Australia v England The Ashes - 4th Test

Australia won by 8 wickets

• Test no. 2110 | 2013/14 season
• Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
• 26,27,28,29 December 2013 (5-day match)

	England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Cook*	c Clarke b Siddle	27	68	47	3	0	57.44
	MA Carberry	b Watson	38	145	103	6	0	36.89
	JE Root	c †Haddin b Harris	24	115	82	2	0	29.26
	KP Pietersen	b Johnson	71	252	161	5	1	44.09
	IR Bell	c †Haddin b Harris	27	122	98	1	0	27.55
	BA Stokes	c Watson b Johnson	14	35	23	1	1	60.86
	JM Bairstow†	b Johnson	10	19	17	0	1	58.82
	TT Bresnan	c Bailey b Johnson	1	27	14	0	0	7.14
	SCJ Broad	lbw b Johnson	11	22	16	2	0	68.75
	JM Anderson	not out	11	40	24	1	0	45.83
	MS Panesar	b Lyon	2	25	16	0	0	12.50
	Extras	(b 10, lb 7, w 1, nb 1)	19
	Total	(all out; 100 overs; 435 mins)	255	(2.55 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-48 (Cook, 16.5 ov), 2-96 (Carberry, 33.6 ov), 3-106 (Root, 42.1 ov), 4-173 (Bell, 72.6 ov),5-202 (Stokes, 80.3 ov), 6-216 (Bairstow, 84.4 ov), 7-230 (Bresnan, 90.1 ov), 8-231 (Pietersen, 90.5 ov),9-242 (Broad, 94.2 ov), 10-255 (Panesar, 99.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	24	8	47	2	1.95
	MG Johnson	24	4	63	5	2.62	(1w)
	PM Siddle	23	7	50	1	2.17	(1nb)
	NM Lyon	22.2	3	67	1	3.00
	SR Watson	6.4	2	11	1	1.65

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CJL Rogers	c Pietersen b Bresnan	61	222	171	8	0	35.67
	DA Warner	c †Bairstow b Anderson	9	27	14	2	0	64.28
	SR Watson	c †Bairstow b Stokes	10	22	15	2	0	66.66
	MJ Clarke*	b Anderson	10	61	34	0	0	29.41
	SPD Smith	c Bell b Broad	19	95	77	3	0	24.67
	GJ Bailey	c †Bairstow b Anderson	0	36	19	0	0	0.00
	BJ Haddin†	c †Bairstow b Anderson	65	143	68	7	1	95.58
	MG Johnson	c Anderson b Bresnan	2	37	30	0	0	6.66
	RJ Harris	c Root b Broad	6	25	27	1	0	22.22
	PM Siddle	c Bresnan b Broad	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
	NM Lyon	not out	18	44	34	3	0	52.94
	Extras	(lb 4)	4
	Total	(all out; 82.2 overs; 360 mins)	204	(2.47 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-19 (Warner, 6.3 ov), 2-36 (Watson, 11.2 ov), 3-62 (Clarke, 25.2 ov), 4-110 (Smith, 49.5 ov),5-112 (Rogers, 52.1 ov), 6-122 (Bailey, 57.5 ov), 7-151 (Johnson, 66.2 ov), 8-162 (Harris, 71.6 ov), 9-164 (Siddle, 73.3 ov),10-204 (Haddin, 82.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	20.2	4	67	4	3.29
	SCJ Broad	20	6	45	3	2.25
	BA Stokes	15	4	46	1	3.06
	TT Bresnan	18	6	24	2	1.33
	MS Panesar	9	2	18	0	2.00

	England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Cook*	lbw b Johnson	51	91	64	7	0	79.68
	MA Carberry	lbw b Siddle	12	123	81	1	0	14.81
	JE Root	run out (Johnson)	15	37	24	1	0	62.50
	KP Pietersen	c Harris b Lyon	49	156	90	6	0	54.44
	IR Bell	c Johnson b Lyon	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	BA Stokes	c Smith b Lyon	19	69	55	1	0	34.54
	JM Bairstow†	c †Haddin b Johnson	21	45	28	2	2	75.00
	TT Bresnan	b Lyon	0	14	8	0	0	0.00
	SCJ Broad	c Clarke b Lyon	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	JM Anderson	not out	1	18	6	0	0	16.66
	MS Panesar	lbw b Johnson	0	8	6	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 5, lb 6)	11
	Total	(all out; 61 overs; 284 mins)	179	(2.93 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-65 (Cook, 21.3 ov), 2-86 (Carberry, 27.5 ov), 3-86 (Root, 28.2 ov), 4-87 (Bell, 28.4 ov),5-131 (Stokes, 44.5 ov), 6-173 (Bairstow, 54.3 ov), 7-174 (Bresnan, 57.2 ov), 8-174 (Broad, 57.5 ov),9-179 (Pietersen, 59.4 ov), 10-179 (Panesar, 60.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	10	1	34	0	3.40
	MG Johnson	15	5	25	3	1.66
	NM Lyon	17	3	50	5	2.94
	PM Siddle	15	6	46	1	3.06
	SR Watson	4	2	13	0	3.25

	Australia 2nd innings (target: 231 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CJL Rogers	c †Bairstow b Panesar	116	208	155	13	0	74.83
	DA Warner	c †Bairstow b Stokes	25	75	47	2	0	53.19
	SR Watson	not out	83	157	90	11	0	92.22
	MJ Clarke*	not out	6	24	20	1	0	30.00
	Extras	(nb 1)	1
	Total	(2 wickets; 51.5 overs; 232 mins)	231	(4.45 runs per over)

Did not bat SPD Smith, GJ Bailey, BJ Haddin†, MG Johnson, PM Siddle, RJ Harris, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets 1-64 (Warner, 17.6 ov), 2-200 (Rogers, 45.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	11	2	26	0	2.36
	SCJ Broad	10	0	58	0	5.80
	MS Panesar	7.5	0	41	1	5.23
	BA Stokes	12	0	50	1	4.16	(1nb)
	JE Root	4	1	8	0	2.00
	TT Bresnan	7	1	48	0	6.85

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to field Series Australia led the 5-match series 4-0

Player of the match MG Johnson (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire JD Ward

Close of play Thu, 26 Dec - day 1 - England 1st innings 226/6 (KP Pietersen 67*, TT Bresnan 1*, 89 ov) Fri, 27 Dec - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 164/9 (BJ Haddin 43*, 73.3 ov) Sat, 28 Dec - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 30/0 (CJL Rogers 18*, DA Warner 12*, 8 ov) Sun, 29 Dec - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 231/2 (51.5 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Australia: 50 runs in 13.3 overs (81 balls), Extras 0 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 81 balls (CJL Rogers 30, DA Warner 22, Ex 0) CJL Rogers: 50 off 73 balls (6 x 4) Drinks: Australia - 85/1 in 23.0 overs (CJL Rogers 55, SR Watson 4) Australia: 100 runs in 25.6 overs (157 balls), Extras 1 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 64 balls (CJL Rogers 28, SR Watson 21, Ex 1) Lunch: Australia - 143/1 in 35.0 overs (CJL Rogers 81, SR Watson 36) Australia: 150 runs in 36.3 overs (220 balls), Extras 1 2nd Wicket: 100 runs in 130 balls (CJL Rogers 54, SR Watson 46, Ex 1) CJL Rogers: 100 off 135 balls (11 x 4) SR Watson: 50 off 70 balls (6 x 4) Australia: 200 runs in 45.1 overs (272 balls), Extras 1 Drinks: Australia - 215/2 in 48.0 overs (SR Watson 72, MJ Clarke 1) Total Attendance: 271,865