Australia vs England, 4th Test - Scorecard

ResultTestThe Ashes 2025/26· Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne· Fri 26 Dec, 14:00

Australia152 & 132(34.3 ov)

England110 & 178/6(32.2 ov)

England won by 4 wickets

Australia 1st innings

152 (45.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	b AAP Atkinson	12	22	2	0	54.55
Jake Weatherald	c †JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	23	1	0	43.48
Marnus Labuschagne	c JE Root b JC Tongue	6	19	0	0	31.58
Steve Smith	b JC Tongue	9	31	2	0	29.03
Usman Khawaja	c †JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	29	52	2	0	55.77
Alex Carey †	c Z Crawley b BA Stokes	20	35	0	0	57.14
Cameron Green	run out (BA Carse)	17	34	2	0	50.00
Michael Neser	b JC Tongue	35	49	7	0	71.43
Mitchell Starc	c BA Stokes b BA Carse	1	6	0	0	16.67
Jhye Richardson	not out	0*	1	0	0	0.00
Scott Boland	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	0	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 8, nb 1)	13
Total	45.2 Ov (RR 3.35)	152

Fall of wickets: 27-1 (TM Head, 6.1 ov), 31-2 (J Weatherald, 9.2 ov), 34-3 (M Labuschagne, 11.5 ov), 51-4 (SPD Smith, 19.2 ov), 89-5 (UT Khawaja, 28.5 ov), 91-6 (AT Carey, 31.2 ov), 143-7 (C Green, 42.1 ov), 152-8 (MA Starc, 44.5 ov), 152-9 (MG Neser, 45.1 ov), 152-10 (SM Boland, 45.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Gus Atkinson	14	4	28	2	2.00	69	1	0
Brydon Carse	12	3	42	1	3.50	53	5	1
Josh Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	3.97	50	7	0
Ben Stokes	8	1	25	1	3.13	35	3	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	TM Head 12(22) & J Weatherald 10(16)	27	37
2nd	M Labuschagne 4(12) & J Weatherald 0(7)	4	19
3rd	SPD Smith 1(8) & M Labuschagne 2(7)	3	15
4th	UT Khawaja 9(22) & SPD Smith 8(23)	17	45
5th	AT Carey 18(27) & UT Khawaja 20(30)	38	57
6th	C Green 0(7) & AT Carey 2(8)	2	15
7th	MG Neser 31(38) & C Green 17(27)	52	65
8th	MG Neser 4(10) & MA Starc 1(6)	9	16
9th	JA Richardson 0(1) & MG Neser 0(1)	0	2
10th	SM Boland 0(1) & JA Richardson 0(0)	0	1

England 1st innings

110 (29.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	5	14	0	0	35.71
Ben Duckett	c MG Neser b MA Starc	2	5	0	0	40.00
Jacob Bethell	c †AT Carey b MG Neser	1	5	0	0	20.00
Joe Root	c †AT Carey b MG Neser	0	15	0	0	0.00
Harry Brook	lbw b SM Boland	41	34	2	2	120.59
Ben Stokes	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	16	38	1	0	42.11
Jamie Smith †	b SM Boland	2	3	0	0	66.67
Will Jacks	c †AT Carey b SM Boland	5	10	0	0	50.00
Gus Atkinson	b C Green	28	35	3	1	80.00
Brydon Carse	c SM Boland b MG Neser	4	12	0	0	33.33
Josh Tongue	not out	1*	9	0	0	11.11
Extras	(lb 4, nb 1)	5
Total	29.5 Ov (RR 3.69)	110

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (BM Duckett, 2.3 ov), 8-2 (JG Bethell, 3.4 ov), 8-3 (Z Crawley, 4.2 ov), 16-4 (JE Root, 8 ov), 66-5 (HC Brook, 16.5 ov), 68-6 (JL Smith, 18.2 ov), 77-7 (WG Jacks, 20.2 ov), 83-8 (BA Stokes, 21.1 ov), 91-9 (BA Carse, 24 ov), 110-10 (AAP Atkinson, 29.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mitchell Starc	6	0	23	2	3.83	26	1	1	0
Michael Neser	10	1	45	4	4.50	41	4	1	0
Scott Boland	9	1	30	3	3.33	39	1	1	0
Jhye Richardson	4	1	8	0	2.00	19	0	0	1
Cameron Green	0.5	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Z Crawley 5(10) & BM Duckett 2(5)	7	15
2nd	JG Bethell 1(5) & Z Crawley 0(2)	1	7
3rd	JE Root 0(2) & Z Crawley 0(2)	0	4
4th	HC Brook 7(9) & JE Root 0(13)	8	22
5th	HC Brook 34(25) & BA Stokes 15(28)	50	53
6th	JL Smith 2(3) & BA Stokes 0(6)	2	9
7th	WG Jacks 5(10) & BA Stokes 1(3)	9	12
8th	AAP Atkinson 6(4) & BA Stokes 0(1)	6	5
9th	BA Carse 4(12) & AAP Atkinson 4(5)	8	17
10th	AAP Atkinson 18(26) & JC Tongue 1(9)	19	35

Australia 2nd innings

132 (34.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Scott Boland	c †JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	6	17	1	0	35.29
Travis Head	b BA Carse	46	67	4	0	68.66
Jake Weatherald	b BA Stokes	5	15	0	0	33.33
Marnus Labuschagne	c JE Root b JC Tongue	8	18	1	0	44.44
Steve Smith	not out	24*	39	1	0	61.54
Usman Khawaja	c sub (OJ Pope) b JC Tongue	0	2	0	0	0.00
Alex Carey †	c HC Brook b BA Carse	4	6	1	0	66.67
Cameron Green	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	19	29	3	0	65.52
Michael Neser	c & b BA Carse	0	5	0	0	0.00
Mitchell Starc	c JE Root b BA Carse	0	2	0	0	0.00
Jhye Richardson	c Z Crawley b BA Stokes	7	10	1	0	70.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 3)	13
Total	34.3 Ov (RR 3.83)	132

Fall of wickets: 22-1 (SM Boland, 6.1 ov), 40-2 (J Weatherald, 10.5 ov), 61-3 (M Labuschagne, 17.1 ov), 82-4 (TM Head, 21 ov), 83-5 (UT Khawaja, 21.3 ov), 88-6 (AT Carey, 22.5 ov), 119-7 (C Green, 30.5 ov), 120-8 (MG Neser, 31.5 ov), 121-9 (MA Starc, 32 ov), 132-10 (JA Richardson, 34.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	NB
Gus Atkinson	5	1	20	1	4.00	22	2	0
Brydon Carse	11	3	34	4	3.09	49	3	1
Josh Tongue	11	2	44	2	4.00	48	4	2
Ben Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	3.20	33	3	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	SM Boland 6(17) & TM Head 12(20)	22	37
2nd	J Weatherald 5(15) & TM Head 13(13)	18	28
3rd	M Labuschagne 8(18) & TM Head 12(20)	21	38
4th	SPD Smith 11(10) & TM Head 9(14)	21	23
5th	SPD Smith 0(1) & UT Khawaja 0(2)	1	3
6th	AT Carey 4(6) & SPD Smith 1(2)	5	8
7th	C Green 19(29) & SPD Smith 7(20)	31	48
8th	MG Neser 0(5) & SPD Smith 1(1)	1	6
9th	MA Starc 0(2) & SPD Smith 0(0)	1	1
10th	SPD Smith 4(5) & JA Richardson 7(10)	11	15

England 2nd innings

178/6 (32.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	lbw b SM Boland	37	48	3	1	77.08
Ben Duckett	b MA Starc	34	26	4	1	130.77
Brydon Carse	c C Green b JA Richardson	6	8	0	0	75.00
Jacob Bethell	c UT Khawaja b SM Boland	40	46	5	0	86.96
Joe Root	lbw b JA Richardson	15	38	0	0	39.47
Harry Brook	not out	18*	22	3	0	81.82
Ben Stokes	c †AT Carey b MA Starc	2	9	0	0	22.22
Jamie Smith †	not out	3*	2	0	0	150.00
Extras	(b 8, lb 10, nb 5)	23
Total	32.2 Ov (RR 5.51) · Target 175	178/6

Did not bat: Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Josh Tongue

Fall of wickets: 51-1 (BM Duckett, 7 ov), 65-2 (BA Carse, 9.5 ov), 112-3 (Z Crawley, 18.4 ov), 137-4 (JG Bethell, 24.3 ov), 158-5 (JE Root, 28.4 ov), 165-6 (BA Stokes, 31.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mitchell Starc	10	0	55	2	5.50	35	6	0	1
Michael Neser	8	1	54	0	6.75	25	5	2	0
Jhye Richardson	5.2	1	22	2	4.13	22	2	0	4
Scott Boland	9	0	29	2	3.22	36	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	Z Crawley 15(16) & BM Duckett 34(26)	51	42
2nd	Z Crawley 7(10) & BA Carse 6(8)	14	17
3rd	JG Bethell 27(32) & Z Crawley 15(22)	47	53
4th	JE Root 12(21) & JG Bethell 13(14)	25	35
5th	HC Brook 8(10) & JE Root 3(17)	21	25
6th	BA Stokes 2(9) & HC Brook 5(7)	7	16
7th	JL Smith 3(2) & HC Brook 5(5)	13*	6