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Australia v England

Test 2 · The Gabba · Brisbane, Australia

Australia won by 8 wickets

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Day by Day

Thu, 4 Dec

Australia dominate day one as England struggle with the bat

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Fri, 5 Dec

Australia take commanding first-innings lead at the Gabba

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Sat, 6 Dec

England's second innings collapses; Australia within reach

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Sun, 7 Dec

Australia win by 8 wickets to lead series 2-0

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Scorecard

England — 1st Innings

334/10 (76.3 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b MG Neser	76	93	11	0	81.7
BM Duckett	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	0	1	0	0	0.0
OJ Pope	b MA Starc	0	3	0	0	0.0
JE Root	not out	138	206	15	1	67.0
HC Brook	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	31	33	4	0	93.9
BA Stokes	run out (JP Inglis)	19	49	4	0	38.8
JL Smith	b SM Boland	0	2	0	0	0.0
WG Jacks	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	19	31	3	0	61.3
AAP Atkinson	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	3	1	0	133.3
BA Carse	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	2	0	0	0.0
JC Archer	c M Labuschagne b B Doggett	38	36	2	2	105.6
Extras	b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 1	9
Total	(76.3 ov)	334/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	20	0	75	6	3.8
MG Neser	14	3	43	1	3.1
SM Boland	19	1	87	1	4.6
B Doggett	15.3	1	81	1	5.2
C Green	8	1	43	0	5.4

Australia — 2nd Innings

511/10 (118.2 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c AAP Atkinson b BA Carse	33	43	3	1	76.7
J Weatherald	lbw b JC Archer	72	78	12	1	92.3
M Labuschagne	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	65	78	9	1	83.3
SPD Smith	c WG Jacks b BA Carse	61	85	5	2	71.8
C Green	b BA Carse	45	57	7	0	78.9
AT Carey	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	63	69	6	0	91.3
JP Inglis	b BA Stokes	23	25	4	0	92.0
MG Neser	c JL Smith b BA Stokes	16	41	1	0	39.0
MA Starc	c BA Stokes b BA Carse	77	141	13	0	54.6
SM Boland	not out	21	72	3	0	29.2
B Doggett	c HC Brook b WG Jacks	13	21	1	0	61.9
Extras	b 4, lb 7, w 6, nb 5	22
Total	(118.2 ov)	511/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	25	3	87	1	3.5
AAP Atkinson	28.1	6	114	1	4.0
BA Carse	29.2	3	152	4	5.2
BA Stokes	24.2	0	113	3	4.6
WG Jacks	11.3	3	34	1	3.0

England — 3rd Innings

241/10 (75.3 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c & b MG Neser	44	59	6	0	74.6
BM Duckett	b SM Boland	15	18	1	0	83.3
OJ Pope	c & b MG Neser	26	32	4	0	81.3
JE Root	c AT Carey b MA Starc	15	36	1	0	41.7
HC Brook	c AT Carey b SM Boland	15	21	2	0	71.4
BA Stokes	c AT Carey b MG Neser	50	152	4	0	32.9
JL Smith	c AT Carey b MA Starc	4	11	1	0	36.4
WG Jacks	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	41	92	2	0	44.6
AAP Atkinson	c SPD Smith b B Doggett	3	13	0	0	23.1
BA Carse	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	7	10	0	0	70.0
JC Archer	not out	5	9	1	0	55.6
Extras	b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 1	16
Total	(75.3 ov)	241/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	18	2	64	2	3.6
MG Neser	16.2	3	42	5	2.6
B Doggett	17.1	2	56	1	3.3
SM Boland	17	3	47	2	2.8
C Green	5	1	15	0	3.0
TM Head	1	0	1	0	1.0
M Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	3.0

Australia — 4th Innings

69/2 (10 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	b AAP Atkinson	22	22	2	1	100.0
J Weatherald	not out	17	23	2	0	73.9
M Labuschagne	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	3	6	0	0	50.0
SPD Smith	not out	23	9	2	2	255.6
Extras	b 4	4
Total	(10 ov)	69/2

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	5	0	28	0	5.6
AAP Atkinson	5	0	37	2	7.4