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Australia v England

Test 3 · Adelaide Oval · Adelaide, Australia

Day 1 Wednesday 17 December 2025

Smith century anchors Australia to strong first-day total

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Scorecard

Australia — 1st Innings

371/10 (92.3 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b BA Carse	10	28	1	0	35.7
J Weatherald	c JL Smith b JC Archer	18	27	4	0	66.7
M Labuschagne	c BA Carse b JC Archer	19	40	2	0	47.5
UT Khawaja	c JC Tongue b WG Jacks	82	126	10	0	65.1
C Green	c BA Carse b JC Archer	0	2	0	0	0.0
AT Carey	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	106	143	8	1	74.1
JP Inglis	b JC Tongue	32	39	4	0	82.1
PJ Cummins	c OJ Pope b BA Carse	13	19	2	0	68.4
MA Starc	b JC Archer	54	75	9	0	72.0
NM Lyon	lbw b JC Archer	9	35	1	0	25.7
SM Boland	not out	14	21	3	0	66.7
Extras	lb 7, nb 7	14
Total	(92.3 ov)	371/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	20.2	6	53	5	2.6
BA Carse	17	0	89	2	5.2
JC Tongue	16	1	64	1	4.0
BA Stokes	19.1	3	53	0	2.8
WG Jacks	20	3	105	2	5.3

England — 2nd Innings

286/10 (88 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	9	19	0	0	47.4
BM Duckett	b NM Lyon	29	30	5	0	96.7
OJ Pope	c JP Inglis b NM Lyon	3	10	0	0	30.0
JE Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	19	31	3	0	61.3
HC Brook	c AT Carey b C Green	45	63	2	1	71.4
BA Stokes	b MA Starc	83	198	8	0	41.9
JL Smith	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	22	26	3	1	84.6
WG Jacks	c AT Carey b SM Boland	6	29	1	0	20.7
BA Carse	b SM Boland	0	5	0	0	0.0
JC Archer	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	51	105	5	1	48.6
JC Tongue	not out	7	12	0	0	58.3
Extras	b 3, lb 5, nb 4	12
Total	(88 ov)	286/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	16.1	0	61	1	3.8
PJ Cummins	17.1	3	69	3	4.0
SM Boland	15.3	7	45	3	2.9
NM Lyon	28	5	70	2	2.5
C Green	11.1	3	33	1	3.0

Australia — 3rd Innings

349/10 (85.3 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c Z Crawley b JC Tongue	170	219	16	2	77.6
J Weatherald	lbw b BA Carse	1	10	0	0	10.0
M Labuschagne	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	13	45	1	0	28.9
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	40	51	4	0	78.4
C Green	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	7	7	1	0	100.0
AT Carey	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	72	128	6	0	56.3
JP Inglis	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	20	0	0	50.0
PJ Cummins	c HC Brook b BA Carse	6	18	0	0	33.3
MA Starc	not out	7	8	1	0	87.5
NM Lyon	lbw b BA Carse	0	1	0	0	0.0
SM Boland	c & b JC Archer	1	6	0	0	16.7
Extras	b 4, lb 10, w 3, nb 5	22
Total	(85.3 ov)	349/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JC Archer	13	3	20	1	1.5
BA Carse	20.1	0	80	3	4.0
JC Tongue	18.2	0	70	4	3.8
WG Jacks	19	0	107	1	5.6
JE Root	8	0	32	0	4.0
BA Stokes	7	0	26	1	3.7

England — 4th Innings

352/10 (103.2 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	st AT Carey b NM Lyon	85	151	8	0	56.3
BM Duckett	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	4	2	1	0	200.0
OJ Pope	c M Labuschagne b PJ Cummins	17	29	2	0	58.6
JE Root	c AT Carey b PJ Cummins	39	63	5	0	61.9
HC Brook	b NM Lyon	30	56	2	0	53.6
BA Stokes	b NM Lyon	5	18	1	0	27.8
JL Smith	c PJ Cummins b MA Starc	60	83	7	2	72.3
WG Jacks	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	47	137	3	0	34.3
BA Carse	not out	39	64	4	1	60.9
JC Archer	c J Weatherald b MA Starc	3	14	0	0	21.4
JC Tongue	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	1	3	0	0	33.3
Extras	b 4, lb 14, w 1, nb 3	22
Total	(103.2 ov)	352/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	17	2	62	3	3.6
PJ Cummins	17.2	3	48	3	2.8
SM Boland	17.5	5	35	1	2.0
NM Lyon	25	6	77	3	3.1
C Green	10.1	0	44	0	4.3
TM Head	15	3	61	0	4.1
M Labuschagne	1	0	7	0	7.0