

AUS

267/10 (87.5)

England

ENG

185/10 (65.1) & 68/10 (27.4)

Finished

AUS won by an inning and 14 runs.

England 1st InningsENG 1st Innings185/10 (65.1 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Haseeb Hameed	c A Carey b P Cummins	0	10	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b P Cummins
Zak Crawley	c C Green b P Cummins	12	25	0	0	48.00
c C Green b P Cummins
Dawid Malan	c D Warner b P Cummins	14	66	1	0	21.21
c D Warner b P Cummins
Joe Root(C)	c A Carey b M Starc	50	82	4	0	60.98
c A Carey b M Starc
Ben Stokes	c NM Lyon b C Green	25	60	2	1	41.67
c NM Lyon b C Green
Jonny Bairstow	c C Green b M Starc	35	75	3	0	46.67
c C Green b M Starc
Jos Buttler(WK)	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	3	11	0	0	27.27
c SM Boland b NM Lyon
Mark Wood	lbw b SM Boland	6	15	0	0	40.00
lbw b SM Boland
Ollie Robinson	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	22	26	3	0	84.62
c SM Boland b NM Lyon
Jack Leach	c S Smith b NM Lyon	13	18	0	1	72.22
c S Smith b NM Lyon
James Anderson	Not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
Not out
Extra	5 (b 0, w 0, nb 1, lb 4)
Total	185/10 (65.1)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	15	3	54	2	3.60
Pat Cummins	15	2	36	3	2.40
Scott Boland	13	2	48	1	3.69
Cameron Green	8	4	7	1	0.88
Nathan Lyon	14.1	3	36	3	2.54

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (H Hameed - 1.5 ov), 2-13 (Z Crawley - 7.2 ov), 3-61 (D Malan - 26.3 ov), 4-82 (J Root - 32.6 ov), 5-115 (B Stokes - 46.2 ov), 6-128 (J Buttler - 51.2 ov), 7-141 (M Wood - 55.5 ov), 8-159 (J Bairstow - 58.4 ov), 9-176 (J Leach - 63.3 ov), 10-185 (OE Robinson - 65.1 ov)

Australia 1st InningsAUS 1st Innings267/10 (87.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Marcus Harris	c J Root b J Anderson	76	189	7	0	40.21
c J Root b J Anderson
David Warner	c Z Crawley b J Anderson	38	42	5	0	90.48
c Z Crawley b J Anderson
Nathan Lyon	c J Buttler b OE Robinson	10	22	2	0	45.45
c J Buttler b OE Robinson
Marnus Labuschagne	c J Root b M Wood	1	14	0	0	7.14
c J Root b M Wood
Steven Smith	b J Anderson	16	31	1	0	51.61
b J Anderson
Travis Head	c J Root b OE Robinson	27	48	2	0	56.25
c J Root b OE Robinson
Cameron Green	lbw b J Leach	17	63	2	0	26.98
lbw b J Leach
Alex Carey(WK)	c J Buttler b B Stokes	19	43	0	0	44.19
c J Buttler b B Stokes
Pat Cummins(C)	c H Hameed b J Anderson	21	32	2	0	65.63
c H Hameed b J Anderson
Mitchell Starc	Not out	24	37	1	0	64.86
Not out
Scott Boland	c Z Crawley b M Wood	6	11	0	0	54.55
c Z Crawley b M Wood
Extra	12 (b 2, w 1, nb 5, lb 4)
Total	267/10 (87.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
James Anderson	23	10	33	4	1.43
Ollie Robinson	19.2	4	64	2	3.31
Mark Wood	19.5	2	71	2	3.58
Ben Stokes	10.4	1	47	1	4.41
Jack Leach	15	0	46	1	3.07

Fall of wickets: 1-57 (D Warner - 14.1 ov), 2-76 (NM Lyon - 19.4 ov), 3-84 (M Labuschagne - 24.3 ov), 4-110 (S Smith - 35.1 ov), 5-171 (T Head - 55.4 ov), 6-180 (MS Harris - 61.1 ov), 7-207 (C Green - 72.5 ov), 8-219 (A Carey - 75.3 ov), 9-253 (P Cummins - 84.2 ov), 10-267 (SM Boland - 87.5 ov)

England 2nd InningsENG 2nd Innings68/10 (27.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Haseeb Hameed	c A Carey b SM Boland	7	31	1	0	22.58
c A Carey b SM Boland
Zak Crawley	c A Carey b M Starc	5	16	1	0	31.25
c A Carey b M Starc
Dawid Malan	lbw b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b M Starc
Joe Root(C)	c D Warner b SM Boland	28	59	4	0	47.46
c D Warner b SM Boland
Jack Leach	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
b SM Boland
Ben Stokes	b M Starc	11	16	2	0	68.75
b M Starc
Jonny Bairstow	lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	0	27.78
lbw b SM Boland
Jos Buttler(WK)	Not out	5	14	1	0	35.71
Not out
Mark Wood	c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.00
c & b SM Boland
Ollie Robinson	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
c M Labuschagne b SM Boland
James Anderson	b C Green	2	4	0	0	50.00
b C Green
Extra	5 (b 0, w 0, nb 0, lb 5)
Total	68/10 (27.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	10	3	29	3	2.90
Pat Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.90
Scott Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75
Cameron Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Z Crawley - 4.4 ov), 2-7 (D Malan - 4.5 ov), 3-22 (H Hameed - 10.3 ov), 4-22 (J Leach - 10.5 ov), 5-46 (B Stokes - 16.5 ov), 6-60 (J Bairstow - 22.5 ov), 7-61 (J Root - 24.4 ov), 8-65 (M Wood - 26.1 ov), 9-65 (OE Robinson - 26.3 ov), 10-68 (J Anderson - 27.4 ov)

Man of the Match

Scott Boland

Date

2021-12-26 05:00 AM

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Toss

Australia elected to bowl

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee