Australia beat England by an innings and 14 runs in the 3rd Test

Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 Dec 2021. Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.

England185 & 6827.4 ov

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs

Match report

From the scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bowl. England were bowled out for 185, Joe Root 50 from 82 balls. Pat Cummins took 3 for 36.

Australia were bowled out for 267, Marcus Harris 76 from 189 balls. James Anderson took 4 for 33.

England were bowled out for 68. Scott Boland took 6 for 7.

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs.

Key performers

76Marcus HarrisAustralia. 189 balls, 7 fours

6/7Scott BolandAustralia. 4 overs, 1 maidenPlayer of the match

50Joe RootEngland. 82 balls, 4 fours

4/33James AndersonEngland. 23 overs, 10 maidens

England 1st innings

185(65.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameedc †AT Carey b PJ Cummins	c †AT Carey b PJ Cummins	0	10	0	0	0.00
Zak Crawleyc C Green b PJ Cummins	c C Green b PJ Cummins	12	25	0	0	48.00
Dawid Malanc DA Warner b PJ Cummins	c DA Warner b PJ Cummins	14	66	1	0	21.21
Joe Rootc †AT Carey b MA Starc	c †AT Carey b MA Starc	50	82	4	0	60.98
Ben Stokesc NM Lyon b C Green	c NM Lyon b C Green	25	60	2	1	41.67
Jonny Bairstowc C Green b MA Starc	c C Green b MA Starc	35	75	3	0	46.67
Jos Buttler †c SM Boland b NM Lyon	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	3	11	0	0	27.27
Mark Woodlbw b SM Boland	lbw b SM Boland	6	15	0	0	40.00
Ollie Robinsonc SM Boland b NM Lyon	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	22	26	3	0	84.62
Jack Leachc SPD Smith b NM Lyon	c SPD Smith b NM Lyon	13	18	0	1	72.22
James Andersonnot out	not out	0*	4	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 4, nb 1)	(lb 4, nb 1)	5
Total65.1 Ov (RR 2.84)	65.1 Ov (RR 2.84)	185

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (H Hameed, 1.5 ov), 13-2 (Z Crawley, 7.2 ov), 61-3 (DJ Malan, 26.3 ov), 82-4 (JE Root, 33 ov), 115-5 (BA Stokes, 46.2 ov), 128-6 (JC Buttler, 51.2 ov), 141-7 (MA Wood, 55.5 ov), 159-8 (JM Bairstow, 58.4 ov), 176-9 (MJ Leach, 63.3 ov), 185-10 (OE Robinson, 65.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	NB
Mitchell Starc	15	3	54	2	3.60	70	6	0	1
Pat Cummins	15	2	36	3	2.40	70	0	0	0
Scott Boland	13	2	48	1	3.69	55	7	0	0
Cameron Green	8	4	7	1	0.88	43	0	0	0
Nathan Lyon	14.1	3	36	3	2.54	66	0	2	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	H Hameed 0(10) & Z Crawley 3(2)	4	11
2nd	DJ Malan 0(10) & Z Crawley 9(23)	9	33
3rd	JE Root 33(59) & DJ Malan 14(56)	48	115
4th	BA Stokes 4(16) & JE Root 17(23)	21	39
5th	BA Stokes 21(44) & JM Bairstow 11(36)	33	80
6th	JC Buttler 3(11) & JM Bairstow 10(19)	13	30
7th	JM Bairstow 7(12) & MA Wood 6(15)	13	27
8th	OE Robinson 11(9) & JM Bairstow 7(8)	18	17
9th	MJ Leach 13(18) & OE Robinson 2(11)	17	29
10th	JM Anderson 0(4) & OE Robinson 9(6)	9	10

Australia 1st innings

267(87.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marcus Harrisc JE Root b JM Anderson	c JE Root b JM Anderson	76	189	7	0	40.21
David Warnerc Z Crawley b JM Anderson	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	38	42	5	0	90.48
Nathan Lyonc †JC Buttler b OE Robinson	c †JC Buttler b OE Robinson	10	22	2	0	45.45
Marnus Labuschagnec JE Root b MA Wood	c JE Root b MA Wood	1	14	0	0	7.14
Steve Smithb JM Anderson	b JM Anderson	16	31	1	0	51.61
Travis Headc JE Root b OE Robinson	c JE Root b OE Robinson	27	48	2	0	56.25
Cameron Greenlbw b MJ Leach	lbw b MJ Leach	17	63	2	0	26.98
Alex Carey †c †JC Buttler b BA Stokes	c †JC Buttler b BA Stokes	19	43	0	0	44.19
Pat Cumminsc H Hameed b JM Anderson	c H Hameed b JM Anderson	21	32	2	0	65.63
Mitchell Starcnot out	not out	24*	37	1	0	64.86
Scott Bolandc Z Crawley b MA Wood	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	6	11	0	0	54.55
Extras(b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5)	(b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5)	12
Total87.5 Ov (RR 3.04)	87.5 Ov (RR 3.04)	267

Fall of wickets: 57-1 (DA Warner, 14.1 ov), 76-2 (NM Lyon, 19.4 ov), 84-3 (M Labuschagne, 24.3 ov), 110-4 (SPD Smith, 35.1 ov), 171-5 (TM Head, 55.4 ov), 180-6 (MS Harris, 61.1 ov), 207-7 (C Green, 72.5 ov), 219-8 (AT Carey, 75.3 ov), 253-9 (PJ Cummins, 84.2 ov), 267-10 (SM Boland, 87.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	WD	NB
James Anderson	23	10	33	4	1.43	116	3	0	0
Ollie Robinson	19.2	4	64	2	3.31	89	7	0	4
Mark Wood	19.5	2	71	2	3.58	84	6	0	0
Ben Stokes	10.4	1	47	1	4.41	43	4	1	1
Jack Leach	15	0	46	1	3.07	58	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MS Harris 16(45) & DA Warner 38(42)	57	85
2nd	NM Lyon 10(22) & MS Harris 8(11)	19	33
3rd	M Labuschagne 1(14) & MS Harris 6(16)	8	29
4th	SPD Smith 16(31) & MS Harris 8(33)	26	64
5th	TM Head 27(48) & MS Harris 31(76)	61	123
6th	C Green 2(25) & MS Harris 7(8)	9	33
7th	AT Carey 11(33) & C Green 15(38)	27	70
8th	PJ Cummins 4(6) & AT Carey 8(10)	12	16
9th	MA Starc 17(27) & PJ Cummins 17(26)	34	53
10th	MA Starc 7(10) & SM Boland 6(11)	14	21

England 2nd innings

68(27.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Haseeb Hameedc †AT Carey b SM Boland	c †AT Carey b SM Boland	7	31	1	0	22.58
Zak Crawleyc †AT Carey b MA Starc	c †AT Carey b MA Starc	5	16	1	0	31.25
Dawid Malanlbw b MA Starc	lbw b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.00
Joe Rootc DA Warner b SM Boland	c DA Warner b SM Boland	28	59	4	0	47.46
Jack Leachb SM Boland	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
Ben Stokesb MA Starc	b MA Starc	11	16	2	0	68.75
Jonny Bairstowlbw b SM Boland	lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	0	27.78
Jos Buttler †not out	not out	5*	14	1	0	35.71
Mark Woodc & b SM Boland	c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.00
Ollie Robinsonc M Labuschagne b SM Boland	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.00
James Andersonb C Green	b C Green	2	4	0	0	50.00
Extras(lb 5)	(lb 5)	5
Total27.4 Ov (RR 2.46)	27.4 Ov (RR 2.46)	68

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (Z Crawley, 4.4 ov), 7-2 (DJ Malan, 4.5 ov), 22-3 (H Hameed, 10.3 ov), 22-4 (MJ Leach, 10.5 ov), 46-5 (BA Stokes, 16.5 ov), 60-6 (JM Bairstow, 22.5 ov), 61-7 (JE Root, 24.4 ov), 65-8 (MA Wood, 26.1 ov), 65-9 (OE Robinson, 26.3 ov), 68-10 (JM Anderson, 27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s
Mitchell Starc	10	3	29	3	2.90	50	6
Pat Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.90	50	2
Scott Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75	20	0
Cameron Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18	17	1

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	H Hameed 1(12) & Z Crawley 5(16)	7	28
2nd	DJ Malan 0(1) & H Hameed 0(0)	0	1
3rd	JE Root 9(15) & H Hameed 6(19)	15	34
4th	MJ Leach 0(2) & JE Root 0(0)	0	2
5th	BA Stokes 11(16) & JE Root 9(20)	24	36
6th	JM Bairstow 5(18) & JE Root 9(18)	14	36
7th	JC Buttler 0(5) & JE Root 1(6)	1	11
8th	MA Wood 0(3) & JC Buttler 4(6)	4	9
9th	OE Robinson 0(2) & JC Buttler 0(0)	0	2
10th	JM Anderson 2(4) & JC Buttler 1(3)	3	7

Commentary

27.4W

C Green to JM Anderson, OUT

JM Anderson b C Green 2(4) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 68/10 (27.4 ov)

27.31

C Green to JC Buttler, 1 run

27.20

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

27.10

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

End of over 272 runs, 2 wktsENG 67/9W0W200

JM Anderson 2(3)JC Buttler 4(11)SM Boland 4-1-7-6

26.60

SM Boland to JM Anderson, no run

26.50

SM Boland to JM Anderson, no run

26.42

SM Boland to JM Anderson, 2 runs

26.3W

SM Boland to OE Robinson, OUT

OE Robinson c M Labuschagne b SM Boland 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 65/9 (26.3 ov)

26.20

SM Boland to OE Robinson, no run

26.1W

SM Boland to MA Wood, OUT

MA Wood c & b SM Boland 0(3) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 65/8 (26.1 ov)

FIVE-WICKET HAUL for SM Boland

End of over 264 runsENG 65/7000040

JC Buttler 4(11)MA Wood 0(2)C Green 3-0-7-0

25.60

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

25.54

C Green to JC Buttler, FOUR

25.40

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

25.30

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

25.20

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

25.10

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

End of over 250 runs, 1 wktENG 61/7000W00

MA Wood 0(2)JC Buttler 0(5)SM Boland 3-1-5-4

24.60

SM Boland to MA Wood, no run

24.50

SM Boland to MA Wood, no run

24.4W

SM Boland to JE Root, OUT

JE Root c DA Warner b SM Boland 28(59) [4s-4 6s-0] · FoW 61/7 (24.4 ov)

24.30

SM Boland to JE Root, no run

24.20

SM Boland to JE Root, no run

24.10

SM Boland to JE Root, no run

End of over 241 runENG 61/6010000

JC Buttler 0(5)JE Root 28(55)C Green 2-0-3-0

23.60

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

23.50

C Green to JC Buttler, no run

23.40

C Green to JC Buttler, no run