Result

Australia won by 5 wickets

Australia vs England

5th Test · Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales · Jan 03, 2026 · Ashes Series

ENG
England
384 (97.3) & 342 (88.2)
AUS
Australia
567-10 (133.5) & 161-5 (31.2)

England won the toss and elected to batting

Player of the Match

England 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley b Michael Neser 16 29 3 0 55.00
Ben Duckett c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 27 24 5 0 113.00
Jacob Bethell c Alex Carey b Scott Boland 10 23 2 0 43.00
Joe Root c & b Michael Neser 160 242 15 0 66.00
Harry Brook c Steven Smith b Scott Boland 84 97 6 1 87.00
Ben Stokes c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 0 11 0 0 0.00
Jamie Smith c Scott Boland b Marnus Labuschagne 46 76 6 1 61.00
Will Jacks c Cameron Green b Michael Neser 27 62 2 1 44.00
Brydon Carse c Alex Carey b Cameron Green 1 6 0 0 17.00
Matty Potts not out 1 16 0 0 6.00
Josh Tongue b Michael Neser 0 2 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 23.0 93 2 4.04
Michael Neser 18.3 60 4 3.24
Scott Boland 26.0 85 2 3.27
Cameron Green 18.0 85 1 4.72
Beau Webster 5.0 20 0 4.00
Travis Head 4.0 20 0 5.00
Marnus Labuschagne 3.0 14 1 4.67

Australia 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Travis Head b Jacob Bethell 163 166 24 1 98.00
Jake Weatherald b Ben Stokes 21 36 4 0 58.00
Marnus Labuschagne c Jacob Bethell b Ben Stokes 48 68 7 0 71.00
Michael Neser c Jamie Smith b Brydon Carse 24 90 4 0 27.00
Steven Smith c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue 138 220 16 1 63.00
Usman Khawaja b Brydon Carse 17 49 2 0 35.00
Alex Carey c Jacob Bethell b Josh Tongue 16 13 3 0 123.00
Cameron Green c Ben Duckett b Brydon Carse 37 64 3 1 58.00
Beau Webster not out 71 87 7 0 82.00
Mitchell Starc b Josh Tongue 5 14 0 0 36.00
Scott Boland c Harry Brook b Will Jacks 0 1 0 0 0.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Brydon Carse 27.0 130 3 4.81
Matty Potts 25.0 141 0 5.64
Josh Tongue 30.0 97 3 3.23
Ben Stokes 27.4 95 2 3.43
Will Jacks 8.5 34 1 3.85
Jacob Bethell 15.2 52 1 3.39

England 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley b Mitchell Starc 1 2 0 0 50.00
Ben Duckett b Michael Neser 42 55 6 0 76.00
Jacob Bethell c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 154 265 15 0 58.00
Joe Root b Scott Boland 6 37 1 0 16.00
Harry Brook b Beau Webster 42 48 5 0 88.00
Will Jacks c Cameron Green b Beau Webster 0 2 0 0 0.00
Jamie Smith run out Marnus Labuschagne 26 41 3 0 63.00
Ben Stokes c Steven Smith b Beau Webster 1 5 0 0 20.00
Brydon Carse c Steven Smith b Scott Boland 16 20 3 0 80.00
Matty Potts not out 18 43 3 0 42.00
Josh Tongue c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc 6 14 1 0 43.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 18.2 72 3 3.93
Scott Boland 25.0 46 2 1.84
Michael Neser 16.0 55 1 3.44
Cameron Green 6.0 40 0 6.67
Beau Webster 16.0 64 3 4.00
Travis Head 4.0 25 0 6.25
Marnus Labuschagne 3.0 15 0 5.00

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Travis Head c Brydon Carse b Josh Tongue 29 35 4 0 83.00
Jake Weatherald c Matty Potts b Josh Tongue 34 40 5 0 85.00
Marnus Labuschagne run out Jamie Smith 37 40 4 1 93.00
Steven Smith b Will Jacks 12 12 1 0 100.00
Usman Khawaja b Josh Tongue 6 7 1 0 86.00
Alex Carey not out 16 27 1 0 59.00
Cameron Green not out 22 27 3 0 81.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Brydon Carse 8.0 51 0 6.38
Josh Tongue 11.0 42 3 3.82
Jacob Bethell 3.0 16 0 5.33
Will Jacks 6.2 42 1 6.63
Joe Root 3.0 6 0 2.00

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground
Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Innings

  • England — 1st Innings 384 (97.3)
  • Australia — 1st Innings 567-10 (133.5)
  • England — 2nd Innings 342 (88.2)
  • Australia — 2nd Innings 161-5 (31.2)

Awards

Player of the match: Travis Head