The Ashes3rd Test
Australia beat England by an innings and 14 runs in the 3rd Test - Match Info
Melbourne Cricket Ground, . Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 3rd Test, Test · The Ashes 2021/22
- Date
- (Sun 26 Dec, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bowl
- Result
- Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
- Player of the match
- Scott Boland
- Umpires
- Paul Reiffel (Australia), Paul Wilson (Australia)
- TV umpire
- Rod Tucker (Australia)
- Reserve umpire
- Shawn Craig (Australia)
- Match referee
- David Boon (Australia)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- L vs AUS · AUS 473/9d & 230/9d v ENG 236 & 192Australia won by 275 runs
- L vs AUS · ENG 147 & 297 v AUS 425 & 20/1Australia won by 9 wickets
- 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
- W vs ENG · AUS 473/9d & 230/9d v ENG 236 & 192Australia won by 275 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 147 & 297 v AUS 425 & 20/1Australia won by 9 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
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 | 29 | 2911 | 239 | 63.28 | 54.83 |
| Joe Root ENG | 26 | 1869 | 180 | 40.63 | 47.15 |
| David Warner AUS | 25 | 1817 | 124 | 41.30 | 62.72 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 16 | 986 | 135 | 35.21 | 52.56 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 32 | 917 | 65 | 19.93 | 66.59 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad ENG | 33 | 120 | 3.18 |
| James Anderson ENG | 33 | 107 | 3.02 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 25 | 94 | 2.70 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 15 | 64 | 3.23 |
| Josh Hazlewood AUS | 14 | 60 | 2.99 |
Tests at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 113
- Average 1st-innings score
- 311
- Won batting first
- 56
- Won chasing
- 40
- Highest total
- 624/8 by Australia ()