Australia won by 5 wickets
England won the toss and elected to bat
Player of the Match Travis Head
Australia vs England finished Australia won by 5 wickets. The match is part of the Ashes Series - 5th Test. It was played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales. Date: Saturday, 3 January 2026. Player of the match: Travis Head. England won the toss and elected to bat
England Innings 384/10 (97.3 ov). Top scorer: Joe Root 160 (242). Best bowling: Michael Neser 4/60.
Australia Innings 567/10 (133.5 ov). Top scorer: Travis Head 163 (166). Best bowling: Brydon Carse 3/130.
England Innings 342/10 (88.2 ov). Top scorer: Jacob Bethell 154 (265). Best bowling: Mitchell Starc 3/72.
Australia Innings 161/5 (31.2 ov). Top scorer: Marnus Labuschagne 37 (40). Best bowling: Josh Tongue 3/42.
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley(RHB) | lbw b Neser | 16 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Ben Duckett(LHB) | c Carey b Starc | 27 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 113 |
| Jacob Bethell(LHB) | c Carey b Boland | 10 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43 |
| Joe Root(RHB) | c Neser b Neser | 160 | 242 | 15 | 0 | 66 |
| Harry Brook(RHB) | c Smith b Boland | 84 | 97 | 6 | 1 | 87 |
| Ben Stokes(LHB) | c Carey b Starc | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Smith(RHB) | c Boland b Labuschagne | 46 | 76 | 6 | 1 | 61 |
| Will Jacks(RHB) | c Green b Neser | 27 | 62 | 2 | 1 | 44 |
| Brydon Carse(RHB) | c Carey b Green | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Matty Potts(RHB) | not out | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Josh Tongue(RHB) | b Neser | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 3) | 12 | ||||
| Total | (97.3 ov) | 384 | ||||
1-35 (Ben Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Zak Crawley, 11.4 ov), 3-57 (Jacob Bethell, 12.6 ov), 4-226 (Harry Brook, 47.4 ov), 5-229 (Ben Stokes, 50.5 ov), 6-323 (Jamie Smith, 74.4 ov), 7-375 (Will Jacks, 91.6 ov), 8-382 (Brydon Carse, 94.1 ov), 9-384 (Joe Root, 97.1 ov), 10-384 (Josh Tongue, 97.3 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 23 | 2 | 93 | 2 | 4.04 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Neser | 18.3 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 3.24 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Boland | 26 | 2 | 85 | 2 | 3.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Green | 18 | 0 | 85 | 1 | 4.72 | 1 | 1 |
| Beau Webster | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Travis Head | 4 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4.67 | 1 | 1 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head(LHB) | lbw b Bethell | 163 | 166 | 24 | 1 | 98 |
| Jake Weatherald(LHB) | lbw b Stokes | 21 | 36 | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Marnus Labuschagne(RHB) | c Bethell b Stokes | 48 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 71 |
| Michael Neser(RHB) | c Smith b Carse | 24 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 27 |
| Steven Smith(RHB) | c Smith b Tongue | 138 | 220 | 16 | 1 | 63 |
| Usman Khawaja(LHB) | lbw b Carse | 17 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 35 |
| Alex Carey(LHB) | c Bethell b Tongue | 16 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 123 |
| Cameron Green(RHB) | c Duckett b Carse | 37 | 64 | 3 | 1 | 58 |
| Beau Webster(RHB) | not out | 71 | 87 | 7 | 0 | 82 |
| Mitchell Starc(LHB) | b Tongue | 5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| Scott Boland(RHB) | c Brook b Jacks | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 4, lb 14, w 4, nb 5) | 27 | ||||
| Total | (133.5 ov) | 567 | ||||
1-57 (Jake Weatherald, 12.2 ov), 2-162 (Marnus Labuschagne, 30.6 ov), 3-234 (Michael Neser, 54.4 ov), 4-288 (Travis Head, 67.1 ov), 5-339 (Usman Khawaja, 83.4 ov), 6-366 (Alex Carey, 88.1 ov), 7-437 (Cameron Green, 106.3 ov), 8-544 (Steven Smith, 128.5 ov), 9-564 (Mitchell Starc, 132.6 ov), 10-567 (Scott Boland, 133.5 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brydon Carse | 27 | 2 | 130 | 3 | 4.81 | 1 | 0 |
| Matty Potts | 25 | 1 | 141 | 0 | 5.64 | 2 | 0 |
| Josh Tongue | 30 | 0 | 97 | 3 | 3.23 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Stokes | 27.4 | 6 | 95 | 2 | 3.43 | 0 | 5 |
| Will Jacks | 8.5 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 3.85 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | 15.2 | 1 | 52 | 1 | 3.39 | 1 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zak Crawley(RHB) | lbw b Starc | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Ben Duckett(LHB) | b Neser | 42 | 55 | 6 | 0 | 76 |
| Jacob Bethell(LHB) | c Carey b Starc | 154 | 265 | 15 | 0 | 58 |
| Joe Root(RHB) | lbw b Boland | 6 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 16 |
| Harry Brook(RHB) | lbw b Webster | 42 | 48 | 5 | 0 | 88 |
| Will Jacks(RHB) | c Green b Webster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Smith(RHB) | run out (Labuschagne) | 26 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 63 |
| Ben Stokes(LHB) | c Smith b Webster | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| Brydon Carse(RHB) | c Smith b Boland | 16 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 80 |
| Matty Potts(RHB) | not out | 18 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 42 |
| Josh Tongue(RHB) | c Labuschagne b Starc | 6 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 43 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 11, w 3, nb 2, pen 5) | 30 | ||||
| Total | (88.2 ov) | 342 | ||||
1-4 (Zak Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-85 (Ben Duckett, 19.1 ov), 3-117 (Joe Root, 31.6 ov), 4-219 (Harry Brook, 51.1 ov), 5-219 (Will Jacks, 51.3 ov), 6-264 (Jamie Smith, 64.1 ov), 7-267 (Ben Stokes, 65.2 ov), 8-297 (Brydon Carse, 70.3 ov), 9-328 (Jacob Bethell, 84.2 ov), 10-342 (Josh Tongue, 88.2 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc | 18.2 | 2 | 72 | 3 | 3.93 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Boland | 25 | 6 | 46 | 2 | 1.84 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Neser | 16 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 3.44 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameron Green | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Beau Webster | 16 | 1 | 64 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Travis Head | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travis Head(LHB) | c Carse b Tongue | 29 | 35 | 4 | 0 | 83 |
| Jake Weatherald(LHB) | c Potts b Tongue | 34 | 40 | 5 | 0 | 85 |
| Marnus Labuschagne(RHB) | run out (Smith) | 37 | 40 | 4 | 1 | 93 |
| Steven Smith(RHB) | b Jacks | 12 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 100 |
| Usman Khawaja(LHB) | b Tongue | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 86 |
| Alex Carey(LHB) | not out | 16 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 59 |
| Cameron Green(RHB) | not out | 22 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 81 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 1, w 1) | 5 | ||||
| Total | (31.2 ov) | 161 | ||||
1-62 (Travis Head, 10.3 ov), 2-71 (Jake Weatherald, 14.4 ov), 3-92 (Steven Smith, 17.5 ov), 4-119 (Usman Khawaja, 22.1 ov), 5-121 (Marnus Labuschagne, 23.1 ov)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brydon Carse | 8 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 6.38 | 1 | 0 |
| Josh Tongue | 11 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bethell | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Will Jacks | 6.2 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 6.63 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Root | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
