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England vs Australia, Match 5, Men's Tests 2026 Scorecard

Updated: 31 Oct 2026

Australia won by 5 wickets. The top score was 163 from 166 balls by TM Head of Australia. The best bowling figures were 4/60 by MG Neser.

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The Ashes, Match 5

4 January 2026 · Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

England won the toss and chose to bat.

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets. Player of the match: TM Head.

England, 1st innings: 384/10 (97.3 ov)

England batting
BatterDismissalRB4s6s
Z Crawleylbw b MG Neser162930
BM Duckettc AT Carey b MA Starc272450
JG Bethellc AT Carey b SM Boland102320
JE Rootc & b MG Neser160242150
HC Brookc SPD Smith b SM Boland849761
BA Stokesc AT Carey b MA Starc01100
JL Smithc SM Boland b M Labuschagne467661
WG Jacksc C Green b MG Neser276221
BA Carsec AT Carey b C Green1600
MJ Pottsnot out11600
JC Tongueb MG Neser0200
Extrasb 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 312

Fall of wickets: 1-35 (BM Duckett, 6.5 ov), 2-51 (Z Crawley, 11.4 ov), 3-57 (JG Bethell, 13.0 ov), 4-226 (HC Brook, 47.4 ov), 5-229 (BA Stokes, 50.5 ov), 6-323 (JL Smith, 74.4 ov), 7-375 (WG Jacks, 92.0 ov), 8-382 (BA Carse, 94.1 ov), 9-384 (JE Root, 97.1 ov), 10-384 (JC Tongue, 97.3 ov)

Bowling against England
BowlerOMRWEcon
MA Starc2329324.04
MG Neser18.326043.24
SM Boland2628523.27
C Green1808514.72
BJ Webster502004.00
TM Head402005.00
M Labuschagne301414.67

Australia, 1st innings: 567/10 (133.5 ov)

Australia batting
BatterDismissalRB4s6s
TM Headlbw b JG Bethell163166241
J Weatheraldlbw b BA Stokes213640
M Labuschagnec JG Bethell b BA Stokes486870
MG Neserc JL Smith b BA Carse249040
SPD Smithc JL Smith b JC Tongue138220161
UT Khawajalbw b BA Carse174920
AT Careyc JG Bethell b JC Tongue161330
C Greenc BM Duckett b BA Carse376431
BJ Websternot out718770
MA Starcb JC Tongue51400
SM Bolandc HC Brook b WG Jacks0100
Extrasb 4, lb 14, w 4, nb 527

Fall of wickets: 1-57 (J Weatherald, 12.2 ov), 2-162 (M Labuschagne, 31.0 ov), 3-234 (MG Neser, 54.4 ov), 4-288 (TM Head, 67.1 ov), 5-339 (UT Khawaja, 83.4 ov), 6-366 (AT Carey, 88.1 ov), 7-437 (C Green, 106.3 ov), 8-544 (SPD Smith, 128.5 ov), 9-564 (MA Starc, 133.0 ov), 10-567 (SM Boland, 133.5 ov)

Bowling against Australia
BowlerOMRWEcon
BA Carse27213034.81
MJ Potts25114105.64
JC Tongue3009733.23
BA Stokes27.469523.43
WG Jacks8.503413.85
JG Bethell15.215213.39

England, 2nd innings: 342/10 (88.2 ov)

England batting
BatterDismissalRB4s6s
Z Crawleylbw b MA Starc1200
BM Duckettb MG Neser425560
JG Bethellc AT Carey b MA Starc154265150
JE Rootlbw b SM Boland63710
HC Brooklbw b BJ Webster424850
WG Jacksc C Green b BJ Webster0200
JL Smithrun out (J Weatherald/M Labuschagne)264130
BA Stokesc SPD Smith b BJ Webster1500
BA Carsec SPD Smith b SM Boland162030
MJ Pottsnot out184330
JC Tonguec M Labuschagne b MA Starc61410
Extrasb 9, lb 11, w 3, nb 230

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Z Crawley, 0.5 ov), 2-85 (BM Duckett, 19.1 ov), 3-117 (JE Root, 32.0 ov), 4-219 (HC Brook, 51.1 ov), 5-219 (WG Jacks, 51.3 ov), 6-264 (JL Smith, 64.1 ov), 7-267 (BA Stokes, 65.2 ov), 8-297 (BA Carse, 70.3 ov), 9-328 (JG Bethell, 84.2 ov), 10-342 (JC Tongue, 88.2 ov)

Bowling against England
BowlerOMRWEcon
MA Starc18.227233.93
SM Boland2564621.84
MG Neser1605513.44
C Green604006.67
BJ Webster1616434.00
TM Head402506.25
M Labuschagne301505.00

Australia, 2nd innings: 161/5 (31.2 ov)

Australia batting
BatterDismissalRB4s6s
TM Headc BA Carse b JC Tongue293540
J Weatheraldc MJ Potts b JC Tongue344050
M Labuschagnerun out (JL Smith/MJ Potts)374041
SPD Smithb WG Jacks121210
UT Khawajab JC Tongue6710
AT Careynot out162710
C Greennot out222730
Extrasb 3, lb 1, w 1, nb 05

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

Bowling against Australia
BowlerOMRWEcon
BA Carse805106.38
JC Tongue1104233.82
JG Bethell301605.33
WG Jacks6.214216.63
JE Root31602.00

Scorecard calculated from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data, licensed under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. See Data Sources.