The Ashes - 2025-26

Australia Vs England - TEST 5th Test Cricket Scorecard

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Date & Time: Fri, 26 Dec, 05:00
Status: England won by 4 wickets

Australia 1st Inning

152 ( 45.2 ) / 10

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Travis Head b Atkinson	12	22	2	54.54
Jake Weatherald c Smith b Tongue	10	23	1	43.47
Marnus Labuschagne c Root b Tongue	6	19	0	31.57
Steven Smith b Tongue	9	31	2	29.03
Usman Khawaja c Smith b Atkinson	29	52	2	55.76
Alex Carey c Crawley b Stokes	20	35	0	57.14
Cameron Green run out (Carse)	17	34	2	50
Michael Neser b Tongue	35	49	7	71.42
Mitchell Starc c Stokes b Carse	1	6	0	16.66
Jhye Richardson NOT OUT	0	1	0	0
Scott Boland c Brook b Tongue	0	1	0	0

Extras	13 (B 4, LB 8, NB 1, WB , P 0)
Total	152 ( 45.2 )Ovr, (10 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Gus Atkinson	14	4	28	2
Brydon Carse	12	3	42	1
Josh Tongue	11.2	2	45	5
Ben Stokes	8	1	25	1

England 1st Inning

110 ( 29.5 ) / 10

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c Smith b Starc	5	14	0	0	35.71
Ben Duckett c Neser b Starc	2	5	0	0	40
Jacob Bethell c Carey b Neser	1	5	0	0	20
Joe Root c Carey b Neser	0	15	0	0	0
Harry Brook lbw b Boland	41	34	2	2	120.58
Ben Stokes c Smith b Neser	16	38	1	0	42.1
Jamie Smith b Boland	2	3	0	0	66.66
Will Jacks c Carey b Boland	5	10	0	0	50
Gus Atkinson b Green	28	35	3	1	80
Brydon Carse c Boland b Neser	4	12	0	0	33.33
Josh Tongue NOT OUT	1	9	0	0	11.11

Extras	5 (B 0, LB 4, NB 1, WB , P 0)
Total	110 ( 29.5 )Ovr, (10 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	6	0	23	2
Michael Neser	10	1	45	4
Scott Boland	9	1	30	3
Jhye Richardson	4	1	8	0
Cameron Green	0.5	0	0	1

Australia 2nd Inning

132 ( 34.3 ) / 10

Batter	R	B	4s	SR
Scott Boland c Smith b Atkinson	6	17	1	35.29
Travis Head b Carse	46	67	4	68.65
Jake Weatherald b Stokes	5	15	0	33.33
Marnus Labuschagne c Root b Tongue	8	18	1	44.44
Steven Smith NOT OUT	24	39	1	61.53
Usman Khawaja c sub (OJ Pope) b Tongue	0	2	0	0
Alex Carey c Brook b Carse	4	6	1	66.66
Cameron Green c Brook b Stokes	19	29	3	65.51
Michael Neser c & b Carse	0	5	0	0
Mitchell Starc c Root b Carse	0	2	0	0
Jhye Richardson c Crawley b Stokes	7	10	1	70

Extras	13 (B 4, LB 6, NB 3, WB , P 0)
Total	132 ( 34.3 )Ovr, (10 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Gus Atkinson	5	1	20	1
Brydon Carse	11	3	34	4
Josh Tongue	11	2	44	2
Ben Stokes	7.3	1	24	3

England 2nd Inning

178 ( 32.2 ) / 6

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley lbw b Boland	37	48	3	1	77.08
Ben Duckett b Starc	34	26	4	1	130.76
Brydon Carse c Green b Richardson	6	8	0	0	75
Jacob Bethell c Khawaja b Boland	40	46	5	0	86.95
Joe Root lbw b Richardson	15	38	0	0	39.47
Harry Brook NOT OUT	18	22	3	0	81.81
Ben Stokes c Carey b Starc	2	9	0	0	22.22
Jamie Smith NOT OUT	3	2	0	0	150

Extras	23 (B 8, LB 10, NB 5, WB , P 0)
Total	178 ( 32.2 )Ovr, (6 Wickets), (CRR)

Bowlers	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	10	0	55	2
Michael Neser	8	1	54	0
Jhye Richardson	5.2	1	22	2
Scott Boland	9	0	29	2

Match Information:

Series:	The Ashes - 2025-26
Match:	Australia Vs England - TEST 5th Test
Date:	Thu, Dec 25, 2025 - Sat, Dec 27, 2025
Time:	23:30 GMT Thu, 30 Jul, 05:00 IST
Toss:	England, elected to bowl first
Venue:	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Match Raferee:
Australia Playing XI:	TM Head, J Weatherald, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, UT Khawaja, AT Carey, C Green, MG Neser, MA Starc, JA Richardson, SM Boland
England Paying XI:	Z Crawley, BM Duckett, JG Bethell, JE Root, HC Brook, BA Stokes, JL Smith, WG Jacks, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, JC Tongue