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ICC World Test Championship 2025 to 2026/27 | |
| Venue | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide on 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st December 2025 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 82 runs |
| Points | Australia 12; England 0 |
| Umpires | Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), NN Menon (India) |
| TV umpire | CB Gaffaney (New Zealand) |
| Referee | JJ Crowe (New Zealand) |
| Scorers | MH Harper, NA Ricketts |
| Reserve Umpire | SAJ Craig |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 326/8 (Starc 33*, Lyon 0*; 83 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | England (1) 213/8 (Stokes 45*, Archer 30*; 68 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australia (2) 271/4 (Head 142*, Carey 52*; 66 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | England (2) 207/6 (Smith 2*, Jacks 11*; 63 overs) |
| Player of the Match | AT Carey |
| Ball-by-ball | Innings 1, Innings 2, Innings 3, Innings 4 |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| TM Head | c Crawley b Carse | 10 | 28 | 48 | 1 | - | 22 | |
| JB Weatherald | c Smith b Archer | 18 | 27 | 42 | 4 | - | 21 | |
| M Labuschagne | c Carse b Archer | 19 | 40 | 8 | 2 | - | 29 | |
| Usman Khawaja | c Tongue b Jacks | 82 | 126 | 179 | 10 | - | 82 | |
| CD Green | c Carse b Archer | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| +AT Carey | c Smith b Jacks | 106 | 143 | 243 | 8 | 1 | 80 | |
| JP Inglis | b Tongue | 32 | 39 | 57 | 4 | - | 23 | |
| *PJ Cummins | c Pope b Carse | 13 | 19 | 25 | 2 | - | 13 | |
| MA Starc | b Archer | 54 | 75 | 90 | 9 | - | 51 | |
| NM Lyon | lbw b Archer | 9 | 35 | 65 | 1 | - | 29 | |
| SM Boland | not out | 14 | 21 | 30 | 3 | - | 16 | |
| Extras | (7 lb, 7 nb) | 14 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 432 minutes, 91.2 overs) | 371 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-33 (Weatherald, 8.2 ov), 2-33 (Head, 9.1 ov), 3-94 (Labuschagne, 24.1 ov), 4-94 (Green, 24.3 ov), 5-185 (Usman Khawaja, 47.2 ov), 6-244 (Inglis, 60.5 ov), 7-271 (Cummins, 65.5 ov), 8-321 (Carey, 77.2 ov), 9-348 (Starc, 85.2 ov), 10-371 (Lyon, 91.2 ov) | ||||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Archer | 20.2 | 5 | 53 | 5 | - | - | 97 | 8 | - |
| Carse | 16 | 0 | 89 | 2 | - | 6 | 57 | 12 | - |
| Tongue | 16 | 1 | 64 | 1 | - | - | 64 | 9 | - |
| Stokes | 19 | 3 | 53 | 0 | - | 1 | 86 | 6 | - |
| Jacks | 20 | 3 | 105 | 2 | - | - | 59 | 9 | 1 |
| England first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| Z Crawley | c Carey b Cummins | 9 | 19 | 38 | - | - | 13 | |
| BM Duckett | b Lyon | 29 | 30 | 51 | 5 | - | 17 | |
| OJD Pope | c Inglis b Lyon | 3 | 10 | 10 | - | - | 8 | |
| JE Root | c Carey b Cummins | 19 | 31 | 35 | 3 | - | 22 | |
| HC Brook | c Carey b Green | 45 | 63 | 131 | 2 | 1 | 32 | |
| *BA Stokes | b Starc | 83 | 198 | 325 | 8 | - | 147 | |
| +JL Smith | c Carey b Cummins | 22 | 26 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 18 | |
| WG Jacks | c Carey b Boland | 6 | 29 | 33 | 1 | - | 26 | |
| BA Carse | b Boland | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 5 | |
| JC Archer | c Labuschagne b Boland | 51 | 105 | 163 | 5 | 1 | 78 | |
| JC Tongue | not out | 7 | 12 | 26 | - | - | 8 | |
| Extras | (3 b, 5 lb, 4 nb) | 12 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 426 minutes, 87.2 overs) | 286 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-37 (Crawley, 7.4 ov), 2-41 (Pope, 9.3 ov), 3-42 (Duckett, 9.6 ov), 4-71 (Root, 16.4 ov), 5-127 (Brook, 36.2 ov), 6-159 (Smith, 45.1 ov), 7-168 (Jacks, 52.2 ov), 8-168 (Carse, 54.1 ov), 9-274 (Stokes, 84.1 ov), 10-286 (Archer, 87.2 ov) | ||||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Starc | 16 | 1 | 61 | 1 | - | 1 | 62 | 6 | - |
| Cummins | 17 | 3 | 69 | 3 | - | 1 | 68 | 8 | 1 |
| Boland | 15.2 | 6 | 45 | 3 | - | 1 | 73 | 4 | 1 |
| Lyon | 28 | 5 | 70 | 2 | - | - | 119 | 4 | 1 |
| Green | 11 | 3 | 33 | 1 | - | 1 | 49 | 5 | - |
| Australia second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| TM Head | c Crawley b Tongue | 170 | 219 | 327 | 16 | 2 | 122 | |
| JB Weatherald | lbw b Carse | 1 | 10 | 8 | - | - | 9 | |
| M Labuschagne | c Brook b Tongue | 13 | 45 | 72 | 1 | - | 36 | |
| Usman Khawaja | c Smith b Jacks | 40 | 51 | 78 | 4 | - | 27 | |
| CD Green | c Brook b Tongue | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| +AT Carey | c Brook b Stokes | 72 | 128 | 181 | 6 | - | 81 | |
| JP Inglis | c Smith b Tongue | 10 | 20 | 33 | - | - | 11 | |
| *PJ Cummins | c Brook b Carse | 6 | 18 | 29 | - | - | 12 | |
| MA Starc | not out | 7 | 8 | 37 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| NM Lyon | lbw b Carse | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | |
| SM Boland | c and b Archer | 1 | 6 | 16 | - | - | 5 | |
| Extras | (4 b, 10 lb, 5 nb, 3 w) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 398 minutes, 84.4 overs) | 349 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-8 (Weatherald, 1.3 ov), 2-53 (Labuschagne, 16.3 ov), 3-139 (Usman Khawaja, 35.1 ov), 4-149 (Green, 36.5 ov), 5-311 (Head, 73.6 ov), 6-329 (Carey, 78.2 ov), 7-335 (Inglis, 79.5 ov), 8-344 (Cummins, 83.1 ov), 9-344 (Lyon, 83.2 ov), 10-349 (Boland, 84.4 ov) | ||||||||
| England bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Archer | 12.4 | 2 | 20 | 1 | - | 2 | 60 | - | - |
| Carse | 20 | 1 | 80 | 3 | - | 1 | 82 | 9 | 1 |
| Tongue | 18 | 0 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 7 | - |
| Jacks | 19 | 0 | 107 | 1 | - | - | 55 | 11 | 1 |
| Root | 8 | 0 | 32 | 0 | - | - | 23 | 1 | - |
| Stokes | 7 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 1 | - | 21 | 1 | - |
| England second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | Dots | ||
| Z Crawley | st Carey b Lyon | 85 | 151 | 251 | 8 | - | 101 | |
| BM Duckett | c Labuschagne b Cummins | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| OJD Pope | c Labuschagne b Cummins | 17 | 29 | 43 | 2 | - | 20 | |
| JE Root | c Carey b Cummins | 39 | 63 | 90 | 5 | - | 40 | |
| HC Brook | b Lyon | 30 | 56 | 83 | 2 | - | 35 | |
| *BA Stokes | b Lyon | 5 | 18 | 21 | 1 | - | 16 | |
| +JL Smith | c Cummins b Starc | 60 | 83 | 117 | 7 | 2 | 60 | |
| WG Jacks | c Labuschagne b Starc | 47 | 137 | 175 | 3 | - | 104 | |
| BA Carse | not out | 39 | 64 | 94 | 4 | 1 | 43 | |
| JC Archer | c Weatherald b Starc | 3 | 14 | 20 | - | - | 11 | |
| JC Tongue | c Labuschagne b Boland | 1 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 2 | |
| Extras | (4 b, 14 lb, 3 nb, 1 w) | 22 | ||||||
| Total | (all out, 455 minutes, 102.5 overs) | 352 | ||||||
| Fall of wickets: | ||||||||
| 1-4 (Duckett, 1.2 ov), 2-31 (Pope, 9.4 ov), 3-109 (Root, 28.6 ov), 4-177 (Brook, 47.2 ov), 5-189 (Stokes, 51.6 ov), 6-194 (Crawley, 53.3 ov), 7-285 (Smith, 82.5 ov), 8-337 (Jacks, 97.2 ov), 9-349 (Archer, 101.3 ov), 10-352 (Tongue, 102.5 ov) | ||||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | Dots | 4s | 6s |
| Starc | 17 | 3 | 62 | 3 | 1 | - | 68 | 7 | - |
| Cummins | 17 | 4 | 48 | 3 | - | 2 | 77 | 6 | - |
| Boland | 17.5 | 5 | 35 | 1 | - | - | 88 | 5 | - |
| Lyon | 25 | 6 | 77 | 3 | - | - | 107 | 7 | 1 |
| Green | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | - | 1 | 34 | 2 | 1 |
| Head | 15 | 3 | 61 | 0 | - | - | 54 | 5 | 1 |
| Labuschagne | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - |
Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 94/2 (Labuschagne 19*, Usman Khawaja 41*; 24 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 194/5 (Carey 48*, Inglis 5*; 50 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: England (1) 59/3 (Root 11*, Brook 6*; 14 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: England (1) 132/5 (Stokes 19*, Smith 5*; 39 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (2) 17/1 (Head 5*, Labuschagne 4*; 5 overs)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (2) 119/2 (Head 68*, Usman Khawaja 27*; 31 overs)
--> Day 4 Lunch: England (2) 5/1 (Crawley 0*, Pope 1*; 2 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: England (2) 106/2 (Crawley 36*, Root 37*; 27 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: England (2) 309/7 (Jacks 38*, Carse 13*; 90 overs)
--> Australia first innings: 50 in 15.1 overs
--> Australia first innings: 100 in 25.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 150 in 38.6 overs
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 51.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 250 in 62.5 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 71.2 overs
--> Australia first innings: 350 in 86.3 overs
--> England first innings: 50 in 12.2 overs
--> England first innings: 100 in 28.1 overs
--> England first innings: 150 in 43.3 overs
--> England first innings: 200 in 61.4 overs
--> England first innings: 250 in 77.2 overs
--> Australia second innings: 50 in 14.3 overs
--> Australia second innings: 100 in 25.4 overs
--> Australia second innings: 150 in 37.4 overs
--> Australia second innings: 200 in 49.1 overs
--> Australia second innings: 250 in 61.6 overs
--> Australia second innings: 300 in 71.5 overs
--> England second innings: 50 in 14.2 overs
--> England second innings: 100 in 26.1 overs
--> England second innings: 150 in 43.3 overs
--> England second innings: 200 in 58.2 overs
--> England second innings: 250 in 77.5 overs
--> England second innings: 300 in 85.6 overs
--> England second innings: 350 in 101.4 overs
--> JP Inglis made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JP Inglis made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PJ Cummins made his last appearance in Test matches
--> PJ Cummins made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NM Lyon made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> NM Lyon made his last appearance in Test matches
--> OJD Pope made his last appearance in Test matches
--> OJD Pope made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Archer made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> JC Archer made his last appearance in Test matches
--> Usman Khawaja (1) 50 in 81 balls with 6 fours
--> AT Carey (1) 50 in 75 balls with 4 fours
--> AT Carey (1) 100 in 135 balls with 8 fours and 1 six
--> MA Starc (1) 50 in 73 balls with 8 fours
--> BM Duckett (1) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 25
--> BA Stokes (1) 50 in 159 balls with 4 fours
--> JC Archer (1) passed his previous highest score of 38 in Test matches
--> JC Archer (1) 50 in 97 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> TM Head (2) 50 in 72 balls with 5 fours
--> TM Head (2) 100 in 146 balls with 8 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Head (2) 150 in 205 balls with 14 fours and 2 sixes
--> TM Head (2) passed 12000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 148
--> AT Carey (2) 50 in 84 balls with 4 fours
--> AT Carey (2) passed 6000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 37
--> Z Crawley (2) 50 in 102 balls with 5 fours
--> Z Crawley (2) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 58
--> HC Brook (2) passed 6500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> JL Smith (2) 50 in 80 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> WG Jacks (2) passed his previous highest score of 41 in Test matches
--> JC Tongue made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SM Boland reached 450 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed WG Jacks, his 1st wicket in the England first innings
--> BA Carse reached 50 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed NM Lyon, his 3rd wicket in the Australia second innings
--> JC Archer reached 200 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed SM Boland, his 1st wicket in the Australia second innings
--> M Labuschagne (17) and Usman Khawaja (32) added 50 in 81 balls for the Australia 3rd wicket in the first innings
--> Usman Khawaja (19) and AT Carey (30) added 50 in 66 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the first innings
--> AT Carey (27) and JP Inglis (26) added 50 in 76 balls for the Australia 6th wicket in the first innings
--> AT Carey (21) and MA Starc (28) added 50 in 66 balls for the Australia 8th wicket in the first innings
--> HC Brook (33) and BA Stokes (17) added 50 in 97 balls for the England 5th wicket in the first innings
--> BA Stokes (18) and JC Archer (31) added 50 in 89 balls for the England 9th wicket in the first innings
--> BA Stokes (49) and JC Archer (48) added 100 in 164 balls for the England 9th wicket in the first innings
--> TM Head (27) and Usman Khawaja (22) added 50 in 58 balls for the Australia 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> TM Head (20) and AT Carey (26) added 50 in 70 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the second innings
--> TM Head (59) and AT Carey (38) added 100 in 151 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the second innings
--> TM Head (83) and AT Carey (61) added 150 in 209 balls for the Australia 5th wicket in the second innings
--> Z Crawley (25) and JE Root (23) added 50 in 78 balls for the England 3rd wicket in the second innings
--> Z Crawley (28) and HC Brook (22) added 50 in 97 balls for the England 4th wicket in the second innings
--> JL Smith (25) and WG Jacks (23) added 50 in 133 balls for the England 7th wicket in the second innings
--> WG Jacks (18) and BA Carse (29) added 50 in 85 balls for the England 8th wicket in the second innings
Australia 1st innings
Over 52.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - AT Carey (decision upheld)
Over 62.1: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - AT Carey (decision upheld)
Over 65.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - PJ Cummins (decision upheld)
Over 91.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - NM Lyon (decision upheld - umpires call)
England 1st innings
Over 10.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld)
Over 35.1: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - HC Brook (decision overturned)
Over 84.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JC Tongue (decision upheld - umpires call)
Australia 2nd innings
Over 7.5: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - M Labuschagne (decision upheld)
Over 76.5: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - JP Inglis (decision overturned)
Over 80.2: Review by England (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - MA Starc (decision upheld)
Over 83.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - NM Lyon (decision upheld)
England 2nd innings
Over 27.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JE Root (decision upheld - umpires call)
Over 58.5: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - WG Jacks (decision upheld)
Over 84.4: Review by Australia (Bowling), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - BA Carse (decision upheld)
Over 92.5: Review by England (Batting), Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - BA Carse (decision overturned)
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