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Australia v England

Test 5 · SCG · Sydney, Australia

Day 2 Monday 5 January 2026

Australia take first-innings lead; England dig in on day two

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Coverage

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The Final Word

Scorecard

England — 1st Innings

384/10 (98 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b MG Neser	16	29	3	0	55.2
BM Duckett	c AT Carey b MA Starc	27	24	5	0	112.5
JG Bethell	c AT Carey b SM Boland	10	23	2	0	43.5
JE Root	c & b MG Neser	160	242	15	0	66.1
HC Brook	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	84	97	7	1	86.6
BA Stokes	c AT Carey b MA Starc	0	11	0	0	0.0
JL Smith	c SM Boland b M Labuschagne	46	76	6	1	60.5
WG Jacks	c C Green b MG Neser	27	62	2	1	43.5
BA Carse	c AT Carey b C Green	1	6	0	0	16.7
MJ Potts	not out	1	16	0	0	6.3
JC Tongue	b MG Neser	0	2	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 1, lb 6, w 2, nb 3	12
Total	(98 ov)	384/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	23.1	2	93	2	4.0
MG Neser	18.3	3	60	4	3.2
SM Boland	26	2	85	2	3.3
C Green	18.1	0	85	1	4.7
BJ Webster	5	0	20	0	4.0
TM Head	4	0	20	0	5.0
M Labuschagne	3.1	0	14	1	4.4

Australia — 2nd Innings

567/10 (134.4 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	lbw b JG Bethell	163	166	24	1	98.2
J Weatherald	lbw b BA Stokes	21	36	4	0	58.3
M Labuschagne	c JG Bethell b BA Stokes	48	68	7	0	70.6
MG Neser	c JL Smith b BA Carse	24	90	4	0	26.7
SPD Smith	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	138	220	16	1	62.7
UT Khawaja	lbw b BA Carse	17	49	2	0	34.7
AT Carey	c JG Bethell b JC Tongue	16	13	3	0	123.1
C Green	c BM Duckett b BA Carse	37	64	3	1	57.8
BJ Webster	not out	71	87	7	0	81.6
MA Starc	b JC Tongue	5	14	0	0	35.7
SM Boland	c HC Brook b WG Jacks	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras	b 4, lb 14, w 4, nb 5	27
Total	(134.4 ov)	567/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Carse	27	2	130	3	4.8
MJ Potts	25	1	141	0	5.6
JC Tongue	30	0	97	3	3.2
BA Stokes	28.3	5	95	2	3.3
WG Jacks	8.5	0	34	1	3.8
JG Bethell	15.2	1	52	1	3.4

England — 3rd Innings

337/10 (88.4 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Z Crawley	lbw b MA Starc	1	2	0	0	50.0
BM Duckett	b MG Neser	42	55	6	0	76.4
JG Bethell	c AT Carey b MA Starc	154	265	16	0	58.1
JE Root	lbw b SM Boland	6	37	1	0	16.2
HC Brook	lbw b BJ Webster	42	48	5	0	87.5
WG Jacks	c C Green b BJ Webster	0	2	0	0	0.0
JL Smith	run out (J Weatherald)	26	41	3	0	63.4
BA Stokes	c SPD Smith b BJ Webster	1	5	0	0	20.0
BA Carse	c SPD Smith b SM Boland	16	20	3	0	80.0
MJ Potts	not out	18	43	3	0	41.9
JC Tongue	c M Labuschagne b MA Starc	6	14	1	0	42.9
Extras	b 9, lb 11, w 3, nb 2	25
Total	(88.4 ov)	337/10

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	18.2	3	72	3	3.9
SM Boland	25	6	46	2	1.8
MG Neser	16.1	0	55	1	3.4
C Green	6	0	40	0	6.7
BJ Webster	16.1	1	64	3	4.0
TM Head	4	0	25	0	6.3
M Labuschagne	3	0	15	0	5.0

Australia — 4th Innings

161/5 (31.2 ov)

Batter	Dismissal	R	B	4s	6s	SR
TM Head	c BA Carse b JC Tongue	29	35	4	0	82.9
J Weatherald	c MJ Potts b JC Tongue	34	40	5	0	85.0
M Labuschagne	run out (JL Smith)	37	40	4	1	92.5
SPD Smith	b WG Jacks	12	12	1	0	100.0
UT Khawaja	b JC Tongue	6	7	1	0	85.7
AT Carey	not out	16	27	1	0	59.3
C Green	not out	22	27	3	0	81.5
Extras	b 3, lb 1, w 1	5
Total	(31.2 ov)	161/5

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BA Carse	8	0	51	0	6.4
JC Tongue	11	0	42	3	3.8
JG Bethell	3	0	16	0	5.3
WG Jacks	6.2	0	42	1	6.6
JE Root	3	1	6	0	2.0