England v Australia, Brisbane

England 147/10 & 297/10

Australia 425/10 & 20/1

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia v England 2021 · 1st Test Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Brisbane 8–11 Dec 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

England

0.85× -15%

Australia

1.04× +4%

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

TM Head Australia

152 +392

David Warner Australia

94 +154

Joe Root England

89 +138

DJ Malan England

88 +127

M Labuschagne Australia

74 +114

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins5/38

NM Lyon4/91

OE Robinson3/58

MA Wood3/85

Top score

152

TM Head · Australia

Biggest stand

162

3rd wkt · England

Worst collapse

4–31

4 wkts for 31 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultAustralia won by 9 wickets

Length4 days

England

147 /10 (50.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
RJ Burns	b MA Starc	0	1	0	0.00
DJ Malan	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	6	9	1	66.67
H Hameed	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	25	75	3	33.33
Joe Root	c David Warner b JR Hazlewood	0	9	0	0.00
Ben Stokes	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	5	21	1	23.81
OJ Pope	c JR Hazlewood b C Green	35	79	2	44.30
JC Buttler	c AT Carey b MA Starc	39	58	5	67.24
CR Woakes	c JR Hazlewood b PJ Cummins	21	24	4	87.50
OE Robinson	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	0	3	0	0.00
MA Wood	c MS Harris b PJ Cummins	8	15	1	53.33
MJ Leach*	not out	2	7	0	28.57

Extras 6 (lb 5, w 1)

Total 147/10 (50.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	12.0	2	35	2	2.92
JR Hazlewood	13.0	4	42	2	3.23
PJ Cummins	13.1	4	38	5	2.89
NM Lyon	9.0	2	21	0	2.33
C Green	3.0	1	6	1	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-0 (RJ Burns, 0.1)·2-11 (DJ Malan, 3.2)·3-11 (Joe Root, 5.5)·4-29 (Ben Stokes, 12.5)·5-60 (H Hameed, 26.4)·6-112 (JC Buttler, 40.3)·7-118 (OJ Pope, 43.1)·8-122 (OE Robinson, 44.3)·9-144 (MA Wood, 48.3)·10-147 (CR Woakes, 50.1)

Australia

425 /10 (104.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Ben Stokes b OE Robinson	94	176	11	2	53.41
MS Harris	c DJ Malan b OE Robinson	3	17	0	0	17.65
M Labuschagne	c MA Wood b MJ Leach	74	117	6	2	63.25
Steve Smith	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	12	19	2	0	63.16
TM Head	b MA Wood	152	148	15	4	102.70
C Green	b OE Robinson	0	1	0	0	0.00
AT Carey	c OJ Pope b CR Woakes	12	32	1	0	37.50
PJ Cummins	c H Hameed b Joe Root	12	27	0	0	44.44
MA Starc	c RJ Burns b CR Woakes	35	64	5	0	54.69
NM Lyon	c OE Robinson b MA Wood	15	24	2	0	62.50
JR Hazlewood*	not out	0	6	0	0	0.00

Extras 16 (b 4, lb 6, w 2, nb 4)

Total 425/10 (104.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
CR Woakes	25.0	8	76	2	3.04
OE Robinson	23.0	8	58	3	2.52
MA Wood	25.3	5	85	3	3.33
Ben Stokes	12.0	0	65	0	5.42
MJ Leach	13.0	0	102	1	7.85
Joe Root	6.0	0	29	1	4.83

Fall of wickets

1-10 (MS Harris, 5.2)·2-166 (M Labuschagne, 47.2)·3-189 (Steve Smith, 52.6)·4-195 (David Warner, 55.2)·5-195 (C Green, 55.3)·6-236 (AT Carey, 64.4)·7-306 (PJ Cummins, 75.6)·8-391 (MA Starc, 95.6)·9-420 (NM Lyon, 102.3)·10-425 (TM Head, 104.3)

England

297 /10 (103.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b MA Starc	27	58	4	46.55
RJ Burns	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	13	27	2	48.15
DJ Malan	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	82	195	10	42.05
Joe Root	c AT Carey b C Green	89	165	10	53.94
Ben Stokes	c C Green b PJ Cummins	14	49	3	28.57
OJ Pope	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	4	6	1	66.67
JC Buttler	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	23	39	4	58.97
CR Woakes	c AT Carey b C Green	16	47	2	34.04
OE Robinson	c TM Head b NM Lyon	8	17	0	47.06
MA Wood	b NM Lyon	6	13	1	46.15
MJ Leach*	not out	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 15 (b 4, lb 5, w 6)

Total 297/10 (103.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	20.0	3	77	1	3.85
JR Hazlewood	14.0	6	32	1	2.29
PJ Cummins	20.0	6	51	2	2.55
NM Lyon	34.0	5	91	4	2.68
C Green	12.0	3	23	2	1.92
M Labuschagne	3.0	0	14	0	4.67

Fall of wickets

1-23 (RJ Burns, 8.6)·2-61 (H Hameed, 20.6)·3-223 (DJ Malan, 73.4)·4-229 (Joe Root, 76.1)·5-234 (OJ Pope, 77.3)·6-266 (Ben Stokes, 88.4)·7-268 (JC Buttler, 91.1)·8-286 (OE Robinson, 97.5)·9-296 (MA Wood, 101.4)·10-297 (CR Woakes, 102.7)

Australia

20 /1 (5.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AT Carey	c JC Buttler b OE Robinson	9	23	0	0	39.13
MS Harris*	not out	9	10	1	0	90.00

Extras 2 (nb 2)

Total 20/1 (5.1 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ
OE Robinson	3.0	13	1	4.33
CR Woakes	2.0	3	0	1.50
MA Wood	0.1	4	0	24.00

Fall of wickets

1-16 (AT Carey, 4.6)