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Australia vs England, 4th Test at Melbourne, The Ashes, Dec 26 2025 - Playing XI

RESULT

4th Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 27, 2025, The Ashes

152 & 132

(T:175) 110 & 178/6

England won by 4 wickets

Player Of The Match

, ENG

5/45 & 2/44

	Australia	England
1	Travis Head middle-order batter	Zak Crawley top-order batter
2	Jake Weatherald top-order batter	Ben Duckett top-order batter
3	Marnus Labuschagne top-order batter	Jacob Bethell batting allrounder
4	Steven Smith (c) top-order batter	Joe Root top-order batter
5	Usman Khawaja top-order batter	Harry Brook middle-order batter
6	Alex Carey † wicketkeeper batter	Ben Stokes (c) allrounder
7	Cameron Green batting allrounder	Jamie Smith † wicketkeeper batter
8	Michael Neser bowling allrounder	Will Jacks batting allrounder
9	Mitchell Starc bowler	Gus Atkinson bowler
10	Jhye Richardson bowler	Brydon Carse bowling allrounder
11	Scott Boland bowler	Josh Tongue bowler
Bench
12	Brendan Doggett bowler	Jofra Archer bowler
13	Josh Inglis † wicketkeeper batter	Matthew Fisher bowler
14	Todd Murphy bowler	Ollie Pope middle-order batter
15	Beau Webster allrounder	Matthew Potts bowler
16	-	Shoaib Bashir bowler

Language

English

Match Coverage

Switch Hit: MCG so... weird

England won a Test in Australia for the first time in 15 years, to much head-scratching. Alan Gardner was joined by Andrew Miller and Alex Malcolm to assess another two-day finish

Switch Hit: MCG so... weird

Memo to Australia and England: honour the format that has elevated you

The MCG Test offered a sorry spectacle, courtesy batters who could not dig down - unlike their Ashes predecessors

Memo to Australia and England: honour the format that has elevated you

ICC rates MCG Boxing Day Test pitch 'unsatisfactory'

The ICC has a four-tier pitch-rating system, with "unsatisfactory" in third place; the rating also means that the MCG will be handed a demerit point

ICC rates MCG Boxing Day Test pitch 'unsatisfactory'

Bethell late than never, but No. 3 is his to lose now

At the MCG, after the Ashes had been lost, it was evident that England should have made the big call to start the series with Jacob Bethell at No. 3 instead of Ollie Pope

Bethell late than never, but No. 3 is his to lose now

'We've gone too far' - The three millimetres which created a firestorm

Melbourne's fickle summer weather had a part to play in why the curator misjudged his Boxing Day pitch

'We've gone too far' - The three millimetres which created a firestorm

Instant answers to T20 questions

Videos

All Match Videos

Malcolm: 'Decision-making' with bat where England went wrong

Malcolm: 'Decision-making' with bat where England went wrong

Miller fears for future of Tests after England's 'rubbish' win

Miller fears for future of Tests after England's 'rubbish' win

'Players need to take a bit of responsibility for two-day finish'

'Players need to take a bit of responsibility for two-day finish'