The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, Day 3, Match Update, England Need 358 Runs

Australia 371 & 349

England 286 & 77/2

England Need 358 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	M	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head	c Crawley b Tongue	170	219	325	16	2	77.62
Jake Weatherald	lbw b Carse	1	10	8	0	0	10.00
Marnus Labuschagne	c Brook b Tongue	13	45	71	1	0	28.88
Usman Khawaja	c †Smith b Jacks	40	51	75	4	0	78.43
Cameron Green	c Brook b Tongue	7	7	8	1	0	100.00
Alex Carey †	c Brook b Stokes	72	128	179	6	0	56.25
Josh Inglis	c †Smith b Tongue	10	20	31	0	0	50.00
Pat Cummins (c)	c Brook b Carse	6	18	26	0	0	33.33
Mitchell Starc	not out	7	8	28	1	0	87.50
Nathan Lyon	lbw b Carse	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Scott Boland	c & b Archer	1	6	6	0	0	16.66
Extras	(b 4, lb 10, nb 5, w 3)	22
Total	84.4 Ov (RR: 4.12)	349

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	WD	NB
Jofra Archer	12.4	2	20	1	1.57	0	2
Brydon Carse	20	1	80	3	4.00	0	1
Josh Tongue	18	0	70	4	3.88	2	2
Will Jacks	19	0	107	1	5.63	0	0
Joe Root	8	0	32	0	4.00	0	0
Ben Stokes	7	0	26	1	3.71	1	0

England2nd Innings (Target:- 435 Runs)

Batting		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley	not out	25	66	3	0	37.87
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	not out	22	38	3	0	57.89
Extras	(b 4, lb 5, nb 2)	11
Total	22.1 Ov (RR: 3.56)	79/2

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	NB
Mitchell Starc	6	2	20	0	3.33	0
Pat Cummins	7	1	19	2	2.71	2
Scott Boland	5	1	6	0	1.20	0
Nathan Lyon	4	0	25	0	6.25	0
Cameron Green	1	0	7	0	7.00	0

Match Flow

Day 3

9th Wicket: 50 runs in 89 balls (BA Stokes 18, JC Archer 31, Ex 1)
BA Stokes: 50 off 159 balls (4 x 4)
England: 250 runs in 77.2 overs (468 balls), Extras 8
New ball taken at 80.1 overs
9th Wicket: 100 runs in 164 balls (BA Stokes 49, JC Archer 48, Ex 4)
Drinks: England - 270/8 in 82.0 overs (BA Stokes 81, JC Archer 48)
JC Archer: 50 off 97 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
Over 84.3: Review by Australia (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - JC Tongue (Struck down - Umpires Call)
Innings Break: England - 286/10 in 87.2 overs (JC Tongue 7)
Lunch: Australia - 17/1 in 5.0 overs (TM Head 5, M Labuschagne 4)
Over 7.5: Review by England (Bowling), Decision Challenged - Wicket, Umpire - Ahsan Raza, Batter - M Labuschagne (Struck down)
Australia: 50 runs in 14.3 overs (90 balls), Extras 9
Drinks: Australia - 53/2 in 16.3 overs (TM Head 30)
TM Head: 50 off 72 balls (5 x 4)
Australia: 100 runs in 25.4 overs (158 balls), Extras 10
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 58 balls (TM Head 27, UT Khawaja 22, Ex 1)
Tea: Australia - 119/2 in 31.0 overs (TM Head 68, UT Khawaja 27)
Australia: 150 runs in 37.1 overs (227 balls), Extras 11
Australia: 150 runs in 37.4 overs (230 balls), Extras 11
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (TM Head 20, AT Carey 26, Ex 4)
Drinks: Australia - 199/4 in 49.0 overs (TM Head 97, AT Carey 26)
Australia: 200 runs in 49.1 overs (299 balls), Extras 15
TM Head: 100 off 146 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
Australia: 250 runs in 61.6 overs (376 balls), Extras 16
5th Wicket: 100 runs in 151 balls (TM Head 59, AT Carey 38, Ex 5)
Attendance: 53,696
AT Carey: 50 off 84 balls (4 x 4)
End Of Day: Australia - 271/4 in 66.0 overs (TM Head 142, AT Carey 52)

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The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, Day 3, Match Update, England Need 358 Runs

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The Ashes, 2025-26, Australia vs England, 3rd Test, Day 3, Match Update, England Need 358 Runs

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