The Ashes1st Test
Australia beat England by 9 wickets in the 1st Test - Match Info
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2021/22
- Date
- (Wed 8 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets
- Player of the match
- Travis Head
- Umpires
- Paul Reiffel (Australia), Rod Tucker (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Paul Wilson (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- Sam Nogajski (Australia)
- Match referee
- David Boon (Australia)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · The Ashes · ENG 294 & 329 v AUS 225 & 263England won by 135 runs
- 4th Test · The Ashes · ENG 301 & 197 v AUS 497/8d & 186/6dAustralia won by 185 runs
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · ENG 67 & 362/9 v AUS 179 & 246England won by 1 wicket
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · ENG 258 & 258/5d v AUS 250 & 154/6Match drawn
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 374 & 146 v AUS 284 & 487/7dAustralia won by 251 runs
Recent results (Test)
- L vs IND · IND 191 & 466 v ENG 290 & 210India won by 157 runs
- W vs IND · IND 78 & 278 v ENG 432England won by an innings and 76 runs
- L vs IND · IND 364 & 298/8d v ENG 391 & 120India won by 151 runs
- D vs IND · ENG 183 & 303 v IND 278 & 52/1Match drawn
- L vs NZ · ENG 303 & 122 v NZ 388 & 41/2New Zealand won by 8 wickets
- L vs IND · AUS 369 & 294 v IND 336 & 329/7India won by 3 wickets
- D vs IND · AUS 338 & 312/6d v IND 244 & 334/5Match drawn
- L vs IND · AUS 195 & 200 v IND 326 & 70/2India won by 8 wickets
- W vs IND · IND 244 & 36/9 v AUS 191 & 93/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- W vs NZ · AUS 454 & 217/2d v NZ 256 & 136/9Australia won by 279 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Smith AUS | 27 | 2800 | 239 | 65.12 | 55.36 |
| Joe Root ENG | 24 | 1694 | 180 | 40.33 | 46.96 |
| David Warner AUS | 23 | 1615 | 124 | 39.39 | 64.19 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 14 | 921 | 135 | 38.38 | 56.47 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 31 | 899 | 65 | 19.98 | 67.64 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad ENG | 32 | 118 | 3.19 |
| James Anderson ENG | 32 | 104 | 3.06 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 23 | 85 | 2.78 |
| Josh Hazlewood AUS | 13 | 57 | 3.00 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 13 | 55 | 3.34 |
Tests at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
- Matches
- 15
- Average 1st-innings score
- 370
- Won batting first
- 7
- Won chasing
- 5
- Highest total
- 602/9 by Australia ()