England v Australia 2nd Test

The Ashes - 2023 (2023) · Lord's, London · 28 June 2023

Australia won by 43 runs

Australia won by 43 runs. Ben Stokes top-scored with 155 for England. Stuart Broad took 4/65.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: The Ashes - 2023 (2023)
Ground: Lord's, London
Dates: 28 June 2023 to 2 July 2023
Toss: England, chose to field
Result: Australia won by 43 runs
Player of the match: Steven Smith
Captains: Pat Cummins (Australia), Ben Stokes (England)
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and CB Gaffaney
Match referee: AJ Pycroft

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to field.

Australia batted first and made 416 all out. Steven Smith top-scored with 110 off 184 balls, and Travis Head made 77. Josh Tongue took 3 for 98 for England. The innings was built on a 118-run stand for the fourth wicket between Steven Smith and Travis Head. That was well above the 2020s average first-innings total at Lord's, 271 across 6 Tests.

England replied with 325 all out. Ben Duckett top-scored with 98 off 134 balls, and Harry Brook made 50. Mitchell Starc took 3 for 88 for Australia. Australia led by 91 on first innings.

Australia made 279 all out in their second innings. Usman Khawaja top-scored with 77 off 187 balls. Stuart Broad took 4 for 65 for England.

Set 371 to win, England made 327 all out. Ben Stokes top-scored with 155 off 214 balls, and Ben Duckett made 83. Pat Cummins took 3 for 69 for Australia. The innings was built on a 132-run stand for the fifth wicket between Ben Stokes and Ben Duckett, 40% of the total.

Australia won by 43 runs.

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 416 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	b Josh Tongue	66	88
Usman Khawaja	b Josh Tongue	17	70
Marnus Labuschagne	c Jonny Bairstow b Ollie Robinson	47	93
Steven Smith	c Ben Duckett b Josh Tongue	110	184
Travis Head	st Jonny Bairstow b Joe Root	77	73
Cameron Green	c James Anderson b Joe Root	0	3
Alex Carey	lbw b Stuart Broad	22	43
Mitchell Starc	c Jonny Bairstow b James Anderson	6	10
Pat Cummins	not out	22	33
Nathan Lyon	c Josh Tongue b Ollie Robinson	7	13
Josh Hazlewood	c Joe Root b Ollie Robinson	4	6

Extras 38 · Total 416 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	20	5	53	1
Stuart Broad	23	4	99	1
Ollie Robinson	24.4	3	100	3
Josh Tongue	22	3	98	3
Ben Stokes	3	1	21	0
Joe Root	8	1	19	2

FALL OF WICKETS

1-73 (Usman Khawaja, 23.1 ov), 2-96 (David Warner, 29.5 ov), 3-198 (Marnus Labuschagne, 54.2 ov), 4-316 (Travis Head, 74.2 ov), 5-316 (Cameron Green, 74.5 ov), 6-351 (Alex Carey, 84.5 ov), 7-358 (Mitchell Starc, 87.3 ov), 8-393 (Steven Smith, 95.2 ov), 9-408 (Nathan Lyon, 98.4 ov), 10-416 (Josh Hazlewood, 100.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (17) and David Warner (53)	73	140
second	David Warner (13) and Marnus Labuschagne (5)	23	40
third	Steven Smith (43) and Marnus Labuschagne (42)	102	155
fourth	Steven Smith (31) and Travis Head (77)	118	122
fifth	Steven Smith (0) and Cameron Green (0)	0	3
sixth	Steven Smith (12) and Alex Carey (22)	35	61
seventh	Steven Smith (1) and Mitchell Starc (6)	7	16
eighth	Steven Smith (23) and Pat Cummins (11)	35	47
ninth	Nathan Lyon (7) and Pat Cummins (7)	15	20
tenth	Josh Hazlewood (4) and Pat Cummins (4)	8	12

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 325 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Zak Crawley	st Alex Carey b Nathan Lyon	48	48
Ben Duckett	c David Warner b Josh Hazlewood	98	134
Ollie Pope	c Steven Smith b Cameron Green	42	63
Joe Root	c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc	10	19
Harry Brook	c Pat Cummins b Mitchell Starc	50	68
Ben Stokes	c Cameron Green b Mitchell Starc	17	58
Jonny Bairstow	c Pat Cummins b Josh Hazlewood	16	36
Stuart Broad	lbw b Travis Head	12	24
Ollie Robinson	c Alex Carey b Travis Head	9	10
Josh Tongue	c Matt Renshaw b Pat Cummins	1	4
James Anderson	not out	0	1

Extras 22 · Total 325 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	17	0	88	3
Pat Cummins	16.2	2	46	1
Josh Hazlewood	13	1	71	2
Nathan Lyon	13	1	35	1
Cameron Green	9	0	54	1
Travis Head	7	1	17	2
Steven Smith	1	0	1	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-91 (Zak Crawley, 17.5 ov), 2-188 (Ollie Pope, 38.1 ov), 3-208 (Ben Duckett, 42.2 ov), 4-222 (Joe Root, 45.3 ov), 5-279 (Ben Stokes, 61.2 ov), 6-293 (Harry Brook, 67.4 ov), 7-311 (Jonny Bairstow, 72.2 ov), 8-324 (Ollie Robinson, 75.1 ov), 9-325 (Stuart Broad, 75.5 ov), 10-325 (Josh Tongue, 76.2 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Ben Duckett (41) and Zak Crawley (48)	91	107
second	Ben Duckett (49) and Ollie Pope (42)	97	126
third	Joe Root (7) and Ben Duckett (8)	20	26
fourth	Joe Root (3) and Harry Brook (11)	14	19
fifth	Ben Stokes (17) and Harry Brook (35)	57	96
sixth	Jonny Bairstow (9) and Harry Brook (4)	14	38
seventh	Stuart Broad (8) and Jonny Bairstow (7)	18	29
eighth	Stuart Broad (4) and Ollie Robinson (9)	13	17
ninth	Stuart Broad (0) and Josh Tongue (1)	1	4
tenth	James Anderson (0) and Josh Tongue (0)	0	3

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 279 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Usman Khawaja	c Matthew Potts b Stuart Broad	77	187
David Warner	lbw b Josh Tongue	25	76
Marnus Labuschagne	c Harry Brook b James Anderson	30	51
Steven Smith	c Zak Crawley b Josh Tongue	34	62
Travis Head	c Joe Root b Stuart Broad	7	16
Cameron Green	c Ben Duckett b Ollie Robinson	18	67
Alex Carey	c Joe Root b Ollie Robinson	21	73
Mitchell Starc	not out	15	40
Pat Cummins	c Ben Duckett b Stuart Broad	11	29
Josh Hazlewood	c Joe Root b Ben Stokes	1	3
Nathan Lyon	c Ben Stokes b Stuart Broad	4	13

Extras 36 · Total 279 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
James Anderson	19	4	64	1
Stuart Broad	24.5	8	65	4
Josh Tongue	20	4	53	2
Ollie Robinson	26	11	48	2
Ben Stokes	12	1	26	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-63 (David Warner, 24.1 ov), 2-123 (Marnus Labuschagne, 40.1 ov), 3-187 (Usman Khawaja, 61.6 ov), 4-190 (Steven Smith, 62.4 ov), 5-197 (Travis Head, 67.3 ov), 6-239 (Cameron Green, 87.3 ov), 7-242 (Alex Carey, 89.1 ov), 8-261 (Pat Cummins, 95.2 ov), 9-264 (Josh Hazlewood, 96.4 ov), 10-279 (Nathan Lyon, 101.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Usman Khawaja (35) and David Warner (25)	63	145
second	Usman Khawaja (22) and Marnus Labuschagne (30)	60	96
third	Usman Khawaja (20) and Steven Smith (33)	64	132
fourth	Steven Smith (1) and Travis Head (1)	3	4
fifth	Travis Head (6) and Cameron Green (0)	7	29
sixth	Alex Carey (20) and Cameron Green (18)	42	123
seventh	Mitchell Starc (2) and Alex Carey (1)	3	10
eighth	Mitchell Starc (0) and Pat Cummins (11)	19	39
ninth	Josh Hazlewood (1) and Mitchell Starc (2)	3	8
tenth	Nathan Lyon (4) and Mitchell Starc (11)	15	31

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 327 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Zak Crawley	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	3	6
Ben Duckett	c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	83	112
Ollie Pope	b Mitchell Starc	3	10
Joe Root	c David Warner b Pat Cummins	18	35
Harry Brook	b Pat Cummins	4	3
Ben Stokes	c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	155	214
Jonny Bairstow	st Alex Carey b Cameron Green	10	22
Stuart Broad	c Cameron Green b Josh Hazlewood	11	36
Ollie Robinson	c Steven Smith b Pat Cummins	1	6
Josh Tongue	b Mitchell Starc	19	26
James Anderson	not out	3	23

Extras 17 · Total 327 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	21.3	2	79	3
Pat Cummins	25	2	69	3
Josh Hazlewood	18	0	80	3
Travis Head	4	0	23	0
Cameron Green	13	3	73	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-9 (Zak Crawley, 2.1 ov), 2-13 (Ollie Pope, 4.2 ov), 3-41 (Joe Root, 12.2 ov), 4-45 (Harry Brook, 12.5 ov), 5-177 (Ben Duckett, 45.4 ov), 6-193 (Jonny Bairstow, 51.6 ov), 7-301 (Ben Stokes, 72.1 ov), 8-302 (Ollie Robinson, 73.1 ov), 9-302 (Stuart Broad, 74.2 ov), 10-327 (Josh Tongue, 81.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Ben Duckett (5) and Zak Crawley (3)	9	13
second	Ben Duckett (1) and Ollie Pope (3)	4	13
third	Joe Root (18) and Ben Duckett (8)	28	49
fourth	Ben Duckett (0) and Harry Brook (4)	4	3
fifth	Ben Stokes (56) and Ben Duckett (69)	132	198
sixth	Jonny Bairstow (10) and Ben Stokes (6)	16	38
seventh	Stuart Broad (11) and Ben Stokes (93)	108	122
eighth	Stuart Broad (0) and Ollie Robinson (1)	1	6
ninth	Stuart Broad (0) and Josh Tongue (0)	0	7
tenth	James Anderson (3) and Josh Tongue (19)	25	44

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