Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2019
- Date
- (Thu 1 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 251 runs
- Player of the match
- Steve Smith
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Joel Wilson
- TV umpire
- Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- Tim Robinson
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · England tour of Australia and New Zealand · ENG 346 & 180/9 v AUS 649/7dAustralia won by an innings and 123 runs
- 4th Test · England tour of Australia and New Zealand · AUS 327 & 263/4d v ENG 491Match drawn
- 3rd Test · England tour of Australia and New Zealand · ENG 403 & 218 v AUS 662/9dAustralia won by an innings and 41 runs
- 2nd Test · England tour of Australia and New Zealand · AUS 442/8d & 138 v ENG 227 & 233Australia won by 120 runs
- 1st Test · England tour of Australia and New Zealand · ENG 302 & 195 v AUS 328 & 173/0Australia won by 10 wickets
Recent results (Test)
- W vs IRE · ENG 85 & 303 v IRE 207 & 38England won by 143 runs
- W vs WI · WI 154 & 252 v ENG 277 & 361/5dEngland won by 232 runs
- L vs WI · WI 306 & 17/0 v ENG 187 & 132West Indies won by 10 wickets
- L vs WI · WI 289 & 415/6d v ENG 77 & 246West Indies won by 381 runs
- W vs SL · ENG 336 & 230 v SL 240 & 284England won by 42 runs
- W vs SL · AUS 534/5d & 196/3d v SL 215/9 & 149Australia won by 366 runs
- W vs SL · AUS 323 v SL 144 & 139/9Australia won by an innings and 40 runs
- D vs IND · AUS 300 & 6/0 v IND 622/7dMatch drawn
- L vs IND · AUS 151 & 261 v IND 443/7d & 106/8dIndia won by 137 runs
- W vs IND · AUS 326 & 243 v IND 283 & 140Australia won by 146 runs
Top players in this fixture
ENG v AUS Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alastair Cook ENG | 35 | 2493 | 244 | 40.21 | 47.14 |
| Steve Smith AUS | 23 | 2026 | 239 | 56.28 | 52.46 |
| David Warner AUS | 18 | 1520 | 124 | 49.03 | 65.18 |
| Joe Root ENG | 19 | 1369 | 180 | 42.78 | 47.75 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 26 | 838 | 65 | 20.95 | 70.24 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 31 | 104 | 3.07 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 27 | 95 | 3.13 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 21 | 73 | 3.02 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 18 | 65 | 2.79 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 12 | 51 | 3.34 |
Tests at Edgbaston
- Matches
- 21
- Average 1st-innings score
- 310
- Won batting first
- 6
- Won chasing
- 10
- Highest total
- 710/7 by England ()