England beat Australia by 169 runs in the 1st Test

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, 8 Jul 2015. England won the toss and chose to bat.

England430 & 28970.1 ov

Australia308 & 24270.3 ov

England won by 169 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat. England were bowled out for 430, Joe Root 134 from 166 balls and Moeen Ali 77 from 88 balls. Mitchell Starc took 5 for 114.

Australia were bowled out for 308, Chris Rogers 95 from 133 balls. James Anderson took 3 for 43.

England were bowled out for 289, Ian Bell 60 from 89 balls and Joe Root 60 from 89 balls. Nathan Lyon took 4 for 75.

Australia were bowled out for 242, Mitchell Johnson 77 from 94 balls and David Warner 52 from 86 balls. Stuart Broad took 3 for 39.

England won by 169 runs.

Key performers

134Joe RootEngland. 166 balls, 17 foursPlayer of the match

3/39Stuart BroadEngland. 14 overs, 3 maidens

95Chris RogersAustralia. 133 balls, 11 fours, 1 six

5/114Mitchell StarcAustralia. 24.1 overs, 4 maidens

England 1st innings

430(102.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lythc DA Warner b JR Hazlewood	c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood	6	10	1	0	60.00
Alastair Cookc †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	c †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	20	40	3	0	50.00
Gary Ballancelbw b JR Hazlewood	lbw b JR Hazlewood	61	149	8	0	40.94
Ian Belllbw b MA Starc	lbw b MA Starc	1	7	0	0	14.29
Joe Rootc SR Watson b MA Starc	c SR Watson b MA Starc	134	166	17	0	80.72
Ben Stokesb MA Starc	b MA Starc	52	78	6	2	66.67
Jos Buttler †c MG Johnson b JR Hazlewood	c MG Johnson b JR Hazlewood	27	34	3	0	79.41
Moeen Alic SR Watson b MA Starc	c SR Watson b MA Starc	77	88	11	1	87.50
Stuart Broadc †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	c †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	18	26	2	1	69.23
Mark Woodnot out	not out	7*	10	1	0	70.00
James Andersonb MA Starc	b MA Starc	1	6	0	0	16.67
Extras(b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 1)	(b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 1)	26
Total102.1 Ov (RR 4.21)	102.1 Ov (RR 4.21)	430

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (A Lyth, 2 ov), 42-2 (AN Cook, 13.2 ov), 43-3 (IR Bell, 14.3 ov), 196-4 (GS Ballance, 53.3 ov), 280-5 (JE Root, 72.1 ov), 293-6 (BA Stokes, 76.2 ov), 343-7 (JC Buttler, 85.5 ov), 395-8 (SCJ Broad, 97.1 ov), 419-9 (MM Ali, 100.2 ov), 430-10 (JM Anderson, 102.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	24.1	4	114	5	4.72	104	17	0	1	1
Josh Hazlewood	23	8	83	3	3.61	108	12	1	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	25	3	111	0	4.44	106	15	1	0	0
Nathan Lyon	20	4	69	2	3.45	86	5	2	0	0
Shane Watson	8	0	24	0	3.00	38	2	0	0	0
David Warner	2	0	9	0	4.50	7	1	0	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	A Lyth 6(10) & AN Cook 1(2)	7	12
2nd	AN Cook 19(38) & GS Ballance 16(30)	35	68
3rd	IR Bell 1(7) & GS Ballance 0(0)	1	7
4th	JE Root 97(116) & GS Ballance 45(119)	153	234
5th	BA Stokes 42(62) & JE Root 37(50)	84	112
6th	JC Buttler 3(9) & BA Stokes 10(16)	13	25
7th	MM Ali 26(32) & JC Buttler 24(25)	50	57
8th	SCJ Broad 18(26) & MM Ali 34(42)	52	68
9th	MA Wood 3(5) & MM Ali 17(14)	24	19
10th	JM Anderson 1(6) & MA Wood 4(5)	11	11

Australia 1st innings

308(84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogersc †JC Buttler b MA Wood	c †JC Buttler b MA Wood	95	133	11	1	71.43
David Warnerc AN Cook b JM Anderson	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	17	42	3	0	40.48
Steve Smithc AN Cook b MM Ali	c AN Cook b MM Ali	33	56	5	0	58.93
Michael Clarkec & b MM Ali	c & b MM Ali	38	52	6	0	73.08
Adam Vogesc JM Anderson b BA Stokes	c JM Anderson b BA Stokes	31	75	4	0	41.33
Shane Watsonlbw b SCJ Broad	lbw b SCJ Broad	30	57	6	0	52.63
Nathan Lyonlbw b MA Wood	lbw b MA Wood	6	26	1	0	23.08
Brad Haddin †c †JC Buttler b JM Anderson	c †JC Buttler b JM Anderson	22	38	5	0	57.89
Mitchell Johnsonc GS Ballance b SCJ Broad	c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad	14	19	2	0	73.68
Mitchell Starcc JE Root b JM Anderson	c JE Root b JM Anderson	0	6	0	0	0.00
Josh Hazlewoodnot out	not out	2*	4	0	0	50.00
Extras(b 6, lb 11, w 3)	(b 6, lb 11, w 3)	20
Total84.4 Ov (RR 3.64)	84.4 Ov (RR 3.64)	308

Fall of wickets: 52-1 (DA Warner, 14.3 ov), 129-2 (SPD Smith, 33 ov), 180-3 (CJL Rogers, 42.4 ov), 207-4 (MJ Clarke, 52.1 ov), 258-5 (AC Voges, 67.1 ov), 265-6 (SR Watson, 71.3 ov), 265-7 (NM Lyon, 74.5 ov), 304-8 (BJ Haddin, 82.4 ov), 306-9 (MG Johnson, 83.1 ov), 308-10 (MA Starc, 84.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
James Anderson	18.5	6	43	3	2.28	94	6	0	0
Stuart Broad	17	1	60	2	3.53	79	7	1	1
Mark Wood	20	2	66	2	3.30	92	9	0	0
Moeen Ali	15	1	71	2	4.73	62	12	0	0
Ben Stokes	13.5	3	51	1	3.69	66	9	0	2

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	CJL Rogers 28(45) & DA Warner 17(42)	52	87
2nd	SPD Smith 33(56) & CJL Rogers 41(55)	77	111
3rd	CJL Rogers 26(33) & MJ Clarke 25(25)	51	58
4th	AC Voges 14(30) & MJ Clarke 13(27)	27	57
5th	SR Watson 29(45) & AC Voges 17(45)	51	90
6th	NM Lyon 6(14) & SR Watson 1(12)	7	26
7th	BJ Haddin 0(8) & NM Lyon 0(12)	0	20
8th	BJ Haddin 22(30) & MG Johnson 12(17)	39	47
9th	MA Starc 0(1) & MG Johnson 2(2)	2	3
10th	JR Hazlewood 2(4) & MA Starc 0(5)	2	9

England 2nd innings

289(70.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Adam Lythc MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	37	62	4	1	59.68
Alastair Cookc NM Lyon b MA Starc	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	12	26	1	0	46.15
Gary Ballancec †BJ Haddin b JR Hazlewood	c †BJ Haddin b JR Hazlewood	0	7	0	0	0.00
Ian Bellb MG Johnson	b MG Johnson	60	89	11	0	67.42
Joe Rootb JR Hazlewood	b JR Hazlewood	60	89	9	0	67.42
Ben Stokesb MA Starc	b MA Starc	42	59	9	0	71.19
Jos Buttler †c †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	c †BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	7	19	0	0	36.84
Moeen Alic †BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	c †BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	15	41	2	0	36.59
Stuart Broadc JR Hazlewood b NM Lyon	c JR Hazlewood b NM Lyon	4	7	1	0	57.14
Mark Woodnot out	not out	32*	18	4	1	177.78
James Andersonb NM Lyon	b NM Lyon	1	4	0	0	25.00
Extras(b 7, lb 6, w 6)	(b 7, lb 6, w 6)	19
Total70.1 Ov (RR 4.12)	70.1 Ov (RR 4.12)	289

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (AN Cook, 7 ov), 22-2 (GS Ballance, 10 ov), 73-3 (A Lyth, 19.4 ov), 170-4 (IR Bell, 40 ov), 207-5 (JE Root, 51.1 ov), 236-6 (JC Buttler, 58.2 ov), 240-7 (BA Stokes, 59.1 ov), 245-8 (SCJ Broad, 60.4 ov), 288-9 (MM Ali, 69.1 ov), 289-10 (JM Anderson, 70.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD
Mitchell Johnson	16	2	69	2	4.31	69	9	0	1
Josh Hazlewood	13	2	49	2	3.77	59	8	0	0
Mitchell Starc	16	4	60	2	3.75	77	11	0	1
Nathan Lyon	20.1	4	75	4	3.72	88	8	2	0
Shane Watson	5	0	23	0	4.60	23	5	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	A Lyth 3(16) & AN Cook 12(26)	17	42
2nd	A Lyth 5(11) & GS Ballance 0(7)	5	18
3rd	A Lyth 29(35) & IR Bell 18(23)	51	58
4th	JE Root 44(56) & IR Bell 42(66)	97	122
5th	JE Root 16(33) & BA Stokes 21(34)	37	67
6th	JC Buttler 7(19) & BA Stokes 21(24)	29	43
7th	MM Ali 4(4) & BA Stokes 0(1)	4	5
8th	SCJ Broad 4(7) & MM Ali 1(2)	5	9
9th	MM Ali 10(35) & MA Wood 32(16)	43	51
10th	JM Anderson 1(4) & MA Wood 0(2)	1	6

Australia 2nd innings

242(70.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Chris Rogersc IR Bell b SCJ Broad	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	10	28	2	0	35.71
David Warnerlbw b MM Ali	lbw b MM Ali	52	86	6	1	60.47
Steve Smithc IR Bell b SCJ Broad	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	33	49	6	0	67.35
Michael Clarkec BA Stokes b SCJ Broad	c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad	4	13	1	0	30.77
Adam Vogesc †JC Buttler b MA Wood	c †JC Buttler b MA Wood	1	16	0	0	6.25
Shane Watsonlbw b MA Wood	lbw b MA Wood	19	58	2	0	32.76
Brad Haddin †c AN Cook b MM Ali	c AN Cook b MM Ali	7	20	1	0	35.00
Mitchell Johnsonc A Lyth b JE Root	c A Lyth b JE Root	77	94	9	2	81.91
Mitchell Starcc A Lyth b JE Root	c A Lyth b JE Root	17	38	3	0	44.74
Josh Hazlewoodc JE Root b MM Ali	c JE Root b MM Ali	14	17	2	0	82.35
Nathan Lyonnot out	not out	0*	5	0	0	0.00
Extras(b 4, lb 3, nb 1)	(b 4, lb 3, nb 1)	8
Total70.3 Ov (RR 3.43)	70.3 Ov (RR 3.43) · Target 412	242

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (CJL Rogers, 9.4 ov), 97-2 (DA Warner, 26.3 ov), 101-3 (SPD Smith, 27.4 ov), 106-4 (MJ Clarke, 31.4 ov), 106-5 (AC Voges, 32.2 ov), 122-6 (BJ Haddin, 38.1 ov), 151-7 (SR Watson, 50.5 ov), 223-8 (MA Starc, 65.4 ov), 242-9 (MG Johnson, 69.1 ov), 242-10 (JR Hazlewood, 70.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
James Anderson	12	3	33	0	2.75	59	5	0	0
Stuart Broad	14	3	39	3	2.79	68	6	0	0
Moeen Ali	16.3	4	59	3	3.58	77	7	2	0
Ben Stokes	8	2	23	0	2.88	36	3	0	0
Mark Wood	14	4	53	2	3.79	66	9	0	1
Joe Root	6	1	28	2	4.67	22	2	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	CJL Rogers 10(28) & DA Warner 8(30)	19	58
2nd	SPD Smith 29(45) & DA Warner 44(56)	78	101
3rd	MJ Clarke 0(3) & SPD Smith 4(4)	4	7
4th	AC Voges 1(14) & MJ Clarke 4(10)	5	24
5th	SR Watson 0(2) & AC Voges 0(2)	0	4
6th	BJ Haddin 7(20) & SR Watson 9(15)	16	35
7th	MG Johnson 19(35) & SR Watson 10(41)	29	76
8th	MA Starc 17(38) & MG Johnson 53(52)	72	89
9th	JR Hazlewood 14(14) & MG Johnson 5(7)	19	21
10th	NM Lyon 0(5) & JR Hazlewood 0(3)	0	8

Commentary

70.3W

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, OUT

JR Hazlewood c JE Root b MM Ali 14(17) [4s-2 6s-0] · FoW 242/10 (70.3 ov)

70.20

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

70.10

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

End of over 700 runs, 1 wktAUS 242/9W00000

NM Lyon 0(5)JR Hazlewood 14(14)JE Root 6-1-28-2

69.60

JE Root to NM Lyon, no run

69.50

JE Root to NM Lyon, no run

69.40

JE Root to NM Lyon, no run

69.30

JE Root to NM Lyon, no run

69.20

JE Root to NM Lyon, no run

69.1W

JE Root to MG Johnson, OUT

MG Johnson c A Lyth b JE Root 77(94) [4s-9 6s-2] · FoW 242/9 (69.1 ov)

End of over 695 runsAUS 242/8100040

JR Hazlewood 14(14)MG Johnson 77(93)MM Ali 16-4-59-2

68.60

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

68.54

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, FOUR

68.40

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

68.30

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

68.20

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

68.11

MM Ali to MG Johnson, 1 run

End of over 685 runsAUS 237/8200102

JR Hazlewood 10(9)MG Johnson 76(92)JE Root 5-0-28-1

67.62

JE Root to JR Hazlewood, 2 runs

67.50

JE Root to JR Hazlewood, no run

67.41

JE Root to MG Johnson, 1 run

67.30

JE Root to MG Johnson, no run

67.20

JE Root to MG Johnson, no run

67.12

JE Root to MG Johnson, 2 runs

End of over 679 runsAUS 232/8124020

JR Hazlewood 8(7)MG Johnson 73(88)MM Ali 15-4-54-2

66.60

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

66.52

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, 2 runs

66.40

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, no run

66.34

MM Ali to JR Hazlewood, FOUR