f63318 t2611 wtc220	Australia v England
	England in Australia 2025/26 (2nd Test) ICC World Test Championship 2025 to 2026/27
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th December 2025 (5-day match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	England won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 8 wickets
Points	Australia 12; England 0
Umpires	AT Holdstock (South Africa), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)
TV umpire	NN Menon (India)
Referee	RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Scorers	T Moody, G Taviani
Reserve Umpire	PJ Gillespie
Close of play day 1	England (1) 325/9 (Root 135*, Archer 32*; 74 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 378/6 (Carey 46*, Neser 15*; 73 overs)
Close of play day 3	England (2) 134/6 (Stokes 4*, Jacks 4*; 35 overs)
Player of the Match	MA Starc
Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4

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England first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	c Carey b Neser	76	93	138	11	-	58
BM Duckett	c Labuschagne b Starc	0	1	5	-	-	1
OJD Pope	b Starc	0	3	6	-	-	3
JE Root	not out	138	206	379	15	1	131
HC Brook	c Smith b Starc	31	33	58	4	-	17
*BA Stokes	run out (Inglis)	19	49	76	4	-	42
+JL Smith	b Boland	0	2	2	-	-	2
WG Jacks	c Smith b Starc	19	31	43	3	-	22
AAP Atkinson	c Carey b Starc	4	3	9	1	-	2
BA Carse	c Carey b Starc	0	2	2	-	-	2
JC Archer	c Labuschagne b Doggett	38	36	54	2	2	17
Extras	(4 b, 1 lb, 1 nb, 3 w)	9
Total	(all out, 392 minutes, 76.2 overs)	334
Fall of wickets:
1-5 (Duckett, 0.6 ov), 2-5 (Pope, 2.3 ov), 3-122 (Crawley, 27.5 ov), 4-176 (Brook, 39.2 ov), 5-210 (Stokes, 54.6 ov), 6-211 (Smith, 55.3 ov), 7-251 (Jacks, 64.5 ov), 8-264 (Atkinson, 66.2 ov), 9-264 (Carse, 66.4 ov), 10-334 (Archer, 76.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	20	0	75	6	-	-	79	8	1
Neser	14	3	43	1	1	-	61	5	-
Boland	19	1	87	1	2	-	77	11	2
Doggett	15.2	1	81	1	-	1	53	10	-
Green	8	1	43	0	-	-	27	6	-

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TM Head	c Atkinson b Carse	33	43	59	3	1	30
JB Weatherald	lbw b Archer	72	78	121	12	1	48
M Labuschagne	c Smith b Stokes	65	78	116	9	1	52
*SPD Smith	c Jacks b Carse	61	85	157	5	2	59
CD Green	b Carse	45	57	97	7	-	37
+AT Carey	c Smith b Atkinson	63	69	128	6	-	36
JP Inglis	b Stokes	23	25	36	4	-	16
MG Neser	c Smith b Stokes	16	41	55	1	-	32
MA Starc	c Stokes b Carse	77	141	154	13	-	106
SM Boland	not out	21	72	152	3	-	61
BJ Doggett	c Brook b Jacks	13	21	30	1	-	13
Extras	(4 b, 7 lb, 5 nb, 6 w)	22
Total	(all out, 557 minutes, 117.3 overs)	511
Fall of wickets:
1-77 (Head, 13.1 ov), 2-146 (Weatherald, 25.5 ov), 3-196 (Labuschagne, 37.1 ov), 4-291 (Green, 56.1 ov), 5-292 (Smith, 56.4 ov), 6-329 (Inglis, 63.5 ov), 7-383 (Neser, 75.6 ov), 8-416 (Carey, 82.6 ov), 9-491 (Starc, 110.2 ov), 10-511 (Doggett, 117.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Archer	25	3	87	1	-	-	109	9	2
Atkinson	28	6	114	1	1	1	120	18	-
Carse	29	3	152	4	5	2	115	16	3
Stokes	24	0	113	3	-	2	93	16	-
Jacks	11.3	2	34	1	-	-	51	5	-

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England second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
Z Crawley	c and b Neser	44	59	104	6	-	39
BM Duckett	b Boland	15	18	38	-	-	12
OJD Pope	c and b Neser	26	32	46	4	-	23
JE Root	c Carey b Starc	15	36	43	1	-	28
HC Brook	c Carey b Boland	15	21	43	2	-	14
*BA Stokes	c Carey b Neser	50	152	229	4	-	120
+JL Smith	c Carey b Starc	4	11	14	1	-	10
WG Jacks	c Smith b Neser	41	92	183	2	-	59
AAP Atkinson	c Smith b Doggett	3	13	17	-	-	10
BA Carse	c Smith b Neser	7	10	18	-	-	6
JC Archer	not out	5	9	13	1	-	7
Extras	(8 b, 5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	16
Total	(all out, 379 minutes, 75.2 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-48 (Duckett, 7.4 ov), 2-90 (Pope, 17.1 ov), 3-97 (Crawley, 21.2 ov), 4-121 (Root, 26.3 ov), 5-123 (Brook, 29.3 ov), 6-128 (Smith, 32.3 ov), 7-224 (Jacks, 69.1 ov), 8-227 (Stokes, 71.5 ov), 9-231 (Atkinson, 72.3 ov), 10-241 (Carse, 75.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Starc	18	2	64	2	-	-	73	6	-
Neser	16.2	2	42	5	-	-	75	2	-
Doggett	17	2	56	1	-	1	71	5	-
Boland	17	4	47	2	-	-	79	7	-
Green	5	1	15	0	2	-	21	1	-
Head	1	0	1	0	-	-	5	-	-
Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	-	-	4	-	-

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Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots
TM Head	b Atkinson	22	22	28	2	1	13
JB Weatherald	not out	17	23	51	2	-	14
M Labuschagne	c Smith b Atkinson	3	6	9	-	-	3
*SPD Smith	not out	23	9	12	2	2	2
CD Green	did not bat
JP Inglis	did not bat
+AT Carey	did not bat
MG Neser	did not bat
MA Starc	did not bat
BJ Doggett	did not bat
SM Boland	did not bat
Extras	(4 b)	4
Total	(2 wickets, 51 minutes, 10 overs)	69
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Head, 5.5 ov), 2-41 (Labuschagne, 7.3 ov)

England bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s
Archer	5	0	28	0	-	-	16	3	1
Atkinson	5	0	37	2	-	-	16	3	2

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Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Tea: England (1) 98/2 (Crawley 61*, Root 32*; 24 overs)
--> Day 1 Dinner: England (1) 196/4 (Root 68*, Stokes 14*; 47 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 130/1 (Weatherald 59*, Labuschagne 27*; 21 overs)
--> Day 2 Dinner: Australia (1) 228/3 (Smith 24*, Green 22*; 44 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 450/8 (Starc 46*, Boland 7*; 99 overs)
--> Day 3 Dinner: England (2) 45/0 (Crawley 26*, Duckett 13*; 6 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 193/6 (Stokes 36*, Jacks 25*; 59 overs)
--> Day 4 Dinner: Australia (2) 33/0 (Head 19*, Weatherald 10*; 5 overs)
--> England first innings: 50 in 10.4 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 24.4 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 32.3 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 49.1 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 63.6 overs
--> England first innings: 300 in 70.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 9.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 17.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 27.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 37.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 49.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 58.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 69.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 400 in 78.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 450 in 98.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 500 in 113.5 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 9.2 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 21.4 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 41.1 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 60.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 8.3 overs
--> Z Crawley (1) 50 in 68 balls with 6 fours
--> JE Root (1) 50 in 83 balls with 5 fours
--> JE Root (1) 100 in 181 balls with 11 fours
--> JC Archer (1) passed his previous highest score of 30 in Test matches
--> JB Weatherald (1) passed his previous highest score of 23 in Test matches
--> JB Weatherald (1) 50 in 45 balls with 9 fours and 1 six
--> M Labuschagne (1) 50 in 67 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> M Labuschagne (1) passed 4500 runs in Test matches when he reached 5
--> SPD Smith (1) 50 in 67 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> SPD Smith (1) passed 10500 runs in Test matches when he reached 4
--> AT Carey (1) 50 in 52 balls with 5 fours
--> MA Starc (1) 50 in 100 balls with 8 fours
--> SM Boland (1) passed his previous highest score of 20 in Test matches
--> BA Stokes (2) 50 in 148 balls with 4 fours
--> WG Jacks (2) passed his previous highest score of 31 in Test matches
--> JP Inglis made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> WG Jacks made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> WG Jacks made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> WG Jacks reached 50 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed BJ Doggett, his 1st wicket in the Australia first innings
--> MG Neser achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test matches when he dismissed BA Stokes in the England second innings (previous best was 3-22)
--> MG Neser achieved his first five wickets in an innings in Test matches in the England second innings
--> Z Crawley (32) and JE Root (17) added 50 in 56 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> Z Crawley (64) and JE Root (33) added 100 in 135 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (20) and HC Brook (30) added 50 in 61 balls for the England 4th wicket in the first innings
--> JE Root (22) and JC Archer (28) added 50 in 29 balls for the England 10th wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (17) and JB Weatherald (29) added 50 in 60 balls for the Australia 1st wicket in the first innings
--> JB Weatherald (18) and M Labuschagne (25) added 50 in 47 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket in the first innings
--> M Labuschagne (35) and SPD Smith (14) added 50 in 66 balls for the Australia 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> SPD Smith (21) and CD Green (28) added 50 in 66 balls for the Australia 4th wicket in the first innings
--> AT Carey (34) and MG Neser (15) added 50 in 57 balls for the Australia 7th wicket in the first innings
--> MA Starc (38) and SM Boland (11) added 50 in 124 balls for the Australia 9th wicket in the first innings
--> BA Stokes (27) and WG Jacks (18) added 50 in 132 balls for the England 7th wicket in the second innings

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England 1st innings
Over 38.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Over 51.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Australia 1st innings
Over 63.6: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - MG Neser (decision upheld)
England 2nd innings
Over 69.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - AAP Atkinson (decision upheld)
Australia 2nd innings
Over 6.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - J Weatherald (decision upheld)

 

 

 

 

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