Player of the Match
Player of the Match

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

TM Head
TM Head
170(219) 16x4 - 2x6
Control %87%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 39 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
8 22 37 3 21 21 18 40
AT Carey
AT Carey
106(143) 8x4 - 1x6
Control %81%
  • Productive Shot
  • cut shot
  • 26 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
9 4 19 7 15 18 6 28

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer
JC Archer
O20.2
M5
R53
W5
Eco2.6
RHB
OFFLEG
1W1W
1W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W
1W
JC Tongue
O18
M0
R70
W4
Eco3.88
RHB
OFFLEG
1W
2W
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
1W

Match Details

Toss

Australia , elected to bat first

Player Of The Match

Series result

Australia led the 5-match series 3-0

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

10.00 start, Lunch 12.00-12.40, Tea 14.40-15.00, Close 17.00

Match days

17,18,19,20,21 December 2025 (5-day match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

Match Referee

Points

Australia 12, England 0

Scorer: Ranjith P | Commentator: Andrew McGlashan

Australia win by 82 runs and retain the Ashes in 11 days. It got a little tighter than looked likely, but an excellent performance by the home side. England provided some fight in the chase, but it was too late to save the series. Hugs and high-fives all round the Australia players. They've had to dig deep for this one. Nathan Lyon out there on crutches. He had a huge part to play in this match but his series looks over. Jamie Smith and Will Jacks kept slim hopes alive for England today, but Australia were always favourites. "They never come easy," Labuschagne tells Channel 7. "It just felt like everything stuck...I said before, I get to be Steve for a week." Will bring you the presentations shortly.

Alex Carey is player of the match: "We knew what was on the line...thought the boys played what was in front of us. Knew we'd be challenge and it was a grind to the end. It's been a lot of fun, this Adelaide crowd has been something special. Travis, again, something special here...I know how good he is and he's showing world. To be able to contribute to victories is something I'm always trying to do. I'm lucky to play a lot of Shield cricket here so a familiar surface...Usman Khawaja played really well at late notice. Very special moment, having the family, to score a hundred and look up to the heavens was very special. You keep to a really good bowling attack it gives you a lot of opportunities...Nathan Lyon was really special yesterday. It's been a lot of fun."

Ben Stokes "That dream is now over, which is incredibly disappointing. Everyone is hurting and quite emotional about it. It hurt, it sucks, but we aint going to stop. Australia have just been able to execute things more consistently than us...we've shown it in passages. Thought we were on for another heist when Jamie and Will were going. Losing the toss, bowling, keep Australia to under-par score and not being able to respond with the bat when we had an opportunity to put a big score on the board...we were confident we had a good chance of chasing it down, it was a very good wicket. Losing those three wickets at the backend of yesterday set us back. That stuff I wanted to see, I've seen that this week. Think we can take a lot from this game. We've got so much more to play for."

Pat Cummins "Feels pretty awesome. Been thinking about it for a long time. Wasn't easy today but got it done. Exciting changing room. The last two months have been a bit of a grind, but all worth it for days like this. That's when we are at our best, you can't really rush things in Australia...it's good old-fashioned grind, and love the toil from all the guys. Got a bit closer than we'd have liked. First of all, you need more than 11 players in an Ashes...three Tests in, we've shown that. It's focusing on what we do well as bowlers, not getting carried away by the opposition. There's always things that crop up...the boys crack on and say what's next. Incredible, think [Marnus] and Steve might have a fight over second slip. Marnus manufactured a couple more for us. Packed crowds, all five days, to see two homegrown heroes was awesome."

Right, on that note, I'll wrap things up there. Been a terrific Test match. Well played to Australia, the Ashes stay with them for at least another two years. We'll be back for the Boxing Day Test but for now, from Gnasher, Miller, Alan and the scoring team it's goodbye and thanks for joining us.

102.5
W
Boland to Tongue, OUT, edged, taken at second slip! Full outside off, Tongue drives, and this is pretty regulation by Labuschagne's standards. Boland gets on the board with the wicket which wins the Ashes

JC Tongue c Labuschagne b Boland 1 (7m 3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33

Nicko: "Bowlo deserves one
"

102.4
0
Boland to Tongue, no run, back of a length outside off, Tongue has a little nibble and gets beaten
102.3
1
Boland to Carse, 1 run, flicked over midwicket! Angled into the pads, didn't try to keep it down, got a little lucky
102.2
0
Boland to Carse, no run, prods forward on off stump, bottom hand comes off the bat
102.1
0
Boland to Carse, no run, back of a length at off stump, defended

END OF OVER:
102 | 2 Runs 1 Wkt | ENG: 351/9

  • Brydon Carse38 (61b)
  • Josh Tongue1 (1b)
  • Mitchell Starc17-3-62-3
  • Scott Boland17-5-34-0
101.6
1
Starc to Carse, 1 run, fuller outside off, 144kph/89mph, drives to deep cover

England 4th innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st4BM DuckettZ Crawley
2nd27Z CrawleyOJ Pope
3rd78JE RootZ Crawley
4th68Z CrawleyHC Brook
5th12BA StokesZ Crawley
6th5Z CrawleyJL Smith
7th91WG JacksJL Smith
8th52BA CarseWG Jacks
9th12BA CarseJC Archer
10th3BA CarseJC Tongue