Australia v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 2nd Test, The Ashes, 2025

The Ashes 2nd Test: Australia v England at Brisbane, December 04, 2025

Australia

AUS

511/10 (117.3) & 69/2 (10)

England

ENG

334/10 (76.2) & 241/10 (75.2)

Finished

AUS won by 8 wickets

England 1st InningENG 1st Inning334/10 (76.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c A Carey b MG Neser	76	93	11	0	81.72
c A Carey b MG Neser
Ben Duckett	c M Labuschagne b M Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
c M Labuschagne b M Starc
Ollie Pope	b M Starc	0	3	0	0	0.00
b M Starc
Joe Root	Not out	138	206	15	1	66.99
Not out
Harry Brook	c S Smith b M Starc	31	33	4	0	93.94
c S Smith b M Starc
Ben Stokes(C)	runout (J Inglis)	19	49	4	0	38.78
runout (J Inglis)
Jamie Smith(WK)	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
b SM Boland
Will Jacks	c S Smith b M Starc	19	31	3	0	61.29
c S Smith b M Starc
Gus Atkinson	c A Carey b M Starc	4	3	1	0	133.33
c A Carey b M Starc
Brydon Carse	c A Carey b M Starc	0	2	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b M Starc
Jofra Archer	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	38	36	2	2	105.56
c M Labuschagne b B Doggett
Extra	9 (b 4, w 3, nb 1, lb 1)
Total	334/10 (76.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75
Michael Neser	14	3	43	1	3.07
Scott Boland	19	1	87	1	4.58
Brendan Doggett	15.2	1	81	1	5.28
Cameron Green	8	1	43	0	5.38

Fall of wickets: 1-5 (BM Duckett - 0.6 ov), 2-5 (O Pope - 2.3 ov), 3-122 (Z Crawley - 27.5 ov), 4-176 (H Brook - 39.2 ov), 5-210 (B Stokes - 54.6 ov), 6-211 (JL Smith - 55.3 ov), 7-251 (WG Jacks - 64.5 ov), 8-264 (G Atkinson - 66.2 ov), 9-264 (B Carse - 66.4 ov), 10-334 (J Archer - 76.2 ov)

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning511/10 (117.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c G Atkinson b B Carse	33	43	3	1	76.74
c G Atkinson b B Carse
Jake Weatherald	lbw b J Archer	72	78	12	1	92.31
lbw b J Archer
Marnus Labuschagne	c JL Smith b B Stokes	65	78	9	1	83.33
c JL Smith b B Stokes
Steven Smith(C)	c WG Jacks b B Carse	61	85	5	2	71.76
c WG Jacks b B Carse
Cameron Green	b B Carse	45	57	7	0	78.95
b B Carse
Alex Carey(WK)	c JL Smith b G Atkinson	63	69	6	0	91.30
c JL Smith b G Atkinson
Josh Inglis	b B Stokes	23	25	4	0	92.00
b B Stokes
Michael Neser	c JL Smith b B Stokes	16	41	1	0	39.02
c JL Smith b B Stokes
Mitchell Starc	c B Stokes b B Carse	77	141	13	0	54.61
c B Stokes b B Carse
Scott Boland	Not out	21	72	3	0	29.17
Not out
Brendan Doggett	c H Brook b WG Jacks	13	21	1	0	61.90
c H Brook b WG Jacks
Extra	22 (b 4, w 6, nb 5, lb 7)
Total	511/10 (117.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	25	3	87	1	3.48
Gus Atkinson	28	6	114	1	4.07
Brydon Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24
Ben Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.71
Will Jacks	11.3	2	34	1	2.96

Fall of wickets: 1-77 (T Head - 13.1 ov), 2-146 (J Weatherald - 25.5 ov), 3-196 (M Labuschagne - 37.1 ov), 4-291 (C Green - 56.1 ov), 5-292 (S Smith - 56.4 ov), 6-329 (J Inglis - 63.5 ov), 7-383 (MG Neser - 75.6 ov), 8-416 (A Carey - 82.6 ov), 9-491 (M Starc - 110.2 ov), 10-511 (B Doggett - 117.3 ov)

England 2nd InningENG 2nd Inning241/10 (75.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c & b MG Neser	44	59	6	0	74.58
c & b MG Neser
Ben Duckett	b SM Boland	15	18	0	0	83.33
b SM Boland
Ollie Pope	c & b MG Neser	26	32	4	0	81.25
c & b MG Neser
Joe Root	c A Carey b M Starc	15	36	1	0	41.67
c A Carey b M Starc
Harry Brook	c A Carey b SM Boland	15	21	2	0	71.43
c A Carey b SM Boland
Ben Stokes(C)	c A Carey b MG Neser	50	152	4	0	32.89
c A Carey b MG Neser
Jamie Smith(WK)	c A Carey b M Starc	4	11	1	0	36.36
c A Carey b M Starc
Will Jacks	c S Smith b MG Neser	41	92	2	0	44.57
c S Smith b MG Neser
Gus Atkinson	c S Smith b B Doggett	3	13	0	0	23.08
c S Smith b B Doggett
Brydon Carse	c S Smith b MG Neser	7	10	0	0	70.00
c S Smith b MG Neser
Jofra Archer	Not out	5	9	1	0	55.56
Not out
Extra	16 (b 8, w 2, nb 1, lb 5)
Total	241/10 (75.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	18	2	64	2	3.56
Michael Neser	16.2	2	42	5	2.57
Brendan Doggett	17	2	56	1	3.29
Scott Boland	17	4	47	2	2.76
Cameron Green	5	1	15	0	3.00
Travis Head	1	0	1	0	1.00
Marnus Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-48 (BM Duckett - 7.4 ov), 2-90 (O Pope - 17.1 ov), 3-97 (Z Crawley - 21.2 ov), 4-121 (J Root - 26.3 ov), 5-123 (H Brook - 29.3 ov), 6-128 (JL Smith - 32.3 ov), 7-224 (WG Jacks - 69.1 ov), 8-227 (B Stokes - 71.5 ov), 9-231 (G Atkinson - 72.3 ov), 10-241 (B Carse - 75.2 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning69/2 (10 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	b G Atkinson	22	22	2	1	100.00
b G Atkinson
Jake Weatherald	Not out	17	23	2	0	73.91
Not out
Marnus Labuschagne	c JL Smith b G Atkinson	3	6	0	0	50.00
c JL Smith b G Atkinson
Steven Smith(C)	Not out	23	9	2	2	255.56
Not out
Extra	4 (b 4, w 0, nb 0, lb 0)
Total	69/2 (10)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	5	0	28	0	5.60
Gus Atkinson	5	0	37	2	7.40

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (T Head - 5.5 ov), 2-41 (M Labuschagne - 7.3 ov)

Man of the Match

Mitchell Starc

Date

2025-12-04 09:30 AM

Venue

The Gabba, Brisbane

Toss

England elected to bat

Umpires

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