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Cricket Scores of England vs Australia, 1st Ashes Test at Cardiff (Jul 8-12): The Ashes 2015

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Venue: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) and Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Match Result: England won by 169 runs to lead the 5-match Ashes Test Series 1-0
Man of the Match: Joe Root

England 1st innings R B 4s 6s
Adam Lyth c Warner b Hazlewood 6 10 1 0
Alastair Cook (C) c Haddin b Lyon 20 40 3 0
Gary Ballance lbw b Hazlewood 61 149 8 0
Ian Bell lbw b Starc 1 7 0 0
Joe Root c Watson b Starc 134 166 17 0
Ben Stokes b Starc 52 78 6 2
Jos Buttler (WK) c Johnson b Hazlewood 27 34 3 0
Moeen Ali c Watson b Starc 77 88 11 1
Stuart Broad c Haddin b Lyon 18 26 2 1
Mark Wood not out 7 10 1 0
James Anderson b Starc 1 6 0 0
Extras 26 (b 17, lb 3, w 5, nb 1)
Total 430 all out (102.1 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Lyth, 1.6 ov), 2-42 (Cook, 13.2 ov), 3-43 (Bell, 14.3 ov), 4-196 (Ballance, 53.3 ov), 5-280 (Root, 72.1 ov), 6-293 (Stokes, 76.2 ov), 7-343 (Buttler, 85.5 ov), 8-395 (Broad, 97.1 ov), 9-419 (Ali, 100.2 ov), 10-430 (Anderson, 102.1 ov)

Australia Bowling O M R W Extras
Mitchell Starc 24.1 4 114 5 (1nb, 1w)
Josh Hazlewood 23 8 83 3
Mitchell Johnson 25 3 111 0
Nathan Lyon 20 4 69 2
Shane Watson 8 0 24 0
David Warner 2 0 9 0
Australia 1st innings R B 4s 6s
Chris Rogers c Buttler b Wood 95 133 11 1
David Warner c Cook b Anderson 17 42 3 0
Steven Smith c Cook b Ali 33 56 5 0
Michael Clarke (C) c & b Ali 38 52 6 0
Adam Voges c Anderson b Stokes 31 75 4 0
Shane Watson lbw b Broad 30 57 6 0
Nathan Lyon lbw b Wood 6 26 1 0
Brad Haddin (WK) c Buttler b Anderson 22 38 5 0
Mitchell Johnson c Ballance b Broad 14 19 2 0
Mitchell Starc c Root b Anderson 0 6 0 0
Josh Hazlewood not out 2 4 0 0
Extras 20 (b 6, lb 11, w 3)
Total 308 all out (84.5 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-52 (Warner, 14.3 ov), 2-129 (Smith, 32.6 ov), 3-180 (Rogers, 42.4 ov), 4-207 (Clarke, 52.1 ov), 5-258 (Voges, 67.2 ov), 6-265 (Watson, 71.4 ov), 7-265 (Lyon, 74.6 ov), 8-304 (Haddin, 82.5 ov), 9-306 (Johnson, 83.2 ov), 10-308 (Starc, 84.5 ov)

England Bowling O M R W Extras
James Anderson 18.5 6 43 3
Stuart Broad 17 4 60 2 (1w)
Mark Wood 20 5 66 2
Moeen Ali 15 1 71 2
Ben Stokes 14 5 51 1 (2w)
England 2nd innings R B 4s 6s
Adam Lyth c Clarke b Lyon 37 62 4 1
Alastair Cook (C) c Lyon b Starc 12 26 1 0
Gary Ballance c Haddin b Hazlewood 0 7 0 0
Ian Bell b Johnson 60 89 11 0
Joe Root b Hazlewood 60 89 9 0
Ben Stokes b Starc 42 59 9 0
Jos Buttler (WK) c Haddin b Lyon 7 19 0 0
Moeen Ali c Haddin b Johnson 15 41 2 0
Stuart Broad c Hazlewood b Lyon 4 7 1 0
Mark Wood not out 32 18 4 1
James Anderson b Lyon 1 4 0 0
Extras 19 (b 7, lb 6, w 6)
Total 289 all out (70.1 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Cook, 6.6 ov), 2-22 (Ballance, 9.6 ov), 3-73 (Lyth, 19.4 ov), 4-170 (Bell, 39.6 ov), 5-207 (Root, 51.1 ov), 6-236 (Buttler, 58.2 ov), 7-240 (Stokes, 59.1 ov), 8-245 (Broad, 60.4 ov), 9-288 (Ali, 69.1 ov), 10-289 (Anderson, 70.1 ov)

Australia Bowling O M R W Extras
Mitchell Johnson 16 2 69 2 (1w)
Josh Hazlewood 13 2 49 2
Mitchell Starc 16 4 60 2 (1w)
Nathan Lyon 20.1 4 75 4
Shane Watson 5 0 23 0
Australia 2nd innings (target: 412 runs) R B 4s 6s
Chris Rogers c Bell b Broad 10 28 2 0
David Warner lbw b Ali 52 86 6 1
Steven Smith c Bell b Broad 33 49 6 0
Michael Clarke (C) c Stokes b Broad 4 13 1 0
Adam Voges c Buttler b Wood 1 16 0 0
Shane Watson lbw b Wood 19 58 2 0
Brad Haddin (WK) c Cook b Ali 7 20 1 0
Mitchell Johnson c Lyth b Root 77 94 9 2
Mitchell Starc c Lyth b Root 17 38 3 0
Josh Hazlewood c Root b Ali 14 17 2 0
Nathan Lyon not out 0 5 0 0
Extras 8 (b 4, lb 3, nb 1)
Total 242 all out (70.3 overs)

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rogers, 9.4 ov), 2-97 (Warner, 26.3 ov), 3-101 (Smith, 27.4 ov), 4-106 (Clarke, 31.4 ov), 5-106 (Voges, 32.2 ov), 6-122 (Haddin, 38.1 ov), 7-151 (Watson, 50.5 ov), 8-223 (Starc, 65.4 ov), 9-242 (Johnson, 69.1 ov), 10-242 (Hazlewood, 70.3 ov)

England Bowling O M R W Extras
James Anderson 12 3 33 0
Stuart Broad 14 3 39 3
Moeen Ali 16.3 4 59 3
Ben Stokes 8 2 23 0
Mark Wood 14 4 53 2 (1nb)
Joe Root 6 1 28 2