The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, Day 2, Match Update, Australia Lead By 199 Runs

Australia 371 & 114/2

England 286

Australia Lead By 199 Runs

Australia1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c Crawley b Carse	10	28	46	1	0	35.71
Jake Weatherald	c †Smith b Archer	18	27	40	4	0	66.66
Marnus Labuschagne	c Carse b Archer	19	40	76	2	0	47.50
Usman Khawaja	c Tongue b Jacks	82	126	173	10	0	65.07
Cameron Green	c Carse b Archer	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Alex Carey †	c †Smith b Jacks	106	143	238	8	1	74.12
Josh Inglis	b Tongue	32	39	57	4	0	82.05
Pat Cummins (c)	c Pope b Carse	13	19	22	2	0	68.42
Mitchell Starc	b Archer	54	75	89	9	0	72.00
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Archer	9	35	61	1	0	25.71
Scott Boland	not out	14	21	26	3	0	66.66
Extras	(lb 7, nb 7)	14
Total	91.2 Ov (RR: 4.06)	371

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Jofra Archer	20.2	5	53	5	2.60	0
Brydon Carse	16	0	89	2	5.56	6
Josh Tongue	16	1	64	1	4.00	0
Ben Stokes	19	3	53	0	2.78	1
Will Jacks	20	3	105	2	5.25	0

England1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	c †Carey b Cummins	9	19	39	0	0	47.36
Ben Duckett	b Lyon	29	30	53	5	0	96.66
Ollie Pope	c Inglis b Lyon	3	10	9	0	0	30.00
Joe Root	c †Carey b Cummins	19	31	35	3	0	61.29
Harry Brook	c †Carey b Green	45	63	122	2	1	71.42
Ben Stokes (c)	b Starc	83	198	312	8	0	41.91
Jamie Smith †	c †Carey b Cummins	22	26	45	3	1	84.61
Will Jacks	c †Carey b Boland	6	29	31	1	0	20.68
Brydon Carse	b Boland	0	5	7	0	0	0.00
Jofra Archer	c Labuschagne b Boland	51	105	151	5	1	48.57
Josh Tongue	not out	7	12	17	0	0	58.33
Extras	(b 3, lb 5, nb 4)	12
Total	87.2 Ov (RR: 3.27)	286

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	16	1	61	1	3.81	1
Pat Cummins	17	3	69	3	4.05	1
Scott Boland	15.2	6	45	3	2.93	1
Nathan Lyon	28	5	70	2	2.50	0
Cameron Green	11	3	33	1	3.00	1

Australia2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	not out	68	91	6	1	74.72
Jake Weatherald	lbw b Carse	1	10	0	0	10.00
Marnus Labuschagne	c Brook b Tongue	13	45	1	0	28.88
Usman Khawaja	not out	27	41	2	0	65.85
Extras	(b 4, lb 1, nb 4, w 1)	10
Total	30.3 Ov (RR: 3.90)	119/2

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jofra Archer	5	1	10	0	2.00	0	2
Brydon Carse	10.3	1	35	1	3.33	0	1
Josh Tongue	6	0	31	1	5.16	1	1
Will Jacks	7	0	31	0	4.42	0	0
Joe Root	2	0	7	0	3.50	0	0

Match Flow

Day 2

MA Starc: 50 off 73 balls (8 x 4)
Australia: 350 runs in 86.3 overs (526 balls), Extras 13
Innings Break: Australia - 371/10 in 91.2 overs (SM Boland 14)
Over 91.2: Review by Australia (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - NM Lyon (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Over 10.2: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JE Root (Struck down)
England: 50 runs in 12.2 overs (75 balls), Extras 1
Lunch: England - 59/3 in 14.0 overs (JE Root 11, HC Brook 6)
England: 100 runs in 28.1 overs (170 balls), Extras 2
Drinks: England - 113/4 in 31.0 overs (HC Brook 36, BA Stokes 15)
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 97 balls (HC Brook 33, BA Stokes 17, Ex 1)
Over 35.1: Review by England (Batting), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Nitin Menon, Batter - HC Brook (Upheld)
Tea: England - 132/5 in 39.0 overs (BA Stokes 19, JL Smith 5)
England: 150 runs in 43.3 overs (264 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: England - 162/6 in 48.0 overs (BA Stokes 29, WG Jacks 2)
Drinks: England - 179/8 in 58.0 overs (BA Stokes 33, JC Archer 9)
England: 200 runs in 61.4 overs (374 balls), Extras 5
End Of Day: England - 213/8 in 68.0 overs (BA Stokes 45, JC Archer 30)