Paul Reiffel (Australia), Paul Wilson (Australia), Rod Tucker (Australia, TV)
Referee
David Boon (Australia)
Toss
Australia elected to bowl
Pitch Report
Pace BowlingAverage
Batting ConditionAverage
Spin BowlingAverage
VENUE STATS
1st Innings
404Avg Runs
8Avg Wkts
Avg
SR
2nd Innings
335Avg Runs
10Avg Wkts
Avg
SR
3rd Innings
180Avg Runs
7Avg Wkts
Avg
SR
4th Innings
213Avg Runs
8Avg Wkts
Avg
SR
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SR
Extras
TOTAL
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Bowlers
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Fall of wickets
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Player of the Match
Scott Boland
1/48 & 6/7
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ENG s 1st
AUS s 1st
ENG s 2nd
Info
England s 1st Innings
185/10 (65.1)
Batters
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Haseeb Hameed
0
10
0
0
0.00
c Carey b Cummins
Zak Crawley
12
25
0
0
48.00
c Green b Cummins
Dawid Malan
14
66
1
0
21.21
c Warner b Cummins
Joe Root
50
82
4
0
60.98
c Carey b Starc
Ben Stokes
25
60
2
1
41.67
c Lyon b Green
Jonny Bairstow
35
75
3
0
46.67
c Green b Starc
Jos Buttler
3
11
0
0
27.27
c Boland b Lyon
Mark Wood
6
15
0
0
40.00
lbw b Boland
Ollie Robinson
22
26
3
0
84.62
c Boland b Lyon
Jack Leach
13
18
0
1
72.22
c Smith b Lyon
James Anderson
0
4
0
0
0.00
Not out
Extras
5
(B: 0, LB: 4, NB:
1, W: 0)
TOTAL
(65.1 Ov, RR: 2.84)
185/10
13
2
Bowlers
O
M
R
W
ER
EXT
Mitchell Starc
15
3
54
2
3.60
1
Pat Cummins
15
2
36
3
2.40
0
Scott Boland
13
2
48
1
3.69
0
Cameron Green
8
4
7
1
0.88
0
Nathan Lyon
14.1
3
36
3
2.54
0
Fall Of Wickets
SCORE
OVER
Haseeb Hameed
c Carey b Cummins
1-4
1.5
Zak Crawley
c Green b Cummins
2-13
7.2
Dawid Malan
c Warner b Cummins
3-61
26.3
Joe Root
c Carey b Starc
4-82
32.6
Ben Stokes
c Lyon b Green
5-115
46.2
Jos Buttler
c Boland b Lyon
6-128
51.2
Mark Wood
lbw b Boland
7-141
55.5
Jonny Bairstow
c Green b Starc
8-159
58.4
Jack Leach
c Smith b Lyon
9-176
63.3
Ollie Robinson
c Boland b Lyon
10-185
65.1
Australia s 1st Innings
267/10 (87.5)
Batters
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Marcus Harris
76
189
7
0
40.21
c Root b Anderson
David Warner
38
42
5
0
90.48
c Crawley b Anderson
Nathan Lyon
10
22
2
0
45.45
c Buttler b Robinson
Marnus Labuschagne
1
14
0
0
7.14
c Root b Wood
Steven Smith
16
31
1
0
51.61
b Anderson
Travis Head
27
48
2
0
56.25
c Root b Robinson
Cameron Green
17
63
2
0
26.98
lbw b Leach
Alex Carey
19
43
0
0
44.19
c Buttler b Stokes
Pat Cummins
21
32
2
0
65.63
c Hameed b Anderson
Mitchell Starc
24
37
1
0
64.86
Not out
Scott Boland
6
11
0
0
54.55
c Crawley b Wood
Extras
12
(B: 2, LB: 4, NB:
5, W: 1)
TOTAL
(87.5 Ov, RR: 3.04)
267/10
22
0
Bowlers
O
M
R
W
ER
EXT
James Anderson
23
10
33
4
1.43
0
Ollie Robinson
19.2
4
64
2
3.31
4
Mark Wood
19.5
2
71
2
3.58
0
Ben Stokes
10.4
1
47
1
4.41
2
Jack Leach
15
0
46
1
3.07
0
Fall Of Wickets
SCORE
OVER
David Warner
c Crawley b Anderson
1-57
14.1
Nathan Lyon
c Buttler b Robinson
2-76
19.4
Marnus Labuschagne
c Root b Wood
3-84
24.3
Steven Smith
b Anderson
4-110
35.1
Travis Head
c Root b Robinson
5-171
55.4
Marcus Harris
c Root b Anderson
6-180
61.1
Cameron Green
lbw b Leach
7-207
72.5
Alex Carey
c Buttler b Stokes
8-219
75.3
Pat Cummins
c Hameed b Anderson
9-253
84.2
Scott Boland
c Crawley b Wood
10-267
87.5
England s 2nd Innings
68/10 (27.4)
Batters
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Haseeb Hameed
7
31
1
0
22.58
c Carey b Boland
Zak Crawley
5
16
1
0
31.25
c Carey b Starc
Dawid Malan
0
1
0
0
0.00
lbw b Starc
Joe Root
28
59
4
0
47.46
c Warner b Boland
Jack Leach
0
2
0
0
0.00
b Boland
Ben Stokes
11
16
2
0
68.75
b Starc
Jonny Bairstow
5
18
0
0
27.78
lbw b Boland
Jos Buttler
5
14
1
0
35.71
Not out
Mark Wood
0
3
0
0
0.00
c & b Boland
Ollie Robinson
0
2
0
0
0.00
c Labuschagne b Boland
James Anderson
2
4
0
0
50.00
b Green
Extras
5
(B: 0, LB: 5, NB:
0, W: 0)
TOTAL
(27.4 Ov, RR: 2.46)
68/10
9
0
Bowlers
O
M
R
W
ER
EXT
Mitchell Starc
10
3
29
3
2.90
0
Pat Cummins
10
4
19
0
1.90
0
Scott Boland
4
1
7
6
1.75
0
Cameron Green
3.4
0
8
1
2.18
0
Fall Of Wickets
SCORE
OVER
Zak Crawley
c Carey b Starc
1-7
4.4
Dawid Malan
lbw b Starc
2-7
4.5
Haseeb Hameed
c Carey b Boland
3-22
10.3
Jack Leach
b Boland
4-22
10.5
Ben Stokes
b Starc
5-46
16.5
Jonny Bairstow
lbw b Boland
6-60
22.5
Joe Root
c Warner b Boland
7-61
24.4
Mark Wood
c & b Boland
8-65
26.1
Ollie Robinson
c Labuschagne b Boland
9-65
26.3
James Anderson
b Green
10-68
27.4
Match Info
Date & Time
26 Dec, 05:00 AM IST
Venue
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Match
3rd Test,
The Ashes
Umpires
Paul Reiffel (Australia), Paul Wilson (Australia), Rod Tucker (Australia, TV)
Referee
David Boon (Australia)
Toss
Australia elected to bowl
OVS
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Over 25
Runs: 0
000040
Over 26
Runs: 4
W0W200
Over 27
Runs: 2
001W
Over 28
Runs: 1
All Overs
Player of the Match
Scott Boland
1/48 & 6/7
Player of the Series
Lucky Winner
Analysis
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Right then thank you for sticking with us throughout the three days of this enthralling test match, this is Raghav Tikmany and Prakhar Sachdeo signing off, catch you in the next game, until next time, it's good bye from all of us!
That would be all from this Test. Thanks for joining us. Good bye!
Presentation time!
Joe Root, England captain: It is what it is. We have been playing in these conditions for some time now. We have got to do a lot of hard work to come back now. The covid situation was not ideal. The batting and the bowling has been as good as it has been. We have to come back stronger. We have to do things longer. There have been pockets where we have done well. But we need to be a lot stronger.
Pat Cummins, Australia captain: It is pretty insane to be an Ashes Test winning captain. I am very happy for Scotty. We have been relentless with the bat and the ball. Some big partnerships in the series so far from Marnus and Davy. Naser was disappointed to not get the chance in this Test after bowling last week. But it shows how good is the squad. We have to keep performing.
Scott Boland is the Player of the Match for his match-winning spell of 6/7
Boland: Cannnot believe what has happened. We came here to win but this got over quickly. I got to know about my selection on Christmas eve. I am thankful to the crowd for all the support. I am very proud to win the Player of the Match award. I am thankful for my family, my mom, my dad, my sisters, my wife and my kids for all the support.
Scott Boland: I am speechless. This is my best ever figures. The crowd was always behind me.
Australia win the test match by an innings and 14 runs! They retain the Ashes and take an unassailable lead of 3-0 in the series. England started off day three having a mountain to climb. They were 51 runs behind with six wickets in hand, however, both Joe Root and Ben Stokes were at the crease. Australia took 79 minutes on day three morning to blow England away from the test match and the series. Starc drew the first blood removing Stokes early into day three.
Since then, it has been all about Scott Boland. The local boy came in and took four wickets in three overs in his second spell to finish off with a six-wicket haul and make a mockery of this English batting order. It took him 15 deliveries to send England from five down to nine down. Within a blink of an eye, Australia were just one wicket away from victory.
Cameron Green took the final wicket of James Anderson to send his side 3-0 up in the series! England will have loads of planning to do for the remainder of the series if they are to avoid a humiliating whitewash!
Shake of hands from the two sets of playes. Aussies walk back onto the field and are being led by the hero of the day Scott Boland. The Aussies go around the MCG for a warm round of applaue.
27.4 Cameron Green to James Anderson, BOWLED! ALL OVER! AUSTRALIA WIN AND THEY RETAIN THE ASHES! Fullish ball fired into the stumps, the ball shapes back in and the ball is too good for a batter like Anderson and the ball knocks the off-stump!
James Anderson b Green 2 (4b 0x4 0x6)
27.3 Cameron Green to Jos Buttler, 1 run, fuller ball on off-stump, Buttler works the ball through cover for a single.
27.2 Cameron Green to Jos Buttler, no run, shortish ball on leg stump, Buttler goes for a pull, Carey puts a good dive and stops the ball.
27.1 Cameron Green to Jos Buttler, BEATEN! Good length ball on off-stump, the ball nips back in as Buttler hangs back to block the ball but the ball flies past the edge of the bat.
What an incredible debut this has been for Scott Boland. the home crowd is behind him as he has blown away the English side completely out of the game. Australia now one wicket away from retaining the urn.
27
overs
67/9score
W
0
W
2
0
0
runs
Jos Buttler
4(11)
James Anderson*
2(3)
Scott Boland
6/7
26.6 Scott Boland to James Anderson, no run, fullish ball on off-stump, Anderson defends the ball to cover. End of a stunning over from Boland!
26.5 Scott Boland to James Anderson, no run, back of the length ball wide of off-stump, Anderson leaves the ball for the keeper.
26.4 Scott Boland to James Anderson, 2 runs, fullish ball on middle and leg stump, Anderson works the ball to square-leg and gets two runs.
James Anderson, LHB, comes into the crease.
26.3 Scott Boland to Ollie Robinson, EDGE AND TAKEN! BOLAND HAS HIS SIXTH! Good length ball fired on off-stump, Robinson goes for a defensive shot, the ball takes a thick outside edge and flies to Labuschagne! Australia are a wicket away from the Ashes win.
Ollie Robinson c Labuschagne b Boland 0 (2b 0x4 0x6)
26.2 Scott Boland to Ollie Robinson, no run, good length ball on off-stump, the ball shapes back in and flies past the outside edge of Robinson's bat!
Ollie Robinson, RHB, comes to the crease.
5 wicket haul for Boland in just 3.1 overs. This surely is a dream? The local boy cannot believe it.
26.1 Scott Boland to Mark Wood, WICKET! CAUGHT AND BOWLED! 5-fer for BOLAND ON HIS DEBUT! Slow good length ball on middle and leg stump, Wood pushes the ball with soft hands. The ball lobs straight in the direction of Boland and the debutant collects the ball clean to complete his five-wicket haul in this innings! Well bowled Boland!!
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