The Ashes5th Test
Australia beat England by 5 wickets in the 5th Test - Match Info
Sydney Cricket Ground, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 5th Test, Test · The Ashes 2025/26
- Date
- (Sun 4 Jan, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 5 wickets
- Player of the match
- Travis Head
- Umpires
- Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Chris Gaffaney (New Zealand)
- TV umpire
- Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
- Reserve umpire
- Sam Nogajski (Australia)
- 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 · AUS 152 & 132 v ENG 110 & 178/6England won by 4 wickets
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · AUS 371 & 349 v ENG 286 & 352Australia won by 82 runs
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · ENG 334 & 241 v AUS 511 & 69/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- 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
Recent results (Test)
- W vs AUS · AUS 152 & 132 v ENG 110 & 178/6England won by 4 wickets
- L vs AUS · AUS 371 & 349 v ENG 286 & 352Australia won by 82 runs
- L vs AUS · ENG 334 & 241 v AUS 511 & 69/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- 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
- L vs ENG · AUS 152 & 132 v ENG 110 & 178/6England won by 4 wickets
- W vs ENG · AUS 371 & 349 v ENG 286 & 352Australia won by 82 runs
- W vs ENG · ENG 334 & 241 v AUS 511 & 69/2Australia won by 8 wickets
- 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
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 | 40 | 3553 | 239 | 55.52 | 55.02 |
| Joe Root ENG | 38 | 2662 | 180 | 39.73 | 50.88 |
| Ben Stokes ENG | 28 | 1745 | 155 | 34.22 | 52.80 |
| Usman Khawaja AUS | 22 | 1531 | 171 | 39.26 | 45.67 |
| Travis Head AUS | 17 | 1347 | 170 | 43.45 | 73.45 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Starc AUS | 26 | 123 | 3.63 |
| James Anderson ENG | 39 | 117 | 2.94 |
| Nathan Lyon AUS | 31 | 115 | 2.78 |
| Pat Cummins AUS | 20 | 97 | 3.18 |
| Josh Hazlewood AUS | 18 | 76 | 3.28 |
Tests at Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 113
- Average 1st-innings score
- 319
- Won batting first
- 47
- Won chasing
- 43
- Highest total
- 705/7 by India ()