Australia v England 2nd Test

England in Australia - 2021 (2021/22) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 16 December 2021

Australia won by 275 runs

Australia won by 275 runs. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 103 for Australia. Jhye Richardson took 5/42.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England in Australia - 2021 (2021/22)
Ground: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Dates: 16 December 2021 to 20 December 2021
Toss: Australia, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 275 runs
Player of the match: Marnus Labuschagne
Captains: Steven Smith (Australia), Joe Root (England)
Debut: Michael Neser (Australia)
Umpires: P Wilson and RJ Tucker
Match referee: DC Boon

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. It was Michael Neser's first Test.

Australia batted first and made 473 for 9 declared. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 103 off 305 balls, and David Warner made 95. Ben Stokes took 3 for 113 for England. The innings was built on a 172-run stand for the second wicket between David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne.

England replied with 236 all out. Dawid Malan top-scored with 80 off 157 balls, and Joe Root made 62. Mitchell Starc took 4 for 37 for Australia. The innings was built on a 138-run stand for the third wicket between Dawid Malan and Joe Root, 58% of the total. Australia led by 237 on first innings.

Australia made 230 for 9 declared in their second innings. Marnus Labuschagne top-scored with 51 off 96 balls, and Travis Head made 51.

Set 468 to win, England made 192 all out. Chris Woakes top-scored with 44 off 97 balls. Jhye Richardson took 5 for 42 for Australia.

Australia won by 275 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 473 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
Marcus Harris	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	3	28
David Warner	c Stuart Broad b Ben Stokes	95	167
Marnus Labuschagne	lbw b Ollie Robinson	103	305
Steven Smith	lbw b James Anderson	93	201
Travis Head	b Joe Root	18	36
Cameron Green	b Ben Stokes	2	5
Alex Carey	c Haseeb Hameed b James Anderson	51	107
Mitchell Starc	not out	39	39
Michael Neser	c Stuart Broad b Ben Stokes	35	24
Jhye Richardson	c Jos Buttler b Chris Woakes	9	3

Did not bat: Nathan Lyon

Extras 25 · Total 473 for 9 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	29	10	58	2
Stuart Broad	26	6	73	1
Chris Woakes	23.4	6	103	1
Ollie Robinson	27	13	45	1
Ben Stokes	25	2	113	3
Joe Root	20	2	72	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Marcus Harris, 7.3 ov), 2-176 (David Warner, 64.2 ov), 3-241 (Marnus Labuschagne, 97.5 ov), 4-291 (Travis Head, 110.3 ov), 5-294 (Cameron Green, 111.3 ov), 6-385 (Steven Smith, 138.6 ov), 7-390 (Alex Carey, 140.4 ov), 8-448 (Michael Neser, 149.1 ov), 9-473 (Jhye Richardson, 150.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	David Warner (0) and Marcus Harris (3)	4	46
second	David Warner (95) and Marnus Labuschagne (70)	172	345
third	Steven Smith (27) and Marnus Labuschagne (33)	65	204
fourth	Steven Smith (25) and Travis Head (18)	50	78
fifth	Steven Smith (1) and Cameron Green (2)	3	6
sixth	Steven Smith (40) and Alex Carey (49)	91	166
seventh	Mitchell Starc (3) and Alex Carey (2)	5	10
eighth	Mitchell Starc (21) and Michael Neser (35)	58	51
ninth	Mitchell Starc (15) and Jhye Richardson (9)	25	9

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 236 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Haseeb Hameed	c Mitchell Starc b Michael Neser	6	21
Rory Burns	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	4	3
Dawid Malan	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	80	157
Joe Root	c Steven Smith b Cameron Green	62	116
Ben Stokes	b Cameron Green	34	98
Ollie Pope	c Marnus Labuschagne b Nathan Lyon	5	19
Jos Buttler	c David Warner b Mitchell Starc	0	15
Chris Woakes	b Nathan Lyon	24	40
Ollie Robinson	lbw b Nathan Lyon	0	7
Stuart Broad	c Travis Head b Mitchell Starc	9	17
James Anderson	not out	5	13

Extras 7 · Total 236 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	16.1	6	37	4
Jhye Richardson	19	4	78	0
Michael Neser	11	0	33	1
Nathan Lyon	28	11	58	3
Cameron Green	10	3	24	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-7 (Rory Burns, 2.1 ov), 2-12 (Haseeb Hameed, 6.2 ov), 3-150 (Joe Root, 45.4 ov), 4-157 (Dawid Malan, 51.5 ov), 5-164 (Ollie Pope, 56.6 ov), 6-169 (Jos Buttler, 61.5 ov), 7-202 (Chris Woakes, 74.5 ov), 8-204 (Ollie Robinson, 76.4 ov), 9-220 (Ben Stokes, 79.3 ov), 10-236 (Stuart Broad, 84.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (4) and Haseeb Hameed (3)	7	13
second	Dawid Malan (1) and Haseeb Hameed (3)	5	25
third	Dawid Malan (72) and Joe Root (62)	138	237
fourth	Dawid Malan (7) and Ben Stokes (0)	7	37
fifth	Ben Stokes (2) and Ollie Pope (5)	7	31
sixth	Jos Buttler (0) and Ben Stokes (5)	5	29
seventh	Chris Woakes (24) and Ben Stokes (9)	33	78
eighth	Ben Stokes (2) and Ollie Robinson (0)	2	11
ninth	Stuart Broad (0) and Ben Stokes (16)	16	17
tenth	James Anderson (5) and Stuart Broad (9)	16	28

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 230 FOR 9 DECLARED

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	run out (Stuart Broad, Jos Buttler)	13	38
Marcus Harris	c Jos Buttler b Stuart Broad	23	66
Michael Neser	b James Anderson	3	13
Marnus Labuschagne	c Ben Stokes b Dawid Malan	51	96
Steven Smith	c Jos Buttler b Ollie Robinson	6	31
Travis Head	c Ben Stokes b Ollie Robinson	51	54
Cameron Green	not out	33	43
Alex Carey	b Joe Root	6	6
Mitchell Starc	c Ollie Pope b Joe Root	19	20
Jhye Richardson	c Jos Buttler b Dawid Malan	8	4

Did not bat: Nathan Lyon

Extras 17 · Total 230 for 9 declared

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	10	6	8	1
Stuart Broad	10	3	27	1
Ollie Robinson	15	2	54	2
Chris Woakes	12	3	46	0
Joe Root	6	1	27	2
Ben Stokes	2	0	24	0
Dawid Malan	6	0	33	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-41 (David Warner, 13.6 ov), 2-48 (Michael Neser, 18.6 ov), 3-48 (Marcus Harris, 19.2 ov), 4-55 (Steven Smith, 28.6 ov), 5-144 (Travis Head, 45.6 ov), 6-173 (Marnus Labuschagne, 52.3 ov), 7-180 (Alex Carey, 53.6 ov), 8-216 (Mitchell Starc, 59.3 ov), 9-230 (Jhye Richardson, 60.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	David Warner (13) and Marcus Harris (21)	41	85
second	Michael Neser (3) and Marcus Harris (2)	7	30
third	Marcus Harris (0) and Marnus Labuschagne (0)	0	2
fourth	Steven Smith (6) and Marnus Labuschagne (1)	7	58
fifth	Travis Head (51) and Marnus Labuschagne (34)	89	105
sixth	Marnus Labuschagne (16) and Cameron Green (12)	29	40
seventh	Alex Carey (6) and Cameron Green (1)	7	9
eighth	Mitchell Starc (19) and Cameron Green (14)	36	33
ninth	Jhye Richardson (8) and Cameron Green (6)	14	9

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 192 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	c Steven Smith b Jhye Richardson	34	95
Haseeb Hameed	c Alex Carey b Jhye Richardson	0	6
Dawid Malan	lbw b Michael Neser	20	52
Joe Root	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	24	67
Ben Stokes	lbw b Nathan Lyon	12	77
Ollie Pope	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	4	7
Jos Buttler	hit wicket b Jhye Richardson	26	207
Chris Woakes	b Jhye Richardson	44	97
Ollie Robinson	c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon	8	39
Stuart Broad	not out	9	31
James Anderson	c Cameron Green b Jhye Richardson	2	5

Extras 9 · Total 192 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	27	10	43	2
Jhye Richardson	19.1	9	42	5
Nathan Lyon	39	16	55	2
Michael Neser	13	5	28	1
Cameron Green	9	5	9	0
Marnus Labuschagne	4	2	10	0
Steven Smith	1	1	0	0
Travis Head	1	1	0	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Haseeb Hameed, 1.6 ov), 2-48 (Dawid Malan, 21.1 ov), 3-70 (Rory Burns, 30.6 ov), 4-82 (Joe Root, 43.2 ov), 5-86 (Ollie Pope, 45.3 ov), 6-105 (Ben Stokes, 56.4 ov), 7-166 (Chris Woakes, 87.6 ov), 8-178 (Ollie Robinson, 102.2 ov), 9-182 (Jos Buttler, 109.6 ov), 10-192 (James Anderson, 113.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (4) and Haseeb Hameed (0)	4	12
second	Dawid Malan (20) and Rory Burns (24)	44	115
third	Joe Root (15) and Rory Burns (6)	22	59
fourth	Joe Root (9) and Ben Stokes (3)	12	74
fifth	Ben Stokes (0) and Ollie Pope (4)	4	13
sixth	Jos Buttler (9) and Ben Stokes (9)	19	68
seventh	Chris Woakes (44) and Jos Buttler (14)	61	190
eighth	Jos Buttler (2) and Ollie Robinson (8)	12	87
ninth	Stuart Broad (1) and Jos Buttler (1)	4	46
tenth	James Anderson (2) and Stuart Broad (8)	10	19

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