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Australia v England

Test 1 · Optus Stadium · Perth, Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

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Scorecard

England — 1st Innings

172/10 (33.1 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c UT Khawaja b MA Starc	0	6	0	0	0.0
BM Duckett	lbw b MA Starc	21	20	4	0	105.0
OJ Pope	lbw b C Green	46	58	4	0	79.3
JE Root	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	0	7	0	0	0.0
HC Brook	c AT Carey b B Doggett	52	61	6	1	85.2
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	6	12	0	0	50.0
JL Smith	c C Green b MA Starc	33	22	6	0	150.0
AAP Atkinson	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	1	2	0	0	50.0
BA Carse	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	6	9	1	0	66.7
JC Archer	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
MA Wood	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	lb 5, nb 2	7
Total	(33.1 ov)	172/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.5
SM Boland	10.2	0	62	0	6.0
B Doggett	7	0	27	2	3.9
NM Lyon	2	0	10	0	5.0
C Green	1	0	10	1	10.0

Australia — 2nd Innings

132/10 (45.4 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
J Weatherald	lbw b JC Archer	0	2	0	0	0.0
M Labuschagne	b JC Archer	9	41	1	0	22.0
SPD Smith	c HC Brook b BA Carse	17	49	2	0	34.7
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b BA Carse	2	6	0	0	33.3
TM Head	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	21	35	1	0	60.0
C Green	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	24	50	2	0	48.0
AT Carey	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	26	26	3	0	100.0
MA Starc	c BA Carse b BA Stokes	12	12	0	0	100.0
NM Lyon	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	4	21	0	0	19.0
SM Boland	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	0	2	0	0	0.0
B Doggett	not out	7	30	0	0	23.3
Extras	lb 8, nb 2	10
Total	(45.4 ov)	132/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	9	4	11	2	1.2
AAP Atkinson	12	4	24	0	2.0
MA Wood	8.1	0	21	0	2.6
BA Carse	10.3	2	45	3	4.3
BA Stokes	6	0	23	5	3.8

England — 3rd Innings

164/10 (34.4 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c & b MA Starc	0	5	0	0	0.0
BM Duckett	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	28	40	3	0	70.0
OJ Pope	c AT Carey b SM Boland	33	57	2	0	57.9
JE Root	b MA Starc	8	11	1	0	72.7
HC Brook	c UT Khawaja b SM Boland	0	3	0	0	0.0
BA Stokes	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	2	11	0	0	18.2
JL Smith	c AT Carey b B Doggett	15	25	1	0	60.0
AAP Atkinson	c B Doggett b SM Boland	37	32	2	2	115.6
BA Carse	c AT Carey b B Doggett	20	20	1	2	100.0
JC Archer	c SPD Smith b B Doggett	5	3	1	0	166.7
MA Wood	not out	4	1	1	0	400.0
Extras	b 1, lb 11	12
Total	(34.4 ov)	164/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	12	1	55	3	4.6
SM Boland	11.4	3	33	4	2.8
B Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.7
C Green	2	0	13	0	6.5

Australia — 4th Innings

205/2 (28.2 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	123	83	16	4	148.2
J Weatherald	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	23	34	3	0	67.6
M Labuschagne	not out	51	49	6	1	104.1
SPD Smith	not out	2	4	0	0	50.0
Extras	b 1, lb 1, w 4	6
Total	(28.2 ov)	205/2

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	8	0	45	0	5.6
AAP Atkinson	9	1	61	0	6.8
BA Carse	5.2	0	44	2	8.3
MA Wood	3	0	23	0	7.7
BA Stokes	2	0	18	0	9.0
JE Root	1	0	12	0	12.0