The Ashes4th Test
Australia beat England by 8 wickets in the 4th Test - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 4th Test, Test · The Ashes 2013/14
- Date
- (Thu 26 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bowl
- Result
- Australia won by 8 wickets
- Player of the match
- Mitchell Johnson
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
- TV umpire
- Billy Bowden (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- John Ward (Australia)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · AUS won 156 · ENG won 113 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · AUS 385 & 369/6d v ENG 251 & 353Australia won by 150 runs
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · AUS 570/9d & 132/3d v ENG 172 & 312Australia won by 218 runs
- 1st Test · The Ashes · AUS 295 & 401/7d v ENG 136 & 179Australia won by 381 runs
- 5th Test · The Ashes · ENG 377 & 206/5 v AUS 492/9d & 111/6dMatch drawn
- 4th Test · The Ashes · ENG 238 & 330 v AUS 270 & 224England won by 74 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs ENG · AUS 385 & 369/6d v ENG 251 & 353Australia won by 150 runs
- W vs ENG · AUS 570/9d & 132/3d v ENG 172 & 312Australia won by 218 runs
- W vs ENG · AUS 295 & 401/7d v ENG 136 & 179Australia won by 381 runs
- D vs ENG · ENG 377 & 206/5 v AUS 492/9d & 111/6dMatch drawn
- L vs ENG · ENG 238 & 330 v AUS 270 & 224England won by 74 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 385 & 369/6d v ENG 251 & 353Australia won by 150 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 570/9d & 132/3d v ENG 172 & 312Australia won by 218 runs
- L vs AUS · AUS 295 & 401/7d v ENG 136 & 179Australia won by 381 runs
- D vs AUS · ENG 377 & 206/5 v AUS 492/9d & 111/6dMatch drawn
- W vs AUS · ENG 238 & 330 v AUS 270 & 224England won by 74 runs
Top players in this fixture
AUS v ENG Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 35 | 2476 | 196 | 44.21 | 61.53 |
| Michael Clarke AUS | 28 | 2077 | 187 | 47.20 | 57.01 |
| Kevin Pietersen ENG | 25 | 2029 | 227 | 46.11 | 56.64 |
| Ian Bell ENG | 26 | 1723 | 115 | 39.16 | 48.02 |
| Alastair Cook ENG | 23 | 1695 | 235 | 41.34 | 46.24 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 21 | 70 | 3.33 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 18 | 62 | 3.13 |
| Graeme Swann ENG | 18 | 62 | 3.18 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 12 | 58 | 3.67 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 15 | 56 | 3.27 |
Tests at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 105
- Average 1st-innings score
- 304
- Won batting first
- 53
- Won chasing
- 37
- Highest total
- 604 by Australia ()