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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bowl
267
Series badge ENG
185 & 68
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Overs: 87.5 RR: 3.04 vs spin: 3.07
vs seam: 2.95
Overs: 27.4 RR: 2.46 vs spin: 2.54
vs seam: 2.28
Sat 25/12/21 Australia v England, 3rd Test, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
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England - 1st Inns 185 (65.1; RR: 2.84)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
H Hameed c Carey b Cummins 0 10 0 0 0.00
Z Crawley c Green b Cummins 12 25 0 0 48.00
DJ Malan c Warner b Cummins 14 66 1 0 21.21
JE Root c Carey b Starc 50 82 4 0 60.98
BA Stokes c Lyon b Green 25 60 2 1 41.67
JM Bairstow c Green b Starc 35 75 3 0 46.67
JC Buttler c Boland b Lyon 3 11 0 0 27.27
MA Wood lbw b Boland 6 15 0 0 40.00
OE Robinson c Boland b Lyon 22 26 3 0 84.62
MJ Leach c Smith b Lyon 13 18 0 1 72.22
JM Anderson not out 0 4 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 4lb, 0w, 1nb) 5  
TOTAL 185 all out (65.1 overs; RR: 2.84)

Fall of wickets

4-1 (H Hameed 1.5 ov), 13-2 (Z Crawley 7.2 ov), 61-3 (DJ Malan 26.3 ov), 82-4 (JE Root 32.6 ov), 115-5 (BA Stokes 46.2 ov), 128-6 (JC Buttler 51.2 ov), 141-7 (MA Wood 55.5 ov), 159-8 (JM Bairstow 58.4 ov), 176-9 (MJ Leach 63.3 ov), 185-10 (OE Robinson 65.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 15.0 3 54 2 3.60 0 1
PJ Cummins 15.0 2 36 3 2.40 0 0
SM Boland 13.0 2 48 1 3.69 0 0
C Green 8.0 4 7 1 0.88 0 0
NM Lyon 14.1 3 36 3 2.57 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 267 (87.5; RR: 3.04)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MS Harris c Root b Anderson 76 189 7 0 40.21
DA Warner c Crawley b Anderson 38 42 5 0 90.48
NM Lyon c Buttler b Robinson 10 22 2 0 45.45
M Labuschagne c Root b Wood 1 14 0 0 7.14
SPD Smith b Anderson 16 31 1 0 51.61
TM Head c Root b Robinson 27 48 2 0 56.25
C Green lbw b Leach 17 63 2 0 26.98
AT Carey c Buttler b Stokes 19 43 0 0 44.19
PJ Cummins c Hameed b Anderson 21 32 2 0 65.63
MA Starc not out 24 37 1 0 64.86
SM Boland c Crawley b Wood 6 11 0 0 54.55
Extras (2b, 4lb, 1w, 5nb) 12  
TOTAL 267 all out (87.5 overs; RR: 3.04)

Fall of wickets

57-1 (DA Warner 14.1 ov), 76-2 (NM Lyon 19.4 ov), 84-3 (M Labuschagne 24.3 ov), 110-4 (SPD Smith 35.1 ov), 171-5 (TM Head 55.4 ov), 180-6 (MS Harris 61.1 ov), 207-7 (C Green 72.5 ov), 219-8 (AT Carey 75.3 ov), 253-9 (PJ Cummins 84.2 ov), 267-10 (SM Boland 87.5 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
JM Anderson 23.0 10 33 4 1.43 0 0
OE Robinson 19.2 4 64 2 3.37 0 4
MA Wood 19.5 2 71 2 3.74 0 0
BA Stokes 10.4 1 47 1 4.70 1 1
MJ Leach 15.0 0 46 1 3.07 0 0

England - 2nd Inns 68 (27.4; RR: 2.46)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
H Hameed c Carey b Boland 7 31 1 0 22.58
Z Crawley c Carey b Starc 5 16 1 0 31.25
DJ Malan lbw b Starc 0 1 0 0 0.00
JE Root c Warner b Boland 28 59 4 0 47.46
MJ Leach b Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
BA Stokes b Starc 11 16 2 0 68.75
JM Bairstow lbw b Boland 5 18 0 0 27.78
JC Buttler not out 5 14 1 0 35.71
MA Wood c & b Boland 0 3 0 0 0.00
OE Robinson c Labuschagne b Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
JM Anderson b Green 2 4 0 0 50.00
Extras (0b, 5lb, 0w, 0nb) 5  
TOTAL 68 all out (27.4 overs; RR: 2.46)

Fall of wickets

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

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
MA Starc 10.0 3 29 3 2.90 0 0
PJ Cummins 10.0 4 19 0 1.90 0 0
SM Boland 4.0 1 7 6 1.75 0 0
C Green 3.4 0 8 1 2.67 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Melbourne, 3rd Test

Date

Saturday December 25, 2021

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

11:30pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

Australia Team

Playing XI

DA Warner, MS Harris, M Labuschagne, SPD Smith, TM Head, C Green, AT Carey, PJ Cummins, MA Starc, SM Boland, NM Lyon

England Team

Playing XI

H Hameed, Z Crawley, DJ Malan, JE Root, BA Stokes, JM Bairstow, JC Buttler, MA Wood, OE Robinson, MJ Leach, JM Anderson