The Ashes5th Test
England beat Australia by 49 runs in the 5th Test - Match Info
Kennington Oval, London, . Australia won the toss and chose to bowl.
Match details
- Match
- 5th Test, Test · The Ashes 2023
- Date
- (Thu 27 Jul, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Kennington Oval, London, England
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bowl
- Result
- England won by 49 runs
- Player of the match
- Chris Woakes
- Umpires
- Joel Wilson, Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
- TV umpire
- Nitin Menon (India)
- Reserve umpire
- David Millns (Australia)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 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
- 1st Test · The Ashes · ENG 393/8d & 273 v AUS 386 & 282/8Australia won by 2 wickets
- 5th Test · The Ashes · AUS 303 & 155 v ENG 188 & 124Australia won by 146 runs
Recent results (Test)
- D vs AUS · AUS 317 & 214/5 v ENG 592Match drawn
- W vs AUS · AUS 263 & 224 v ENG 237 & 254/7England won by 3 wickets
- L vs AUS · AUS 416 & 279 v ENG 325 & 327Australia won by 43 runs
- L vs AUS · ENG 393/8d & 273 v AUS 386 & 282/8Australia won by 2 wickets
- W vs IRE · IRE 172 & 362/9 v ENG 524/4d & 12/0England won by 10 wickets
- D vs ENG · AUS 317 & 214/5 v ENG 592Match drawn
- L vs ENG · AUS 263 & 224 v ENG 237 & 254/7England won by 3 wickets
- W vs ENG · AUS 416 & 279 v ENG 325 & 327Australia won by 43 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 393/8d & 273 v AUS 386 & 282/8Australia won by 2 wickets
- W vs IND · AUS 469 & 270/8d v IND 296 & 234Australia won by 209 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 | 36 | 3292 | 239 | 55.80 | 54.65 |
| Joe Root ENG | 33 | 2332 | 180 | 40.21 | 49.53 |
| David Warner AUS | 32 | 2089 | 124 | 36.65 | 61.39 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 23 | 1517 | 155 | 37.00 | 55.47 |
| Jonny Bairstow ENG | 25 | 1324 | 119 | 30.79 | 52.71 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Broad ENG | 39 | 149 | 3.21 |
| James Anderson ENG | 38 | 116 | 2.94 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 29 | 110 | 2.78 |
| Pat Cummins AUS | 18 | 89 | 3.08 |
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 21 | 89 | 3.48 |
Tests at Kennington Oval
- Matches
- 96
- Average 1st-innings score
- 347
- Won batting first
- 32
- Won chasing
- 28
- Highest total
- 903/7 by England ()