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Thu 25 Dec 2025 - Mon 29 Dec 2025Men's International Test Match Series - 4th Test - Day 2 of 5

England win by 4 wickets

Australia 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Head,bowled Atkinson Head, bowled Atkinson	12	22	17	2	0	28	54.55
Weatherald,caught Smith, bowled Tongue Weatherald, caught Smith, bowled Tongue	10	23	18	1	0	46	43.48
Labuschagne,caught Root, bowled Tongue Labuschagne, caught Root, bowled Tongue	6	19	16	0	0	28	31.58
Smith,bowled Tongue Smith, bowled Tongue	9	31	28	2	0	46	29.03
Khawaja,caught Smith, bowled Atkinson Khawaja, caught Smith, bowled Atkinson	29	52	37	2	0	78	55.77
Carey,caught Crawley, bowled Stokes Carey, caught Crawley, bowled Stokes	20	35	22	0	0	55	57.14
Green,run out Carse Green, run out Carse	17	34	26	2	0	60	50.00
Neser,bowled Tongue Neser, bowled Tongue	35	49	37	7	0	65	71.43
Starc,caught Stokes, bowled Carse Starc, caught Stokes, bowled Carse	1	6	5	0	0	12	16.67
Richardson,not out Richardson, not out	0	1	1	0	0	4	0.00
Boland,caught Brook, bowled Tongue Boland, caught Brook, bowled Tongue	0	1	1	0	0	1	0.00
Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 8, total 13 Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 8, total 13
Total,152 all out 45.2 overs Total,152 all out 45.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Atkinson	14.0	4	28	2	69	0	0	1	0	2.00
Carse	12.0	3	42	1	53	1	0	5	0	3.50
Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	50	0	0	7	0	3.97
Stokes	8.0	1	25	1	35	0	0	3	0	3.12

Fall of wicket	Batter
27 for 1 (6.1 overs)	Head
31 for 2 (9.2 overs)	Weatherald
34 for 3 (11.5 overs)	Labuschagne
51 for 4 (19.2 overs)	Smith
89 for 5 (28.5 overs)	Khawaja
91 for 6 (31.2 overs)	Carey
143 for 7 (42.1 overs)	Green
152 for 8 (44.5 overs)	Starc
152 for 9 (45.1 overs)	Neser
152 for 10 (45.2 overs)	Boland

England 1st Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Crawley,caught Smith, bowled Starc Crawley, caught Smith, bowled Starc	5	14	11	0	0	24	35.71
Duckett,caught Neser, bowled Starc Duckett, caught Neser, bowled Starc	2	5	4	0	0	12	40.00
Bethell,caught Carey, bowled Neser Bethell, caught Carey, bowled Neser	1	5	4	0	0	5	20.00
Root,caught Carey, bowled Neser Root, caught Carey, bowled Neser	0	15	15	0	0	21	0.00
Brook,leg before wicket, bowled Boland Brook, leg before wicket, bowled Boland	41	34	16	2	2	59	120.59
Stokes,caught Smith, bowled Neser Stokes, caught Smith, bowled Neser	16	38	31	1	0	67	42.11
Smith,bowled Boland Smith, bowled Boland	2	3	2	0	0	7	66.67
Jacks,caught Carey, bowled Boland Jacks, caught Carey, bowled Boland	5	10	7	0	0	10	50.00
Atkinson,bowled Green Atkinson, bowled Green	28	35	24	3	1	45	80.00
Carse,caught Boland, bowled Neser Carse, caught Boland, bowled Neser	4	12	9	0	0	12	33.33
Tongue,not out Tongue, not out	1	9	8	0	0	27	11.11
Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 5 Extras, no balls 1, wides 0, byes 0, leg byes 4, total 5
Total,110 all out 29.5 overs Total,110 all out 29.5 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Starc	6.0	0	23	2	26	0	0	1	1	3.83
Neser	10.0	1	45	4	41	0	0	4	1	4.50
Boland	9.0	1	30	3	39	0	0	1	1	3.33
Richardson	4.0	1	8	0	19	1	0	0	0	2.00
Green	0.5	0	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0.00

Fall of wicket	Batter
7 for 1 (2.3 overs)	Duckett
8 for 2 (3.4 overs)	Bethell
8 for 3 (4.2 overs)	Crawley
16 for 4 (7.6 overs)	Root
66 for 5 (16.5 overs)	Brook
68 for 6 (18.2 overs)	Smith
77 for 7 (20.2 overs)	Jacks
83 for 8 (21.1 overs)	Stokes
91 for 9 (23.6 overs)	Carse
110 for 10 (29.5 overs)	Atkinson

Australia 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Boland,caught Smith, bowled Atkinson Boland, caught Smith, bowled Atkinson	6	17	15	1	0	27	35.29
Head,bowled Carse Head, bowled Carse	46	67	46	4	0	101	68.66
Weatherald,bowled Stokes Weatherald, bowled Stokes	5	15	12	0	0	21	33.33
Labuschagne,caught Root, bowled Tongue Labuschagne, caught Root, bowled Tongue	8	18	14	1	0	30	44.44
Smith,not out Smith, not out	24	39	24	1	0	89	61.54
Khawaja,caught substitute, bowled Tongue Khawaja, caught substitute, bowled Tongue	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Carey,caught Brook, bowled Carse Carey, caught Brook, bowled Carse	4	6	5	1	0	6	66.67
Green,caught Brook, bowled Stokes Green, caught Brook, bowled Stokes	19	29	21	3	0	38	65.52
Neser,caught and bowled Carse Neser, caught and bowled Carse	0	5	5	0	0	5	0.00
Starc,caught Root, bowled Carse Starc, caught Root, bowled Carse	0	2	2	0	0	2	0.00
Richardson,caught Crawley, bowled Stokes Richardson, caught Crawley, bowled Stokes	7	10	8	1	0	12	70.00
Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 13 Extras, no balls 3, wides 0, byes 4, leg byes 6, total 13
Total,132 all out 34.3 overs Total,132 all out 34.3 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Atkinson	5.0	1	20	1	22	0	0	2	0	4.00
Carse	11.0	3	34	4	49	1	0	3	0	3.09
Tongue	11.0	2	44	2	48	2	0	4	0	4.00
Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	33	0	0	3	0	3.20

Fall of wicket	Batter
22 for 1 (6.1 overs)	Boland
40 for 2 (10.5 overs)	Weatherald
61 for 3 (17.1 overs)	Labuschagne
82 for 4 (20.6 overs)	Head
83 for 5 (21.3 overs)	Khawaja
88 for 6 (22.5 overs)	Carey
119 for 7 (30.5 overs)	Green
120 for 8 (31.5 overs)	Neser
121 for 9 (31.6 overs)	Starc
132 for 10 (34.3 overs)	Richardson

England 2nd Innings

Batter	Runs	Balls	Dots	4s	6s	Minutes	Strike Rate
Crawley,leg before wicket, bowled Boland Crawley, leg before wicket, bowled Boland	37	48	30	3	1	95	77.08
Duckett,bowled Starc Duckett, bowled Starc	34	26	15	4	1	35	130.77
Carse,caught Green, bowled Richardson Carse, caught Green, bowled Richardson	6	8	3	0	0	14	75.00
Bethell,caught Khawaja, bowled Boland Bethell, caught Khawaja, bowled Boland	40	46	24	5	0	75	86.96
Root,leg before wicket, bowled Richardson Root, leg before wicket, bowled Richardson	15	38	27	0	0	49	39.47
Brook,not out Brook, not out	18	22	14	3	0	43	81.82
Stokes,caught Carey, bowled Starc Stokes, caught Carey, bowled Starc	2	9	8	0	0	14	22.22
Smith,not out Smith, not out	3	2	1	0	0	6	150.00
Extras, no balls 5, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 10, total 23 Extras, no balls 5, wides 0, byes 8, leg byes 10, total 23
Total,178 for 6 32.2 overs Total,178 for 6 32.2 overs

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Dots	No balls	Wides	4s	6s	Economy rate
Starc	10.0	0	55	2	35	1	0	6	0	5.50
Neser	8.0	1	54	0	25	0	0	5	2	6.75
Richardson	5.2	1	22	2	22	4	0	2	0	4.12
Boland	9.0	0	29	2	36	0	0	2	0	3.22

Fall of wicket	Batter
51 for 1 (6.6 overs)	Duckett
65 for 2 (9.5 overs)	Carse
112 for 3 (18.4 overs)	Crawley
137 for 4 (24.3 overs)	Bethell
158 for 5 (28.4 overs)	Root
165 for 6 (31.2 overs)	Stokes

home team, Australia

Travis Head
Jake Weatherald
Marnus Labuschagne
Steve Smith , Captain
Usman Khawaja
Alex Carey , Wicket Keeper
Cameron Green
Michael Neser
Mitchell Starc
Jhye Richardson
Scott Boland

away team, England

Zak Crawley
Ben Duckett
Jacob Bethell
Joe Root
Harry Brook
Ben Stokes , Captain
Jamie Smith , Wicket Keeper
Will Jacks
Gus Atkinson
Brydon Carse
Josh Tongue

home team, Australia

Travis Head
Jake Weatherald
Marnus Labuschagne
Steve Smith , Captain
Usman Khawaja
Alex Carey , Wicket Keeper
Cameron Green
Michael Neser
Mitchell Starc
Jhye Richardson
Scott Boland

Start Time:: 23:30
Toss:: England won the toss and decided to field
Venue:: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Officials:: Chris Gaffaney, Kumar Dharmasena, Ahsan Raza, Jeff Crowe, Phillip Gillespie