The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 2nd Test, Day 3, Match Update, England Lead By 16 Runs

England 334 & 193/6

Australia 511

England Lead By 16 Runs

England1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c †Carey b Neser	76	93	138	11	0	81.72
Ben Duckett	c Labuschagne b Starc	0	1	5	0	0	0.00
Ollie Pope	b Starc	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
Joe Root	not out	138	206	379	15	1	66.99
Harry Brook	c Smith b Starc	31	33	58	4	0	93.93
Ben Stokes (c)	run out (Inglis)	19	49	76	4	0	38.77
Jamie Smith †	b Boland	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Will Jacks	c Smith b Starc	19	31	43	3	0	61.29
Gus Atkinson	c †Carey b Starc	4	3	9	1	0	133.33
Brydon Carse	c †Carey b Starc	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Jofra Archer	c Labuschagne b Doggett	38	36	54	2	2	105.55
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 1, w 3)	9
Total	76.2 Ov (RR: 4.37)	334

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75	0	0
Michael Neser	14	3	43	1	3.07	1	0
Scott Boland	19	1	87	1	4.57	2	0
Brendan Doggett	15.2	1	81	1	5.28	0	1
Cameron Green	8	1	43	0	5.37	0	0

Australia1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c Atkinson b Carse	33	43	59	3	1	76.74
Jake Weatherald	lbw b Archer	72	78	121	12	1	92.30
Marnus Labuschagne	c †Smith b Stokes	65	78	116	9	1	83.33
Steven Smith (c)	c Jacks b Carse	61	85	157	5	2	71.76
Cameron Green	b Carse	45	57	97	7	0	78.94
Alex Carey †	c †Smith b Atkinson	63	69	128	6	0	91.30
Josh Inglis	b Stokes	23	25	36	4	0	92.00
Michael Neser	c †Smith b Stokes	16	41	55	1	0	39.02
Mitchell Starc	c Stokes b Carse	77	141	154	13	0	54.60
Scott Boland	not out	21	72	152	3	0	29.16
Brendan Doggett	c Brook b Jacks	13	21	30	1	0	61.90
Extras	(b 4, lb 7, nb 5, w 6)	22
Total	117.3 Ov (RR: 4.34)	511

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jofra Archer	25	3	87	1	3.48	0	0
Gus Atkinson	28	6	114	1	4.07	1	1
Brydon Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24	5	2
Ben Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.70	0	2
Will Jacks	11.3	2	34	1	2.95	0	0

England2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c & b Neser	44	59	104	6	0	74.57
Ben Duckett	b Boland	15	18	38	0	0	83.33
Ollie Pope	c & b Neser	26	32	46	4	0	81.25
Joe Root	c †Carey b Starc	15	36	43	1	0	41.66
Harry Brook	c †Carey b Boland	15	21	43	2	0	71.42
Ben Stokes (c)	not out	36	112	-	4	0	32.14
Jamie Smith †	c †Carey b Starc	4	11	14	1	0	36.36
Will Jacks	not out	25	66	-	1	0	37.87
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 1, w 1)	13
Total	59 Ov (RR: 3.27)	193/6

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Mitchell Starc	15	2	57	2	3.80	0	0
Michael Neser	11	1	32	2	2.90	0	0
Brendan Doggett	11	2	36	0	3.27	0	1
Scott Boland	17	4	47	2	2.76	0	0
Cameron Green	3	1	6	0	2.00	1	0
Travis Head	1	0	1	0	1.00	0	0
Marnus Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	3.00	0	0

Match Flow

Day 3

7th Wicket: 50 runs in 57 balls (AT Carey 34, MG Neser 15, Ex 1)
AT Carey: 50 off 52 balls (5 x 4)
Australia: 400 runs in 78.2 overs (474 balls), Extras 19
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
Drinks: Australia - 419/8 in 87.0 overs (MA Starc 22, SM Boland 0)
Australia: 450 runs in 98.6 overs (598 balls), Extras 19
Tea: Australia - 450/8 in 99.0 overs (MA Starc 46, SM Boland 7)
MA Starc: 50 off 100 balls (8 x 4)
9th Wicket: 50 runs in 124 balls (MA Starc 38, SM Boland 11, Ex 1)
Drinks: Australia - 496/9 in 113.0 overs (SM Boland 16, B Doggett 4)
Australia: 500 runs in 113.5 overs (688 balls), Extras 21
Innings Break: Australia - 511/10 in 117.3 overs (SM Boland 21)
Tea: England - 45/0 in 6.0 overs (Z Crawley 26, BM Duckett 13)
England: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (56 balls), Extras 6
Drinks: England - 97/3 in 21.2 overs (JE Root 5)
England: 100 runs in 21.4 overs (130 balls), Extras 7
Over 25.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - HC Brook (Struck down)
Over 26.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - JE Root (Upheld)
Over 29.2: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - HC Brook (Upheld)
Over 29.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Sharfuddoula, Batter - HC Brook (Upheld)
Over 32.3: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - JL Smith (Struck down)
Over 32.6: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - AT Holdstock, Batter - WG Jacks (Struck down)
End Of Day: England - 134/6 in 35.0 overs (BA Stokes 4, WG Jacks 4)

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The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 2nd Test, Day 3, Match Update, England Lead By 16 Runs

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