Result · Round 2 · NRMA Insurance Men's Test Series · 2021/22 · Sun 26 Dec 2021
Australia 267 (87.5 ov)
England 185 (65.1 ov) & 68 (27.4 ov)
Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
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Match report

Australia beat England by an innings and 14 runs. For the winners, Marcus Harris made a half-century (76 off 189) and Scott Boland took 6/7 from 4 overs. For England, Joe Root made a half-century (50 off 82) and James Anderson took 4/33 from 23 overs.

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Cricket Nation pick of the match
Scott Boland (32)
Australia · 6 (11) & 7/55 & 3 dismissals

Top performers

England · 1st Innings - England 185 (65.1 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Haseeb Hameed (25) c: A Carey b: P Cummins 0 10 0 0 0.00
Zak Crawley (23) c: C Green b: P Cummins 12 25 0 0 48.00
Dawid Malan c: D Warner b: P Cummins 14 66 1 0 21.00
Joe Root c: A Carey b: M Starc 50 82 4 0 60.00
Ben Stokes c: N Lyon b: C Green 25 60 2 1 41.00
Jonny Bairstow c: C Green b: M Starc 35 75 3 0 46.00
Joseph Buttler c: S Boland b: N Lyon 3 11 0 0 27.00
Mark Wood lbw: S Boland 6 15 0 0 40.00
Oliver Robinson c: S Boland b: N Lyon 22 26 3 0 84.00
Matthew Leach c: S Smith b: N Lyon 13 18 0 1 72.00
James Anderson not out 0* 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 1, pen 0) 5
Total 65.1 Ov (RR 2.84) 185
Did not bat: Dominic Bess
Fall of wickets: 3-61 (Dawid Malan), 5-115 (Ben Stokes)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Mitchell Starc (31) 15 3 54 2 3.60 0 1
Patrick Cummins (28) 15 2 36 3 2.40 0 0
Scott Boland (32) 13 2 48 1 3.69 0 0
Cameron Green (22) 8 4 7 1 0.88 0 0
Nathan Lyon (34) 14.1 3 36 3 2.55 0 0
Australia · 1st Innings - Australia 267 (87.5 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Marcus Harris (29) c: J Root b: J Anderson 76 189 7 0 40.00
David Warner (35) c: Z Crawley b: J Anderson 38 42 5 0 90.00
Nathan Lyon (34) c: J Buttler b: O Robinson 10 22 2 0 45.00
Marnus Labuschagne (27) c: J Root b: M Wood 1 14 0 0 7.00
Steven Smith (32) b: J Anderson 16 31 1 0 51.00
Travis Head (27) c: J Root b: O Robinson 27 48 2 0 56.00
Cameron Green (22) lbw: M Leach 17 63 2 0 26.00
Alex Carey (30) c: J Buttler b: B Stokes 19 43 0 0 44.00
Patrick Cummins (28) c: H Hameed b: J Anderson 21 32 2 0 65.00
Mitchell Starc (31) not out 24* 37 1 0 64.00
Scott Boland (32) c: Z Crawley b: M Wood 6 11 0 0 54.00
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5, pen 0) 12
Total 87.5 Ov (RR 3.04) 267
Did not bat: Usman Khawaja (35)
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (David Warner), 4-110 (Steven Smith), 5-171 (Travis Head), 7-207 (Cameron Green), 9-253 (Patrick Cummins)
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
James Anderson 23 10 33 4 1.43 0 0
Oliver Robinson 19.2 4 64 2 3.33 0 4
Mark Wood 19.5 2 71 2 3.64 0 0
Ben Stokes 10.4 1 47 1 4.52 1 1
Matthew Leach 15 0 46 1 3.07 0 0
England · 2nd Innings - England 68 (27.4 ov)
Batting RB4s6sSR
Haseeb Hameed (25) c: A Carey b: S Boland 7 31 1 0 22.00
Zak Crawley (23) c: A Carey b: M Starc 5 16 1 0 31.00
Dawid Malan lbw: M Starc 0 1 0 0 0.00
Joe Root c: D Warner b: S Boland 28 59 4 0 47.00
Matthew Leach b: S Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Ben Stokes b: M Starc 11 16 2 0 68.00
Jonny Bairstow lbw: S Boland 5 18 0 0 27.00
Joseph Buttler not out 5* 14 1 0 35.00
Mark Wood c&b: S Boland 0 3 0 0 0.00
Oliver Robinson c: M Labuschagne b: S Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
James Anderson b: C Green 2 4 0 0 50.00
Extras (b 0, lb 5, w 0, nb 0, pen 0) 5
Total 27.4 Ov (RR 2.46) 68
Did not bat: Dominic Bess
Bowling OMRW EconWdNb
Mitchell Starc (31) 10 3 29 3 2.90 0 0
Patrick Cummins (28) 10 4 19 0 1.90 0 0
Scott Boland (32) 4 1 7 6 1.75 0 0
Cameron Green (22) 3.4 0 8 1 2.35 0 0

Australia

England

Innings comparison

InningsScoreRR 4s6sExtrasTop score
England 185 (65.1 ov) 2.84 13 2 5 Joe Root 50
Australia 267 (87.5 ov) 3.04 22 0 12 Marcus Harris 76
England 68 (27.4 ov) 2.46 9 0 5 Joe Root 28

Partnerships · England

  • 3rd wkt 61
  • 5th wkt 54

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · Australia

  • 1st wkt 57
  • 4th wkt 53
  • 5th wkt 61
  • 7th wkt 36
  • 9th wkt 46

From the fall of wickets; * unbroken. Hover a bar for who was out.

Partnerships · England

No fall of wickets recorded for this innings.