England v Australia, London

England 283/10 & 395/10

Australia 295/10 & 334/10

England won by 49 runs

Australia v England 2023 · 5th Test Kennington Oval, London, London 27–31 Jul 2023

How hard each side found the batting

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

England

0.94× -6%

Australia

0.89× -11%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

Steve Smith Australia

125 +218

Harry Brook England

92 +139

UT Khawaja Australia

119 +137

Joe Root England

96 +115

Z Crawley England

95 +102

Best bowling

Top match figures

CR Woakes4/50

MA Starc4/82

MA Starc4/100

T Murphy4/110

Top score

Joe Root · England

Biggest stand

140

1st wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–11

3 wkts for 11 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, field

ResultEngland won by 49 runs

Length5 days

England

283 /10 (54.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	22	37	3	0	59.46
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b MR Marsh	41	41	3	0	100.00
Joe Root	b JR Hazlewood	5	11	1	0	45.45
MM Ali	b T Murphy	34	47	3	2	72.34
Harry Brook	c Steve Smith b MA Starc	85	91	11	2	93.41
Ben Stokes	b MA Starc	3	16	0	0	18.75
JM Bairstow	b JR Hazlewood	4	14	0	0	28.57
MA Wood	b T Murphy	28	29	5	0	96.55
CR Woakes	c TM Head b MA Starc	36	36	4	1	100.00
SCJ Broad	c TM Head b MA Starc	7	5	1	0	140.00
JM Anderson*	not out	0	3	0	0	0.00

Extras 18 (b 9, lb 7, nb 2)

Total 283/10 (54.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	14.4	1	82	4	5.59
JR Hazlewood	13.0	0	54	2	4.15
PJ Cummins	13.0	2	66	1	5.08
MR Marsh	8.0	0	43	1	5.38
T Murphy	6.0	0	22	2	3.67

Fall of wickets

1-62 (BM Duckett, 11.7)·2-66 (Z Crawley, 12.4)·3-73 (Joe Root, 15.3)·4-184 (MM Ali, 33.3)·5-193 (Ben Stokes, 38.3)·6-208 (JM Bairstow, 41.6)·7-212 (Harry Brook, 42.3)·8-261 (MA Wood, 51.3)·9-270 (SCJ Broad, 52.5)·10-283 (CR Woakes, 54.4)

Australia

295 /10 (103.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
UT Khawaja	lbw b SCJ Broad	47	157	7	0	29.94
David Warner	c Z Crawley b CR Woakes	24	52	3	0	46.15
M Labuschagne	c Joe Root b MA Wood	9	82	0	0	10.98
Steve Smith	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	71	123	6	0	57.72
TM Head	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	4	5	1	0	80.00
MR Marsh	b JM Anderson	16	28	1	1	57.14
AT Carey	c Ben Stokes b Joe Root	10	23	1	1	43.48
MA Starc	c BM Duckett b MA Wood	7	18	0	0	38.89
PJ Cummins	c Ben Stokes b Joe Root	36	86	4	0	41.86
T Murphy	lbw b CR Woakes	34	39	2	3	87.18
JR Hazlewood*	not out	6	7	1	0	85.71

Extras 31 (b 17, lb 12, w 1, nb 1)

Total 295/10 (103.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	20.0	5	49	2	2.45
JM Anderson	26.0	9	67	1	2.58
MA Wood	22.0	4	62	2	2.82
CR Woakes	25.0	8	61	3	2.44
Joe Root	7.1	2	20	2	2.79
Harry Brook	3.0	1	7	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-49 (David Warner, 16.5)·2-91 (M Labuschagne, 42.5)·3-115 (UT Khawaja, 51.5)·4-127 (TM Head, 53.4)·5-151 (MR Marsh, 60.5)·6-170 (AT Carey, 67.5)·7-185 (MA Starc, 72.5)·8-239 (Steve Smith, 89.6)·9-288 (T Murphy, 101.2)·10-295 (PJ Cummins, 103.1)

England

395 /10 (81.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c Steve Smith b PJ Cummins	73	76	9	0	96.05
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b MA Starc	42	55	7	0	76.36
Ben Stokes	c PJ Cummins b T Murphy	42	67	3	1	62.69
Joe Root	b T Murphy	91	106	11	1	85.85
Harry Brook	c AT Carey b JR Hazlewood	7	6	0	1	116.67
JM Bairstow	c AT Carey b MA Starc	78	103	11	0	75.73
MM Ali	c JR Hazlewood b MA Starc	29	38	4	0	76.32
CR Woakes	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	1	5	0	0	20.00
MA Wood	c MR Marsh b T Murphy	9	11	1	0	81.82
JM Anderson	lbw b T Murphy	8	19	2	0	42.11
SCJ Broad*	not out	8	8	0	1	100.00

Extras 7 (lb 4, nb 3)

Total 395/10 (81.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	20.0	2	100	4	5.00
JR Hazlewood	15.0	0	67	1	4.47
PJ Cummins	16.0	0	79	1	4.94
MR Marsh	8.0	0	35	0	4.38
T Murphy	22.5	1	110	4	4.82

Fall of wickets

1-79 (BM Duckett, 16.6)·2-140 (Z Crawley, 26.3)·3-213 (Ben Stokes, 39.3)·4-222 (Harry Brook, 40.5)·5-332 (Joe Root, 65.3)·6-360 (JM Bairstow, 72.4)·7-364 (CR Woakes, 74.1)·8-375 (MM Ali, 76.6)·9-379 (MA Wood, 77.2)·10-395 (JM Anderson, 81.5)

Australia

334 /10 (94.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
David Warner	c JM Bairstow b CR Woakes	60	106	9	0	56.60
UT Khawaja	lbw b CR Woakes	72	145	8	0	49.66
M Labuschagne	c Z Crawley b MA Wood	13	33	2	0	39.39
Steve Smith	c Z Crawley b CR Woakes	54	94	9	0	57.45
TM Head	c Joe Root b MM Ali	43	70	6	0	61.43
MR Marsh	c JM Bairstow b MM Ali	6	9	1	0	66.67
MA Starc	c Z Crawley b CR Woakes	0	2	0	0	0.00
AT Carey	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	28	50	1	1	56.00
PJ Cummins	c Ben Stokes b MM Ali	9	14	1	0	64.29
T Murphy	c JM Bairstow b SCJ Broad	18	39	3	0	46.15
JR Hazlewood*	not out	4	8	1	0	50.00

Extras 27 (b 10, lb 10, w 5, nb 2)

Total 334/10 (94.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	20.4	5	62	2	3.00
JM Anderson	14.0	4	53	0	3.79
CR Woakes	19.0	4	50	4	2.63
MM Ali	23.0	2	76	3	3.30
Joe Root	9.0	0	39	0	4.33
MA Wood	9.0	0	34	1	3.78

Fall of wickets

1-140 (David Warner, 41.2)·2-141 (UT Khawaja, 43.2)·3-169 (M Labuschagne, 48.7)·4-264 (TM Head, 73.3)·5-274 (Steve Smith, 74.6)·6-274 (MR Marsh, 75.5)·7-275 (MA Starc, 76.3)·8-294 (PJ Cummins, 81.2)·9-329 (T Murphy, 90.6)·10-334 (AT Carey, 94.4)