England v Australia, London

Australia 481/10

England 149/10 & 286/10

Australia won by 46 runs

Australia v England 2015 · 5th Test Kennington Oval, London 20–23 Aug 2015

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than England.

Australia

0.97× -3%

England

1.09× +9%

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

Steve Smith Australia

143 +218

AN Cook England

107 +118

David Warner Australia

85 +90

MA Starc Australia

58 +83

AC Voges Australia

76 +83

Best bowling

Top match figures

PM Siddle4/35

MG Johnson3/21

MR Marsh3/30

ST Finn3/90

Top score

143

Steve Smith · Australia

Biggest stand

146

4th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–9

3 wkts for 9 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, field

ResultAustralia won by 46 runs

Length4 days

Australia

481 /10 (125.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	c AN Cook b MA Wood	43	100	7	0	43.00
David Warner	c A Lyth b MM Ali	85	131	11	0	64.89
Steve Smith	b ST Finn	143	252	17	2	56.75
MJ Clarke	c JC Buttler b Ben Stokes	15	29	1	0	51.72
AC Voges	lbw b Ben Stokes	76	130	12	0	58.46
MR Marsh	c IR Bell b ST Finn	3	13	0	0	23.08
PM Nevill	c JC Buttler b MM Ali	18	27	3	0	66.67
MG Johnson	b MM Ali	0	2	0	0	0.00
MA Starc	lbw b Ben Stokes	58	52	9	1	111.54
PM Siddle	c A Lyth b ST Finn	1	9	0	0	11.11
NM Lyon*	not out	5	9	1	0	55.56

Extras 34 (b 1, lb 24, w 6, nb 3)

Total 481/10 (125.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
SCJ Broad	20.0	4	59	0	2.95
MA Wood	26.0	9	59	1	2.27
Ben Stokes	29.0	6	133	3	4.59
ST Finn	29.1	8	90	3	3.09
MM Ali	18.0	1	102	3	5.67
Joe Root	3.0	0	13	0	4.33

Fall of wickets

1-110 (CJL Rogers, 33.2)·2-161 (David Warner, 45.1)·3-186 (MJ Clarke, 54.4)·4-332 (AC Voges, 92.6)·5-343 (MR Marsh, 97.5)·6-376 (PM Nevill, 105.3)·7-376 (MG Johnson, 105.5)·8-467 (Steve Smith, 121.1)·9-475 (MA Starc, 122.6)·10-481 (PM Siddle, 125.1)

England

149 /10 (48.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
A Lyth	c MA Starc b PM Siddle	19	42	4	45.24
AN Cook	b NM Lyon	22	21	4	104.76
IR Bell	b PM Siddle	10	42	1	23.81
Joe Root	c PM Nevill b MR Marsh	6	39	1	15.38
JM Bairstow	c NM Lyon b MG Johnson	13	15	1	86.67
Ben Stokes	c PM Nevill b MR Marsh	15	25	2	60.00
JC Buttler	b NM Lyon	1	3	0	33.33
MM Ali	c PM Nevill b MG Johnson	30	61	6	49.18
SCJ Broad	c AC Voges b MR Marsh	0	4	0	0.00
MA Wood	c MA Starc b MG Johnson	24	41	6	58.54

Extras 9 (b 1, lb 7, nb 1)

Total 149/10 (48.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	8.0	3	18	0	2.25
MG Johnson	8.4	5	21	3	2.42
NM Lyon	10.0	2	40	2	4.00
PM Siddle	13.0	5	32	2	2.46
MR Marsh	9.0	2	30	3	3.33

Fall of wickets

1-30 (AN Cook, 7.1)·2-46 (A Lyth, 12.2)·3-60 (IR Bell, 23.3)·4-64 (Joe Root, 24.4)·5-83 (JM Bairstow, 28.3)·6-84 (JC Buttler, 29.2)·7-92 (Ben Stokes, 34.1)·8-92 (SCJ Broad, 34.5)·9-149 (MA Wood, 48.3)·10-149 (MM Ali, 48.4)

England

286 /10 (101.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
A Lyth	c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle	10	33	2	30.30
AN Cook	c AC Voges b Steve Smith	85	234	11	36.32
IR Bell	c MJ Clarke b MR Marsh	13	40	2	32.50
Joe Root	c MA Starc b MG Johnson	11	30	1	36.67
JM Bairstow	c AC Voges b NM Lyon	26	48	5	54.17
Ben Stokes	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	0	4	0	0.00
JC Buttler	c MA Starc b MR Marsh	42	107	4	39.25
MA Wood	lbw b PM Siddle	6	16	1	37.50
MM Ali	c PM Nevill b PM Siddle	35	57	6	61.40
SCJ Broad	b PM Siddle	11	28	1	39.29
ST Finn*	not out	9	14	1	64.29

Extras 38 (b 12, lb 18, w 7, nb 1)

Total 286/10 (101.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	16.0	2	65	1	4.06
MA Starc	16.0	4	40	0	2.50
NM Lyon	28.0	7	53	2	1.89
PM Siddle	24.4	12	35	4	1.42
MR Marsh	16.0	4	56	2	3.50
Steve Smith	1.0	0	7	1	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-19 (A Lyth, 12.1)·2-62 (IR Bell, 25.3)·3-99 (Joe Root, 36.5)·4-140 (JM Bairstow, 51.2)·5-140 (Ben Stokes, 51.6)·6-199 (AN Cook, 76.6)·7-221 (MA Wood, 83.5)·8-223 (JC Buttler, 86.2)·9-263 (SCJ Broad, 97.2)·10-286 (MM Ali, 101.4)