Ben Stokes gets Australia's Steve Smith LBW on the second day of the
 Edgbaston Test. The England team approved !
 
LV= Insurance Men's  Ashes Test Series 2023
England v Australia..
First Test Edgbaston, Birmingham. 16-20 June.
Australia won by two wickets.
England 1st innings
Zak Crawley
61   c †Carey b Boland
Ben Duckett
12
c †Carey b Hazlewood
Ollie Pope
31 
lbw b Lyon
Joe Root
118 
not out
Harry Brook
32 
b Lyon
Ben Stokes (c)
1
c †Carey b Hazlewood
Jonny Bairstow 
78 
st †Carey b Lyon
Moeen Ali
18 
st †Carey b Lyon
Stuart Broad
16 
b Green
Ollie Robinson
17 
not out
 
Extras	9	(lb 6, nb 3)
TOTAL	393/8d
78 Ov (RR: 5.03)
 
Bowling: 
Pat Cummins   0 for 59 
Josh Hazlewood   2 for 61
Scott Boland  1 for 86
Nathan Lyon  4 for 149
Cameron Green  1 for 32
 
Australia 1st Innings.
David Warner
9 
b Broad
Usman Khawaja
141
b Robinson
Marnus Labuschagne
0 
c †Bairstow b Broad
Steven Smith
16  lbw b Stokes
Travis Head
50 
c Crawley b Ali
Cameron Green
38 
b Ali
Alex Carey †
66  
b Anderson
Pat Cummins (c)
38 
c Stokes b Robinson
Nathan Lyon
1 
c Duckett b Robinson
Scott Boland
0  c Pope b Broad
Josh Hazlewood
1
not out
 
Extras	26	(b 4, lb 6, nb 15, w 1)
TOTAL	386	
116.1 Ov (RR: 3.32)
 
Bowling: 
Stuart Broad 3 for 68
Ollie Robinson 3 for 55
James Anderson 1 for 53
Harry Brook  0 for 5
Moeen Ali  2 for 147
Ben Stokes 1 for 33
Joe Root  0 for 15
 
England 2nd Innings:
Zak Crawley
7   c †Carey b Boland
Ben Duckett
19 
c Green b Cummins
Ollie Pope 14 
b Cummins
Joe Root
46  st †Carey b Lyon
Harry Brook
46 
c Labuschagne b Lyon
Ben Stokes (c)
43 
lbw b Cummins
Jonny Bairstow † 20 
lbw b Lyon
Moeen Ali
19  c †Carey b Hazlewood
Ollie Robinson
27 
c Green b Lyon
Stuart Broad
10 
not out
James Anderson
12 
c †Carey b Cummins
 
Extras	10	(lb 9, nb 1)
TOTAL	273. 
66.2 Ov (RR: 4.11)
Bowling:
Pat Cummins 4 for 63 
Josh Hazlewood
1 for 48
Nathan Lyon 4 for 80
Scott Boland
1 for 61
Cameron Green 0 for 12
 
Australia 2nd Innings.
Usman Khawaja
65  b Stokes
David Warner
36   
c †Bairstow b Robinson
Marnus Labuschagne
13  c †Bairstow b Broad
Steven Smith
6  
c †Bairstow b Broad
Scott Boland
20  
c †Bairstow b Broad
Travis Head
16   
c Root b Ali
Cameron Green
28 
b Robinson
Alex Carey 
20 
c & b Root
Pat Cummins  (c)
44 
not out
Nathan Lyon
16  not out
 
Extras	18	(lb 10, nb 8)
Total 282/8   92.3 Ov (RR: 3.04).
 
Bowling: 
James Anderson 0 for 56
Stuart Broad 3 for 64
Ollie Robinson 2 for 43
Moeen Ali 1 for 57
Joe Root  1 for 43
Ben Stokes  1 for 9

Ben Stokes batting for England during their 2nd innings, in the first test. He scored 43.
 
England v Australia. 2nd Test. Lords, London 28 June-2nd July 2023. Australia won by 48 runs.
Australia 1st innings.
David Warner      66 
b Tongue
Usman Khawaja   17 
b Tongue
Marnus Labuschagne
47  c Bairstow b Robinson
Steven Smith    
110 
c Duckett b Tongue
Travis Head      77 
st †Bairstow b Root
Cameron Green    0
c Anderson b Root
Alex Carey †   22 
lbw b Broad
Mitchell Starc      6 
c †Bairstow b Anderson
Pat Cummins (c)   22 
not out
Nathan Lyon        7 
c Tongue b Robinson
Josh Hazlewood   4 
c Root b Robinson
 
TOTAL	416
100.4 Ov (RR: 4.13) 
 
England bowling: 
James Anderson 1 for 53
Stuart Broad     1 for 99 
Ollie Robinson   3 for	100
Josh Tongue     3	for 98
Ben Stokes    0 for 21
Joe Root   2 fo 19 
 
England 1st Innings: 
Zak Crawley  
48 st †Carey b Lyon
Ben Duckett    98 c Warner b Hazlewood
Ollie Pope   42 
c Smith b Green
Joe Root   10 c Smith b Starc
Harry Brook   50
c Cummins b Starc
Ben Stokes (c)   17 
c Green b Starc
Jonny Bairstow †   16 
c Cummins b Hazlewood
Stuart Broad   12 lbw b Head
Ollie Robinson    9  c †Carey b Head
Josh Tongue     1 
c sub (MT Renshaw) b Cummins
James Anderson
0
not out 
Extras	22	(b 9, lb 4, nb 7, w 2)
 
TOTAL	325
76.2 Ov (RR: 4.25)
 
Australia bowling:
 
Mitchell Starc    3 for 88
Pat Cummins   1 for 46
Josh Hazlewood  2 for 71
Nathan Lyon  1	for 35
Cameron Green 1 for 54
Travis Head  2 for 17
Steven Smith  0  for 1
 
Australia 2nd innings: 
Usman Khawaja   77 
c sub (MJ Potts) b Broad 
David Warner    25 
lbw b Tongue
Marnus Labuschagne   30 
c Brook b Anderson
Steven Smith   34 
c Crawley b Tongue
Travis Head    7 
c Root b Broad
Cameron Green   18 
c Duckett b Robinson
Alex Carey†    21 
c Root b Robinson
Mitchell Starc   15 
not out
Pat Cummins (c)  11 
c Duckett b Broad
Josh Hazlewood   1 
c Root b Stokes
Nathan Lyon     4 
c Stokes b Broad
Extras	36	(b 14, lb 9, nb 6, w 7)
 
TOTAL	279
101.5 Ov (RR: 2.73)
 
England bowling: 
Anderson    1 for 64
Stuart Broad   4 fo 65
Josh Tongue  
2 for 53
Ollie Robinson  2 for 48
Ben Stokes 1	for 26
 
England 2nd innings: 
Zak Crawley    3   c †Carey b Starc
Ben Duckett    83   c †Carey b Hazlewood
Ollie Pope  3 
b Starc
Joe Root  18 
c Warner b Cummins
Harry Brook
4 
b Cummins
Ben Stokes (c)  155 c †Carey b Hazlewood
Jonny Bairstow†   10  st †Carey b Green
Stuart Broad  11 
c Green b Hazlewood
Ollie Robinson  
1 
c Smith b Cummins
Josh Tongue   19 b Starc
James Anderson  
3 not out
Extras	17	(lb 3, nb 4, w 10)
 
TOTAL	327
81.3 Ov (RR: 4.01)
 
Australia bowling: 
Mitchell Starc   3 for 79 
Pat Cummins   3 for 69
Josh Hazlewood 3 for 80
Travis Head 0	for 23
Cameron Green
1 for 	73 
 
England v Australia. 3rd Test. 6-9th July 2023.  Headingley, Leeds. England won by 3 wickets.
Australia 1st innings.
David Warner  c Crawley b Broad
4
Usman Khawaja
b Wood
13
Marnus Labuschagne
c Root b Woakes 21
Steven Smith
c †Bairstow b Broad
22
Travis Head
c Root b Woakes
39
Mitchell Marsh
c Crawley b Woakes
118
Alex Carey †
c Woakes b Wood
8
Mitchell Starc
b Wood
2
Pat Cummins (c)
lbw b Wood
0
Todd Murphy
b Wood
13
Scott Boland
not out	0
Extras	(b 10, lb 10, nb 3) 23
	TOTAL
263  60.4 Ov
(RR: 4.33) 
England bowling:
Stuart Broad 2 for 58
Ollie Robinson 0 for 38
Mark Wood  5 for 34
Chris Woakes  3 for 73
Moeen Ali  0 for 40	
 
England 1st innings. 
Zak Crawley
c Warner b Marsh
33
Ben Duckett
c †Carey b Cummins
2
Harry Brook
c Smith b Cummins
3
Joe Root
c Warner b Cummins
19
Jonny Bairstow †
c Smith b Starc
12 
Ben Stokes (c)
c Smith b Murphy
80
Moeen Ali
c Smith b Cummins
21
Chris Woakes
c †Carey b Starc
10
Mark Wood
c Marsh b Cummins
24
Stuart Broad
c Smith b Cummins
7
Ollie Robinson
not out	5
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 9, w 5)	21
 
TOTAL
237   52.3 Ov
(RR: 4.51)
237
 
Australia bowling. 
Mitchell Starc  2 for 58
Pat Cummins 6 for 91
Scott Boland 0 for 35
Mitchell Marsh 1 for 9
Todd Murphy 1 for 36
 
Australia 2nd innings.
Usman Khawaja
c †Bairstow b Woakes
43
David Warner
c Crawley b Broad
1 
Marnus Labuschagne
c Brook b Ali
33
Steven Smith
c Duckett b Ali
2
Travis Head
c Duckett b Broad
77
Mitchell Marsh
c †Bairstow b Woakes
28
Alex Carey †
b Woakes
5
Mitchell Starc
c Brook b Wood
16
Pat Cummins (c)
c †Bairstow b Wood
1
Todd Murphy
lbw b Broad
11
Scott Boland
not out	0 
Extras	(b 5, lb 2)	7
 
TOTAL
224   67.1 Ov
(RR: 3.33)
 
England bowling.
 
Stuart Broad 3 for 45
Chris Woakes 3 for 68
Mark Wood  2 for 66
 Joe Root 0 for 4
Moeen Ali 2 for 34
 
England 2nd innings. (251 to win)
Zak Crawley
c †Carey b Marsh
44
Ben Duckett
lbw b Starc
23
Moeen Ali
b Starc
5
Joe Root
c †Carey b Cummins
21
Harry Brook
c Cummins b Starc
75
Ben Stokes (c)
c †Carey b Starc
13
Jonny Bairstow †
b Starc
5
Chris Woakes
not out	32
Mark Wood
not out	16
Extras	(b 7, lb 7, nb 5, w 1) 20
 
	TOTAL
254/7  50 Ov
(RR: 5.08) 
Australia bowling. 
Pat Cummins
1 for 77
Mitchell Starc 5 for 78
Scott Boland 0 for 49
Mitchell Marsh 1 for 23
Todd Murphy 0 for 13	
 
England v Australia. 4th Test. Old Trafford, Manchester.  July 19th-23rd 2023. Match drawn. 
Australia retain The Ashes.
Australia first Innings.
David Warner
c †Bairstow b Woakes  32
Usman Khawaja
lbw b Broad 
3
Marnus Labuschagne
lbw b Ali  51
Steven Smith
lbw b Wood  41
Travis Head
c Root b Broad  48
Mitchell Marsh
c †Bairstow b Woakes 
51
Cameron Green
lbw b Woakes  16
Alex Carey †
c †Bairstow b Woakes  20
Mitchell Starc  
not out  36
Pat Cummins (c)
c Stokes b Anderson  1 
Josh Hazlewood
c Duckett b Woakes  4
Extras	(b 8, lb 3, nb 3)	14
 
TOTAL  317 (90.2 Ov RR: 3.50)
 
England bowling:
Stuart Broad   2 for 	68
James Anderson 1 for 51
Chris Woakes   5 for 62
Mark Wood 1 for 60
Moeen Ali 	1	for 65 
 
England first innings. 
Zak Crawley
b Green  189 (21x4s, 3x6s)
Ben Duckett
c †Carey b Starc  1
Moeen Ali
c Khawaja b Starc  54
Joe Root
b Hazlewood 
84
Harry Brook
c Starc b Hazlewood  61
Ben Stokes (c)
b Cummins 
51
Jonny Bairstow †
not out	99 (10x4's, 4x6's, 81 balls)
Chris Woakes
c †Carey b Hazlewood  0
Mark Wood
b Hazlewood  6
Stuart Broad
c & b Hazlewood  7
James Anderson
lbw b Green
5
Extras	(b 15, lb 9, nb 11)	35
 
TOTAL  592  (107.4 Overs, RR: 5.49)
 
Australia bowling:
Mitchell Starc  2 for 137
Josh Hazlewood  5 for 126
Pat Cummins  1 for 129	
Cameron Green  2 for 64
Travis Head   0	for 52
Mitchell Marsh 	0	for 57
Marnus Labuschagne 	0 for	3
 
Australia second innings. 
Usman Khawaja
c †Bairstow b Wood  18
David Warner
b Woakes  28
Marnus Labuschagne
c †Bairstow b Root  111
Steven Smith
c †Bairstow b Wood  17
Travis Head
c Duckett b Wood 
1
Mitchell Marsh
not out  31
Cameron Green
not out  3
(Only 30 overs on 4th day and no play on fifth day)
 
England v Australia. 5th Test . The Oval, London.  27th- 31st July 2023.
England won by 59 runs. Series drawn 2-2.
 
England 1st Innings.
Zak Crawley
22
c Smith b Cummins
Ben Duckett
41 c †Carey b Marsh
Moeen Ali
34 
b Murphy
Joe Root
5 b Hazlewood
Harry Brook
85 
c Smith b Starc
Ben Stokes (c)
3
b Starc
Jonny Bairstow †
4 b Hazlewood
Chris Woakes
36 c Head b Starc
Mark Wood
28 b Murphy
Stuart Broad
7 c Head b Starc
James Anderson
0 not out
Extras	18	(b 9, lb 7, nb 2)
 
TOTAL	283
Australia bowling.
Mitchell Starc  4 for 82
Josh Hazlewood 2 fr 54
Pat Cummins
1 for 66
Mitchell Marsh 1 for 43
Todd Murphy 2 for 22
 
Australia 1st Innings. 
Usman Khawaja
47 
lbw b Broad 
David Warner
24 
c Crawley b Woakes
Marnus Labuschagne
9 c Root b Wood
Steven Smith
71 c †Bairstow b Woakes
Travis Head
4 c †Bairstow b Broad
Mitchell Marsh
16 
b Anderson
Alex Carey †
10 c Stokes b Root
Mitchell Starc
7 c Duckett b Wood
Pat Cummins (c)
36 
c Stokes b Root
Todd Murphy
34 lbw b Woakes
Josh Hazlewood
6not out
Extras	31	(b 17, lb 12, nb 1, w 1)
 
TOTAL	295
 
England bowling.
Stuart Broad 2 for 49 
James Anderson 1 for 67
Mark Wood
2 for 62
Chris Woakes 3 for 61
Joe Root 2 for 20
Harry Brook 0 for 7
 
England 2nd Innngs.
Zak Crawley
73 c Smith b Cummins 
Ben Duckett
42 c †Carey b Starc
Ben Stokes (c)
42 
c Cummins b Murphy
Joe Root
91 
b Murphy
Harry Brook
7  †Carey b Hazlewood
Jonny Bairstow †
78 
c †Carey b Starc
Moeen Ali
29 
c Hazlewood b Starc
Chris Woakes
1 
c Khawaja b Starc
Mark Wood
9 c Marsh b Murphy
Stuart Broad
8
not out
 
Australia bowling. 
Mitchell Starc 4 for 100
Josh Hazlewood
1 for 67
Pat Cummins
1 for 79 
Mitchell Marsh 0 for 35 
Todd Murphy 4 for 110
 
Australia 2nd innings. 
David Warner  60 
c †Bairstow b Woakes 
Usman Khawaja  72 lbw b Woakes
Marnus Labuschagne
13 
c Crawley b Wood
Steven Smith
54 c Crawley b Woakes
Travis Head
43 c Root b Ali
Mitchell Marsh
6 c †Bairstow b Ali
Alex Carey †
28 
c †Bairstow b Broad
Mitchell Starc
0 c Crawley b Woakes
Pat Cummins (c)
9 c Stokes b Ali
Todd Murphy
18 c †Bairstow b Broad
Josh Hazlewood
4 not out
Extras	27	(b 10, lb 10, nb 2, w 5)
 
TOTAL	334 
England bowling.
Stuart Broad
2 for 62 
James Anderson 0 for 53
Chris Woakes 4	for 50
Moeen Ali 3 for	76 
Joe Root 	0	for 39 
Mark Wood 1 for 34