English cricket team in Australia in 2021–22

International cricket tour

English cricket team in Australia in 2021–22

	Australia	England
Dates	8 December 2021 – 18 January 2022
Captains	Pat Cummins^{[n 1]}	Joe Root
Test series
Result	Australia won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	Travis Head (357)	Joe Root (322)
Most wickets	Pat Cummins (21)	Mark Wood (17)
Player of the series	Travis Head (Aus)

The England cricket team toured Australia in December 2021 and January 2022 to play five Tests, which formed The Ashes.^[1]^[2] In May 2021, Cricket Australia confirmed the fixtures for the tour.^[3] The Test series was also part of the 2021–2023 ICC World Test Championship.^[4] The England Lions also toured Australia during November and December 2021, before the majority of the team flew home before the second Test match.^[5]

Australia successfully retained the Ashes by winning the first three Test matches.^[6] The fourth Test ended in a draw, with Australia winning the fifth Test by 146 runs to win the series 4–0.^[7]

Squads

Australia A^[8]^[9]	England Lions^[10]
Nic Maddinson (c) Mitchell Swepson (vc) Sean Abbott Ashton Agar Scott Boland ~~Alex Carey (wk)~~ Henry Hunt Josh Inglis (wk) Usman Khawaja Mitchell Marsh Michael Neser Matt Renshaw Mark Steketee Bryce Street	Alex Lees (c) Tom Abell Josh Bohannon Harry Brook James Bracey ~~Brydon Carse~~ Mason Crane Matthew Fisher Ben Foakes (wk) Saqib Mahmood Liam Norwell Matt Parkinson ~~Dom Sibley~~ Jamie Smith Robert Yates

On 21 October 2021, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced that Dom Sibley had withdrawn from the England Lions squad, with Harry Brook named as his replacement.^[11] Three days before the first match of the tour for the England Lions, Brydon Carse suffered a knee injury and was ruled out of the series.^[12] Alex Carey was added to Australia's Test squad for the Ashes as a replacement for Tim Paine,^[13] and was removed from the A squad.^[14]

Tour matches

Before the first Ashes Test match, England played a three-day match and a four-day match against England Lions.^[15] Australia were also scheduled to play a three-day intra-squad match,^[16] but the match was cancelled due to rain.^[17] As well as the Ashes Test matches, Australia A played the England Lions in a four-day match.^[18]

23–25 November 2021
Scorecard

England	v	England Lions
0/98 (29 overs) Haseeb Hameed 53* (109)

Match drawn
Peter Burge Oval, Brisbane

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Only 29 overs of play was possible on day 1 due to rain.
No play was possible on day 2 and day 3 due to rain.

30 November–3 December 2021
Scorecard

England Lions	v	England
4/226 (80 overs) Zak Crawley 45 (80) Ben Stokes 2/31 (12 overs)

Match drawn
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane

England won the toss and elected to field.
No play was possible on day 1 and day 2 due to rain.

9–12 December 2021
Scorecard

Australia A	v	England Lions
213 (70.5 overs) Mark Steketee 39 (33) Liam Norwell 5/58 (16.5 overs)		103 (43.3 overs) Josh Bohannon 22 (43) Michael Neser 5/29 (15.3 overs)
4/349d (87 overs) Bryce Street 119* (254) Dom Bess 2/157 (37 overs)		347 (128.2 overs) James Bracey 113 (295) Matt Renshaw 2/26 (14 overs)

Australia A won by 112 runs
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane
Umpires: Shawn Craig and Donovan Koch
Player of the match: Michael Neser (Australia A)

Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

Test series

1st Test

8–12 December 2021
Scorecard

England
147 (50.1 overs)
&
297 (103 overs)

Australia
425 (104.3 overs)
&
1/20 (5.1 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
The Gabba, Brisbane
Points: Australia 12, England –8.^[19]

2nd Test

16–20 December 2021 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia
9/473d (150.4 overs)
&
9/230d (61 overs)

England
236 (84.1 overs)
&
192 (113.1 overs)

Australia won by 275 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Points: Australia 12, England 0.

3rd Test

26–30 December 2021
Scorecard

England
185 (65.1 overs)
&
68 (27.4 overs)

Australia
267 (87.5 overs)

Australia won by an innings and 14 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Points: Australia 12, England 0.

4th Test

5–9 January 2022
Scorecard

Australia
8/416d (134 overs)
&
6/265d (68.5 overs)

England
294 (79.1 overs)
&
9/270 (102 overs)

Match drawn
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Points: Australia 4, England 4.

5th Test

14–18 January 2022 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia
303 (75.4 overs)
&
155 (56.3 overs)

England
188 (47.4 overs)
&
124 (38.5 overs)

Australia won by 146 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Points: Australia 12, England 0.

Notes

^ Steve Smith captained Australia for the second Test match.

References

^ "Men's Future Tours Programme" (PDF). International Cricket Council. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
^ "Fixture confirmed for dual Ashes series, Afghan Test". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "Australia's Test drought poses possible Ashes problems". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
^ "England vs India to kick off the second World Test Championship". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "England opt against keeping Lions squad members on in Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
^ "Australia retain Ashes after Scott Boland heroics". ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "Ashes: England crushed by Australia in final Test". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
^ "Selectors eyeing present and future with Aus A picks". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ "Ashes: Usman Khawaja set to keep pressure on Test batsman in stacked Australia A team". The Australian. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
^ "England Lions name squad for tour of Australia". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
^ "Dom Sibley withdraws from Lions squad". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
^ "Brydon Carse out of England Lions tour of Australia with knee injury". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "Carey set for Gabba debut as Australia's Ashes keeper". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Alex Carey to make Test debut in Ashes opener". Cricbuzz. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Australia's Ashes selection shootout locked in". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "Paine back keeping and hopes to play Shield and Marsh Cup games ahead of the Ashes". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
^ "Aussie Ashes prep in disarray as crucial last audition likely canned". Fox Sports. Retrieved 2 November 2021.
^ "England Lions and England Women's A to tour Australia alongside men's and women's senior teams". England and Wales Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
^ "England lose more WTC points for slow over-rate in first Ashes Test". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

Series home at ESPN Cricinfo

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World Cup	1992 2015
T20 World Cup	2022
Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2017–18
Other multi-team tournaments	1985 1987

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Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46
English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80
England Lions	2012–13 2021
Fijian	1907–08
Ireland	2014–15
Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06
Nepal	2023–24
New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75
PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
Sri Lanka	1982–83
UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79

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