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The Ashes2nd Test

Australia beat England by 43 runs in the 2nd Test

Lord's, London, . England won the toss and chose to bowl.

Australia416 & 279101.5 ov
England325 & 32781.3 ov
Australia won by 43 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bowl. Australia were bowled out for 416, Steve Smith 110 from 184 balls and Travis Head 77 from 73 balls. Josh Tongue took 3 for 98.

England were bowled out for 325, Ben Duckett 98 from 134 balls and Harry Brook 50 from 68 balls. Mitchell Starc took 3 for 88.

Australia were bowled out for 279, Usman Khawaja 77 from 187 balls. Stuart Broad took 4 for 65.

England were bowled out for 327, Ben Stokes 155 from 214 balls and Ben Duckett 83 from 112 balls. Pat Cummins took 3 for 69.

Australia won by 43 runs.

Key performers

Australia 1st innings

416(100.4 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
David Warnerb JC Tongueb JC Tongue66888175.00
Usman Khawajab JC Tongueb JC Tongue17702024.29
Marnus Labuschagnec †JM Bairstow b OE Robinsonc †JM Bairstow b OE Robinson47937050.54
Steve Smithc BM Duckett b JC Tonguec BM Duckett b JC Tongue11018415059.78
Travis Headst †JM Bairstow b JE Rootst †JM Bairstow b JE Root7773140105.48
Cameron Greenc JM Anderson b JE Rootc JM Anderson b JE Root03000.00
Alex Carey †lbw b SCJ Broadlbw b SCJ Broad22432051.16
Mitchell Starcc †JM Bairstow b JM Andersonc †JM Bairstow b JM Anderson6101060.00
Pat Cumminsnot outnot out22*332066.67
Nathan Lyonc JC Tongue b OE Robinsonc JC Tongue b OE Robinson7131053.85
Josh Hazlewoodc JE Root b OE Robinsonc JE Root b OE Robinson461066.67
Extras(b 13, lb 13, nb 12)(b 13, lb 13, nb 12)38
Total100.4 Ov (RR 4.13)100.4 Ov (RR 4.13)416
Fall of wickets: 73-1 (UT Khawaja, 23.1 ov), 96-2 (DA Warner, 29.5 ov), 198-3 (M Labuschagne, 54.2 ov), 316-4 (TM Head, 74.2 ov), 316-5 (C Green, 74.5 ov), 351-6 (AT Carey, 84.5 ov), 358-7 (MA Starc, 87.3 ov), 393-8 (SPD Smith, 95.2 ov), 408-9 (NM Lyon, 98.4 ov), 416-10 (JR Hazlewood, 100.4 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
James Anderson2055312.65937001
Stuart Broad2349914.309716001
Ollie Robinson24.4310034.0510411006
Josh Tongue2239834.459113101
Ben Stokes312107.00144003
Joe Root811922.38352000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stDA Warner 53(70) & UT Khawaja 17(70)73139
2ndM Labuschagne 5(22) & DA Warner 13(18)2340
3rdSPD Smith 43(84) & M Labuschagne 42(71)102147
4thTM Head 77(73) & SPD Smith 31(49)118120
5thC Green 0(3) & SPD Smith 0(0)03
6thAT Carey 22(43) & SPD Smith 12(18)3560
7thMA Starc 6(10) & SPD Smith 1(6)716
8thPJ Cummins 11(20) & SPD Smith 23(27)3547
9thNM Lyon 7(13) & PJ Cummins 7(7)1520
10thJR Hazlewood 4(6) & PJ Cummins 4(6)812

England 1st innings

325(76.2 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawleyst †AT Carey b NM Lyonst †AT Carey b NM Lyon484850100.00
Ben Duckettc DA Warner b JR Hazlewoodc DA Warner b JR Hazlewood981349073.13
Ollie Popec SPD Smith b C Greenc SPD Smith b C Green42634066.67
Joe Rootc SPD Smith b MA Starcc SPD Smith b MA Starc10190052.63
Harry Brookc PJ Cummins b MA Starcc PJ Cummins b MA Starc50684073.53
Ben Stokesc C Green b MA Starcc C Green b MA Starc17581029.31
Jonny Bairstow †c PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewoodc PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewood16362044.44
Stuart Broadlbw b TM Headlbw b TM Head12241050.00
Ollie Robinsonc †AT Carey b TM Headc †AT Carey b TM Head9101090.00
Josh Tonguec sub (MT Renshaw) b PJ Cumminsc sub (MT Renshaw) b PJ Cummins140025.00
James Andersonnot outnot out0*1000.00
Extras(b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 7)(b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 7)22
Total76.2 Ov (RR 4.26)76.2 Ov (RR 4.26)325
Fall of wickets: 91-1 (Z Crawley, 17.5 ov), 188-2 (OJ Pope, 38.1 ov), 208-3 (BM Duckett, 42.2 ov), 222-4 (JE Root, 45.3 ov), 279-5 (BA Stokes, 61.2 ov), 293-6 (HC Brook, 67.4 ov), 311-7 (JM Bairstow, 72.2 ov), 324-8 (OE Robinson, 75.1 ov), 325-9 (SCJ Broad, 75.5 ov), 325-10 (JC Tongue, 76.2 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Mitchell Starc1708835.18508011
Pat Cummins16.224612.82683010
Josh Hazlewood1317125.46387000
Nathan Lyon1313512.69573000
Cameron Green905416.00326006
Travis Head711722.43270000
Steve Smith10101.0050000
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stZ Crawley 48(48) & BM Duckett 41(59)91107
2ndOJ Pope 42(63) & BM Duckett 49(63)97122
3rdJE Root 7(14) & BM Duckett 8(12)2025
4thHC Brook 11(14) & JE Root 3(5)1419
5thBA Stokes 17(58) & HC Brook 35(38)5795
6thJM Bairstow 9(22) & HC Brook 4(16)1438
7thSCJ Broad 8(15) & JM Bairstow 7(14)1828
8thOE Robinson 9(10) & SCJ Broad 4(7)1317
9thJC Tongue 1(2) & SCJ Broad 0(2)14
10thJM Anderson 0(1) & JC Tongue 0(2)03

Australia 2nd innings

279(101.5 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Usman Khawajac sub (MJ Potts) b SCJ Broadc sub (MJ Potts) b SCJ Broad7718712041.18
David Warnerlbw b JC Tonguelbw b JC Tongue25762032.89
Marnus Labuschagnec HC Brook b JM Andersonc HC Brook b JM Anderson30515058.82
Steve Smithc Z Crawley b JC Tonguec Z Crawley b JC Tongue34625054.84
Travis Headc JE Root b SCJ Broadc JE Root b SCJ Broad7161043.75
Cameron Greenc BM Duckett b OE Robinsonc BM Duckett b OE Robinson18673026.87
Alex Carey †c JE Root b OE Robinsonc JE Root b OE Robinson21733028.77
Mitchell Starcnot outnot out15*401137.50
Pat Cumminsc BM Duckett b SCJ Broadc BM Duckett b SCJ Broad11292037.93
Josh Hazlewoodc JE Root b BA Stokesc JE Root b BA Stokes130033.33
Nathan Lyonc BA Stokes b SCJ Broadc BA Stokes b SCJ Broad4131030.77
Extras(b 14, lb 9, w 7, nb 6)(b 14, lb 9, w 7, nb 6)36
Total101.5 Ov (RR 2.74)101.5 Ov (RR 2.74)279
Fall of wickets: 63-1 (DA Warner, 24.1 ov), 123-2 (M Labuschagne, 40.1 ov), 187-3 (UT Khawaja, 62 ov), 190-4 (SPD Smith, 62.4 ov), 197-5 (TM Head, 67.3 ov), 239-6 (C Green, 87.3 ov), 242-7 (AT Carey, 89.1 ov), 261-8 (PJ Cummins, 95.2 ov), 264-9 (JR Hazlewood, 96.4 ov), 279-10 (NM Lyon, 101.5 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
James Anderson1946413.378811000
Stuart Broad24.586542.6212212001
Josh Tongue2045322.65965130
Ollie Robinson26114821.851315020
Ben Stokes1212612.17602015
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stUT Khawaja 35(69) & DA Warner 25(76)63145
2ndM Labuschagne 30(51) & UT Khawaja 22(45)6096
3rdSPD Smith 33(59) & UT Khawaja 20(73)64131
4thSPD Smith 1(3) & TM Head 1(1)34
5thC Green 0(14) & TM Head 6(15)729
6thAT Carey 20(70) & C Green 18(53)42120
7thMA Starc 2(7) & AT Carey 1(3)310
8thPJ Cummins 11(29) & MA Starc 0(10)1937
9thJR Hazlewood 1(3) & MA Starc 2(5)38
10thNM Lyon 4(13) & MA Starc 11(18)1531

England 2nd innings

327(81.3 ov)
BatterRB4s6sSR
Zak Crawleyc †AT Carey b MA Starcc †AT Carey b MA Starc360050.00
Ben Duckettc †AT Carey b JR Hazlewoodc †AT Carey b JR Hazlewood831129074.11
Ollie Popeb MA Starcb MA Starc3100030.00
Joe Rootc DA Warner b PJ Cumminsc DA Warner b PJ Cummins18352051.43
Harry Brookb PJ Cumminsb PJ Cummins4310133.33
Ben Stokesc †AT Carey b JR Hazlewoodc †AT Carey b JR Hazlewood1552149972.43
Jonny Bairstow †st †AT Carey b C Greenst †AT Carey b C Green10222045.45
Stuart Broadc C Green b JR Hazlewoodc C Green b JR Hazlewood11362030.56
Ollie Robinsonc SPD Smith b PJ Cumminsc SPD Smith b PJ Cummins160016.67
Josh Tongueb MA Starcb MA Starc19261073.08
James Andersonnot outnot out3*230013.04
Extras(lb 3, w 10, nb 4)(lb 3, w 10, nb 4)17
Total81.3 Ov (RR 4.01)81.3 Ov (RR 4.01) · Target 371327
Fall of wickets: 9-1 (Z Crawley, 2.1 ov), 13-2 (OJ Pope, 4.2 ov), 41-3 (JE Root, 12.2 ov), 45-4 (HC Brook, 12.5 ov), 177-5 (BM Duckett, 45.4 ov), 193-6 (JM Bairstow, 52 ov), 301-7 (BA Stokes, 72.1 ov), 302-8 (OE Robinson, 73.1 ov), 302-9 (SCJ Broad, 74.2 ov), 327-10 (JC Tongue, 81.3 ov)
BowlerOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
Mitchell Starc21.327933.67856230
Pat Cummins2526932.761045021
Josh Hazlewood1808034.44746322
Travis Head402305.75131100
Cameron Green1337315.62528331
Partnerships
WktBattersRunsBalls
1stZ Crawley 3(6) & BM Duckett 5(7)913
2ndOJ Pope 3(10) & BM Duckett 1(3)413
3rdJE Root 18(35) & BM Duckett 8(14)2848
4thHC Brook 4(3) & BM Duckett 0(0)43
5thBA Stokes 56(110) & BM Duckett 69(88)132197
6thJM Bairstow 10(22) & BA Stokes 6(16)1638
7thBA Stokes 93(88) & SCJ Broad 11(34)108121
8thOE Robinson 1(6) & SCJ Broad 0(0)16
9thJC Tongue 0(5) & SCJ Broad 0(2)07
10thJM Anderson 3(23) & JC Tongue 19(21)2543

Commentary

End of innings: ENG 327 (81.3 ov)
81.3W
MA Starc to JC Tongue, OUT
JC Tongue b MA Starc 19(26) [4s-1 6s-0] · FoW 327/10 (81.3 ov)
81.22
MA Starc to JC Tongue, 2 runs
81.11
MA Starc to JM Anderson, 1 run
End of over 818 runsENG 324/9420011Lb
JM Anderson 2(22)JC Tongue 17(24)C Green 13-3-73-1
80.61Lb
C Green to JM Anderson, 1 leg bye
80.51
C Green to JC Tongue, 1 run
80.40
C Green to JC Tongue, no run
80.30
C Green to JC Tongue, no run
80.22
C Green to JC Tongue, 2 runs
80.14
C Green to JC Tongue, FOUR
End of over 801 runENG 316/9100000
JM Anderson 2(21)JC Tongue 10(19)MA Starc 21-2-76-2
79.60
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
79.50
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
79.40
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
79.30
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
79.20
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
79.11
MA Starc to JC Tongue, 1 run
End of over 795 runsENG 315/9230000
JM Anderson 2(16)JC Tongue 9(18)JR Hazlewood 18-0-80-3
78.60
JR Hazlewood to JM Anderson, no run
78.50
JR Hazlewood to JM Anderson, no run
78.40
JR Hazlewood to JM Anderson, no run
78.30
JR Hazlewood to JM Anderson, no run
78.23
JR Hazlewood to JC Tongue, 3 runs
78.12
JR Hazlewood to JC Tongue, 2 runs
End of over 781 runENG 310/91Lb00000
JM Anderson 2(12)JC Tongue 4(16)MA Starc 20-2-75-2
77.60
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
77.50
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
77.40
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run
77.30
MA Starc to JM Anderson, no run