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- Live Cricket Score, Commentary
Series:
The Ashes, 2025-26
Venue:
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Date & Time:
Tue, Dec 16, 10:00 AM LOCAL
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Day 5: 1st Session - England need 193 runs
AUS 1st Innings
Australia 1st Innings
371-10
(91.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Head
c Zak Crawley b Brydon Carse
10
28
1
0
35.71
Jake Weatherald
c Jamie Smith b Jofra Archer
18
27
4
0
66.67
Labuschagne
c Brydon Carse b Jofra Archer
19
40
2
0
47.50
Khawaja
c Josh Tongue b Will Jacks
82
126
10
0
65.08
Green
c Brydon Carse b Jofra Archer
0
2
0
0
0.00
Alex Carey (wk)
c Jamie Smith b Will Jacks
106
143
8
1
74.13
Josh Inglis
b Josh Tongue
32
39
4
0
82.05
Cummins (c)
c Ollie Pope b Brydon Carse
13
19
2
0
68.42
Mitchell Starc
b Jofra Archer
54
75
9
0
72.00
Lyon
lbw b Jofra Archer
9
35
1
0
25.71
Boland
not out
14
21
3
0
66.67
Extras
14
(b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 7, p 0)
Total
371-10
(91.2 Overs, RR: 4.06)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Jofra Archer
20.2
5
53
5
0
0
2.60
Brydon Carse
16
0
89
2
6
0
5.60
Josh Tongue
16
1
64
1
0
0
4.00
Stokes (c)
19
3
53
0
1
0
2.80
Will Jacks
20
3
105
2
0
0
5.20
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Jake Weatherald
33-1
8.2
Head
33-2
9.1
Labuschagne
94-3
24.1
Green
94-4
24.3
Khawaja
185-5
47.2
Josh Inglis
244-6
60.5
Cummins
271-7
65.5
Alex Carey
321-8
77.2
Mitchell Starc
348-9
85.2
Lyon
371-10
91.2
Partnerships
Head
10(0)
33(51)
Jake Weatherald
18(0)
Head
0(0)
0(5)
Labuschagne
0(0)
Khawaja
41(0)
61(90)
Labuschagne
19(0)
Khawaja
0(0)
0(2)
Green
0(0)
Khawaja
41(0)
91(138)
Carey
44(0)
Josh Inglis
32(0)
59(81)
Carey
27(0)
Cummins
13(0)
27(30)
Carey
14(0)
Mitchell Starc
28(0)
50(69)
Carey
21(0)
Mitchell Starc
26(0)
27(48)
Lyon
1(0)
Boland
14(0)
23(36)
Lyon
8(0)
ENG 1st Innings
England 1st Innings
286-10
(87.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
c Alex Carey b Cummins
9
19
0
0
47.37
Duckett
b Lyon
29
30
5
0
96.67
Ollie Pope
c Josh Inglis b Lyon
3
10
0
0
30.00
Root
c Alex Carey b Cummins
19
31
3
0
61.29
Harry Brook
c Alex Carey b Green
45
63
2
1
71.43
Stokes (c)
b Mitchell Starc
83
198
8
0
41.92
Jamie Smith (wk)
c Alex Carey b Cummins
22
26
3
1
84.62
Will Jacks
c Alex Carey b Boland
6
29
1
0
20.69
Brydon Carse
b Boland
0
5
0
0
0.00
Jofra Archer
c Labuschagne b Boland
51
105
5
1
48.57
Josh Tongue
not out
7
12
0
0
58.33
Extras
12
(b 3, lb 5, w 0, nb 4, p 0)
Total
286-10
(87.2 Overs, RR: 3.27)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mitchell Starc
16
1
61
1
1
0
3.80
Cummins (c)
17
3
69
3
1
0
4.10
Boland
15.2
6
45
3
1
0
2.90
Lyon
28
5
70
2
0
0
2.50
Green
11
3
33
1
1
0
3.00
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Zak Crawley
37-1
7.4
Ollie Pope
41-2
9.3
Duckett
42-3
9.6
Root
71-4
16.4
Harry Brook
127-5
36.2
Jamie Smith
159-6
45.1
Will Jacks
168-7
52.2
Brydon Carse
168-8
54.1
Stokes
274-9
84.1
Jofra Archer
286-10
87.2
Partnerships
Crawley
9(0)
37(46)
Duckett
28(0)
Pope
3(0)
4(11)
Duckett
1(0)
Root
1(0)
1(3)
Duckett
0(0)
Root
18(0)
29(40)
Brook
10(0)
Stokes
19(0)
56(118)
Brook
35(0)
Stokes
9(0)
32(53)
Jamie Smith
22(0)
Stokes
3(0)
9(43)
Will Jacks
6(0)
Stokes
0(0)
0(11)
Brydon Carse
0(0)
Stokes
52(0)
106(180)
Jofra Archer
50(0)
Tongue
7(0)
12(19)
Jofra Archer
1(0)
AUS 2nd Innings
Australia 2nd Innings
349-10
(84.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Head
c Zak Crawley b Josh Tongue
170
219
16
2
77.63
Jake Weatherald
lbw b Brydon Carse
1
10
0
0
10.00
Labuschagne
c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue
13
45
1
0
28.89
Khawaja
c Jamie Smith b Will Jacks
40
51
4
0
78.43
Green
c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue
7
7
1
0
100.00
Alex Carey (wk)
c Harry Brook b Stokes
72
128
6
0
56.25
Josh Inglis
c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue
10
20
0
0
50.00
Cummins (c)
c Harry Brook b Brydon Carse
6
18
0
0
33.33
Mitchell Starc
not out
7
8
1
0
87.50
Lyon
lbw b Brydon Carse
0
1
0
0
0.00
Boland
c and b Jofra Archer
1
6
0
0
16.67
Extras
22
(b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5, p 0)
Total
349-10
(84.4 Overs, RR: 4.12)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Jofra Archer
12.4
2
20
1
2
0
1.60
Brydon Carse
20
1
80
3
1
0
4.00
Josh Tongue
18
0
70
4
2
2
3.90
Will Jacks
19
0
107
1
0
0
5.60
Root
8
0
32
0
0
0
4.00
Stokes (c)
7
0
26
1
0
1
3.70
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Jake Weatherald
8-1
1.3
Labuschagne
53-2
16.3
Khawaja
139-3
35.1
Green
149-4
36.5
Head
311-5
73.6
Alex Carey
329-6
78.2
Josh Inglis
335-7
79.5
Cummins
344-8
83.1
Lyon
344-9
83.2
Boland
349-10
84.4
Partnerships
Head
1(0)
8(9)
Jake Weatherald
1(0)
Head
29(0)
45(90)
Labuschagne
13(0)
Head
45(0)
86(112)
Khawaja
40(0)
Head
2(0)
10(10)
Green
7(0)
Head
93(0)
162(223)
Carey
63(0)
Josh Inglis
7(0)
18(26)
Carey
9(0)
Josh Inglis
3(0)
6(9)
Cummins
3(0)
Mitchell Starc
3(0)
9(20)
Cummins
3(0)
Mitchell Starc
0(0)
0(1)
Lyon
0(0)
Mitchell Starc
4(0)
5(8)
Boland
1(0)
ENG 2nd Innings
England 2nd Innings
242-6
(74.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
st Alex Carey b Lyon
85
151
8
0
56.29
Ben Duckett
c Labuschagne b Cummins
4
2
1
0
200.00
Ollie Pope
c Labuschagne b Cummins
17
29
2
0
58.62
Joe Root
c Alex Carey b Cummins
39
63
5
0
61.90
Harry Brook
b Lyon
30
56
2
0
53.57
Ben Stokes (c)
b Lyon
5
18
1
0
27.78
Jamie Smith (wk)
batting
25
57
0
2
43.86
Will Jacks
batting
22
74
2
0
29.73
Extras
15
(b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 2, p 0)
Total
242-6
(74.4 Overs, RR: 3.24)
Yet to Bat
Brydon Carse,
Jofra Archer,
Josh Tongue
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mitchell Starc
10
3
35
0
0
1
3.50
Pat Cummins (c)
10
3
24
3
2
0
2.40
Scott Boland
12
3
23
0
0
0
1.90
Nathan Lyon
24
6
74
3
0
0
3.10
Cameron Green
8.4
0
40
0
0
0
4.60
Travis Head
10
3
34
0
0
0
3.40
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Ben Duckett
4-1
1.2
Ollie Pope
31-2
9.4
Joe Root
109-3
28.6
Harry Brook
177-4
47.2
Ben Stokes
189-5
51.6
Zak Crawley
194-6
53.3
Partnerships
Crawley
0(6)
4(8)
Duckett
4(2)
Crawley
1(22)
27(50)
Pope
17(29)
Crawley
36(54)
78(116)
Root
39(63)
Crawley
36(54)
68(110)
Brook
30(56)
Crawley
7(10)
12(28)
Stokes
5(18)
Crawley
5(5)
5(9)
Jamie Smith
0(4)
Will Jacks
22(74)
48(127)
Jamie Smith
25(53)
ENG 2nd Innings
England 2nd Innings
242-6
(74.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
st Alex Carey b Lyon
85
151
8
0
56.29
Ben Duckett
c Labuschagne b Cummins
4
2
1
0
200.00
Ollie Pope
c Labuschagne b Cummins
17
29
2
0
58.62
Joe Root
c Alex Carey b Cummins
39
63
5
0
61.90
Harry Brook
b Lyon
30
56
2
0
53.57
Ben Stokes (c)
b Lyon
5
18
1
0
27.78
Jamie Smith (wk)
batting
25
57
0
2
43.86
Will Jacks
batting
22
74
2
0
29.73
Extras
15
(b 4, lb 8, w 1, nb 2, p 0)
Total
242-6
(74.4 Overs, RR: 3.24)
Yet to Bat
Brydon Carse,
Jofra Archer,
Josh Tongue
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mitchell Starc
10
3
35
0
0
1
3.50
Pat Cummins (c)
10
3
24
3
2
0
2.40
Scott Boland
12
3
23
0
0
0
1.90
Nathan Lyon
24
6
74
3
0
0
3.10
Cameron Green
8.4
0
40
0
0
0
4.60
Travis Head
10
3
34
0
0
0
3.40
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Ben Duckett
4-1
1.2
Ollie Pope
31-2
9.4
Joe Root
109-3
28.6
Harry Brook
177-4
47.2
Ben Stokes
189-5
51.6
Zak Crawley
194-6
53.3
Partnerships
Crawley
0(6)
4(8)
Duckett
4(2)
Crawley
1(22)
27(50)
Pope
17(29)
Crawley
36(54)
78(116)
Root
39(63)
Crawley
36(54)
68(110)
Brook
30(56)
Crawley
7(10)
12(28)
Stokes
5(18)
Crawley
5(5)
5(9)
Jamie Smith
0(4)
Will Jacks
22(74)
48(127)
Jamie Smith
25(53)
AUS 2nd Innings
Australia 2nd Innings
349-10
(84.4 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Head
c Zak Crawley b Josh Tongue
170
219
16
2
77.63
Jake Weatherald
lbw b Brydon Carse
1
10
0
0
10.00
Labuschagne
c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue
13
45
1
0
28.89
Khawaja
c Jamie Smith b Will Jacks
40
51
4
0
78.43
Green
c Harry Brook b Josh Tongue
7
7
1
0
100.00
Alex Carey (wk)
c Harry Brook b Stokes
72
128
6
0
56.25
Josh Inglis
c Jamie Smith b Josh Tongue
10
20
0
0
50.00
Cummins (c)
c Harry Brook b Brydon Carse
6
18
0
0
33.33
Mitchell Starc
not out
7
8
1
0
87.50
Lyon
lbw b Brydon Carse
0
1
0
0
0.00
Boland
c and b Jofra Archer
1
6
0
0
16.67
Extras
22
(b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5, p 0)
Total
349-10
(84.4 Overs, RR: 4.12)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Jofra Archer
12.4
2
20
1
2
0
1.60
Brydon Carse
20
1
80
3
1
0
4.00
Josh Tongue
18
0
70
4
2
2
3.90
Will Jacks
19
0
107
1
0
0
5.60
Root
8
0
32
0
0
0
4.00
Stokes (c)
7
0
26
1
0
1
3.70
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Jake Weatherald
8-1
1.3
Labuschagne
53-2
16.3
Khawaja
139-3
35.1
Green
149-4
36.5
Head
311-5
73.6
Alex Carey
329-6
78.2
Josh Inglis
335-7
79.5
Cummins
344-8
83.1
Lyon
344-9
83.2
Boland
349-10
84.4
Partnerships
Head
1(0)
8(9)
Jake Weatherald
1(0)
Head
29(0)
45(90)
Labuschagne
13(0)
Head
45(0)
86(112)
Khawaja
40(0)
Head
2(0)
10(10)
Green
7(0)
Head
93(0)
162(223)
Carey
63(0)
Josh Inglis
7(0)
18(26)
Carey
9(0)
Josh Inglis
3(0)
6(9)
Cummins
3(0)
Mitchell Starc
3(0)
9(20)
Cummins
3(0)
Mitchell Starc
0(0)
0(1)
Lyon
0(0)
Mitchell Starc
4(0)
5(8)
Boland
1(0)
ENG 1st Innings
England 1st Innings
286-10
(87.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Zak Crawley
c Alex Carey b Cummins
9
19
0
0
47.37
Duckett
b Lyon
29
30
5
0
96.67
Ollie Pope
c Josh Inglis b Lyon
3
10
0
0
30.00
Root
c Alex Carey b Cummins
19
31
3
0
61.29
Harry Brook
c Alex Carey b Green
45
63
2
1
71.43
Stokes (c)
b Mitchell Starc
83
198
8
0
41.92
Jamie Smith (wk)
c Alex Carey b Cummins
22
26
3
1
84.62
Will Jacks
c Alex Carey b Boland
6
29
1
0
20.69
Brydon Carse
b Boland
0
5
0
0
0.00
Jofra Archer
c Labuschagne b Boland
51
105
5
1
48.57
Josh Tongue
not out
7
12
0
0
58.33
Extras
12
(b 3, lb 5, w 0, nb 4, p 0)
Total
286-10
(87.2 Overs, RR: 3.27)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Mitchell Starc
16
1
61
1
1
0
3.80
Cummins (c)
17
3
69
3
1
0
4.10
Boland
15.2
6
45
3
1
0
2.90
Lyon
28
5
70
2
0
0
2.50
Green
11
3
33
1
1
0
3.00
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Zak Crawley
37-1
7.4
Ollie Pope
41-2
9.3
Duckett
42-3
9.6
Root
71-4
16.4
Harry Brook
127-5
36.2
Jamie Smith
159-6
45.1
Will Jacks
168-7
52.2
Brydon Carse
168-8
54.1
Stokes
274-9
84.1
Jofra Archer
286-10
87.2
Partnerships
Crawley
9(0)
37(46)
Duckett
28(0)
Pope
3(0)
4(11)
Duckett
1(0)
Root
1(0)
1(3)
Duckett
0(0)
Root
18(0)
29(40)
Brook
10(0)
Stokes
19(0)
56(118)
Brook
35(0)
Stokes
9(0)
32(53)
Jamie Smith
22(0)
Stokes
3(0)
9(43)
Will Jacks
6(0)
Stokes
0(0)
0(11)
Brydon Carse
0(0)
Stokes
52(0)
106(180)
Jofra Archer
50(0)
Tongue
7(0)
12(19)
Jofra Archer
1(0)
AUS 1st Innings
Australia 1st Innings
371-10
(91.2 Ov)
Batter
R
B
4s
6s
SR
Head
c Zak Crawley b Brydon Carse
10
28
1
0
35.71
Jake Weatherald
c Jamie Smith b Jofra Archer
18
27
4
0
66.67
Labuschagne
c Brydon Carse b Jofra Archer
19
40
2
0
47.50
Khawaja
c Josh Tongue b Will Jacks
82
126
10
0
65.08
Green
c Brydon Carse b Jofra Archer
0
2
0
0
0.00
Alex Carey (wk)
c Jamie Smith b Will Jacks
106
143
8
1
74.13
Josh Inglis
b Josh Tongue
32
39
4
0
82.05
Cummins (c)
c Ollie Pope b Brydon Carse
13
19
2
0
68.42
Mitchell Starc
b Jofra Archer
54
75
9
0
72.00
Lyon
lbw b Jofra Archer
9
35
1
0
25.71
Boland
not out
14
21
3
0
66.67
Extras
14
(b 0, lb 7, w 0, nb 7, p 0)
Total
371-10
(91.2 Overs, RR: 4.06)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
NB
WD
ECO
Jofra Archer
20.2
5
53
5
0
0
2.60
Brydon Carse
16
0
89
2
6
0
5.60
Josh Tongue
16
1
64
1
0
0
4.00
Stokes (c)
19
3
53
0
1
0
2.80
Will Jacks
20
3
105
2
0
0
5.20
Fall of Wickets
Score
Over
Jake Weatherald
33-1
8.2
Head
33-2
9.1
Labuschagne
94-3
24.1
Green
94-4
24.3
Khawaja
185-5
47.2
Josh Inglis
244-6
60.5
Cummins
271-7
65.5
Alex Carey
321-8
77.2
Mitchell Starc
348-9
85.2
Lyon
371-10
91.2
Partnerships
Head
10(0)
33(51)
Jake Weatherald
18(0)
Head
0(0)
0(5)
Labuschagne
0(0)
Khawaja
41(0)
61(90)
Labuschagne
19(0)
Khawaja
0(0)
0(2)
Green
0(0)
Khawaja
41(0)
91(138)
Carey
44(0)
Josh Inglis
32(0)
59(81)
Carey
27(0)
Cummins
13(0)
27(30)
Carey
14(0)
Mitchell Starc
28(0)
50(69)
Carey
21(0)
Mitchell Starc
26(0)
27(48)
Lyon
1(0)
Boland
14(0)
23(36)
Lyon
8(0)
INFO
Match
AUS vs ENG • 3rd Test • The Ashes, 2025-26
Series
The Ashes, 2025-26
Date
Tue, Dec 16
Time
10:00 AM LOCAL, 11:30 PM GMT
Toss
Australia won the toss and opt to Bat
Venue
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires
Ahsan Raza, Nitin Menon
3rd Umpire
Chris Gaffaney
Referee
Jeff Crowe
Australia squad
Players
Travis Head,
Jake Weatherald,
Marnus Labuschagne,
Usman Khawaja,
Cameron Green,
Josh Inglis,
Alex Carey (wk),
Pat Cummins (c),
Mitchell Starc,
Nathan Lyon,
Scott Boland
Bench
Brendan Doggett,
Michael Neser,
Beau Webster,
Steven Smith
Support Staff
Andrew McDonald,
Andre Borovec,
Daniel Vettori,
Michael Di Venuto,
Adam Griffith
England squad
Players
Zak Crawley,
Ben Duckett,
Ollie Pope,
Joe Root,
Harry Brook,
Ben Stokes (c),
Jamie Smith (wk),
Will Jacks,
Brydon Carse,
Jofra Archer,
Josh Tongue
Bench
Matthew Fisher,
Matthew Potts,
Gus Atkinson,
Jacob Bethell,
Shoaib Bashir
Support Staff
Brendon McCullum,
Jeetan Patel,
Paul Collingwood,
Marcus Trescothick,
Neil Killeen,
Tim Southee
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