| The Ashes - 2011 Australia vs England England won by an innings and 83 runs Scores : Innings 1 Australia:280 England:644 Innings 2 Australia:281 | Played at Sydney Cricket Ground 3,4,5,6,7 January 2011 (5-day match) |
| Australia 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| SR Watson | c Strauss b Bresnan | 45 | 127 | 5 | 0 | 35.43 |
| PJ Hughes | c Collingwood b Tremlett | 31 | 93 | 5 | 0 | 33.33 |
| UT Khawaja | c Trott b Swann | 37 | 95 | 5 | 0 | 38.94 |
| MJ Clarke | c Anderson b Bresnan | 4 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 19.04 |
| MEK Hussey | b Collingwood | 33 | 92 | 2 | 0 | 35.86 |
| BJ Haddin | c ↑Prior b Anderson | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
| SPD Smith | c Collingwood b Anderson | 18 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 33.96 |
| MG Johnson | b Bresnan | 53 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 80.30 |
| PM Siddle | c Strauss b Anderson | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c ↑Prior b Anderson | 34 | 58 | 3 | 1 | 58.62 |
| MA Beer | not out | 2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
| Extras | (b 5, lb 7, w 1, nb 2) | 15 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 106.1 overs; 423 mins) | 280 | (2.63 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| JM Anderson | 30 | 7 | 66 | 4 | 2.18 |
| CT Tremlett | 26 | 9 | 71 | 1 | 2.73 |
| TT Bresnan | 30 | 5 | 89 | 3 | 2.96 |
| GP Swann | 16 | 4 | 37 | 1 | 2.31 |
| PD Collingwood | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1.25 |
| England 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| AJ Strauss | b Hilfenhaus | 60 | 58 | 8 | 1 | 103.44 |
| AN Cook | c Hussey b Watson | 189 | 342 | 16 | 0 | 55.26 |
| IJL Trott | b Johnson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| KP Pietersen | c Beer b Johnson | 36 | 70 | 4 | 0 | 51.42 |
| JM Anderson | b Siddle | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 |
| PD Collingwood | c Hilfenhaus b Beer | 13 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 31.70 |
| IR Bell | c Clarke b Johnson | 115 | 232 | 13 | 0 | 49.56 |
| MJ Prior | c ↑Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 118 | 130 | 11 | 1 | 90.76 |
| TT Bresnan | c Clarke b Johnson | 35 | 103 | 5 | 0 | 33.98 |
| GP Swann | not out | 36 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 138.46 |
| CT Tremlett | c ↑Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 12 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 42.85 |
| Extras | (b 3, lb 11, w 5, nb 4) | 23 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 177.5 overs; 730 mins) | 644 | (3.62 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| BW Hilfenhaus | 39 | 7 | 121 | 3 | 3.11 |
| MG Johnson | 36 | 5 | 168 | 4 | 4.66 |
| PM Siddle | 31 | 5 | 111 | 1 | 3.58 |
| SR Watson | 20 | 7 | 49 | 1 | 2.45 |
| MA Beer | 38 | 3 | 112 | 1 | 2.94 |
| SPD Smith | 13 | 0 | 67 | 0 | 5.15 |
| MEK Hussey | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Australia 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
| SR Watson | run out (↑Prior/Pietersen) | 38 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 95.00 |
| PJ Hughes | c ↑Prior b Bresnan | 13 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 22.41 |
| UT Khawaja | c ↑Prior b Anderson | 21 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 28.76 |
| MJ Clarke | c ↑Prior b Anderson | 41 | 73 | 6 | 0 | 56.16 |
| MEK Hussey | c Pietersen b Bresnan | 12 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 24.48 |
| BJ Haddin | c ↑Prior b Tremlett | 30 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 73.17 |
| SPD Smith | not out | 54 | 90 | 6 | 0 | 60.00 |
| MG Johnson | b Tremlett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| PM Siddle | c Anderson b Swann | 43 | 65 | 4 | 0 | 66.15 |
| BW Hilfenhaus | c ↑Prior b Anderson | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 |
| MA Beer | b Tremlett | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| Extras | (b 11, lb 4, w 3, nb 2) | 20 | ||||
| Total | (all out; 84.4 overs; 369 mins) | 281 | (3.31 runs per over) | |||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
| JM Anderson | 18 | 5 | 61 | 3 | 3.38 |
| CT Tremlett | 20 | 4 | 79 | 3 | 3.82 |
| GP Swann | 28 | 8 | 75 | 1 | 2.67 |
| TT Bresnan | 18 | 6 | 51 | 2 | 2.83 |
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Toss Australia, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 3-1 Man of the match AN Cook |
