Australia v England 1st Test

England in Australia - 2021 (2021/22) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 8 December 2021

Australia won by 9 wickets

Australia won by 9 wickets. Travis Head top-scored with 152 for Australia. Pat Cummins took 5/38.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: England in Australia - 2021 (2021/22)
Ground: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Dates: 8 December 2021 to 11 December 2021
Toss: England, chose to bat
Result: Australia won by 9 wickets
Player of the match: Travis Head
Captains: Joe Root (England), Pat Cummins (Australia)
Debut: Alex Carey (Australia)
Umpires: PR Reiffel and RJ Tucker
Match referee: DC Boon

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

England won the toss and chose to bat. It was Alex Carey's first Test.

England batted first and made 147 all out. Jos Buttler top-scored with 39 off 58 balls. Pat Cummins took 5 for 38 for Australia. From 0 for 0 they lost 4 wickets for 29 runs, to 29 for 4.

Australia replied with 425 all out. Travis Head top-scored with 152 off 148 balls, and David Warner made 94. Ollie Robinson took 3 for 58 for England. The innings was built on a 156-run stand for the second wicket between David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne. Australia led by 278 on first innings.

England made 297 all out in their second innings. Joe Root top-scored with 89 off 165 balls, and Dawid Malan made 82. Nathan Lyon took 4 for 91 for Australia. The innings was built on a 162-run stand for the third wicket between Dawid Malan and Joe Root, 55% of the total.

Set 20 to win, Australia made 20 for 1. Marcus Harris top-scored with 9 not out off 10 balls.

Australia won by 9 wickets.

ENGLAND, FIRST INNINGS: 147 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Rory Burns	b Mitchell Starc	0	1
Haseeb Hameed	c Steven Smith b Pat Cummins	25	75
Dawid Malan	c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	6	9
Joe Root	c David Warner b Josh Hazlewood	0	9
Ben Stokes	c Marnus Labuschagne b Pat Cummins	5	21
Ollie Pope	c Josh Hazlewood b Cameron Green	35	79
Jos Buttler	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	39	58
Chris Woakes	c Josh Hazlewood b Pat Cummins	21	24
Ollie Robinson	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	0	3
Mark Wood	c Marcus Harris b Pat Cummins	8	15
Jack Leach	not out	2	7

Extras 6 · Total 147 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	12	2	35	2
Josh Hazlewood	13	4	42	2
Pat Cummins	13.1	3	38	5
Nathan Lyon	9	2	21	0
Cameron Green	3	1	6	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Rory Burns, 0.1 ov), 2-11 (Dawid Malan, 3.2 ov), 3-11 (Joe Root, 5.5 ov), 4-29 (Ben Stokes, 12.4 ov), 5-60 (Haseeb Hameed, 26.4 ov), 6-112 (Jos Buttler, 40.3 ov), 7-118 (Ollie Pope, 43.1 ov), 8-122 (Ollie Robinson, 44.3 ov), 9-144 (Mark Wood, 48.3 ov), 10-147 (Chris Woakes, 50.1 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (0) and Haseeb Hameed (0)	0	1
second	Dawid Malan (6) and Haseeb Hameed (5)	11	19
third	Joe Root (0) and Haseeb Hameed (0)	0	15
fourth	Ben Stokes (5) and Haseeb Hameed (7)	18	41
fifth	Haseeb Hameed (13) and Ollie Pope (18)	31	84
sixth	Jos Buttler (39) and Ollie Pope (13)	52	83
seventh	Chris Woakes (2) and Ollie Pope (4)	6	16
eighth	Chris Woakes (4) and Ollie Robinson (0)	4	8
ninth	Chris Woakes (14) and Mark Wood (8)	22	24
tenth	Chris Woakes (1) and Jack Leach (2)	3	10

AUSTRALIA, FIRST INNINGS: 425 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
David Warner	c Ben Stokes b Ollie Robinson	94	176
Marcus Harris	c Dawid Malan b Ollie Robinson	3	17
Marnus Labuschagne	c Mark Wood b Jack Leach	74	117
Steven Smith	c Jos Buttler b Mark Wood	12	19
Travis Head	b Mark Wood	152	148
Cameron Green	b Ollie Robinson	0	1
Alex Carey	c Ollie Pope b Chris Woakes	12	32
Pat Cummins	c Haseeb Hameed b Joe Root	12	27
Mitchell Starc	c Rory Burns b Chris Woakes	35	64
Nathan Lyon	c Ollie Robinson b Mark Wood	15	24
Josh Hazlewood	not out	0	6

Extras 16 · Total 425 all out

Bowler (England)	O	M	R	W
Chris Woakes	25	8	76	2
Ollie Robinson	23	8	58	3
Mark Wood	25.3	4	85	3
Ben Stokes	12	0	65	0
Jack Leach	13	0	102	1
Joe Root	6	0	29	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-10 (Marcus Harris, 5.2 ov), 2-166 (Marnus Labuschagne, 47.2 ov), 3-189 (Steven Smith, 52.6 ov), 4-195 (David Warner, 55.2 ov), 5-195 (Cameron Green, 55.3 ov), 6-236 (Alex Carey, 64.4 ov), 7-306 (Pat Cummins, 75.6 ov), 8-391 (Mitchell Starc, 95.6 ov), 9-420 (Nathan Lyon, 102.3 ov), 10-425 (Travis Head, 104.3 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	David Warner (7) and Marcus Harris (3)	10	32
second	David Warner (72) and Marnus Labuschagne (74)	156	254
third	David Warner (11) and Steven Smith (12)	23	34
fourth	David Warner (4) and Travis Head (1)	6	14
fifth	Travis Head (0) and Cameron Green (0)	0	1
sixth	Alex Carey (12) and Travis Head (28)	41	55
seventh	Pat Cummins (12) and Travis Head (57)	70	69
eighth	Mitchell Starc (35) and Travis Head (48)	85	121
ninth	Nathan Lyon (15) and Travis Head (13)	29	39
tenth	Josh Hazlewood (0) and Travis Head (5)	5	12

ENGLAND, SECOND INNINGS: 297 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Haseeb Hameed	c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	27	58
Rory Burns	c Alex Carey b Pat Cummins	13	27
Dawid Malan	c Marnus Labuschagne b Nathan Lyon	82	195
Joe Root	c Alex Carey b Cameron Green	89	165
Ben Stokes	c Cameron Green b Pat Cummins	14	49
Ollie Pope	c Steven Smith b Nathan Lyon	4	6
Jos Buttler	c Alex Carey b Josh Hazlewood	23	39
Chris Woakes	c Alex Carey b Cameron Green	16	47
Ollie Robinson	c Travis Head b Nathan Lyon	8	17
Mark Wood	b Nathan Lyon	6	13
Jack Leach	not out	0	2

Extras 15 · Total 297 all out

Bowler (Australia)	O	M	R	W
Mitchell Starc	20	3	77	1
Josh Hazlewood	14	6	32	1
Pat Cummins	20	6	51	2
Nathan Lyon	34	5	91	4
Cameron Green	12	3	23	2
Marnus Labuschagne	3	0	14	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-23 (Rory Burns, 8.6 ov), 2-61 (Haseeb Hameed, 20.6 ov), 3-223 (Dawid Malan, 73.4 ov), 4-229 (Joe Root, 76.1 ov), 5-234 (Ollie Pope, 77.3 ov), 6-266 (Ben Stokes, 88.4 ov), 7-268 (Jos Buttler, 91.1 ov), 8-286 (Ollie Robinson, 97.5 ov), 9-296 (Mark Wood, 101.4 ov), 10-297 (Chris Woakes, 102.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Rory Burns (13) and Haseeb Hameed (10)	23	54
second	Dawid Malan (16) and Haseeb Hameed (17)	38	72
third	Dawid Malan (66) and Joe Root (87)	162	316
fourth	Joe Root (2) and Ben Stokes (4)	6	15
fifth	Ben Stokes (1) and Ollie Pope (4)	5	8
sixth	Jos Buttler (23) and Ben Stokes (9)	32	67
seventh	Chris Woakes (2) and Jos Buttler (0)	2	15
eighth	Chris Woakes (10) and Ollie Robinson (8)	18	40
ninth	Chris Woakes (4) and Mark Wood (6)	10	23
tenth	Chris Woakes (0) and Jack Leach (0)	1	8

AUSTRALIA, SECOND INNINGS: 20 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Alex Carey	c Jos Buttler b Ollie Robinson	9	23
Marcus Harris	not out	9	10
Marnus Labuschagne	not out	0	–

Did not bat: David Warner, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Josh Hazlewood

Extras 2 · Total 20 for 1

Bowler (England)	O	R	W
Ollie Robinson	3	13	1
Chris Woakes	2	3	0
Mark Wood	0.1	4	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-16 (Alex Carey, 4.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Alex Carey (9) and Marcus Harris (5)	16	32
second	Marcus Harris (4) and Marnus Labuschagne (0)	4	1

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