England v Australia, Birmingham

England 393/8 & 273/10

Australia 386/10 & 282/8

Australia won by 2 wickets

Australia v England 2023 · 1st Test Edgbaston, Birmingham, Birmingham 16–20 Jun 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

England

0.92× -8%

Australia

0.91× -9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

UT Khawaja Australia

206 +334

Joe Root England

164 +296

PJ Cummins Australia

82 +153

JM Bairstow England

98 +136

AT Carey Australia

86 +110

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins4/63

NM Lyon4/80

NM Lyon4/149

OE Robinson3/55

Top score

141

UT Khawaja · Australia

Biggest stand

121

6th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · Australia

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultAustralia won by 2 wickets

Length5 days

England

393 /8 (78.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b SM Boland	61	73	7	0	83.56
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	12	10	2	0	120.00
OJ Pope	lbw b NM Lyon	31	44	2	0	70.45
Joe Root*	not out	118	152	7	4	77.63
Harry Brook	b NM Lyon	32	37	4	0	86.49
Ben Stokes	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	1	8	0	0	12.50
JM Bairstow	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	78	78	12	0	100.00
MM Ali	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	18	17	2	1	105.88
SCJ Broad	b C Green	16	21	2	0	76.19
OE Robinson*	not out	17	31	2	0	54.84

Extras 9 (lb 6, nb 3)

Total 393/8 (78.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Cummins	14.0	0	59	0	4.21
JR Hazlewood	15.0	1	61	2	4.07
SM Boland	14.0	0	86	1	6.14
NM Lyon	29.0	1	149	4	5.14
C Green	6.0	0	32	1	5.33

Fall of wickets

1-22 (BM Duckett, 3.4)·2-92 (OJ Pope, 17.6)·3-124 (Z Crawley, 26.4)·4-175 (Harry Brook, 37.2)·5-176 (Ben Stokes, 38.4)·6-297 (JM Bairstow, 61.4)·7-323 (MM Ali, 65.5)·8-350 (SCJ Broad, 70.4)

Australia

386 /10 (116.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	b SCJ Broad	9	27	2	0	33.33
UT Khawaja	b OE Robinson	141	321	14	3	43.93
M Labuschagne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	0	1	0	0	0.00
Steve Smith	lbw b Ben Stokes	16	59	0	0	27.12
TM Head	c Z Crawley b MM Ali	50	63	8	1	79.37
C Green	b MM Ali	38	68	4	1	55.88
AT Carey	b JM Anderson	66	99	10	1	66.67
PJ Cummins	c Ben Stokes b OE Robinson	38	62	0	3	61.29
NM Lyon	c BM Duckett b OE Robinson	1	6	0	0	16.67
SM Boland	c OJ Pope b SCJ Broad	0	5	0	0	0.00
JR Hazlewood*	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras 26 (b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 15)

Total 386/10 (116.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	23.0	4	68	3	2.96
OE Robinson	22.1	6	55	3	2.48
JM Anderson	21.0	5	53	1	2.52
Harry Brook	3.0	1	5	0	1.67
MM Ali	33.0	4	147	2	4.45
Ben Stokes	7.0	0	33	1	4.71
Joe Root	7.0	3	15	0	2.14

Fall of wickets

1-29 (David Warner, 10.1)·2-29 (M Labuschagne, 10.2)·3-67 (Steve Smith, 26.7)·4-148 (TM Head, 45.3)·5-220 (C Green, 67.1)·6-338 (AT Carey, 98.4)·7-372 (UT Khawaja, 112.4)·8-377 (NM Lyon, 114.3)·9-378 (SM Boland, 115.3)·10-386 (PJ Cummins, 116.1)

England

273 /10 (66.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b SM Boland	7	25	0	0	28.00
BM Duckett	c C Green b PJ Cummins	19	28	1	0	67.86
OJ Pope	b PJ Cummins	14	16	2	0	87.50
Joe Root	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	46	55	5	1	83.64
Harry Brook	c M Labuschagne b NM Lyon	46	52	5	0	88.46
Ben Stokes	lbw b PJ Cummins	43	66	5	0	65.15
JM Bairstow	lbw b NM Lyon	20	39	3	0	51.28
MM Ali	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	19	31	2	1	61.29
OE Robinson	c C Green b NM Lyon	27	44	2	0	61.36
SCJ Broad*	not out	10	29	0	0	34.48
JM Anderson	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	12	14	2	0	85.71

Extras 10 (lb 9, nb 1)

Total 273/10 (66.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Cummins	18.2	2	63	4	3.44
JR Hazlewood	10.0	1	48	1	4.80
NM Lyon	24.0	2	80	4	3.33
SM Boland	12.0	2	61	1	5.08
C Green	2.0	0	12	0	6.00

Fall of wickets

1-27 (BM Duckett, 8.4)·2-27 (Z Crawley, 9.1)·3-77 (OJ Pope, 16.6)·4-129 (Joe Root, 25.1)·5-150 (Harry Brook, 33.4)·6-196 (JM Bairstow, 45.3)·7-210 (Ben Stokes, 48.2)·8-229 (MM Ali, 54.4)·9-256 (OE Robinson, 61.5)·10-273 (JM Anderson, 66.2)

Australia

282 /8 (92.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	b Ben Stokes	65	197	7	0	32.99
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b OE Robinson	36	57	4	0	63.16
M Labuschagne	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	13	15	3	0	86.67
Steve Smith	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	6	13	1	0	46.15
SM Boland	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	20	40	2	0	50.00
TM Head	c Joe Root b MM Ali	16	24	3	0	66.67
C Green	b OE Robinson	28	66	2	0	42.42
AT Carey	c & b Joe Root	20	50	2	0	40.00
PJ Cummins*	not out	44	73	4	2	60.27
NM Lyon*	not out	16	28	2	0	57.14

Extras 18 (lb 10, nb 8)

Total 282/8 (92.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	17.0	1	56	0	3.29
SCJ Broad	21.0	3	64	3	3.05
OE Robinson	18.3	7	43	2	2.32
MM Ali	14.0	2	57	1	4.07
Joe Root	15.0	2	43	1	2.87
Ben Stokes	7.0	2	9	1	1.29

Fall of wickets

1-61 (David Warner, 17.4)·2-78 (M Labuschagne, 21.4)·3-89 (Steve Smith, 25.3)·4-121 (SM Boland, 37.2)·5-143 (TM Head, 44.5)·6-192 (C Green, 63.4)·7-209 (UT Khawaja, 71.6)·8-227 (AT Carey, 80.3)