The Ashes5th Test
Australia beat England by an innings and 46 runs in the 5th Test - Match Info
Kennington Oval, London, . England won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 5th Test, Test · The Ashes 2015
- Date
- (Thu 20 Aug, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Kennington Oval, London, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bowl
- Result
- Australia won by an innings and 46 runs
- Player of the match
- Steve Smith
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
- TV umpire
- Sundaram Ravi (India)
- Reserve umpire
- Michael Gough
- Match referee
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 4th Test · The Ashes · ENG 391/9d v AUS 60 & 253England won by an innings and 78 runs
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · ENG 281 & 124/2 v AUS 136 & 265England won by 8 wickets
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · ENG 312 & 103 v AUS 566/8d & 254/2dAustralia won by 405 runs
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 430 & 289 v AUS 308 & 242England won by 169 runs
- 5th Test · The Ashes · AUS 326 & 276 v ENG 155 & 166Australia won by 281 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs AUS · ENG 391/9d v AUS 60 & 253England won by an innings and 78 runs
- W vs AUS · ENG 281 & 124/2 v AUS 136 & 265England won by 8 wickets
- L vs AUS · ENG 312 & 103 v AUS 566/8d & 254/2dAustralia won by 405 runs
- W vs AUS · ENG 430 & 289 v AUS 308 & 242England won by 169 runs
- L vs NZ · ENG 350 & 255 v NZ 350 & 454/8dNew Zealand won by 199 runs
- L vs ENG · ENG 391/9d v AUS 60 & 253England won by an innings and 78 runs
- L vs ENG · ENG 281 & 124/2 v AUS 136 & 265England won by 8 wickets
- W vs ENG · ENG 312 & 103 v AUS 566/8d & 254/2dAustralia won by 405 runs
- L vs ENG · ENG 430 & 289 v AUS 308 & 242England won by 169 runs
- W vs WI · WI 220 & 114 v AUS 399 & 212/2dAustralia won by 277 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Clarke AUS | 34 | 2226 | 187 | 41.22 | 56.27 |
| Alastair Cook ENG | 29 | 2010 | 235 | 38.65 | 46.91 |
| Ian Bell ENG | 32 | 1960 | 115 | 36.30 | 48.54 |
| Shane Watson AUS | 19 | 1487 | 176 | 42.49 | 56.45 |
| Brad Haddin AUS | 20 | 1366 | 136 | 41.39 | 61.53 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 26 | 87 | 3.29 |
| Stuart Broad ENG | 21 | 84 | 3.26 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 18 | 83 | 3.58 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 20 | 67 | 3.09 |
| Ryan Harris AUS | 12 | 57 | 2.85 |
Tests at Kennington Oval
- Matches
- 88
- Average 1st-innings score
- 350
- Won batting first
- 26
- Won chasing
- 26
- Highest total
- 903/7 by England ()