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Australia v England

Test 4 · MCG · Melbourne, Australia

Day 1 Friday 26 December 2025

England's top order fires on Boxing Day to put Australia under pressure

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Scorecard

Australia — 1st Innings

152/10 (45.3 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	b AAP Atkinson	12	22	2	0	54.5
J Weatherald	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	23	1	0	43.5
M Labuschagne	c JE Root b JC Tongue	6	19	0	0	31.6
SPD Smith	b JC Tongue	9	31	2	0	29.0
UT Khawaja	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	29	52	2	0	55.8
AT Carey	c Z Crawley b BA Stokes	20	35	0	0	57.1
C Green	run out (BA Carse)	17	34	2	0	50.0
MG Neser	b JC Tongue	35	49	7	0	71.4
MA Starc	c BA Stokes b BA Carse	1	6	0	0	16.7
JA Richardson	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
SM Boland	c HC Brook b JC Tongue	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 8, nb 1	13
Total	(45.3 ov)	152/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AAP Atkinson	14	4	28	2	2.0
BA Carse	12.1	3	42	1	3.5
JC Tongue	11.2	3	45	5	4.0
BA Stokes	8	1	25	1	3.1

England — 2nd Innings

110/10 (30 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	c SPD Smith b MA Starc	5	14	0	0	35.7
BM Duckett	c MG Neser b MA Starc	2	5	0	0	40.0
JG Bethell	c AT Carey b MG Neser	1	5	0	0	20.0
JE Root	c AT Carey b MG Neser	0	15	0	0	0.0
HC Brook	lbw b SM Boland	41	34	2	2	120.6
BA Stokes	c SPD Smith b MG Neser	16	38	1	0	42.1
JL Smith	b SM Boland	2	3	0	0	66.7
WG Jacks	c AT Carey b SM Boland	5	10	0	0	50.0
AAP Atkinson	b C Green	28	35	3	1	80.0
BA Carse	c SM Boland b MG Neser	4	12	0	0	33.3
JC Tongue	not out	1	9	0	0	11.1
Extras	lb 4, nb 1	5
Total	(30 ov)	110/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	6	0	23	2	3.8
MG Neser	10	1	45	4	4.5
SM Boland	9	1	30	3	3.3
JA Richardson	4.1	1	8	0	1.9
C Green	0.5	1	0	1	0.0

Australia — 3rd Innings

132/10 (35 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
SM Boland	c JL Smith b AAP Atkinson	6	17	1	0	35.3
TM Head	b BA Carse	46	67	4	0	68.7
J Weatherald	b BA Stokes	5	15	0	0	33.3
M Labuschagne	c JE Root b JC Tongue	8	18	1	0	44.4
SPD Smith	not out	24	39	1	0	61.5
UT Khawaja	c OJ Pope b JC Tongue	0	2	0	0	0.0
AT Carey	c HC Brook b BA Carse	4	6	1	0	66.7
C Green	c HC Brook b BA Stokes	19	29	3	0	65.5
MG Neser	c & b BA Carse	0	5	0	0	0.0
MA Starc	c JE Root b BA Carse	0	2	0	0	0.0
JA Richardson	c Z Crawley b BA Stokes	7	10	1	0	70.0
Extras	b 4, lb 6, nb 3	13
Total	(35 ov)	132/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
AAP Atkinson	5	1	20	1	4.0
BA Carse	11.1	2	34	4	3.0
JC Tongue	11.2	2	44	2	3.9
BA Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	3.2

England — 4th Innings

178/6 (33.1 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b SM Boland	37	48	3	1	77.1
BM Duckett	b MA Starc	34	26	4	1	130.8
BA Carse	c C Green b JA Richardson	6	8	0	0	75.0
JG Bethell	c UT Khawaja b SM Boland	40	46	5	0	87.0
JE Root	lbw b JA Richardson	15	38	0	0	39.5
HC Brook	not out	18	22	3	0	81.8
BA Stokes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	2	9	0	0	22.2
JL Smith	not out	3	2	0	0	150.0
Extras	b 8, lb 10, nb 5	23
Total	(33.1 ov)	178/6

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10.1	0	55	2	5.4
MG Neser	8	0	54	0	6.8
JA Richardson	6	0	22	2	3.7
SM Boland	9	0	29	2	3.2