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England vs Australia Scorecard, 3rd Test, Australia vs England 2021/22
Result · Dec 26 2021, Sun - 05:00 AM (IST)
ENGLAND185, 68
AUSTRALIA267
Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
CRR:2.46
Player Of The Match
Match Info
| Series: | England in Australia 2021/22 |
| Date: | Dec 26 2021, Sun - 05:00 AM (IST) |
| Country: | Australia |
| City: | Melbourne |
| Venue: | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Toss: | Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. |
| Australia Playing XI: | David Warner, Marcus Harris, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith, Travis Head, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Pat Cummins (c), Mitchell Starc, Scott Boland, Nathan Lyon |
| England Playing XI: | Haseeb Hameed, Zak Crawley, Dawid Malan, Joe Root (c), Ben Stokes, Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler (wk), Mark Wood, Ollie Robinson, Jack Leach, James Anderson |
- Australia leads this men’s Test series against England (2-0) and will be looking to secure a third consecutive men’s Ashes series win on home soil; in fact, they have won seven of their last eight home Ashes series against England before this series.
- Australia have won three of their last four men’s Tests against England (L1), including their last two on the bounce; the last time they won more in succession against them was a four-game streak from August 2015 to December 2017.
- Australia have lost two of their last three men’s Tests on Boxing Day (W1) after having been undefeated in their seven Tests prior starting on 26th December (W5, D2); they have won only one of their last three such Tests played against England (D1, L1).
- England have lost their last three consecutive men’s Tests, the last time they lost more in succession was a four-game stretch from November to December in 2016.
- Australia has a batting strike rate of 66.4 against spin in men’s Tests in 2021, the highest of any team in that time and more than 10 higher than second-ranked India (55.5).
- England have dropped five or more catches in four of their last five men’s Tests including seven drops in the second match of this men’s Ashes series against Australia; they had dropped five or more catches in a Test just three times in their 16 games prior.
- Steven Smith (Australia) is 89 away from becoming the sixth player to score 3,000 runs in men’s Tests between Australia and England; his Test batting average against England (63.3) is the third best of any Australian in the men’s format to have played at least six innings (Sir Donald Bradman – 89.8 and Sid Barnes – 70.5).
- Ben Stokes (England) has bowled 18% of his deliveries in this men’s Test series on a short length, the highest rate of any player; however, he’s taken just one wicket via short deliveries across his last six Tests.
- Cameron Green (Australia) has a batting good connection rate of 76% in this men’s Test series, the highest of any player; his rate of 77% in the second Test of this series was his highest in a single Test.
- Dawid Malan (England) has scored 44 runs via cut shots in this men’s Test series, the most of any player and 18 more than second-ranked Travis Head (26); all 44 of Malan’s cut shot runs have come via boundaries.