Australia v England, London

Australia 416/10 & 279/10

England 325/10 & 327/10

Australia won by 43 runs

Australia v England 2023 · 2nd Test Lord's, London, London 28 Jun 2023 – 2 Jul 2023

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than England.

Australia

0.81× -19%

England

0.93× -7%

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

Ben Stokes England

172 +290

Steve Smith Australia

144 +234

BM Duckett England

181 +223

UT Khawaja Australia

94 +112

TM Head Australia

84 +100

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCJ Broad4/65

PJ Cummins3/69

MA Starc3/79

JR Hazlewood3/80

Top score

155

Ben Stokes · England

Biggest stand

132

5th wkt · England

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultAustralia won by 43 runs

Length5 days

Australia

416 /10 (100.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	b JC Tongue	66	88	8	1	75.00
UT Khawaja	b JC Tongue	17	70	2	0	24.29
M Labuschagne	c JM Bairstow b OE Robinson	47	93	7	0	50.54
Steve Smith	c BM Duckett b JC Tongue	110	184	15	0	59.78
TM Head	st JM Bairstow b Joe Root	77	73	14	0	105.48
C Green	c JM Anderson b Joe Root	0	3	0	0	0.00
AT Carey	lbw b SCJ Broad	22	43	2	0	51.16
MA Starc	c JM Bairstow b JM Anderson	6	10	1	0	60.00
PJ Cummins*	not out	22	33	2	0	66.67
NM Lyon	c JC Tongue b OE Robinson	7	13	1	0	53.85
JR Hazlewood	c Joe Root b OE Robinson	4	6	1	0	66.67

Extras 38 (b 13, lb 13, nb 12)

Total 416/10 (100.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	20.0	5	53	1	2.65
SCJ Broad	23.0	4	99	1	4.30
OE Robinson	24.4	3	100	3	4.05
JC Tongue	22.0	3	98	3	4.45
Ben Stokes	3.0	1	21	0	7.00
Joe Root	8.0	1	19	2	2.38

Fall of wickets

1-73 (UT Khawaja, 23.1)·2-96 (David Warner, 29.5)·3-198 (M Labuschagne, 54.2)·4-316 (TM Head, 74.2)·5-316 (C Green, 74.5)·6-351 (AT Carey, 84.5)·7-358 (MA Starc, 87.3)·8-393 (Steve Smith, 95.2)·9-408 (NM Lyon, 98.4)·10-416 (JR Hazlewood, 100.4)

England

325 /10 (76.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
Z Crawley	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	48	48	5	100.00
BM Duckett	c David Warner b JR Hazlewood	98	134	9	73.13
OJ Pope	c Steve Smith b C Green	42	63	4	66.67
Joe Root	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	10	19	0	52.63
Harry Brook	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	50	68	4	73.53
Ben Stokes	c C Green b MA Starc	17	58	1	29.31
JM Bairstow	c PJ Cummins b JR Hazlewood	16	36	2	44.44
SCJ Broad	lbw b TM Head	12	24	1	50.00
OE Robinson	c AT Carey b TM Head	9	10	1	90.00
JC Tongue	c MT Renshaw b PJ Cummins	1	4	0	25.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	1	0	0.00

Extras 22 (b 9, lb 4, w 2, nb 7)

Total 325/10 (76.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	17.0	0	88	3	5.18
PJ Cummins	16.2	3	46	1	2.82
JR Hazlewood	13.0	1	71	2	5.46
NM Lyon	13.0	1	35	1	2.69
C Green	9.0	0	54	1	6.00
TM Head	7.0	1	17	2	2.43
Steve Smith	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-91 (Z Crawley, 17.5)·2-188 (OJ Pope, 38.1)·3-208 (BM Duckett, 42.2)·4-222 (Joe Root, 45.3)·5-279 (Ben Stokes, 61.2)·6-293 (Harry Brook, 67.4)·7-311 (JM Bairstow, 72.2)·8-324 (OE Robinson, 75.1)·9-325 (SCJ Broad, 75.5)·10-325 (JC Tongue, 76.2)

Australia

279 /10 (101.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c MJ Potts b SCJ Broad	77	187	12	0	41.18
David Warner	lbw b JC Tongue	25	76	2	0	32.89
M Labuschagne	c Harry Brook b JM Anderson	30	51	5	0	58.82
Steve Smith	c Z Crawley b JC Tongue	34	62	5	0	54.84
TM Head	c Joe Root b SCJ Broad	7	16	1	0	43.75
C Green	c BM Duckett b OE Robinson	18	67	3	0	26.87
AT Carey	c Joe Root b OE Robinson	21	73	3	0	28.77
MA Starc*	not out	15	40	1	1	37.50
PJ Cummins	c BM Duckett b SCJ Broad	11	29	2	0	37.93
JR Hazlewood	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	1	3	0	0	33.33
NM Lyon	c Ben Stokes b SCJ Broad	4	13	1	0	30.77

Extras 36 (b 14, lb 9, w 7, nb 6)

Total 279/10 (101.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	19.0	4	64	1	3.37
SCJ Broad	24.5	8	65	4	2.62
JC Tongue	20.0	4	53	2	2.65
OE Robinson	26.0	11	48	2	1.85
Ben Stokes	12.0	1	26	1	2.17

Fall of wickets

1-63 (David Warner, 24.1)·2-123 (M Labuschagne, 40.1)·3-187 (UT Khawaja, 61.7)·4-190 (Steve Smith, 62.5)·5-197 (TM Head, 67.3)·6-239 (C Green, 87.3)·7-242 (AT Carey, 89.1)·8-261 (PJ Cummins, 95.2)·9-264 (JR Hazlewood, 96.4)·10-279 (NM Lyon, 101.5)

England

327 /10 (81.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MA Starc	3	6	0	0	50.00
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	83	112	9	0	74.11
OJ Pope	b MA Starc	3	10	0	0	30.00
Joe Root	c David Warner b PJ Cummins	18	35	2	0	51.43
Harry Brook	b PJ Cummins	4	3	1	0	133.33
Ben Stokes	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	155	214	9	9	72.43
JM Bairstow	st AT Carey b C Green	10	22	2	0	45.45
SCJ Broad	c C Green b JR Hazlewood	11	36	2	0	30.56
OE Robinson	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	1	6	0	0	16.67
JC Tongue	b MA Starc	19	26	1	0	73.08
JM Anderson*	not out	3	23	0	0	13.04

Extras 17 (lb 3, w 10, nb 4)

Total 327/10 (81.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	21.3	2	79	3	3.67
PJ Cummins	25.0	2	69	3	2.76
JR Hazlewood	18.0	0	80	3	4.44
TM Head	4.0	0	23	0	5.75
C Green	13.0	3	73	1	5.62

Fall of wickets

1-9 (Z Crawley, 2.1)·2-13 (OJ Pope, 4.2)·3-41 (Joe Root, 12.2)·4-45 (Harry Brook, 12.5)·5-177 (BM Duckett, 45.4)·6-193 (JM Bairstow, 51.6)·7-301 (Ben Stokes, 72.1)·8-302 (OE Robinson, 73.1)·9-302 (SCJ Broad, 74.2)·10-327 (JC Tongue, 81.3)