Australia vs England, 3rd Test at Melbourne, AUS v ENG, Dec 26 2021 - Cricket Photos

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3rd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 28, 2021, England tour of Australia

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England

185 & 68

Australia

267

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs

Player Of The Match

Scott Boland

, AUS

1/48 & 6/7

Pat Cummins leads his team off after Australia's MCG win•Dec 28, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Scott Boland walks off with the match ball held aloft•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Scott Boland celebrates after dismissing Jonny Bairstow•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

The Australians huddle after victory•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Joe Root after another crushing defeat•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Scott Boland claimed six wickets in 21 balls to humiliate England•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Mitchell Starc struck early on the third day•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Haseeb Hameed and Jos Buttler lead the England side out on to the field•Dec 27, 2021•Quinn Rooney/Getty Images

Australia fans raise the decibel level behind Scott Boland•Dec 27, 2021•Cricket Australia via Getty Images

Pat Cummins roars an appeal•Dec 27, 2021•Getty Images

Joe Root talks to the TV cameras•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Australia celebrate after bundling England out for 68•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Pat Cummins and Justin Langer hug after Australia's MCG win•Dec 28, 2021•AFP/Getty Images

Scott Boland with the Mullagh Medal for Player of the Match•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Cameron Green claimed the Ashes-clinching wicket•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Joe Root took another blow•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

Ben Stokes was cleaned up by Mitchell Starc•Dec 28, 2021•Getty Images

A general view across the MCG•Dec 27, 2021•Getty Images

There was plenty for Australia to shout for•Dec 27, 2021•Getty Images

Mitchell Starc was on a hat-trick after removing Dawid Malan•Dec 27, 2021•Getty Images

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England Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
H Hameed	caught	7	31
Z Crawley	caught	5	16
DJ Malan	lbw	0	1
JE Root	caught	28	59
MJ Leach	bowled	0	2
BA Stokes	bowled	11	16
JM Bairstow	lbw	5	18
JC Buttler	not out	5	14
MA Wood	caught	0	3
OE Robinson	caught	0	2
JM Anderson	bowled	2	4
Extras	(lb 5)
Total	68(10 wkts; 27.4 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
MA Starc	10	3	29	3	2.9
PJ Cummins	10	4	19	0	1.9
SM Boland	4	1	7	6	1.75
C Green	3.4	0	8	1	2.18

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	7	Haseeb Hameed	Zak Crawley
2nd	0	Dawid Malan	Haseeb Hameed
3rd	15	Joe Root	Haseeb Hameed
4th	0	Joe Root	Jack Leach
5th	24	Joe Root	Ben Stokes
6th	14	Jonny Bairstow	Joe Root
7th	1	Joe Root	Jos Buttler
8th	4	Jos Buttler	Mark Wood
9th	0	Jos Buttler	Ollie Robinson
10th	3	James Anderson	Jos Buttler

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ICC World Test Championship

TEAM	M	W	L	D	PT	PCT
AUS	19	11	3	5	152	66.67
IND	18	10	5	3	127	58.80
SA	15	8	6	1	100	55.56
ENG	22	10	8	4	124	46.97
SL	12	5	6	1	64	44.44
NZ	13	4	6	3	60	38.46
PAK	14	4	6	4	64	38.10
WI	13	4	7	2	54	34.62
BAN	12	1	10	1	16	11.11

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