Australia v England, Adelaide

Australia 371/10 & 349/10

England 286/10 & 352/10

Australia won by 82 runs

Australia v England 2025 · 3rd Test Adelaide Oval, Adelaide 17–21 Dec 2025

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — England had it far tougher than Australia.

Australia

1.13× +13%

England

0.82× -18%

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

AT Carey Australia

178 +231

Ben Stokes England

88 +200

TM Head Australia

180 +195

UT Khawaja Australia

122 +126

Z Crawley England

94 +119

Best bowling

Top match figures

JC Archer5/53

JC Tongue4/70

SM Boland3/45

PJ Cummins3/48

Top score

170

TM Head · Australia

Biggest stand

162

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–14

3 wkts for 14 · Australia

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 82 runs

Length5 days

Australia

371 /10 (91.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b BA Carse	10	28	1	0	35.71
J Weatherald	c JL Smith b JC Archer	18	27	4	0	66.67
M Labuschagne	c BA Carse b JC Archer	19	40	2	0	47.50
UT Khawaja	c JC Tongue b WG Jacks	82	126	10	0	65.08
C Green	c BA Carse b JC Archer	0	2	0	0	0.00
AT Carey	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	106	143	8	1	74.13
JP Inglis	b JC Tongue	32	39	4	0	82.05
PJ Cummins	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	13	19	2	0	68.42
MA Starc	b JC Archer	54	75	9	0	72.00
NM Lyon	lbw b JC Archer	9	35	1	0	25.71
SM Boland*	not out	14	21	3	0	66.67

Extras 14 (lb 7, nb 7)

Total 371/10 (91.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	20.2	6	53	5	2.61
BA Carse	16.0	0	89	2	5.56
JC Tongue	16.0	1	64	1	4.00
Ben Stokes	19.0	3	53	0	2.79
WG Jacks	20.0	3	105	2	5.25

Fall of wickets

1-33 (J Weatherald, 8.2)·2-33 (TM Head, 9.1)·3-94 (M Labuschagne, 24.1)·4-94 (C Green, 24.3)·5-185 (UT Khawaja, 47.2)·6-244 (JP Inglis, 60.5)·7-271 (PJ Cummins, 65.5)·8-321 (AT Carey, 77.2)·9-348 (MA Starc, 85.2)·10-371 (NM Lyon, 91.2)

England

286 /10 (87.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	9	19	0	0	47.37
BM Duckett	b NM Lyon	29	30	5	0	96.67
OJ Pope	c JP Inglis b NM Lyon	3	10	0	0	30.00
Joe Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	19	31	3	0	61.29
Harry Brook	c AT Carey b C Green	45	63	2	1	71.43
Ben Stokes	b MA Starc	83	198	8	0	41.92
JL Smith	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	22	26	3	1	84.62
WG Jacks	c AT Carey b SM Boland	6	29	1	0	20.69
BA Carse	b SM Boland	0	5	0	0	0.00
JC Archer	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	51	105	5	1	48.57
JC Tongue*	not out	7	12	0	0	58.33

Extras 12 (b 3, lb 5, nb 4)

Total 286/10 (87.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.0	1	61	1	3.81
PJ Cummins	17.0	3	69	3	4.06
SM Boland	15.2	7	45	3	2.93
NM Lyon	28.0	5	70	2	2.50
C Green	11.0	3	33	1	3.00

Fall of wickets

1-37 (Z Crawley, 7.4)·2-41 (OJ Pope, 9.3)·3-42 (BM Duckett, 9.6)·4-71 (Joe Root, 16.4)·5-127 (Harry Brook, 36.3)·6-159 (JL Smith, 45.1)·7-168 (WG Jacks, 52.2)·8-168 (BA Carse, 54.1)·9-274 (Ben Stokes, 84.1)·10-286 (JC Archer, 87.2)

Australia

349 /10 (84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b JC Tongue	170	219	16	2	77.63
J Weatherald	lbw b BA Carse	1	10	0	0	10.00
M Labuschagne	c Harry Brook b JC Tongue	13	45	1	0	28.89
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	40	51	4	0	78.43
C Green	c Harry Brook b JC Tongue	7	7	1	0	100.00
AT Carey	c Harry Brook b Ben Stokes	72	128	6	0	56.25
JP Inglis	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	20	0	0	50.00
PJ Cummins	c Harry Brook b BA Carse	6	18	0	0	33.33
MA Starc*	not out	7	8	1	0	87.50
NM Lyon	lbw b BA Carse	0	1	0	0	0.00
SM Boland	c & b JC Archer	1	6	0	0	16.67

Extras 22 (b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5)

Total 349/10 (84.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	12.4	3	20	1	1.58
BA Carse	20.0	1	80	3	4.00
JC Tongue	18.0	0	70	4	3.89
WG Jacks	19.0	0	107	1	5.63
Joe Root	8.0	0	32	0	4.00
Ben Stokes	7.0	0	26	1	3.71

Fall of wickets

1-8 (J Weatherald, 1.3)·2-53 (M Labuschagne, 16.3)·3-139 (UT Khawaja, 35.1)·4-149 (C Green, 36.6)·5-311 (TM Head, 73.6)·6-329 (AT Carey, 78.2)·7-335 (JP Inglis, 79.5)·8-344 (PJ Cummins, 83.1)·9-344 (NM Lyon, 83.2)·10-349 (SM Boland, 84.4)

England

352 /10 (102.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	85	151	8	0	56.29
BM Duckett	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	4	2	1	0	200.00
OJ Pope	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	17	29	2	0	58.62
Joe Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	39	63	5	0	61.90
Harry Brook	b NM Lyon	30	56	2	0	53.57
Ben Stokes	b NM Lyon	5	18	1	0	27.78
JL Smith	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	60	83	7	2	72.29
WG Jacks	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	47	137	3	0	34.31
BA Carse*	not out	39	64	4	1	60.94
JC Archer	c J Weatherald b MA Starc	3	14	0	0	21.43
JC Tongue	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	1	3	0	0	33.33

Extras 22 (b 4, lb 14, w 1, nb 3)

Total 352/10 (102.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	17.0	3	62	3	3.65
PJ Cummins	17.0	4	48	3	2.82
SM Boland	17.5	5	35	1	1.96
NM Lyon	25.0	6	77	3	3.08
C Green	10.0	0	44	0	4.40
TM Head	15.0	3	61	0	4.07
M Labuschagne	1.0	0	7	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-4 (BM Duckett, 1.2)·2-31 (OJ Pope, 9.4)·3-109 (Joe Root, 28.6)·4-177 (Harry Brook, 47.2)·5-189 (Ben Stokes, 51.6)·6-194 (Z Crawley, 53.3)·7-285 (JL Smith, 82.5)·8-337 (WG Jacks, 97.2)·9-349 (JC Archer, 101.3)·10-352 (JC Tongue, 102.5)