The Ashes2nd Test
Australia beat England by 8 wickets in the 2nd Test - Match Info
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 2nd Test, Test · The Ashes 2025/26
- Date
- (Thu 4 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 8 wickets
- Player of the match
- Mitchell Starc
- Umpires
- Adrian Holdstock (South Africa), Sharfuddoula (Bangladesh)
- TV umpire
- Nitin Menon (India)
- Reserve umpire
- Phillip Gillespie (Australia)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 172 & 164 v AUS 132 & 205/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- 5th Test · The Ashes · ENG 283 & 395 v AUS 295 & 334England won by 49 runs
- 4th Test · The Ashes · AUS 317 & 214/5 v ENG 592Match drawn
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · AUS 263 & 224 v ENG 237 & 254/7England won by 3 wickets
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · AUS 416 & 279 v ENG 325 & 327Australia won by 43 runs
Recent results (Test)
- L vs AUS · ENG 172 & 164 v AUS 132 & 205/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- L vs IND · IND 224 & 396 v ENG 247/9 & 367India won by 6 runs
- D vs IND · IND 358 & 425/4 v ENG 669Match drawn
- W vs IND · ENG 387 & 192 v IND 387 & 170England won by 22 runs
- L vs IND · IND 587 & 427/6d v ENG 407 & 271India won by 336 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 172 & 164 v AUS 132 & 205/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- W vs WI · AUS 225 & 121 v WI 143 & 27Australia won by 176 runs
- W vs WI · AUS 286 & 243 v WI 253 & 143Australia won by 133 runs
- W vs WI · AUS 180 & 310 v WI 190 & 141Australia won by 159 runs
- L vs SA · AUS 212 & 207 v SA 138 & 282/5South Africa won by 5 wickets
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 | 38 | 3436 | 239 | 55.42 | 54.59 |
| Joe Root ENG | 35 | 2436 | 180 | 39.29 | 50.30 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 25 | 1570 | 155 | 34.89 | 55.26 |
| Usman Khawaja AUS | 20 | 1380 | 171 | 39.43 | 44.22 |
| Marnus Labuschagne AUS | 15 | 1076 | 111 | 41.38 | 49.43 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 39 | 117 | 2.94 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 30 | 110 | 2.79 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 23 | 107 | 3.60 |
| Pat Cummins AUS | 19 | 91 | 3.16 |
| Josh Hazlewood AUS | 18 | 76 | 3.28 |
Tests at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba
- Matches
- 19
- Average 1st-innings score
- 348
- Won batting first
- 8
- Won chasing
- 7
- Highest total
- 602/9 by Australia ()