16/12Result

3rd Test, England tour of Australia at Adelaide, Dec 17-21 2025

AustraliaAustraliaAUS
371 & 349
EnglandEnglandENG
286 & 352 (102.5 ov)

Australia won by 82 runs

Player of the Match

Alex CareyAustralia

Best performances - Batsmen

TM Head

170(219) 16x4 - 2x6

Control %87%

Productive Shot
cut shot
39 runs
3x4 - 0x6

AT Carey

106(143) 8x4 - 1x6

Control %81%

Productive Shot
cut shot
26 runs
3x4 - 0x6

Best performances - Bowlers

JC Archer

O20.2

R53

Eco2.6

RHB
OFFLEG



	1W	1W
	1W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF



			1W

			1W

JC Tongue

O18

R70

Eco3.88

RHB
OFFLEG


1W

	2W

FTFULL TOSS
YYORKER
FFULL LENGTH
GGOOD LENGTH
SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
SSHORT LENGTH

LHB
LEGOFF





			1W

Partnerships

AUS - 1st
ENG - 1st
AUS - 2nd
ENG - 2nd

Australia - 1st - Innings

TM Head10 (27)

J Weatherald18 (27)

TM Head0 (1)

M Labuschagne0 (4)

UT Khawaja41 (55)

M Labuschagne19 (36)

UT Khawaja0 (0)

C Green0 (2)

UT Khawaja41 (71)

AT Carey44 (67)

AT Carey27 (42)

JP Inglis32 (39)

AT Carey14 (11)

PJ Cummins13 (19)

MA Starc28 (47)

AT Carey21 (23)

NM Lyon1 (20)

MA Starc26 (28)

NM Lyon8 (15)

SM Boland14 (21)

England - 1st - Innings

BM Duckett28 (27)

Z Crawley9 (19)

BM Duckett1 (1)

OJ Pope3 (10)

JE Root1 (1)

BM Duckett0 (2)

JE Root18 (30)

HC Brook10 (11)

BA Stokes19 (67)

HC Brook35 (52)

BA Stokes9 (28)

JL Smith22 (26)

BA Stokes3 (14)

WG Jacks6 (29)

BA Stokes0 (6)

BA Carse0 (5)

106

BA Stokes52 (83)

JC Archer50 (98)

JC Archer1 (7)

JC Tongue7 (12)

Australia - 2nd - Innings

TM Head1 (1)

J Weatherald1 (10)

TM Head29 (46)

M Labuschagne13 (45)

UT Khawaja40 (51)

TM Head45 (62)

TM Head2 (3)

C Green7 (7)

162

AT Carey63 (116)

TM Head93 (107)

AT Carey9 (12)

JP Inglis7 (15)

PJ Cummins3 (4)

JP Inglis3 (5)

MA Starc3 (6)

PJ Cummins3 (14)

NM Lyon0 (1)

MA Starc0 (0)

MA Starc4 (2)

SM Boland1 (6)

England - 2nd - Innings

BM Duckett4 (2)

Z Crawley0 (6)

Z Crawley1 (22)

OJ Pope17 (29)

JE Root39 (63)

Z Crawley36 (54)

HC Brook30 (56)

BA Stokes5 (18)

Z Crawley7 (10)

Z Crawley5 (5)

JL Smith0 (4)

WG Jacks29 (98)

JL Smith60 (79)

BA Carse29 (48)

WG Jacks18 (39)

BA Carse8 (11)

JC Archer3 (14)

BA Carse2 (5)

JC Tongue1 (3)

Match Coverage

All Match News

Brendon McCullum says future as England head coach not in his hands
New Zealander wants to continue in role, calls on team to "salvage something out of the next two Test matches"
Rob Key in a bind as McCullum's wild ride hits Ashes skids
Managing director went all in on head coach's methods, but if one goes, the other's position is untenable
Starc calls for ICC to foot the DRS bill
Fast bowler queries why one technology provider is not used across all international matches to help with DRS consistency
England's failure demands change
Everyone is culpable for an Ashes tour that will go down in the annals as one of the most wasteful
Stokes admits England have been 'poor' but remains committed to captaincy
Pat Cummins admitted he was surprised how the visitors had played on the very hot second day in Adelaide

Videos

play06:36

'Rob Key is in a very difficult position'
06:36
'Imperfect Australia played nearly perfect cricket'
04:47
Crawley credits Australia as hosts close on Ashes win
00:40

England INNINGS		R	B
Z Crawley	stumped	85	151
BM Duckett	caught	4	2
OJ Pope	caught	17	29
JE Root	caught wk	39	63
HC Brook	bowled	30	56
BA Stokes	bowled	5	18
JL Smith	caught	60	83
WG Jacks	caught	47	137
BA Carse	not out	39	64
JC Archer	caught	3	14
JC Tongue	caught	1	3
EXTRAS	(b 4, lb 14, w 1, nb 3)
TOTAL	352 (all out; 102.5 ovs)

Australia BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	17.0	3	62	3	3.64	(1w)
PJ Cummins	17.0	4	48	3	2.82	(2nb)
SM Boland	17.5	5	35	1	1.96
NM Lyon	25.0	6	77	3	3.08
C Green	10.0	0	44	0	4.4	(1nb)
TM Head	15.0	3	61	0	4.06
M Labuschagne	1.0	0	7	0	7

England 4th innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	4	BM Duckett	Z Crawley
2nd	27	Z Crawley	OJ Pope
3rd	78	JE Root	Z Crawley
4th	68	Z Crawley	HC Brook
5th	12	BA Stokes	Z Crawley
6th	5	Z Crawley	JL Smith
7th	91	WG Jacks	JL Smith
8th	52	BA Carse	WG Jacks
9th	12	BA Carse	JC Archer
10th	3	BA Carse	JC Tongue

Australia - 1st - Innings

England - 1st - Innings

Australia - 2nd - Innings

England - 2nd - Innings

Brendon McCullum says future as England head coach not in his hands

Rob Key in a bind as McCullum's wild ride hits Ashes skids

Starc calls for ICC to foot the DRS bill

England's failure demands change

Stokes admits England have been 'poor' but remains committed to captaincy

'Rob Key is in a very difficult position'

'Imperfect Australia played nearly perfect cricket'

Crawley credits Australia as hosts close on Ashes win