England v Australia, Melbourne

England 185/10 & 68/10

Australia 267/10

Australia won by 14 runs

Australia v England 2021 · 3rd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 26–28 Dec 2021

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

England

0.85× -15%

Australia

1.02× +2%

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

MS Harris Australia

76 +126

Joe Root England

78 +123

JM Bairstow England

40 +57

Ben Stokes England

36 +38

David Warner Australia

38 +37

Best bowling

Top match figures

SM Boland6/7

JM Anderson4/33

MA Starc3/29

PJ Cummins3/36

Top score

MS Harris · Australia

Biggest stand

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · England

Match facts

TossAustralia, field

ResultAustralia won by 14 runs

Length3 days

England

185 /10 (65.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	0	10	0	0	0.00
Z Crawley	c C Green b PJ Cummins	12	25	0	0	48.00
DJ Malan	c David Warner b PJ Cummins	14	66	1	0	21.21
Joe Root	c AT Carey b MA Starc	50	82	4	0	60.98
Ben Stokes	c NM Lyon b C Green	25	60	2	1	41.67
JM Bairstow	c C Green b MA Starc	35	75	3	0	46.67
JC Buttler	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	3	11	0	0	27.27
MA Wood	lbw b SM Boland	6	15	0	0	40.00
OE Robinson	c SM Boland b NM Lyon	22	26	3	0	84.62
MJ Leach	c Steve Smith b NM Lyon	13	18	0	1	72.22
JM Anderson*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (lb 4, nb 1)

Total 185/10 (65.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	15.0	3	54	2	3.60
PJ Cummins	15.0	2	36	3	2.40
SM Boland	13.0	2	48	1	3.69
C Green	8.0	4	7	1	0.88
NM Lyon	14.1	4	36	3	2.54

Fall of wickets

1-4 (H Hameed, 1.5)·2-13 (Z Crawley, 7.2)·3-61 (DJ Malan, 26.3)·4-82 (Joe Root, 32.6)·5-115 (Ben Stokes, 46.2)·6-128 (JC Buttler, 51.2)·7-141 (MA Wood, 55.5)·8-159 (JM Bairstow, 58.4)·9-176 (MJ Leach, 63.3)·10-185 (OE Robinson, 65.1)

Australia

267 /10 (87.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
MS Harris	c Joe Root b JM Anderson	76	189	7	40.21
David Warner	c Z Crawley b JM Anderson	38	42	5	90.48
NM Lyon	c JC Buttler b OE Robinson	10	22	2	45.45
M Labuschagne	c Joe Root b MA Wood	1	14	0	7.14
Steve Smith	b JM Anderson	16	31	1	51.61
TM Head	c Joe Root b OE Robinson	27	48	2	56.25
C Green	lbw b MJ Leach	17	63	2	26.98
AT Carey	c JC Buttler b Ben Stokes	19	43	0	44.19
PJ Cummins	c H Hameed b JM Anderson	21	32	2	65.62
MA Starc*	not out	24	37	1	64.86
SM Boland	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	6	11	0	54.55

Extras 12 (b 2, lb 4, w 1, nb 5)

Total 267/10 (87.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	23.0	10	33	4	1.43
OE Robinson	19.2	5	64	2	3.31
MA Wood	19.5	2	71	2	3.58
Ben Stokes	10.4	1	47	1	4.41
MJ Leach	15.0	0	46	1	3.07

Fall of wickets

1-57 (David Warner, 14.1)·2-76 (NM Lyon, 19.4)·3-84 (M Labuschagne, 24.3)·4-110 (Steve Smith, 35.1)·5-171 (TM Head, 55.5)·6-180 (MS Harris, 61.1)·7-207 (C Green, 72.5)·8-219 (AT Carey, 75.3)·9-253 (PJ Cummins, 84.2)·10-267 (SM Boland, 87.5)

England

68 /10 (27.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
H Hameed	c AT Carey b SM Boland	7	31	1	22.58
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MA Starc	5	16	1	31.25
DJ Malan	lbw b MA Starc	0	1	0	0.00
Joe Root	c David Warner b SM Boland	28	59	4	47.46
MJ Leach	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0.00
Ben Stokes	b MA Starc	11	16	2	68.75
JM Bairstow	lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	27.78
JC Buttler*	not out	5	14	1	35.71
MA Wood	c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0.00
OE Robinson	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	0	2	0	0.00
JM Anderson	b C Green	2	4	0	50.00

Extras 5 (lb 5)

Total 68/10 (27.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10.0	3	29	3	2.90
PJ Cummins	10.0	4	19	0	1.90
SM Boland	4.0	1	7	6	1.75
C Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18

Fall of wickets

1-7 (Z Crawley, 4.4)·2-7 (DJ Malan, 4.5)·3-22 (H Hameed, 10.3)·4-22 (MJ Leach, 10.5)·5-46 (Ben Stokes, 16.5)·6-60 (JM Bairstow, 22.5)·7-61 (Joe Root, 24.4)·8-65 (MA Wood, 26.1)·9-65 (OE Robinson, 26.3)·10-68 (JM Anderson, 27.4)