Australia v England, Leeds

Australia 263/10 & 224/10

England 237/10 & 254/7

England won by 3 wickets

Australia v England 2023 · 3rd Test Headingley, Leeds, Leeds 6–9 Jul 2023

How hard each side found the batting

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

Australia

0.92× -8%

England

0.89× -11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MR Marsh Australia

146 +248

Ben Stokes England

93 +232

TM Head Australia

116 +220

Harry Brook England

78 +162

Z Crawley England

77 +86

Best bowling

Top match figures

PJ Cummins6/91

MA Wood5/34

MA Starc5/78

SCJ Broad3/45

Top score

118

MR Marsh · Australia

Biggest stand

155

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · Australia

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultEngland won by 3 wickets

Length4 days

Australia

263 /10 (60.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	4	5	1	0	80.00
M Labuschagne	c Joe Root b CR Woakes	21	58	4	0	36.21
UT Khawaja	b MA Wood	13	37	2	0	35.14
Steve Smith	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	22	31	1	1	70.97
TM Head	c Joe Root b CR Woakes	39	74	5	0	52.70
MR Marsh	c Z Crawley b CR Woakes	118	118	17	4	100.00
AT Carey	c CR Woakes b MA Wood	8	16	1	0	50.00
MA Starc	b MA Wood	2	10	0	0	20.00
PJ Cummins	lbw b MA Wood	0	2	0	0	0.00
T Murphy	b MA Wood	13	12	3	0	108.33
SM Boland*	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 23 (b 10, lb 10, nb 3)

Total 263/10 (60.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	11.4	0	58	2	4.97
OE Robinson	11.2	2	38	0	3.35
MA Wood	11.4	5	34	5	2.91
CR Woakes	17.0	1	73	3	4.29
MM Ali	9.0	1	40	0	4.44

Fall of wickets

1-4 (David Warner, 0.5)·2-42 (UT Khawaja, 12.6)·3-61 (M Labuschagne, 19.3)·4-85 (Steve Smith, 24.2)·5-240 (MR Marsh, 52.1)·6-245 (TM Head, 54.3)·7-249 (MA Starc, 56.3)·8-249 (PJ Cummins, 56.5)·9-254 (AT Carey, 58.2)·10-263 (T Murphy, 60.4)

England

237 /10 (52.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c David Warner b MR Marsh	33	39	3	0	84.62
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	2	6	0	0	33.33
Harry Brook	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	3	11	0	0	27.27
Joe Root	c David Warner b PJ Cummins	19	45	2	0	42.22
JM Bairstow	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	12	37	2	0	32.43
Ben Stokes	c Steve Smith b T Murphy	80	108	6	5	74.07
MM Ali	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	21	46	2	0	45.65
CR Woakes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	10	10	0	1	100.00
MA Wood	c MR Marsh b PJ Cummins	24	8	1	3	300.00
SCJ Broad	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	7	8	1	0	87.50
OE Robinson*	not out	5	6	1	0	83.33

Extras 21 (b 4, lb 3, w 5, nb 9)

Total 237/10 (52.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.0	3	59	2	4.21
PJ Cummins	18.0	1	91	6	5.06
SM Boland	10.0	0	35	0	3.50
MR Marsh	3.0	1	9	1	3.00
T Murphy	7.3	0	36	1	4.80

Fall of wickets

1-18 (BM Duckett, 3.2)·2-22 (Harry Brook, 5.2)·3-65 (Z Crawley, 13.3)·4-68 (Joe Root, 19.2)·5-87 (JM Bairstow, 24.3)·6-131 (MM Ali, 39.4)·7-142 (CR Woakes, 42.1)·8-167 (MA Wood, 43.4)·9-199 (SCJ Broad, 47.4)·10-237 (Ben Stokes, 52.3)

Australia

224 /10 (67.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	43	96	3	0	44.79
David Warner	c Z Crawley b SCJ Broad	1	5	0	0	20.00
M Labuschagne	c Harry Brook b MM Ali	33	77	5	0	42.86
Steve Smith	c BM Duckett b MM Ali	2	9	0	0	22.22
TM Head	c BM Duckett b SCJ Broad	77	112	7	3	68.75
MR Marsh	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	28	52	5	0	53.85
AT Carey	b CR Woakes	5	14	1	0	35.71
MA Starc	c Harry Brook b MA Wood	16	19	2	0	84.21
PJ Cummins	c JM Bairstow b MA Wood	1	8	0	0	12.50
T Murphy	lbw b SCJ Broad	11	10	2	0	110.00
SM Boland*	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00

Extras 7 (b 5, lb 2)

Total 224/10 (67.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	14.1	4	45	3	3.18
CR Woakes	18.0	0	68	3	3.78
MA Wood	17.0	2	66	2	3.88
Joe Root	1.0	0	4	0	4.00
MM Ali	17.0	3	34	2	2.00

Fall of wickets

1-11 (David Warner, 2.2)·2-68 (M Labuschagne, 25.2)·3-72 (Steve Smith, 27.4)·4-90 (UT Khawaja, 34.5)·5-131 (MR Marsh, 49.5)·6-139 (AT Carey, 53.5)·7-168 (MA Starc, 58.4)·8-170 (PJ Cummins, 60.2)·9-211 (T Murphy, 65.5)·10-224 (TM Head, 67.1)

England

254 /7 (50.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MR Marsh	44	55	5	0	80.00
BM Duckett	lbw b MA Starc	23	31	3	0	74.19
MM Ali	b MA Starc	5	15	0	0	33.33
Joe Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	21	33	3	0	63.64
Harry Brook	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	75	93	9	0	80.65
Ben Stokes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	13	15	2	0	86.67
JM Bairstow	b MA Starc	5	8	1	0	62.50
CR Woakes*	not out	32	47	4	0	68.09
MA Wood*	not out	16	8	1	1	200.00

Extras 20 (b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 5)

Total 254/7 (50.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJ Cummins	15.0	0	77	1	5.13
MA Starc	16.0	0	78	5	4.88
SM Boland	11.0	1	49	0	4.45
MR Marsh	6.0	0	23	1	3.83
T Murphy	2.0	0	13	0	6.50

Fall of wickets

1-42 (BM Duckett, 9.1)·2-60 (MM Ali, 13.5)·3-93 (Z Crawley, 19.4)·4-131 (Joe Root, 28.5)·5-161 (Ben Stokes, 33.5)·6-171 (JM Bairstow, 35.5)·7-230 (Harry Brook, 47.4)