Result

Australia won by 8 wickets

Australia vs England

2nd Test · Brisbane · Dec 04, 2025 · Ashes Series

ENG
England
334 (76.2) & 241 (75.2)
AUS
Australia
511-10 (117.3) & 69-2 (10)

England won the toss and elected to batting

Player of the Match

England 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley c Alex Carey b Michael Neser 76 93 11 0 82.00
Ben Duckett c Marnus Labuschagne b Mitchell Starc 0 1 0 0 0.00
Ollie Pope b Mitchell Starc 0 3 0 0 0.00
Joe Root not out 138 206 15 1 67.00
Harry Brook c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc 31 33 4 0 94.00
Ben Stokes c Josh Inglis 19 49 4 0 39.00
Jamie Smith b Scott Boland 0 2 0 0 0.00
Will Jacks c Steven Smith b Mitchell Starc 19 31 3 0 61.00
Gus Atkinson c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 4 3 1 0 133.00
Brydon Carse c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 0 2 0 0 0.00
Jofra Archer c Marnus Labuschagne b Brendan Doggett 38 36 2 2 106.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 20.0 75 6 3.75
Michael Neser 14.0 43 1 3.07
Scott Boland 19.0 87 1 4.58
Brendan Doggett 15.2 81 1 5.28
Cameron Green 8.0 43 0 5.38

Australia 1st Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Travis Head c Gus Atkinson b Brydon Carse 33 43 3 1 77.00
Jake Weatherald b Jofra Archer 72 78 12 1 92.00
Marnus Labuschagne c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes 65 78 9 1 83.00
Steven Smith c Will Jacks b Brydon Carse 61 85 5 2 72.00
Cameron Green b Brydon Carse 45 57 7 0 79.00
Alex Carey c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson 63 69 6 0 91.00
Josh Inglis b Ben Stokes 23 25 4 0 92.00
Michael Neser c Jamie Smith b Ben Stokes 16 41 1 0 39.00
Mitchell Starc c Ben Stokes b Brydon Carse 77 141 13 0 55.00
Scott Boland not out 21 72 3 0 29.00
Brendan Doggett c Harry Brook b Will Jacks 13 21 1 0 62.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Jofra Archer 25.0 87 1 3.48
Gus Atkinson 28.0 114 1 4.07
Brydon Carse 29.0 152 4 5.24
Ben Stokes 24.0 113 3 4.71
Will Jacks 11.3 34 1 2.96

England 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Zak Crawley c & b Michael Neser 44 59 6 0 75.00
Ben Duckett b Scott Boland 15 18 0 0 83.00
Ollie Pope c & b Michael Neser 26 32 4 0 81.00
Joe Root c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 15 36 1 0 42.00
Harry Brook c Alex Carey b Scott Boland 15 21 2 0 71.00
Ben Stokes c Alex Carey b Michael Neser 50 152 4 0 33.00
Jamie Smith c Alex Carey b Mitchell Starc 4 11 1 0 36.00
Will Jacks c Steven Smith b Michael Neser 41 92 2 0 45.00
Gus Atkinson c Steven Smith b Brendan Doggett 3 13 0 0 23.00
Brydon Carse c Steven Smith b Michael Neser 7 10 0 0 70.00
Jofra Archer not out 5 9 1 0 56.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Mitchell Starc 18.0 64 2 3.56
Michael Neser 16.2 42 5 2.57
Brendan Doggett 17.0 56 1 3.29
Scott Boland 17.0 47 2 2.76
Cameron Green 5.0 15 0 3.00
Travis Head 1.0 1 0 1.00
Marnus Labuschagne 1.0 3 0 3.00

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting

Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Travis Head b Gus Atkinson 22 22 2 1 100.00
Jake Weatherald not out 17 23 2 0 74.00
Marnus Labuschagne c Jamie Smith b Gus Atkinson 3 6 0 0 50.00
Steven Smith not out 23 9 2 2 256.00

Bowling

Bowler O R W Econ
Jofra Archer 5.0 28 0 5.60
Gus Atkinson 5.0 37 2 7.40

Venue

The Gabba
Brisbane, Australia

Innings

  • England — 1st Innings 334 (76.2)
  • Australia — 1st Innings 511-10 (117.3)
  • England — 2nd Innings 241 (75.2)
  • Australia — 2nd Innings 69-2 (10)

Awards

Player of the match: Mitchell Starc