Men's Test · The Ashes · Match 3

England v Australia

26 Dec 2021 to 28 Dec 2021 · Melbourne Cricket Ground

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to field.
Player of the match: SM Boland

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
England (1)	185	65.1
Australia (2)	267	87.5
England (3)	68	27.4

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

England68 all out (27.4 ov)

England batting, innings 3
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
H Hameedcaught b SM Boland	caught b SM Boland	7	31	1	0	22.6
Z Crawleycaught b MA Starc	caught b MA Starc	5	16	1	0	31.3
DJ Malanlbw b MA Starc	lbw b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
JE Rootcaught b SM Boland	caught b SM Boland	28	59	4	0	47.5
MJ Leachb SM Boland	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
BA Stokesb MA Starc	b MA Starc	11	16	2	0	68.8
JM Bairstowlbw b SM Boland	lbw b SM Boland	5	18	0	0	27.8
JC Buttler*not out	not out	5	14	1	0	35.7
MA Woodc & b SM Boland	c & b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.0
OE Robinsoncaught b SM Boland	caught b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
JM Andersonb C Green	b C Green	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	5 (lb 5)
Total	68 all out (27.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Z Crawley, 4.4 ov), 2-7 (DJ Malan, 4.5 ov), 3-22 (H Hameed, 10.3 ov), 4-22 (MJ Leach, 10.5 ov), 5-46 (BA Stokes, 16.5 ov), 6-60 (JM Bairstow, 22.5 ov), 7-61 (JE Root, 24.4 ov), 8-65 (MA Wood, 26.1 ov), 9-65 (OE Robinson, 26.3 ov), 10-68 (JM Anderson, 27.4 ov)

Australia bowling, innings 3
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10	3	29	3	2.90
PJ Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.90
SM Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75
C Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Win probability

Win probability is modelled only for ODIs and T20Is. Tests can be drawn, so a two-outcome model does not fit them.