England v Australia, Perth

England 403/10 & 218/10

Australia 662/9

Australia won by 41 runs

Australia v England 2017 · 3rd Test W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth 14–18 Dec 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

England

0.89× -11%

Australia

1.11× +11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, Australia led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

DJ Malan England

194 +326

Steve Smith Australia

239 +288

MR Marsh Australia

181 +233

JM Bairstow England

133 +213

JM Vince England

80 +93

Best bowling

Top match figures

JR Hazlewood5/48

MA Starc4/91

JM Anderson4/116

JR Hazlewood3/92

Top score

239

Steve Smith · Australia

Biggest stand

301

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultAustralia won by 41 runs

Length5 days

England

403 /10 (115.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b MA Starc	7	16	1	0	43.75
MD Stoneman	c TD Paine b MA Starc	56	110	10	0	50.91
JM Vince	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	25	63	4	0	39.68
Joe Root	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	20	23	4	0	86.96
DJ Malan	c PSP Handscomb b NM Lyon	140	227	19	1	61.67
JM Bairstow	b MA Starc	119	215	18	0	55.35
MM Ali	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	0	2	0	0	0.00
CR Woakes	c PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewood	8	12	2	0	66.67
C Overton	c CT Bancroft b JR Hazlewood	2	7	0	0	28.57
SCJ Broad	c CT Bancroft b MA Starc	12	10	0	1	120.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 14 (b 10, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)

Total 403/10 (115.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	25.1	6	91	4	3.62
JR Hazlewood	28.0	9	92	3	3.29
PJ Cummins	28.0	8	84	2	3.00
NM Lyon	22.0	4	73	1	3.32
MR Marsh	9.0	1	43	0	4.78
Steve Smith	3.0	1	8	0	2.67

Fall of wickets

1-26 (AN Cook, 4.4)·2-89 (JM Vince, 25.3)·3-115 (Joe Root, 32.4)·4-131 (MD Stoneman, 37.5)·5-368 (DJ Malan, 106.5)·6-372 (MM Ali, 107.2)·7-389 (CR Woakes, 110.5)·8-389 (JM Bairstow, 111.2)·9-393 (C Overton, 112.6)·10-403 (SCJ Broad, 115.1)

Australia

662 /9 (179.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b C Overton	25	55	3	0	45.45
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b C Overton	22	36	1	0	61.11
UT Khawaja	lbw b CR Woakes	50	123	8	0	40.65
Steve Smith	lbw b JM Anderson	239	399	30	1	59.90
SE Marsh	c Joe Root b MM Ali	28	75	4	0	37.33
MR Marsh	lbw b JM Anderson	181	236	29	0	76.69
TD Paine*	not out	49	85	6	0	57.65
MA Starc	run out	1	3	0	0	33.33
PJ Cummins	lbw b JM Anderson	41	63	4	1	65.08
NM Lyon	c MM Ali b JM Anderson	4	3	1	0	133.33

Extras 22 (b 4, lb 16, w 1, nb 1)

Total 662/9 (179.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	37.3	9	116	4	3.09
SCJ Broad	35.0	3	142	0	4.06
CR Woakes	41.0	8	128	1	3.12
C Overton	24.0	1	110	2	4.58
MM Ali	33.0	4	120	1	3.64
Joe Root	3.0	0	13	0	4.33
DJ Malan	6.0	1	13	0	2.17

Fall of wickets

1-44 (David Warner, 13.2)·2-55 (CT Bancroft, 17.2)·3-179 (UT Khawaja, 51.1)·4-248 (SE Marsh, 74.4)·5-549 (MR Marsh, 152.2)·6-560 (Steve Smith, 156.1)·7-561 (MA Starc, 156.6)·8-654 (PJ Cummins, 177.6)·9-662 (NM Lyon, 179.3)

England

218 /10 (72.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	c & b JR Hazlewood	14	20	2	70.00
MD Stoneman	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	3	8	0	37.50
JM Vince	b MA Starc	55	95	12	57.89
Joe Root	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	14	20	3	70.00
DJ Malan	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	54	135	8	40.00
JM Bairstow	b JR Hazlewood	14	26	3	53.85
MM Ali	lbw b NM Lyon	11	56	2	19.64
CR Woakes	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	22	48	3	45.83
C Overton	c UT Khawaja b JR Hazlewood	12	21	2	57.14
SCJ Broad	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	0	2	0	0.00
JM Anderson*	not out	1	7	0	14.29

Extras 18 (b 6, lb 11, nb 1)

Total 218/10 (72.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	17.0	5	44	1	2.59
JR Hazlewood	18.0	6	48	5	2.67
MR Marsh	3.0	1	14	0	4.67
PJ Cummins	19.5	5	53	2	2.67
NM Lyon	15.0	4	42	2	2.80

Fall of wickets

1-4 (MD Stoneman, 1.5)·2-29 (AN Cook, 7.3)·3-60 (Joe Root, 14.1)·4-100 (JM Vince, 29.5)·5-133 (JM Bairstow, 39.1)·6-172 (MM Ali, 54.5)·7-196 (DJ Malan, 63.2)·8-210 (C Overton, 67.5)·9-211 (SCJ Broad, 68.2)·10-218 (CR Woakes, 72.5)