Australia v England, Hobart

Australia 303/10 & 155/10

England 188/10 & 124/10

Australia won by 146 runs

Australia v England 2021 · 5th Test Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Hobart 14–16 Jan 2022

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.04× +4%

England

0.76× -24%

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

TM Head Australia

109 +147

C Green Australia

97 +131

AT Carey Australia

73 +117

Z Crawley England

54 +62

CR Woakes England

41 +54

Best bowling

Top match figures

MA Wood6/37

PJ Cummins4/45

SM Boland3/18

C Green3/21

Top score

101

TM Head · Australia

Biggest stand

121

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

4–17

4 wkts for 17 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultAustralia won by 146 runs

Length3 days

Australia

303 /10 (75.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Z Crawley b OE Robinson	0	22	0	0	0.00
UT Khawaja	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	6	26	0	0	23.08
M Labuschagne	b SCJ Broad	44	53	9	0	83.02
Steve Smith	c Z Crawley b OE Robinson	0	2	0	0	0.00
TM Head	c OE Robinson b CR Woakes	101	113	12	0	89.38
C Green	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	74	109	8	0	67.89
AT Carey	b CR Woakes	24	60	2	0	40.00
MA Starc	c RJ Burns b MA Wood	3	17	0	0	17.65
PJ Cummins	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	2	12	0	0	16.67
NM Lyon	b SCJ Broad	31	27	1	3	114.81
SM Boland*	not out	10	13	2	0	76.92

Extras 8 (b 3, lb 3, w 2)

Total 303/10 (75.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	24.4	4	59	3	2.39
OE Robinson	8.0	3	24	2	3.00
MA Wood	18.0	1	115	3	6.39
CR Woakes	15.0	2	64	2	4.27
Joe Root	10.0	1	35	0	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-3 (David Warner, 5.6)·2-7 (UT Khawaja, 8.6)·3-12 (Steve Smith, 9.5)·4-83 (M Labuschagne, 22.1)·5-204 (TM Head, 48.5)·6-236 (C Green, 57.6)·7-246 (MA Starc, 63.2)·8-252 (PJ Cummins, 67.1)·9-280 (AT Carey, 70.3)·10-303 (NM Lyon, 75.4)

England

188 /10 (47.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
RJ Burns	run out (M Labuschagne)	0	6	0	0	0.00
Z Crawley	c TM Head b PJ Cummins	18	21	3	0	85.71
DJ Malan	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	25	64	5	0	39.06
Joe Root	lbw b PJ Cummins	34	46	3	0	73.91
Ben Stokes	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	4	11	1	0	36.36
OJ Pope	c AT Carey b SM Boland	14	23	3	0	60.87
SW Billings	c SM Boland b C Green	29	48	6	0	60.42
CR Woakes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	36	48	5	1	75.00
MA Wood	b PJ Cummins	16	15	2	0	106.67
SCJ Broad	b MA Starc	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 12 (b 4, lb 8)

Total 188/10 (47.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10.0	1	53	3	5.30
PJ Cummins	13.4	2	45	4	3.29
SM Boland	14.0	6	33	1	2.36
C Green	10.0	0	45	1	4.50

Fall of wickets

1-2 (RJ Burns, 1.4)·2-29 (Z Crawley, 7.6)·3-78 (DJ Malan, 21.4)·4-81 (Joe Root, 23.4)·5-85 (Ben Stokes, 24.6)·6-110 (OJ Pope, 30.5)·7-152 (SW Billings, 41.5)·8-182 (CR Woakes, 46.2)·9-182 (SCJ Broad, 46.6)·10-188 (MA Wood, 47.4)

Australia

155 /10 (56.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
David Warner	c OJ Pope b SCJ Broad	0	3	0	0.00
M Labuschagne	c SW Billings b CR Woakes	5	11	0	45.45
UT Khawaja	c SW Billings b MA Wood	11	38	2	28.95
Steve Smith	c DJ Malan b MA Wood	27	62	4	43.55
SM Boland	c SW Billings b MA Wood	8	33	1	24.24
TM Head	c SW Billings b MA Wood	8	16	1	50.00
C Green	lbw b SCJ Broad	23	47	3	48.94
AT Carey	c SW Billings b SCJ Broad	49	88	4	55.68
MA Starc	c OJ Pope b MA Wood	1	4	0	25.00
PJ Cummins	b MA Wood	13	33	1	39.39
NM Lyon*	not out	4	5	0	80.00

Extras 6 (b 1, lb 3, w 1, nb 1)

Total 155/10 (56.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	18.0	2	51	3	2.83
CR Woakes	11.0	3	40	1	3.64
OE Robinson	11.0	4	23	0	2.09
MA Wood	16.3	3	37	6	2.24

Fall of wickets

1-0 (David Warner, 0.3)·2-5 (M Labuschagne, 3.1)·3-33 (UT Khawaja, 14.1)·4-47 (SM Boland, 22.3)·5-59 (TM Head, 26.2)·6-63 (Steve Smith, 28.2)·7-112 (C Green, 43.5)·8-121 (MA Starc, 46.1)·9-151 (AT Carey, 55.1)·10-155 (PJ Cummins, 56.3)

England

124 /10 (38.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
RJ Burns	b C Green	26	46	4	56.52
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b C Green	36	66	7	54.55
DJ Malan	b C Green	10	20	2	50.00
Joe Root	b SM Boland	11	31	1	35.48
Ben Stokes	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	5	15	0	33.33
OJ Pope	b PJ Cummins	5	26	0	19.23
SW Billings	c PJ Cummins b SM Boland	1	9	0	11.11
CR Woakes	c AT Carey b SM Boland	5	11	1	45.45
MA Wood	b PJ Cummins	11	7	2	157.14
SCJ Broad*	not out	1	1	0	100.00
OE Robinson	b PJ Cummins	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 13 (lb 13)

Total 124/10 (38.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	8.0	0	30	1	3.75
PJ Cummins	12.5	3	42	3	3.27
SM Boland	12.0	5	18	3	1.50
C Green	6.0	1	21	3	3.50

Fall of wickets

1-68 (RJ Burns, 16.1)·2-82 (DJ Malan, 20.5)·3-83 (Z Crawley, 22.2)·4-92 (Ben Stokes, 27.5)·5-101 (Joe Root, 31.4)·6-107 (SW Billings, 35.1)·7-107 (OJ Pope, 36.2)·8-115 (CR Woakes, 37.6)·9-123 (MA Wood, 38.3)·10-124 (OE Robinson, 38.5)