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England vs Australia സ്കോര് ബോര്ഡ്, 5th Test, Australia vs England 2025/26
Result · Jan 04 2026, Sun - 04:30 AM (IST)
ENGLAND384, 342
AUSTRALIA567, 161/5
Australia won by 5 wickets
CRR:5.14
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Match Info
| പരമ്പര: | England in Australia 2025/26 |
| തിയ്യതി: | Jan 04 2026, Sun - 04:30 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Sydney |
| വേദി: | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| ടോസ്: | England won the toss and elected to bat. |
| Australia Playing XI: | Travis Head, Jake Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Usman Khawaja, Alex Carey (wk), Cameron Green, Beau Webster, Michael Neser, Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland |
| England Playing XI: | Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jacob Bethell, Joe Root, Harry Brook, Ben Stokes (c), Jamie Smith (wk), Will Jacks, Brydon Carse, Matthew Potts, Josh Tongue |
- England defeated Australia by four wickets when they last met in a men’s Test match (December 2025 at Melbourne Cricket Ground), snapping a three-match losing run against them; they will be aiming for consecutive wins against Australia in the format for the first time since August 2015 and for the first time in Australia since January 2011.
- Australia are undefeated in their last three men’s Tests against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground (W2 D1); the last time they recorded a longer unbeaten run against them in the format at the venue was a seven-match span (W3 D4) from January 1980 to January 1999.
- England haven’t drawn a men’s Test away from home since 16 March 2022 against the West Indies, picking up nine wins and 12 defeats in away Tests since; though, their 25% win rate away from home in 2025 is their lowest in a calendar year since 2019 (17%, 1/6).
- Australia lost by four wickets in their most recent men’s Test at home (December 2025 vs England at Melbourne Cricket Ground), snapping a seven-match unbeaten run (W6 D1); though, they’ve not lost more than one match in a men’s Test series at home since a 1-2 series loss to India from December 2020 to January 2021.
- England recorded a batting dot ball rate of 66.9% in men’s Tests in 2025, the best of any team. while their 2.09 runs per scoring shot was the second best of any team in the format (West Indies – 2.11 per scoring shot).
- Australia recorded a collective bowling average of 20.9 in men’s Tests in 2025, the best of any team; in addition, they drew a false shot on 30% of their balls bowled which was the best rate of any side.
- Will Jacks (England) scored 53.4% of his 118 runs from singles in men’s Tests in 2025, the second highest rate of any player (min. 60 runs scored) in the format (Mushfiqur Rahim – 55.5% of 503 runs for Bangladesh); he’s scored fewer than 10 runs in two of his last three Test innings.
- Mitchell Starc (Australia) took 55 wickets in men’s Tests in 2025 – 12 more than any other player in the format; his 2025 bowling average (17.3) is the second best of any player to take 40+ wickets in a calendar year for Australia in the history of the format (Bert Ironmonger – 42 wickets, 14.2 average in 1931).
- Jamie Smith (England) recorded a catch success rate of 94.4% (34/36) in men’s Tests in 2025, the best of any player (min. 10 catches); indeed, his 34 total catches were the second most of any player behind Australia’s Alex Carey (44).
- Steven Smith (Australia) has scored 614 runs at an average of 55.8 across his last 14 Test innings; although, he was dismissed for only four runs in his most recent innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground (January 2025 vs India) – he hasn’t been dismissed for fewer than 20 runs in consecutive Test innings at the SCG in his career in the format.
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