Australia v England, Live Cricket Score and Commentary, 3rd Test, The Ashes, 2025

The Ashes 3rd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide, December 16, 2025

Australia

AUS

371/10 (91.2) & 349/10 (84.4)

England

ENG

286/10 (87.2) & 352/10 (102.5)

Finished

AUS won by 82 runs

Australia 1st InningAUS 1st Inning371/10 (91.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c Z Crawley b B Carse	10	28	1	0	35.71
c Z Crawley b B Carse
Jake Weatherald	c JL Smith b J Archer	18	27	4	0	66.67
c JL Smith b J Archer
Marnus Labuschagne	c B Carse b J Archer	19	40	2	0	47.50
c B Carse b J Archer
Usman Khawaja	c JC Tongue b WG Jacks	82	126	10	0	65.08
c JC Tongue b WG Jacks
Cameron Green	c B Carse b J Archer	0	2	0	0	0.00
c B Carse b J Archer
Alex Carey(WK)	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	106	143	8	1	74.13
c JL Smith b WG Jacks
Josh Inglis	b JC Tongue	32	39	4	0	82.05
b JC Tongue
Pat Cummins(C)	c O Pope b B Carse	13	19	2	0	68.42
c O Pope b B Carse
Mitchell Starc	b J Archer	54	75	9	0	72.00
b J Archer
Nathan Lyon	lbw b J Archer	9	35	1	0	25.71
lbw b J Archer
Scott Boland	Not out	14	21	3	0	66.67
Not out
Extra	14 (b 0, w 0, nb 7, lb 7)
Total	371/10 (91.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	20.2	5	53	5	2.61
Brydon Carse	16	0	89	2	5.56
Josh Tongue	16	1	64	1	4.00
Ben Stokes	19	3	53	0	2.79
Will Jacks	20	3	105	2	5.25

Fall of wickets: 1-33 (J Weatherald - 8.2 ov), 2-33 (T Head - 9.1 ov), 3-94 (M Labuschagne - 24.1 ov), 4-94 (CM Green - 24.3 ov), 5-185 (U Khawaja - 47.2 ov), 6-244 (J Inglis - 60.5 ov), 7-271 (P Cummins - 65.5 ov), 8-321 (A Carey - 77.2 ov), 9-348 (M Starc - 85.2 ov), 10-371 (NM Lyon - 91.2 ov)

England 1st InningENG 1st Inning286/10 (87.2 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	c A Carey b P Cummins	9	19	0	0	47.37
c A Carey b P Cummins
Ben Duckett	b NM Lyon	29	30	5	0	96.67
b NM Lyon
Ollie Pope	c J Inglis b NM Lyon	3	10	0	0	30.00
c J Inglis b NM Lyon
Joe Root	c A Carey b P Cummins	19	31	3	0	61.29
c A Carey b P Cummins
Harry Brook	c A Carey b CM Green	45	63	2	1	71.43
c A Carey b CM Green
Ben Stokes(C)	b M Starc	83	198	8	0	41.92
b M Starc
Jamie Smith(WK)	c A Carey b P Cummins	22	26	3	1	84.62
c A Carey b P Cummins
Will Jacks	c A Carey b SM Boland	6	29	1	0	20.69
c A Carey b SM Boland
Brydon Carse	b SM Boland	0	5	0	0	0.00
b SM Boland
Jofra Archer	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	51	105	5	1	48.57
c M Labuschagne b SM Boland
Josh Tongue	Not out	7	12	0	0	58.33
Not out
Extra	12 (b 3, w 0, nb 4, lb 5)
Total	286/10 (87.2)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	16	1	61	1	3.81
Pat Cummins	17	3	69	3	4.06
Scott Boland	15.2	6	45	3	2.93
Nathan Lyon	28	5	70	2	2.50
Cameron Green	11	3	33	1	3.00

Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Z Crawley - 7.4 ov), 2-41 (O Pope - 9.3 ov), 3-42 (BM Duckett - 9.6 ov), 4-71 (J Root - 16.4 ov), 5-127 (H Brook - 36.2 ov), 6-159 (JL Smith - 45.1 ov), 7-168 (WG Jacks - 52.2 ov), 8-168 (B Carse - 54.1 ov), 9-274 (B Stokes - 84.1 ov), 10-286 (J Archer - 87.2 ov)

Australia 2nd InningAUS 2nd Inning349/10 (84.4 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Travis Head	c Z Crawley b JC Tongue	170	219	16	2	77.63
c Z Crawley b JC Tongue
Jake Weatherald	lbw b B Carse	1	10	0	0	10.00
lbw b B Carse
Marnus Labuschagne	c H Brook b JC Tongue	13	45	1	0	28.89
c H Brook b JC Tongue
Usman Khawaja	c JL Smith b WG Jacks	40	51	4	0	78.43
c JL Smith b WG Jacks
Cameron Green	c H Brook b JC Tongue	7	7	1	0	100.00
c H Brook b JC Tongue
Alex Carey(WK)	c H Brook b B Stokes	72	128	6	0	56.25
c H Brook b B Stokes
Josh Inglis	c JL Smith b JC Tongue	10	20	0	0	50.00
c JL Smith b JC Tongue
Pat Cummins(C)	c H Brook b B Carse	6	18	0	0	33.33
c H Brook b B Carse
Mitchell Starc	Not out	7	8	1	0	87.50
Not out
Nathan Lyon	lbw b B Carse	0	1	0	0	0.00
lbw b B Carse
Scott Boland	c & b J Archer	1	6	0	0	16.67
c & b J Archer
Extra	22 (b 4, w 3, nb 5, lb 10)
Total	349/10 (84.4)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Jofra Archer	12.4	2	20	1	1.58
Brydon Carse	20	1	80	3	4.00
Josh Tongue	18	0	70	4	3.89
Will Jacks	19	0	107	1	5.63
Joe Root	8	0	32	0	4.00
Ben Stokes	7	0	26	1	3.71

Fall of wickets: 1-8 (J Weatherald - 1.3 ov), 2-53 (M Labuschagne - 16.3 ov), 3-139 (U Khawaja - 35.1 ov), 4-149 (CM Green - 36.5 ov), 5-311 (T Head - 73.6 ov), 6-329 (A Carey - 78.2 ov), 7-335 (J Inglis - 79.5 ov), 8-344 (P Cummins - 83.1 ov), 9-344 (NM Lyon - 83.2 ov), 10-349 (SM Boland - 84.4 ov)

England 2nd InningENG 2nd Inning352/10 (102.5 ov)

Batsmen		R	B	4S	6S	SR
Zak Crawley	st A Carey b NM Lyon	85	151	8	0	56.29
st A Carey b NM Lyon
Ben Duckett	c M Labuschagne b P Cummins	4	2	1	0	200.00
c M Labuschagne b P Cummins
Ollie Pope	c M Labuschagne b P Cummins	17	29	2	0	58.62
c M Labuschagne b P Cummins
Joe Root	c A Carey b P Cummins	39	63	5	0	61.90
c A Carey b P Cummins
Harry Brook	b NM Lyon	30	56	2	0	53.57
b NM Lyon
Ben Stokes(C)	b NM Lyon	5	18	1	0	27.78
b NM Lyon
Jamie Smith(WK)	c P Cummins b M Starc	60	83	7	2	72.29
c P Cummins b M Starc
Will Jacks	c M Labuschagne b M Starc	47	137	3	0	34.31
c M Labuschagne b M Starc
Brydon Carse	Not out	39	64	4	1	60.94
Not out
Jofra Archer	c J Weatherald b M Starc	3	14	0	0	21.43
c J Weatherald b M Starc
Josh Tongue	c M Labuschagne b SM Boland	1	3	0	0	33.33
c M Labuschagne b SM Boland
Extra	22 (b 4, w 1, nb 3, lb 14)
Total	352/10 (102.5)

BOWLING	O	M	R	W	ECON
Mitchell Starc	17	3	62	3	3.65
Pat Cummins	17	4	48	3	2.82
Scott Boland	17.5	5	35	1	1.96
Nathan Lyon	25	6	77	3	3.08
Cameron Green	10	0	44	0	4.40
Travis Head	15	3	61	0	4.07
Marnus Labuschagne	1	0	7	0	7.00

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (BM Duckett - 1.2 ov), 2-31 (O Pope - 9.4 ov), 3-109 (J Root - 28.6 ov), 4-177 (H Brook - 47.2 ov), 5-189 (B Stokes - 51.6 ov), 6-194 (Z Crawley - 53.3 ov), 7-285 (JL Smith - 82.5 ov), 8-337 (WG Jacks - 97.2 ov), 9-349 (J Archer - 101.3 ov), 10-352 (JC Tongue - 102.5 ov)

Man of the Match

Alex Carey

Man of the Series

Mitchell Starc

Date

2025-12-17 05:00 AM

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Toss

Australia elected to bat

Umpires

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