Australia v England, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia 327/10 & 263/4

England 491/10

Match drawn

Australia v England 2017 · 4th Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–30 Dec 2017

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.10× +10%

England

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

AN Cook England

244 +391

Steve Smith Australia

178 +229

David Warner Australia

189 +203

SCJ Broad England

56 +79

Joe Root England

61 +62

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCJ Broad4/51

PJ Cummins4/117

JM Anderson3/61

JR Hazlewood3/95

Top score

244*

AN Cook · England

Biggest stand

138

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Australia

327 /10 (119.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	lbw b CR Woakes	26	95	2	0	27.37
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	103	151	13	1	68.21
UT Khawaja	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	17	65	2	0	26.15
Steve Smith	b TK Curran	76	156	8	0	48.72
SE Marsh	lbw b SCJ Broad	61	148	8	0	41.22
MR Marsh	b CR Woakes	9	18	1	0	50.00
TD Paine	b JM Anderson	24	36	4	0	66.67
PJ Cummins	c AN Cook b SCJ Broad	4	18	0	0	22.22
JM Bird	lbw b SCJ Broad	4	6	1	0	66.67
NM Lyon	lbw b JM Anderson	0	10	0	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	1	12	0	0	8.33

Extras 2 (lb 1, nb 1)

Total 327/10 (119.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	29.0	11	61	3	2.10
SCJ Broad	28.0	10	51	4	1.82
CR Woakes	22.0	4	72	2	3.27
MM Ali	12.0	0	57	0	4.75
TK Curran	21.0	5	65	1	3.10
DJ Malan	7.0	1	20	0	2.86

Fall of wickets

1-122 (CT Bancroft, 34.3)·2-135 (David Warner, 47.4)·3-160 (UT Khawaja, 57.1)·4-260 (Steve Smith, 96.2)·5-278 (MR Marsh, 100.5)·6-314 (SE Marsh, 109.6)·7-318 (TD Paine, 112.2)·8-325 (JM Bird, 113.6)·9-326 (PJ Cummins, 115.2)·10-327 (NM Lyon, 118.6)

England

491 /10 (144.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook*	not out	244	409	27	0	59.66
MD Stoneman	c & b NM Lyon	15	37	1	0	40.54
JM Vince	lbw b JR Hazlewood	17	37	3	0	45.95
Joe Root	c NM Lyon b PJ Cummins	61	133	7	0	45.86
DJ Malan	lbw b JR Hazlewood	14	43	3	0	32.56
JM Bairstow	c TD Paine b NM Lyon	22	39	3	0	56.41
MM Ali	c SE Marsh b NM Lyon	20	14	2	1	142.86
CR Woakes	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	26	62	3	0	41.94
TK Curran	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	4	15	1	0	26.67
SCJ Broad	c UT Khawaja b PJ Cummins	56	63	8	1	88.89
JM Anderson	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	0	16	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 5, nb 3)

Total 491/10 (144.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JR Hazlewood	30.0	5	95	3	3.17
JM Bird	30.0	5	108	0	3.60
NM Lyon	42.0	9	109	3	2.60
PJ Cummins	29.1	2	117	4	4.01
MR Marsh	12.0	1	42	0	3.50
Steve Smith	1.0	0	11	0	11.00

Fall of wickets

1-35 (MD Stoneman, 11.3)·2-80 (JM Vince, 24.1)·3-218 (Joe Root, 68.5)·4-246 (DJ Malan, 80.2)·5-279 (JM Bairstow, 89.6)·6-307 (MM Ali, 93.1)·7-366 (CR Woakes, 114.5)·8-373 (TK Curran, 119.3)·9-473 (SCJ Broad, 137.5)·10-491 (JM Anderson, 144.1)

Australia

263 /4 (124.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b CR Woakes	27	42	4	0	64.29
David Warner	c JM Vince b Joe Root	86	227	8	0	37.89
UT Khawaja	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	11	14	1	1	78.57
Steve Smith*	not out	102	275	6	0	37.09
SE Marsh	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	22	1	0	18.18
MR Marsh*	not out	29	166	3	0	17.47

Extras 4 (b 4)

Total 263/4 (124.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	30.0	12	46	1	1.53
SCJ Broad	24.0	11	44	1	1.83
CR Woakes	26.0	7	62	1	2.38
TK Curran	20.0	6	53	0	2.65
MM Ali	13.2	3	32	0	2.40
DJ Malan	8.0	1	21	0	2.62
Joe Root	3.0	2	1	1	0.33

Fall of wickets

1-51 (CT Bancroft, 15.4)·2-65 (UT Khawaja, 21.1)·3-172 (David Warner, 69.2)·4-178 (SE Marsh, 75.6)