Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2023
- Date
- (Fri 16 Jun, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 2 wickets
- Player of the match
- Usman Khawaja
- Umpires
- Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
- TV umpire
- Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
- Reserve umpire
- Michael Burns
- Match referee
- Andy Pycroft (South Africa)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · The Ashes · AUS 303 & 155 v ENG 188 & 124Australia won by 146 runs
- 4th Test · The Ashes · AUS 416/8d & 265/6d v ENG 294 & 270/9Match drawn
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · ENG 185 & 68 v AUS 267Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · AUS 473/9d & 230/9d v ENG 236 & 192Australia won by 275 runs
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 147 & 297 v AUS 425 & 20/1Australia won by 9 wickets
Recent results (Test)
- W vs IRE · IRE 172 & 362/9 v ENG 524/4d & 12/0England won by 10 wickets
- L vs NZ · ENG 435/8d & 256 v NZ 209 & 483New Zealand won by 1 run
- W vs NZ · ENG 325/9d & 374 v NZ 306 & 126England won by 267 runs
- W vs PAK · PAK 304 & 216 v ENG 354 & 170/2England won by 8 wickets
- W vs PAK · ENG 281 & 275 v PAK 202 & 328England won by 26 runs
- W vs IND · AUS 469 & 270/8d v IND 296 & 234Australia won by 209 runs
- D vs IND · AUS 480 & 175/2d v IND 571/9Match drawn
- W vs IND · IND 109 & 163 v AUS 197 & 78/1Australia won by 9 wickets
- L vs IND · AUS 263 & 113 v IND 262 & 118/4India won by 6 wickets
- L vs IND · AUS 177 & 91 v IND 400India won by an innings and 132 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 | 32 | 3044 | 239 | 59.69 | 54.59 |
| Joe Root ENG | 29 | 2016 | 180 | 38.77 | 47.17 |
| David Warner AUS | 28 | 1888 | 124 | 38.53 | 61.82 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 19 | 1157 | 135 | 34.03 | 52.78 |
| Jonny Bairstow ENG | 21 | 1084 | 119 | 29.30 | 49.03 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad ENG | 35 | 131 | 3.16 |
| James Anderson ENG | 35 | 112 | 2.96 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 27 | 101 | 2.71 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 18 | 74 | 3.30 |
| Pat Cummins AUS | 14 | 73 | 2.83 |
Tests at Edgbaston
- Matches
- 24
- Average 1st-innings score
- 313
- Won batting first
- 7
- Won chasing
- 12
- Highest total
- 710/7 by England ()