MatchesMen's TestThe Ashes 2015

England v Australia

1st Test · Sophia Gardens, Cardiff · 8 Jul 2015 – 11 Jul 2015

England won by 169 runs

England 1st innings430102.1 overs

Australia 1st innings30884.4 overs

England 2nd innings28970.1 overs

Australia 2nd innings24270.3 overs

England 1st innings 430 (102.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	c DA Warner b JR Hazlewood	6	10	1	0	60.0
AN Cook	c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	20	40	3	0	50.0
GS Ballance	lbw b JR Hazlewood	61	149	8	0	40.9
IR Bell	lbw b MA Starc	1	7	0	0	14.3
JE Root	c SR Watson b MA Starc	134	166	17	0	80.7
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	52	78	6	2	66.7
JC Buttler	c MG Johnson b JR Hazlewood	27	34	3	0	79.4
MM Ali	c SR Watson b MA Starc	77	88	11	1	87.5
SCJ Broad	c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	18	26	2	1	69.2
MA Wood	not out	7	10	1	0	70.0
JM Anderson	b MA Starc	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras		26
Total	all out, 102.1 overs	430

Fall of wickets: 7-1 (A Lyth, 1.6 ov), 42-2 (AN Cook, 13.2 ov), 43-3 (IR Bell, 14.3 ov), 196-4 (GS Ballance, 53.3 ov), 280-5 (JE Root, 72.1 ov), 293-6 (BA Stokes, 76.2 ov), 343-7 (JC Buttler, 85.5 ov), 395-8 (SCJ Broad, 97.1 ov), 419-9 (MM Ali, 100.2 ov), 430-10 (JM Anderson, 102.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd	Nb
MA Starc	24.1	4	114	5	4.72	100	5	1
JR Hazlewood	23	8	83	3	3.61	108	0	0
MG Johnson	25	3	111	0	4.44	106	0	0
NM Lyon	20	4	69	2	3.45	84	0	0
SR Watson	8	0	24	0	3.00	37	0	0
DA Warner	2	0	9	0	4.50	6	0	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	7	12	A Lyth 6, AN Cook 1
2	35	68	AN Cook 19, GS Ballance 16
3	1	7	GS Ballance 0, IR Bell 1
4	153	234	GS Ballance 45, JE Root 97
5	84	112	JE Root 37, BA Stokes 42
6	13	25	BA Stokes 10, JC Buttler 3
7	50	57	JC Buttler 24, MM Ali 26
8	52	68	MM Ali 34, SCJ Broad 18
9	24	19	MM Ali 17, MA Wood 3
10	11	11	MA Wood 4, JM Anderson 1

Australia 1st innings 308 (84.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	95	133	11	1	71.4
DA Warner	c AN Cook b JM Anderson	17	42	3	0	40.5
SPD Smith	c AN Cook b MM Ali	33	56	5	0	58.9
MJ Clarke	c & b MM Ali	38	52	6	0	73.1
AC Voges	c JM Anderson b BA Stokes	31	75	4	0	41.3
SR Watson	lbw b SCJ Broad	30	57	6	0	52.6
NM Lyon	lbw b MA Wood	6	26	1	0	23.1
BJ Haddin	c JC Buttler b JM Anderson	22	38	5	0	57.9
MG Johnson	c GS Ballance b SCJ Broad	14	19	2	0	73.7
MA Starc	c JE Root b JM Anderson	0	6	0	0	0.0
JR Hazlewood	not out	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras		20
Total	all out, 84.4 overs	308

Fall of wickets: 52-1 (DA Warner, 14.3 ov), 129-2 (SPD Smith, 32.6 ov), 180-3 (CJL Rogers, 42.4 ov), 207-4 (MJ Clarke, 52.1 ov), 258-5 (AC Voges, 67.2 ov), 265-6 (SR Watson, 71.4 ov), 265-7 (NM Lyon, 74.6 ov), 304-8 (BJ Haddin, 82.5 ov), 306-9 (MG Johnson, 83.2 ov), 308-10 (MA Starc, 84.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
JM Anderson	18.5	6	43	3	2.28	91	0
SCJ Broad	17	4	60	2	3.53	78	1
MA Wood	20	5	66	2	3.30	91	0
MM Ali	15	1	71	2	4.73	62	0
BA Stokes	13.5	5	51	1	3.69	64	2

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	52	87	CJL Rogers 28, DA Warner 17
2	77	111	CJL Rogers 41, SPD Smith 33
3	51	58	CJL Rogers 26, MJ Clarke 25
4	27	57	MJ Clarke 13, AC Voges 14
5	51	90	AC Voges 17, SR Watson 29
6	7	26	SR Watson 1, NM Lyon 6
7	0	20	NM Lyon 0, BJ Haddin 0
8	39	47	BJ Haddin 22, MG Johnson 12
9	2	3	MG Johnson 2, MA Starc 0
10	2	9	MA Starc 0, JR Hazlewood 2

England 2nd innings 289 (70.1 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
A Lyth	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	37	62	4	1	59.7
AN Cook	c NM Lyon b MA Starc	12	26	1	0	46.2
GS Ballance	c BJ Haddin b JR Hazlewood	0	7	0	0	0.0
IR Bell	b MG Johnson	60	89	11	0	67.4
JE Root	b JR Hazlewood	60	89	9	0	67.4
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	42	59	9	0	71.2
JC Buttler	c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon	7	19	0	0	36.8
MM Ali	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	15	41	2	0	36.6
SCJ Broad	c JR Hazlewood b NM Lyon	4	7	1	0	57.1
MA Wood	not out	32	18	4	1	177.8
JM Anderson	b NM Lyon	1	4	0	0	25.0
Extras		19
Total	all out, 70.1 overs	289

Fall of wickets: 17-1 (AN Cook, 6.6 ov), 22-2 (GS Ballance, 9.6 ov), 73-3 (A Lyth, 19.4 ov), 170-4 (IR Bell, 39.6 ov), 207-5 (JE Root, 51.1 ov), 236-6 (JC Buttler, 58.2 ov), 240-7 (BA Stokes, 59.1 ov), 245-8 (SCJ Broad, 60.4 ov), 288-9 (MM Ali, 69.1 ov), 289-10 (JM Anderson, 70.1 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Wd
MG Johnson	16	2	69	2	4.31	68	5
JR Hazlewood	13	2	49	2	3.77	57	0
MA Starc	16	4	60	2	3.75	76	1
NM Lyon	20.1	4	75	4	3.72	86	0
SR Watson	5	0	23	0	4.60	23	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	17	42	A Lyth 3, AN Cook 12
2	5	18	A Lyth 5, GS Ballance 0
3	51	58	A Lyth 29, IR Bell 18
4	97	122	IR Bell 42, JE Root 44
5	37	67	JE Root 16, BA Stokes 21
6	29	43	BA Stokes 21, JC Buttler 7
7	4	5	BA Stokes 0, MM Ali 4
8	5	9	MM Ali 1, SCJ Broad 4
9	43	51	MM Ali 10, MA Wood 32
10	1	6	MA Wood 0, JM Anderson 1

Australia 2nd innings 242 (70.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
CJL Rogers	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	10	28	2	0	35.7
DA Warner	lbw b MM Ali	52	86	6	1	60.5
SPD Smith	c IR Bell b SCJ Broad	33	49	6	0	67.3
MJ Clarke	c BA Stokes b SCJ Broad	4	13	1	0	30.8
AC Voges	c JC Buttler b MA Wood	1	16	0	0	6.3
SR Watson	lbw b MA Wood	19	58	2	0	32.8
BJ Haddin	c AN Cook b MM Ali	7	20	1	0	35.0
MG Johnson	c A Lyth b JE Root	77	94	9	2	81.9
MA Starc	c A Lyth b JE Root	17	38	3	0	44.7
JR Hazlewood	c JE Root b MM Ali	14	17	2	0	82.4
NM Lyon	not out	0	5	0	0	0.0
Extras		8
Total	all out, 70.3 overs	242

Fall of wickets: 19-1 (CJL Rogers, 9.4 ov), 97-2 (DA Warner, 26.3 ov), 101-3 (SPD Smith, 27.4 ov), 106-4 (MJ Clarke, 31.4 ov), 106-5 (AC Voges, 32.2 ov), 122-6 (BJ Haddin, 38.1 ov), 151-7 (SR Watson, 50.5 ov), 223-8 (MA Starc, 65.4 ov), 242-9 (MG Johnson, 69.1 ov), 242-10 (JR Hazlewood, 70.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Dots	Nb
JM Anderson	12	3	33	0	2.75	58	0
SCJ Broad	14	3	39	3	2.79	67	0
MM Ali	16.3	4	59	3	3.58	76	0
BA Stokes	8	2	23	0	2.88	36	0
MA Wood	14	4	53	2	3.79	66	1
JE Root	6	1	28	2	4.67	21	0

Partnerships

Wicket	Runs	Balls	Batters
1	19	58	CJL Rogers 10, DA Warner 8
2	78	101	DA Warner 44, SPD Smith 29
3	4	7	SPD Smith 4, MJ Clarke 0
4	5	24	MJ Clarke 4, AC Voges 1
5	0	4	AC Voges 0, SR Watson 0
6	16	35	SR Watson 9, BJ Haddin 7
7	29	76	SR Watson 10, MG Johnson 19
8	72	89	MG Johnson 53, MA Starc 17
9	19	21	MG Johnson 5, JR Hazlewood 14
10	0	8	JR Hazlewood 0, NM Lyon 0

Match details

Toss: England, chose to bat
Player of the match: JE Root
Ground: Sophia Gardens, England & Wales
Season: 2015
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, M Erasmus
Match referee: RS Madugalle
Source: Cricsheet match 743963