England v Australia, Sydney Cricket Ground

England 346/10 & 180/9

Australia 649/7

Australia won by 123 runs

Australia v England 2017 · 5th Test Sydney Cricket Ground 4–8 Jan 2018

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

England

0.92× -8%

Australia

1.20× +20%

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

Joe Root England

141 +218

UT Khawaja Australia

171 +180

SE Marsh Australia

156 +179

MR Marsh Australia

101 +98

DJ Malan England

67 +82

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins4/39

PJ Cummins4/80

NM Lyon3/54

JR Hazlewood2/65

Top score

171

UT Khawaja · Australia

Biggest stand

188

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–35

3 wkts for 35 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultAustralia won by 123 runs

Length5 days

England

346 /10 (112.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AN Cook	lbw b JR Hazlewood	39	104	3	0	37.50
MD Stoneman	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	24	24	4	0	100.00
JM Vince	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	25	54	4	0	46.30
Joe Root	c MR Marsh b MA Starc	83	141	8	0	58.87
DJ Malan	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	62	180	6	0	34.44
JM Bairstow	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	5	7	1	0	71.43
MM Ali	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	30	58	2	0	51.72
TK Curran	c CT Bancroft b PJ Cummins	39	65	6	0	60.00
SCJ Broad	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	31	32	1	2	96.88
MS Crane	run out	4	7	0	0	57.14
JM Anderson*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 4 (lb 2, w 2)

Total 346/10 (112.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	21.0	6	80	2	3.81
JR Hazlewood	23.0	4	65	2	2.83
PJ Cummins	24.3	6	80	4	3.27
NM Lyon	37.0	5	86	1	2.32
MR Marsh	7.0	0	33	0	4.71

Fall of wickets

1-28 (MD Stoneman, 9.5)·2-88 (JM Vince, 28.5)·3-95 (AN Cook, 32.3)·4-228 (Joe Root, 80.3)·5-233 (JM Bairstow, 81.4)·6-251 (DJ Malan, 88.4)·7-294 (MM Ali, 102.4)·8-335 (TK Curran, 108.4)·9-346 (SCJ Broad, 111.4)·10-346 (MS Crane, 112.3)

Australia

649 /7 (193.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CT Bancroft	b SCJ Broad	0	7	0	0	0.00
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	56	104	6	0	53.85
UT Khawaja	st JM Bairstow b MS Crane	171	381	18	1	44.88
Steve Smith	c & b MM Ali	83	158	5	0	52.53
SE Marsh	run out	156	291	18	0	53.61
MR Marsh	b TK Curran	101	141	15	2	71.63
TD Paine*	not out	38	52	2	0	73.08
MA Starc	c JM Vince b MM Ali	11	10	0	1	110.00
PJ Cummins*	not out	24	16	4	0	150.00

Extras 9 (b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 2)

Total 649/7 (193.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	34.0	14	56	1	1.65
SCJ Broad	30.0	2	121	1	4.03
MM Ali	48.0	10	170	2	3.54
TK Curran	25.0	3	82	1	3.28
MS Crane	48.0	3	193	1	4.02
Joe Root	8.0	3	21	0	2.62

Fall of wickets

1-1 (CT Bancroft, 1.2)·2-86 (David Warner, 31.4)·3-274 (Steve Smith, 93.1)·4-375 (UT Khawaja, 130.4)·5-544 (MR Marsh, 173.2)·6-596 (SE Marsh, 185.6)·7-613 (MA Starc, 188.4)

England

180 /9 (88.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AN Cook	b NM Lyon	10	20	0	50.00
MD Stoneman	lbw b MA Starc	0	9	0	0.00
JM Vince	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	18	51	1	35.29
Joe Root*	not out	58	167	1	34.73
DJ Malan	lbw b NM Lyon	5	27	0	18.52
JM Bairstow	lbw b PJ Cummins	38	143	4	26.57
MM Ali	lbw b NM Lyon	13	43	1	30.23
TK Curran*	not out	23	40	5	57.50
SCJ Broad	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	4	2	1	200.00
MS Crane	c TD Paine b PJ Cummins	2	4	0	50.00
JM Anderson	c TD Paine b JR Hazlewood	2	23	0	8.70

Extras 2 (lb 2)

Total 180/9 (88.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	4	38	1	2.38
JR Hazlewood	17.1	7	36	1	2.10
NM Lyon	35.0	12	54	3	1.54
PJ Cummins	17.0	4	39	4	2.29
Steve Smith	2.0	0	6	0	3.00
MR Marsh	1.0	1	0	0	0.00

Fall of wickets

1-5 (MD Stoneman, 2.6)·2-15 (AN Cook, 5.5)·3-43 (JM Vince, 20.6)·4-68 (DJ Malan, 33.4)·5-121 (MM Ali, 61.2)·6-144 (JM Bairstow, 77.4)·7-148 (SCJ Broad, 77.6)·8-156 (MS Crane, 81.1)·9-180 (JM Anderson, 88.1)