| The Ashes - 2001 Australia vs England Australia won by an innings and 25 runs Scores : Innings 1 Australia:641 England:432 Innings 2 England:184 | Played at Kennington Oval, London 23,24,25,26,27 August 2001 (5-day match) |
| Australia 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| ML Hayden | c Trescothick b Tufnell | 68 | 125 | 9 | 0 | 54.40 |
| JL Langer | retired hurt | 102 | 186 | 12 | 1 | 54.83 |
| RT Ponting | c Atherton b Ormond | 62 | 102 | 8 | 0 | 60.78 |
| ME Waugh | b Gough | 120 | 176 | 16 | 2 | 68.18 |
| SR Waugh | not out | 157 | 256 | 21 | 1 | 61.32 |
| AC Gilchrist | c Ramprakash b Afzaal | 25 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 78.12 |
| DR Martyn | not out | 64 | 54 | 10 | 0 | 118.51 |
| Extras | (b 10, lb 13, w 1, nb 19) | 43 | ||||
| Total | (4 wickets dec; 152 overs; 624 mins) | 641 | (4.21 runs per over) | |||
| Did not bat: B Lee, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, GD McGrath | ||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| D Gough | 29 | 4 | 113 | 1 | 3.89 |
| AR Caddick | 36 | 9 | 146 | 0 | 4.05 |
| J Ormond | 34 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 3.38 |
| PCR Tufnell | 39 | 2 | 174 | 1 | 4.46 |
| MA Butcher | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| MR Ramprakash | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 4.75 |
| U Afzaal | 9 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 5.44 |
| England 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| MA Atherton | b Warne | 13 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
| ME Trescothick | b Warne | 55 | 57 | 11 | 0 | 96.49 |
| MA Butcher | c Langer b Warne | 25 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 41.66 |
| N Hussain | b ME Waugh | 52 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 59.09 |
| MR Ramprakash | c ↑Gilchrist b McGrath | 133 | 232 | 18 | 0 | 57.32 |
| U Afzaal | c Gillespie b McGrath | 54 | 76 | 9 | 0 | 71.05 |
| AJ Stewart | c ↑Gilchrist b Warne | 29 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 59.18 |
| AR Caddick | lbw b Warne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| J Ormond | b Warne | 18 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 66.66 |
| D Gough | st ↑Gilchrist b Warne | 24 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 33.80 |
| PCR Tufnell | not out | 7 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 46.66 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 13, w 1, nb 5) | 22 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 118.2 overs; 514 mins) | 432 | (3.65 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| GD McGrath | 30 | 11 | 67 | 2 | 2.23 |
| JN Gillespie | 20 | 3 | 96 | 0 | 4.80 |
| SK Warne | 44 | 7 | 165 | 7 | 3.72 |
| B Lee | 14 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 3.07 |
| RT Ponting | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2.50 |
| ME Waugh | 8 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 5.00 |
| England 2nd innings (following on) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| MA Atherton | c Warne b McGrath | 9 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 45.00 |
| ME Trescothick | c & b McGrath | 24 | 43 | 3 | 0 | 55.81 |
| MA Butcher | c SR Waugh b Warne | 14 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 48.27 |
| N Hussain | lbw b Warne | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 |
| MR Ramprakash | c Hayden b Warne | 19 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 30.15 |
| U Afzaal | c Ponting b McGrath | 5 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22.72 |
| AJ Stewart | b Warne | 34 | 67 | 6 | 0 | 50.74 |
| AR Caddick | b Lee | 17 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 36.95 |
| J Ormond | c ↑Gilchrist b McGrath | 17 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 29.82 |
| D Gough | not out | 39 | 57 | 6 | 0 | 68.42 |
| PCR Tufnell | c Warne b McGrath | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Extras | (lb 2, nb 2) | 4 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 68.3 overs; 283 mins) | 184 | (2.68 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| B Lee | 10 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 3.00 |
| GD McGrath | 15 | 6 | 43 | 5 | 2.77 |
| SK Warne | 28 | 8 | 64 | 4 | 2.28 |
| RT Ponting | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.50 |
| JN Gillespie | 12 | 5 | 38 | 0 | 3.16 |
| ME Waugh | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 |
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