Australia v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 5th Test, The Ashes, 2025

The Ashes 5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney, January 03, 2026

Australia

AUS

567/10 (133.5) & 161/5 (31.2)

England

ENG

384/10 (97.3) & 342/10 (88.2)

Finished

AUS won by 5 wickets

England 1st InningENG 1st Inning384/10 (97.3 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b MG Neser	16	29	3	0	55.17
lbw b MG Neser
Ben Duckett	c A Carey b M Starc	27	24	5	0	112.50
c A Carey b M Starc
Jacob Bethell	c A Carey b SM Boland	10	23	2	0	43.48
c A Carey b SM Boland
Joe Root	c & b MG Neser	160	242	15	0	66.12
c & b MG Neser
Harry Brook	c S Smith b SM Boland	84	97	6	1	86.60
c S Smith b SM Boland
Ben Stokes(C)	c A Carey b M Starc	0	11	0	0	0.00
c A Carey b M Starc
Jamie Smith(WK)	c SM Boland b M Labuschagne	46	76	6	1	60.53
c SM Boland b M Labuschagne
Will Jacks	c CM Green b MG Neser	27	62	2	1	43.55
c CM Green b MG Neser
Brydon Carse	c A Carey b CM Green	1	6	0	0	16.67
c A Carey b CM Green
Matthew Potts	Not out	1	16	0	0	6.25
Not out
Josh Tongue	b MG Neser	0	2	0	0	0.00
b MG Neser
Extra	12 (b 1, w 2, nb 3, lb 6)
Total	384/10 (97.3)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	23	2	93	2	4.04
Michael Neser	18.3	2	60	4	3.24
Scott Boland	26	2	85	2	3.27
Cameron Green	18	0	85	1	4.72
Beau Webster	5	0	20	0	4.00
Travis Head	4	0	20	0	5.00
Marnus Labuschagne	3	0	14	1	4.67

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (BM Duckett - 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Z Crawley - 11.4 ov), 3-57 (J Bethell - 12.6 ov), 4-226 (H Brook - 47.4 ov), 5-229 (B Stokes - 50.5 ov), 6-323 (JL Smith - 74.4 ov), 7-375 (WG Jacks - 91.6 ov), 8-382 (B Carse - 94.1 ov), 9-384 (J Root - 97.1 ov), 10-384 (JC Tongue - 97.3 ov)

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning567/10 (133.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	lbw b J Bethell	163	166	24	1	98.19
lbw b J Bethell
Jake Weatherald	lbw b B Stokes	21	36	4	0	58.33
lbw b B Stokes
Marnus Labuschagne	c J Bethell b B Stokes	48	68	7	0	70.59
c J Bethell b B Stokes
Michael Neser	c JL Smith b B Carse	24	90	4	0	26.67
c JL Smith b B Carse
Steven Smith(C)	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	138	220	16	1	62.73
c JL Smith b JC Tongue
Usman Khawaja	lbw b B Carse	17	49	2	0	34.69
lbw b B Carse
Alex Carey(WK)	c J Bethell b JC Tongue	16	13	3	0	123.08
c J Bethell b JC Tongue
Cameron Green	c BM Duckett b B Carse	37	64	3	1	57.81
c BM Duckett b B Carse
Beau Webster	Not out	71	87	7	0	81.61
Not out
Mitchell Starc	b JC Tongue	5	14	0	0	35.71
b JC Tongue
Scott Boland	c H Brook b WG Jacks	0	1	0	0	0.00
c H Brook b WG Jacks
Extra	27 (b 4, w 4, nb 5, lb 14)
Total	567/10 (133.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Brydon Carse	27	2	130	3	4.81
Matthew Potts	25	1	141	0	5.64
Josh Tongue	30	0	97	3	3.23
Ben Stokes	27.4	6	95	2	3.43
Will Jacks	8.5	0	34	1	3.85
Jacob Bethell	15.2	1	52	1	3.39

Fall of wickets: 1-57 (J Weatherald - 12.2 ov), 2-162 (M Labuschagne - 30.6 ov), 3-234 (MG Neser - 54.4 ov), 4-288 (T Head - 67.1 ov), 5-339 (U Khawaja - 83.4 ov), 6-366 (A Carey - 88.1 ov), 7-437 (CM Green - 106.3 ov), 8-544 (S Smith - 128.5 ov), 9-564 (M Starc - 132.6 ov), 10-567 (SM Boland - 133.5 ov)

England 2nd InningENG 2nd Inning342/10 (88.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b M Starc	1	2	0	0	50.00
lbw b M Starc
Ben Duckett	b MG Neser	42	55	6	0	76.36
b MG Neser
Jacob Bethell	c A Carey b M Starc	154	265	15	0	58.11
c A Carey b M Starc
Joe Root	lbw b SM Boland	6	37	1	0	16.22
lbw b SM Boland
Harry Brook	lbw b BJ Webster	42	48	5	0	87.50
lbw b BJ Webster
Will Jacks	c CM Green b BJ Webster	0	2	0	0	0.00
c CM Green b BJ Webster
Jamie Smith(WK)	runout (M Labuschagne / J Weatherald)	26	41	3	0	63.41
runout (M Labuschagne / J Weatherald)
Ben Stokes(C)	c S Smith b BJ Webster	1	5	0	0	20.00
c S Smith b BJ Webster
Brydon Carse	c S Smith b SM Boland	16	20	3	0	80.00
c S Smith b SM Boland
Matthew Potts	Not out	18	43	3	0	41.86
Not out
Josh Tongue	c M Labuschagne b M Starc	6	14	1	0	42.86
c M Labuschagne b M Starc
Extra	30 (b 9, w 3, nb 2, lb 11)
Total	342/10 (88.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	18.2	2	72	3	3.93
Scott Boland	25	6	46	2	1.84
Michael Neser	16	0	55	1	3.44
Cameron Green	6	0	40	0	6.67
Beau Webster	16	1	64	3	4.00
Travis Head	4	0	25	0	6.25
Marnus Labuschagne	3	0	15	0	5.00

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Z Crawley - 0.5 ov), 2-85 (BM Duckett - 19.1 ov), 3-117 (J Root - 31.6 ov), 4-219 (H Brook - 51.1 ov), 5-219 (WG Jacks - 51.3 ov), 6-264 (JL Smith - 64.1 ov), 7-267 (B Stokes - 65.2 ov), 8-297 (B Carse - 70.3 ov), 9-328 (J Bethell - 84.2 ov), 10-342 (JC Tongue - 88.2 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning161/5 (31.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c B Carse b JC Tongue	29	35	4	0	82.86
c B Carse b JC Tongue
Jake Weatherald	c MJ Potts b JC Tongue	34	40	5	0	85.00
c MJ Potts b JC Tongue
Marnus Labuschagne	runout (JL Smith / MJ Potts)	37	40	4	1	92.50
runout (JL Smith / MJ Potts)
Steven Smith(C)	b WG Jacks	12	12	1	0	100.00
b WG Jacks
Usman Khawaja	b JC Tongue	6	7	1	0	85.71
b JC Tongue
Alex Carey(WK)	Not out	16	27	1	0	59.26
Not out
Cameron Green	Not out	22	27	3	0	81.48
Not out
Extra	5 (b 3, w 1, nb 0, lb 1)
Total	161/5 (31.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Brydon Carse	8	0	51	0	6.38
Josh Tongue	11	0	42	3	3.82
Jacob Bethell	3	0	16	0	5.33
Will Jacks	6.2	1	42	1	6.63
Joe Root	3	1	6	0	2.00

Fall of wickets: 1-62 (T Head - 10.3 ov), 2-71 (J Weatherald - 14.4 ov), 3-92 (S Smith - 17.5 ov), 4-119 (U Khawaja - 22.1 ov), 5-121 (M Labuschagne - 23.1 ov)

Man of the Match

Travis Head

Date

2026-01-04 05:00 AM

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Toss

England elected to bat

Umpires

Tv Umpires

Match Referee

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