England VS Australia, 2nd Test, England tour of Australia, 2025/26 - Live Cricket Score, ball by ball Commentary

2nd Test, England tour of Australia, 2025/26

AUSTRALIA BEAT ENGLAND BY 8 WICKETS
MATCH ENDED

England
334/10 (76.2) & 241/10 (75.2)

VS

Australia
511/10 (117.3) & 69/2 (10.0)

Match Information Desktop Scorecard

Toss	England elected to bat
Match Status	Australia beat England by 8 wickets Match Ended
Umpires	Adrian Holdstock (SA), Sharfuddoula Saikat (BAN) and Nitin Menon (IND)
Man of the Match	Mitchell Starc

England (334/10 in 76.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c Alex Carey b Michael Neser	76	93	11	0	82
Ben Duckett c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc	0	1	0	0	0
Ollie Pope b Mitchell Starc	0	3	0	0	0
Joe Root not out	138	206	15	1	67
Harry Brook c Steve Smith b Mitchell Starc	31	33	4	0	94
Ben Stokes run out (Josh Inglis)	19	49	4	0	39
Jamie Smith b Scott Boland	0	2	0	0	0
Will Jacks c Steve Smith b Mitchell Starc	19	31	3	0	61
Gus Atkinson c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	4	3	1	0	133
Brydon Carse c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	0	2	0	0	0
Jofra Archer c Marnus Labuschagne b Brendan Doggett	38	36	2	2	106

Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 3, nb 1)				9
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 76.2)				334
(4.38 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75
Michael Neser	14	3	43	1	3.07
Scott Boland	19	1	87	1	4.57
Brendan Doggett	15.2	1	81	1	5.28
Cameron Green	8	1	43	0	5.37

Australia (511/10 in 117.3 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head c Gus Atkinson b Brydon Carse	33	43	3	1	77
Jake Weatherald lbw b Jofra Archer	72	78	12	1	92
Marnus Labuschagne c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes	65	78	9	1	83
Steve Smith c Will Jacks b Brydon Carse	61	85	5	2	72
Cameron Green b Brydon Carse	45	57	7	0	79
Alex Carey c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	63	69	6	0	91
Josh Inglis b Ben Stokes	23	25	4	0	92
Michael Neser c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes	16	41	1	0	39
Mitchell Starc c Ben Stokes b Brydon Carse	77	141	13	0	55
Scott Boland not out	21	72	3	0	29
Brendan Doggett c Harry Brook b Will Jacks	13	21	1	0	62

Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 6, nb 5)				22
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 117.3)				511
(4.35 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jofra Archer	25	3	87	1	3.48
Gus Atkinson	28	6	114	1	4.07
Brydon Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24
Ben Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.70
Will Jacks	11.3	2	34	1	2.95

England (241/10 in 75.2 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Zak Crawley c & b Michael Neser	44	59	6	0	75
Ben Duckett b Scott Boland	15	18	0	0	83
Ollie Pope c & b Michael Neser	26	32	4	0	81
Joe Root c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	15	36	1	0	42
Harry Brook c Alex Carey b Scott Boland	15	21	2	0	71
Ben Stokes c Alex Carey b Michael Neser	50	152	4	0	33
Jamie Smith c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc	4	11	1	0	36
Will Jacks c Steve Smith b Michael Neser	41	92	2	0	45
Gus Atkinson c Steve Smith b Brendan Doggett	3	13	0	0	23
Brydon Carse c Steve Smith b Michael Neser	7	10	0	0	70
Jofra Archer not out	5	9	1	0	56

Extras	(b 8, lb 5, w 2, nb 1)				16
Total	(Wicket 10, Overs 75.2)				241
(3.20 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Starc	18	2	64	2	3.55
Michael Neser	16.2	2	42	5	2.57
Brendan Doggett	17	2	56	1	3.29
Scott Boland	17	4	47	2	2.76
Cameron Green	5	1	15	0	3.00
Travis Head	1	0	1	0	1.00
Marnus Labuschagne	1	0	3	0	3.00

Australia (69/2 in 10.0 ovs)

Batting	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Travis Head b Gus Atkinson	22	22	2	1	100
Jake Weatherald not out	17	23	2	0	74
Marnus Labuschagne c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson	3	6	0	0	50
Steve Smith not out	23	9	2	2	256

Extras	(b 4, lb 0, w 0, nb 0)				4
Total	(Wicket 2, Overs 10.0)				69
(6.90 runs per over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Jofra Archer	5	0	28	0	5.60
Gus Atkinson	5	0	37	2	7.40

Team Sqaud

England

Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ollie Pope, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (w), Will Jacks, Gus Atkinson, Brydon Carse, Jofra Archer

Australia

Jake Weatherald, Travis Head, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Cameron Green, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey (w), Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Brendan Doggett, Scott Boland