When was England vs Australia played?

England vs Australia, the 5th Test of The Ashes, was played on 4 January 2026, 4:30 am IST.

Where was England vs Australia played?

The match was played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia.

What format is England vs Australia?

It is a Test match in The Ashes.

ENG vs AUS 5th Test, 04 Jan 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Sydney

Sydney Cricket Ground

327

147

ENG

384/10 (97.3)

England chose to BAT

AUS

567/10 (133.5)

Australia won by 5 wickets

England vs Australia: Key Facts

When was England vs Australia played?: England vs Australia, the 5th Test of The Ashes, was played on 4 January 2026, 4:30 am IST.
Where was England vs Australia played?: The match was played at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia.
What format is England vs Australia?: It is a Test match in The Ashes.
Who won the toss in England vs Australia?: ENG Elected to bat first
Who won England vs Australia?: Australia won by 5 wickets

The Ashes ENG vs AUS players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Harry Brook	ENG	BAT	✅	41	RHB	70	2	3610	317	53.08	86.32	30	450	RM	9	1	3.3	127	4.23	180	0	1/25	66	4	115	460	232	0	75	5	61.33	3.79	4.6	✅	5	204	114	0	8
Will Jacks	ENG	ALL	✅	6	RHB	11	0	234	47	21.27	51.65	0	23	OB	9	12	13.4	46.16	4.61	60	1	6/161	1	3	90	270	118	4	33	8	25.28	1.02	1.67		17	93	41	20	0
Ben Duckett	ENG	BAT	✅	49	LHB	91	3	3364	182	38.22	86.21	23	461	OB	0	0					0	-	37	4	61	247	133	0	25	2	33.74	2.6	3.14		12	133	47	0	8
Jacob Bethell	ENG	ALL	✅	9	LHB	18	1	579	154	34.05	60.75	5	80	SLA	9	8	7.2	31.87	3.94	48.5	0	3/26	11	1	69	69	41	0	0	3	28.54	1.7	2.06	✅	2	304	18	28	16
Zak Crawley	ENG	BAT	✅	64	RHB	117	2	3586	267	31.18	65.49	26	512	OB	0	0					0	-	70	4	112	450	256	0	75	1	59.77	3.98	4.18		22	33	28	0	0
Jamie Smith	ENG	WK	✅	25	RHB	43	4	1549	184	39.71	73.41	12	206	NA	0	0					0	-	79	4	90	361	139	0	50	7	32.21	1.28	1.53	✅	10	148	76	0	16
Josh Tongue	ENG	BOWL	✅	15	RHB	22	5	133	30	7.82	43.75	0	18	RFM	30	76	16.2	26.32	4.11	38.3	7	5/45	6	2	154	309	9	12	50	10	40.44	1.08	2.15	✅	9	150	0	68	0
Joe Root	ENG	BAT	✅	169	RHB	309	26	14278	262	50.45	57.61	110	1582	OB	170	74	6.2	48.09	3.37	85.5	3	5/8	220	4	101	404	234	0	25	4	73.39	7.94	7.7	✅	4	258	220	0	0
Ben Stokes	ENG	ALL	✅	122	LHB	220	9	7273	258	34.46	58.52	51	971	RFM	182	252	12.9	30.98	3.32	55.8	16	6/22	115	4	148	595	183	13	100	6	88	11.82	14.97		19	49	-4	48	0
Brydon Carse	ENG	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	23	3	357	56	17.85	72.7	1	47	RFM	27	58	16.7	30.18	3.89	46.5	5	6/42	14	4	162	648	82	19	75	9	76.42	2.01	5.66		14	109	1	68	0
Mitchell Starc	AUS	BOWL	✅	107	LHB	157	33	2498	99	20.14	59.08	13	306	LF	206	445	16.4	26.12	3.43	45.6	40	7/58	50	4	221	887	151	26	100	10	91.58	17.05	13.87		13	117	5	40	0
Cameron Green	AUS	ALL	✅	39	RHB	62	6	1920	174	34.28	50.11	11	226	RFM	54	39	8.1	39.82	3.55	67.2	1	5/27	41	4	71	284	112	3	25	7	35.27	1.52	2.5	✅	11	133	55	20	8
Travis Head	AUS	BAT	✅	67	LHB	114	6	4653	175	43.08	69.68	32	608	OB	44	16	3.9	39.75	3.7	64.4	1	4/10	35	4	185	741	437	0	75	1	82.48	23.47	9.91	✅	1	342	265	0	0
Michael Neser	AUS	ALL	✅	5	RHB	7	0	131	35	18.71	50.97	0	20	RMF	10	22	13	18.9	3.2	35.3	3	5/42	4	2	165	331	51	10	100	9	53.88	2.94	4.32	✅	7	180	40	96	8
Marnus Labuschagne	AUS	BAT	✅	65	RHB	117	9	4730	215	43.79	52.12	36	542	RMF,LB	51	14	4.4	59.85	3.75	95.7	0	3/45	52	4	93	374	174	0	50	3	43.91	2.23	2.86	✅	6	181	76	20	0
Alex Carey	AUS	WK	✅	50	LHB	76	8	2387	156	35.1	64.44	16	272	LEG-SPIN	0	0					0	-	210	4	158	633	291	0	50	6	87.04	6.1	6.6		18	92	28	0	32
Usman Khawaja	AUS	BAT	✅	88	LHB	159	14	6229	232	42.95	48.82	44	692	RM	3	0	1		2.66		0	-	68	3	89	269	153	0	33	5	21.36	1.75	1.75		21	39	25	0	0
Steven Smith	AUS	BAT	✅	125	RHB	223	28	10920	239	56	53.96	82	1258	LBG	62	19	4	53.05	4.11	77.3	0	3/18	219	3	108	324	136	0	33	4	55.12	3.73	4.42	✅	3	272	208	0	8
Scott Boland	AUS	BOWL	✅	19	RHB	24	9	125	21	8.33	31.8	0	16	RFM	37	82	14.4	18.58	2.86	38.9	5	6/7	9	4	119	478	42	16	75	11	58.51	1.21	2.41		16	100	0	40	8
Jake Weatherald	AUS	BAT	✅	6	LHB	12	1	224	72	20.36	68.29	1	36	LB	0	0					0	-	1	4	68	272	146	0	25	2	20.18	1.13	1.57		15	105	37	0	0
Matthew Potts	ENG	BOWL	✅	11	RHB	15	5	105	21	10.5	46.25	0	16	RFM	20	36	18.3	33.36	3.28	60.8	2	4/13	9							11	6.7	0.31	0.52		20	49	1	0	0
Beau Webster	AUS	ALL	✅	10	RHB	16	2	469	72	33.5	61.3	5	55	RM,OB	16	11	6	28.9	3.29	52.6	0	3/64	15							8	7.27	0.69	0.69	✅	8	179	99	0	0

Completed matches of England
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs ENG	21 Nov - 07:50 AM	Perth	England	ENGEngland	AUS	172/10 (32.5)	132/10 (45.2)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Dec - 09:30 AM	Brisbane	England	ENGEngland	AUS	334/10 (76.2)	511/10 (117.3)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	17 Dec - 05:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	371/10 (91.2)	286/10 (87.2)	Australia Australia won by 82 runs
AUS vs ENG	26 Dec - 05:00 AM	Melbourne	England	AUSAustralia	ENG	152/10 (45.2)	110/10 (29.5)	England England won by 4 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Completed matches of Australia
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs ENG	21 Nov - 07:50 AM	Perth	England	ENGEngland	AUS	172/10 (32.5)	132/10 (45.2)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Dec - 09:30 AM	Brisbane	England	ENGEngland	AUS	334/10 (76.2)	511/10 (117.3)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	17 Dec - 05:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	371/10 (91.2)	286/10 (87.2)	Australia Australia won by 82 runs
AUS vs ENG	26 Dec - 05:00 AM	Melbourne	England	AUSAustralia	ENG	152/10 (45.2)	110/10 (29.5)	England England won by 4 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Completed matches at Sydney Cricket Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Top batting performance for ENG
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ENG vs AUS	4	Joe Root	caught	160	242	15	0	66.11
ENG vs AUS	3	Jacob Bethell	caught	154	265	15	0	58.11
ENG vs AUS	4	Joe Root	not out	138	206	15	1	66.99
ENG vs AUS	1	Zak Crawley	stumped	85	151	8	0	56.29
ENG vs AUS	5	Harry Brook	caught	84	97	6	1	86.59
ENG vs AUS	6	Ben Stokes	bowled	83	198	8	0	41.91
ENG vs AUS	1	Zak Crawley	caught	76	93	11	0	81.72
ENG vs AUS	7	Jamie Smith	caught	60	83	7	2	72.28
AUS vs ENG	5	Harry Brook	caught	52	61	5	1	85.24
ENG vs AUS	10	Jofra Archer	caught	51	105	5	1	48.57
ENG vs AUS	6	Ben Stokes	caught	50	152	4	0	32.89
ENG vs AUS	8	Will Jacks	caught	47	137	3	0	34.3
ENG vs AUS	7	Jamie Smith	caught	46	76	6	1	60.52
AUS vs ENG	3	Ollie Pope	lbw	46	58	4	0	79.31
ENG vs AUS	5	Harry Brook	caught	45	63	2	1	71.42
ENG vs AUS	1	Zak Crawley	caught	44	59	6	0	74.57
ENG vs AUS	2	Ben Duckett	bowled	42	55	6	0	76.36
ENG vs AUS	5	Harry Brook	lbw	42	48	5	0	87.5
AUS vs ENG	5	Harry Brook	lbw	41	34	2	2	120.58
ENG vs AUS	8	Will Jacks	caught	41	92	2	0	44.56

Top bowling performance for ENG
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Josh Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	3.97
ENG vs AUS	Jofra Archer	20.2	5	53	5	2.6
AUS vs ENG	Ben Stokes	6	1	23	5	3.83
AUS vs ENG	Brydon Carse	11	3	34	4	3.09
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	18	0	70	4	3.88
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	30	0	97	3	3.23
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	27	2	130	3	4.81
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	11	0	42	3	3.81
AUS vs ENG	Ben Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	3.2
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	20	1	80	3	4
ENG vs AUS	Ben Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.7
AUS vs ENG	Brydon Carse	10.2	1	45	3	4.35
ENG vs AUS	Ben Stokes	27.4	6	95	2	3.43
AUS vs ENG	Gus Atkinson	14	4	28	2	2
AUS vs ENG	Josh Tongue	11	2	44	2	4
ENG vs AUS	Will Jacks	20	3	105	2	5.25
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	16	0	89	2	5.56
ENG vs AUS	Gus Atkinson	5	0	37	2	7.4
AUS vs ENG	Jofra Archer	9	4	11	2	1.22

Top batting performance for AUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ENG vs AUS	1	Travis Head	caught	170	219	16	2	77.62
ENG vs AUS	1	Travis Head	lbw	163	166	24	1	98.19
ENG vs AUS	5	Steven Smith	caught	138	220	16	1	62.72
AUS vs ENG	1	Travis Head	caught	123	83	16	4	148.19
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	106	143	8	1	74.12
ENG vs AUS	4	Usman Khawaja	caught	82	126	10	0	65.07
ENG vs AUS	9	Mitchell Starc	caught	77	141	13	0	54.6
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	72	128	6	0	56.25
ENG vs AUS	2	Jake Weatherald	lbw	72	78	12	1	92.3
ENG vs AUS	9	Beau Webster	not out	71	87	7	0	81.6
ENG vs AUS	3	Marnus Labuschagne	caught	65	78	9	1	83.33
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	63	69	6	0	91.3
ENG vs AUS	4	Steven Smith	caught	61	85	5	2	71.76
ENG vs AUS	9	Mitchell Starc	bowled	54	75	9	0	72
AUS vs ENG	3	Marnus Labuschagne	not out	51	49	6	1	104.08
ENG vs AUS	3	Marnus Labuschagne	caught	48	68	7	0	70.58
AUS vs ENG	2	Travis Head	bowled	46	67	4	0	68.65
ENG vs AUS	5	Cameron Green	bowled	45	57	7	0	78.94
ENG vs AUS	4	Usman Khawaja	caught	40	51	4	0	78.43
ENG vs AUS	3	Marnus Labuschagne	run out	37	40	4	1	92.5

Top bowling performance for AUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Mitchell Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.51
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75
ENG vs AUS	Michael Neser	16.2	2	42	5	2.57
ENG vs AUS	Michael Neser	18.3	2	60	4	3.24
AUS vs ENG	Michael Neser	10	1	45	4	4.5
AUS vs ENG	Scott Boland	11.4	2	33	4	2.82
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	18.2	2	72	3	3.92
ENG vs AUS	Beau Webster	16	1	64	3	4
AUS vs ENG	Scott Boland	9	1	30	3	3.33
ENG vs AUS	Pat Cummins	17	3	69	3	4.05
ENG vs AUS	Scott Boland	15.2	6	45	3	2.93
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	17	3	62	3	3.64
ENG vs AUS	Pat Cummins	17	4	48	3	2.82
ENG vs AUS	Nathan Lyon	25	6	77	3	3.08
AUS vs ENG	Mitchell Starc	12	1	55	3	4.58
AUS vs ENG	Brendan Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.66
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	23	2	93	2	4.04
ENG vs AUS	Scott Boland	26	2	85	2	3.26
ENG vs AUS	Scott Boland	25	6	46	2	1.84
AUS vs ENG	Mitchell Starc	6	0	23	2	3.83

England vs Australia, 5th Test

England vs Australia: Key Facts