England v Australia 2nd Investec Test

Australia tour of England and Ireland - 2015 (2015) · Lord's, London · 16 July 2015

Australia won by 405 runs

Australia won by 405 runs. Steven Smith top-scored with 215 for Australia. Stuart Broad took 4/83.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: Australia tour of England and Ireland - 2015 (2015)
Ground: Lord's, London
Dates: 16 July 2015 to 19 July 2015
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 405 runs
Player of the match: Steven Smith
Captains: Michael Clarke (Australia), Alastair Cook (England)
Debut: Peter Nevill (Australia)
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and M Erasmus
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. It was Peter Nevill's first Test.

Australia batted first and made 566 for 8 declared. Steven Smith top-scored with 215 off 346 balls, and Chris Rogers made 173. Stuart Broad took 4 for 83 for England. The innings was built on a 284-run stand for the second wicket between Chris Rogers and Steven Smith, 50% of the total. That was well above the 2010s average first-innings total at Lord's, 338 across 21 Tests.

England replied with 312 all out. Alastair Cook top-scored with 96 off 233 balls, and Ben Stokes made 87. Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 53 for Australia. The innings was built on a 145-run stand for the fifth wicket between Alastair Cook and Ben Stokes, 46% of the total. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 30 runs, to 30 for 4. Australia led by 254 on first innings.

Australia made 254 for 2 declared in their second innings. David Warner top-scored with 83 off 116 balls, and Steven Smith made 58. The innings was built on a 114-run stand for the first wicket between Chris Rogers and David Warner, 45% of the total.

Set 509 to win, England made 103 all out. Stuart Broad top-scored with 25 off 17 balls. Mitchell Johnson took 3 for 27 for Australia. From 42 for 3 they lost 4 wickets for 22 runs, to 64 for 7.

Australia won by 405 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 566 FOR 8 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Rogers	b Stuart Broad	173	300
David Warner	c James Anderson b Moeen Ali	38	42
Steven Smith	lbw b Joe Root	215	346
Michael Clarke	c Gary Ballance b Mark Wood	7	32
Adam Voges	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	25	47
Mitchell Marsh	b Stuart Broad	12	15
Peter Nevill	c Moeen Ali b Joe Root	45	59
Mitchell Johnson	c James Anderson b Stuart Broad	15	33
Mitchell Starc	not out	12	21

Did not bat: Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

Extras 24 · Total 566 for 8 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	26	4	99	0
Stuart Broad	27	5	83	4
Mark Wood	28	7	92	1
Moeen Ali	36	4	138	1
Ben Stokes	19	2	77	0
Joe Root	12	0	55	2
Adam Lyth	1	1	0	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-78 (David Warner, 14.6 ov), 2-362 (Chris Rogers, 95.4 ov), 3-383 (Michael Clarke, 106.5 ov), 4-426 (Adam Voges, 119.3 ov), 5-442 (Mitchell Marsh, 123.3 ov), 6-533 (Steven Smith, 139.4 ov), 7-536 (Peter Nevill, 141.3 ov), 8-566 (Mitchell Johnson, 148.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Rogers (35) and David Warner (38)	78	91
second	Chris Rogers (138) and Steven Smith (139)	284	484
third	Michael Clarke (7) and Steven Smith (12)	21	67
fourth	Adam Voges (25) and Steven Smith (18)	43	76
fifth	Steven Smith (4) and Mitchell Marsh (12)	16	24
sixth	Peter Nevill (44) and Steven Smith (42)	91	97
seventh	Mitchell Johnson (2) and Peter Nevill (1)	3	11
eighth	Mitchell Johnson (13) and Mitchell Starc (12)	30	45

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 312 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Adam Lyth	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Starc	0	2
Alastair Cook	b Mitchell Marsh	96	233
Gary Ballance	b Mitchell Johnson	23	31
Ian Bell	b Josh Hazlewood	1	2
Joe Root	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Johnson	1	4
Ben Stokes	b Mitchell Marsh	87	128
Jos Buttler	c Peter Nevill b Nathan Lyon	13	26
Moeen Ali	lbw b Josh Hazlewood	39	57
Stuart Broad	c Shaun Marsh b Mitchell Johnson	21	45
Mark Wood	b Josh Hazlewood	4	7
James Anderson	not out	6	7

Extras 21 · Total 312 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	22	1	86	1
Josh Hazlewood	22	2	68	3
Mitchell Johnson	20.1	8	53	3
Nathan Lyon	16	1	53	1
Mitchell Marsh	8	3	23	2
Steven Smith	2	0	9	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Adam Lyth, 0.2 ov), 2-28 (Gary Ballance, 8.3 ov), 3-29 (Ian Bell, 9.1 ov), 4-30 (Joe Root, 10.3 ov), 5-175 (Ben Stokes, 54.1 ov), 6-210 (Jos Buttler, 65.1 ov), 7-266 (Alastair Cook, 78.2 ov), 8-294 (Moeen Ali, 85.4 ov), 9-306 (Mark Wood, 87.5 ov), 10-312 (Stuart Broad, 90.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (0) and Adam Lyth (0)	0	2
second	Alastair Cook (5) and Gary Ballance (23)	28	49
third	Ian Bell (1) and Alastair Cook (0)	1	4
fourth	Alastair Cook (0) and Joe Root (1)	1	8
fifth	Alastair Cook (50) and Ben Stokes (87)	145	263
sixth	Alastair Cook (21) and Jos Buttler (13)	35	66
seventh	Alastair Cook (20) and Moeen Ali (28)	56	79
eighth	Moeen Ali (11) and Stuart Broad (13)	28	44
ninth	Stuart Broad (8) and Mark Wood (4)	12	13
tenth	James Anderson (6) and Stuart Broad (0)	6	14

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 254 FOR 2 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Chris Rogers	retired not out	49	77
David Warner	c Alastair Cook b Moeen Ali	83	116
Steven Smith	b Moeen Ali	58	48
Michael Clarke	not out	32	34
Mitchell Marsh	not out	27	19

Did not bat: Adam Voges, Peter Nevill, Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon

Extras 5 · Total 254 for 2 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	7	0	38	0
Stuart Broad	8	2	42	0
Moeen Ali	16	0	78	2
Mark Wood	10	3	39	0
Ben Stokes	3	0	20	0
Joe Root	5	0	32	0

FALL OF WICKETS

0-114 (Chris Rogers), 1-165 (David Warner, 36.2 ov), 2-210 (Steven Smith, 42.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Chris Rogers (49) and David Warner (60)	114	168
second	David Warner (23) and Steven Smith (28)	51	50
third	Michael Clarke (15) and Steven Smith (30)	45	39
fourth	Michael Clarke (17) and Mitchell Marsh (27)	44	37

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 103 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Adam Lyth	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Starc	7	16
Alastair Cook	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Johnson	11	31
Gary Ballance	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Marsh	14	33
Ian Bell	c Shaun Marsh b Nathan Lyon	11	50
Joe Root	b Josh Hazlewood	17	44
Ben Stokes	run out (Mitchell Johnson)	0	3
Jos Buttler	c Peter Nevill b Mitchell Johnson	11	9
Moeen Ali	c Shaun Marsh b Mitchell Johnson	0	4
Stuart Broad	c Adam Voges b Nathan Lyon	25	17
Mark Wood	not out	2	10
James Anderson	b Josh Hazlewood	0	5

Extras 5 · Total 103 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	7	3	16	1
Josh Hazlewood	8	2	20	2
Mitchell Johnson	10	3	27	3
Mitchell Marsh	3	2	8	1
Nathan Lyon	9	3	27	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-12 (Adam Lyth, 4.3 ov), 2-23 (Alastair Cook, 8.4 ov), 3-42 (Gary Ballance, 16.1 ov), 4-48 (Ian Bell, 25.3 ov), 5-52 (Ben Stokes, 26.2 ov), 6-64 (Jos Buttler, 28.1 ov), 7-64 (Moeen Ali, 28.5 ov), 8-101 (Stuart Broad, 33.6 ov), 9-101 (Joe Root, 34.3 ov), 10-103 (James Anderson, 36.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alastair Cook (5) and Adam Lyth (7)	12	27
second	Alastair Cook (6) and Gary Ballance (5)	11	25
third	Ian Bell (10) and Gary Ballance (9)	19	45
fourth	Ian Bell (1) and Joe Root (4)	6	56
fifth	Joe Root (0) and Ben Stokes (0)	4	5
sixth	Joe Root (1) and Jos Buttler (11)	12	11
seventh	Moeen Ali (0) and Joe Root (0)	0	4
eighth	Stuart Broad (25) and Joe Root (12)	37	31
ninth	Joe Root (0) and Mark Wood (0)	0	3
tenth	James Anderson (0) and Mark Wood (2)	2	15

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