Cricket Scorecard

2025-12-26 4th Test England won by 4 wickets

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	M	6s
Travis Head	b Atkinson	12	22	28	2	0	54.54

Jake Weatherald	c †Smith b Tongue	10	23	46	1	0	43.47

Marnus Labuschagne	c Root b Tongue	6	19	28	0	0	31.57

Steven Smith (c)	b Tongue	9	31	46	2	0	29.03

Usman Khawaja	c †Smith b Atkinson	29	52	78	2	0	55.76

Alex Carey †	c Crawley b Stokes	20	35	55	0	0	57.14

Cameron Green	run out (Carse)	17	34	60	2	0	50.00

Michael Neser	b Tongue	35	49	65	7	0	71.42

Mitchell Starc	c Stokes b Carse	1	6	12	0	0	16.66

Jhye Richardson	not out	0	1	4	0	0	0.00
Scott Boland	c Brook b Tongue	0	1	1	0	0	0.00


Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 1)	13
Total	45.2 Ov (RR: 3.35)	152
Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Travis Head, 6.1 ov), 2-31 (Jake Weatherald, 9.2 ov), 3-34 (Marnus Labuschagne, 11.5 ov), 4-51 (Steven Smith, 19.2 ov), 5-89 (Usman Khawaja, 28.5 ov), 6-91 (Alex Carey, 31.2 ov), 7-143 (Cameron Green, 42.1 ov), 8-152 (Mitchell Starc, 44.5 ov), 9-152 (Michael Neser, 45.1 ov), 10-152 (Scott Boland, 45.2 ov) • DRS

England 1st Innings

Batting		R	M	6s
Zak Crawley	c Smith b Starc	5	14	24	0	0	35.71

Ben Duckett	c Neser b Starc	2	5	12	0	0	40.00

Jacob Bethell	c †Carey b Neser	1	5	5	0	0	20.00

Joe Root	c †Carey b Neser	0	15	21	0	0	0.00

Harry Brook	lbw b Boland	41	34	59	2	2	120.58

Ben Stokes (c)	c Smith b Neser	16	38	67	1	0	42.10

Jamie Smith †	b Boland	2	3	7	0	0	66.66

Will Jacks	c †Carey b Boland	5	10	10	0	0	50.00

Gus Atkinson	b Green	28	35	45	3	1	80.00

Brydon Carse	c Boland b Neser	4	12	12	0	0	33.33

Josh Tongue	not out	1	9	27	0	0	11.11

Extras	(lb 4, nb 1)	5
Total	29.5 Ov (RR: 3.68)	110
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Ben Duckett, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (Jacob Bethell, 3.4 ov), 3-8 (Zak Crawley, 4.2 ov), 4-16 (Joe Root, 7.6 ov), 5-66 (Harry Brook, 16.5 ov), 6-68 (Jamie Smith, 18.2 ov), 7-77 (Will Jacks, 20.2 ov), 8-83 (Ben Stokes, 21.1 ov), 9-91 (Brydon Carse, 23.6 ov), 10-110 (Gus Atkinson, 29.5 ov) • DRS

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	M	6s
Scott Boland	c †Smith b Atkinson	6	17	27	1	0	35.29

Travis Head	b Carse	46	67	101	4	0	68.65

Jake Weatherald	b Stokes	5	15	21	0	0	33.33

Marnus Labuschagne	c Root b Tongue	8	18	30	1	0	44.44

Steven Smith (c)	not out	24	39	89	1	0	61.53
Usman Khawaja	c sub (OJ Pope) b Tongue	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Alex Carey †	c Brook b Carse	4	6	6	1	0	66.66

Cameron Green	c Brook b Stokes	19	29	38	3	0	65.51

Michael Neser	c & b Carse	0	5	5	0	0	0.00

Mitchell Starc	c Root b Carse	0	2	2	0	0	0.00

Jhye Richardson	c Crawley b Stokes	7	10	12	1	0	70.00


Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 3)	13
Total	34.3 Ov (RR: 3.82)	132
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Scott Boland, 6.1 ov), 2-40 (Jake Weatherald, 10.5 ov), 3-61 (Marnus Labuschagne, 17.1 ov), 4-82 (Travis Head, 20.6 ov), 5-83 (Usman Khawaja, 21.3 ov), 6-88 (Alex Carey, 22.5 ov), 7-119 (Cameron Green, 30.5 ov), 8-120 (Michael Neser, 31.5 ov), 9-121 (Mitchell Starc, 31.6 ov), 10-132 (Jhye Richardson, 34.3 ov) • DRS

England 2nd Innings (T: 175 runs)

Batting		R	M	6s
Zak Crawley	lbw b Boland	37	48	95	3	1	77.08

Ben Duckett	b Starc	34	26	35	4	1	130.76

Brydon Carse	c Green b Richardson	6	8	14	0	0	75.00

Jacob Bethell	c Khawaja b Boland	40	46	75	5	0	86.95

Joe Root	lbw b Richardson	15	38	49	0	0	39.47

Harry Brook	not out	18	22	43	3	0	81.81
Ben Stokes (c)	c †Carey b Starc	2	9	14	0	0	22.22

Jamie Smith †	not out	3	2	6	0	0	150.00

Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 5)	23
Total	32.2 Ov (RR: 5.50)	178/6
Did not bat: Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Ben Duckett, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (Brydon Carse, 9.5 ov), 3-112 (Zak Crawley, 18.4 ov), 4-137 (Jacob Bethell, 24.3 ov), 5-158 (Joe Root, 28.4 ov), 6-165 (Ben Stokes, 31.2 ov) • DRS

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Close of Play

Fri, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 2nd innings 4/0 (Scott Boland 4*, Travis Head 0*, 1 ov)

Sat, 27 Dec - day 2 - England 2nd innings 178/6 (32.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

Australia 1st innings
Drinks: Australia - 34/3 in 11.5 overs (SPD Smith 1)
Over 13.6: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - HDPK Dharmasena, Batter - SPD Smith (Struck down)
Australia: 50 runs in 17.3 overs (106 balls), Extras 5
Lunch: Australia - 72/4 in 25.0 overs (UT Khawaja 21, AT Carey 9)
Over 28.5: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - CB Gaffaney, Batter - UT Khawaja (Upheld)
Australia: 100 runs in 35.5 overs (216 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Australia - 120/6 in 38.0 overs (C Green 14, MG Neser 15)
7th Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (C Green 17, MG Neser 31, Ex 4)
Australia: 150 runs in 42.5 overs (258 balls), Extras 13
Tea: Australia - 152/10 in 45.2 overs (JA Richardson 0)
England 1st innings
Drinks: England - 39/4 in 11.0 overs (HC Brook 26, BA Stokes 3)
England: 50 runs in 11.5 overs (71 balls), Extras 2
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 50 balls (HC Brook 34, BA Stokes 15, Ex 1)
Drinks: England - 77/7 in 20.2 overs (BA Stokes 16)
England: 100 runs in 25.5 overs (156 balls), Extras 5
Attendance: 94,199
Innings Break: England - 110/10 in 29.5 overs (JC Tongue 1)
Australia 2nd innings
End Of Day: Australia - 4/0 in 1.0 overs (SM Boland 4, TM Head 0)

Match Details

Melbourne Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to field first
Series	The Ashes ICC World Test Championship
Season	2025/26
Player Of The Match	Josh Tongue
Series result	Australia led the 5-match series 3-1
Match number	Test no. 2615
Hours of play (local time)	10.30 start, Lunch 12.30-13.10, Tea 15.10-15.30, Close 17.30
Match days	26,27 December 2025 - day (5-day match)
Umpires	Chris GaffaneyDRS Kumar DharmasenaDRS
TV Umpire	Ahsan Raza
Reserve Umpire	Phillip Gillespie