AUS vs ENG Dream11 Prediction, 1st Test, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for The Ashes, 2025-26
England last won a match at The Gabba in 1986.
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Australia will take on England in the second Test of the ongoing The Ashes on Thursday, December 4, at The Gabba in Brisbane. In the first game, England won the toss and elected to bat. Things went downhill for the English team after winning the toss. The batters got bundled out for a mere 172 runs. Mitchell Starc bowled his best bowling figures in an innings and took seven wickets for 58 runs.
Australia didn’t have a great outing either with the bat and got all out for just 132 runs. No batter managed to score more than 30 runs for Australia. Ben Stokes was the pick of the bowlers for England and took five wickets for 23 runs.
In the second innings, Ollie Pope and Gus Atkinson finished with 30-plus runs to their names. England could make only 164 runs before getting all out in 34.4 overs. Starc and Brendan Doggett took three wickets each, while Scott Boland picked up four wickets.
In the fourth innings, Travis Head played a knock of 123 runs off just 83 deliveries and guided Australia to a win by eight wickets. Marnus Labuschagne made an unbeaten 51 runs off 49 deliveries. Starc won the Player of the Match award for his bowling performance.
Australia and England have played a total of 22 matches at The Gabba. Australia has won 13, while England has managed just four wins here. England’s last win at this venue came in 1986.
Match Information
Australia vs England, 2nd Test
The Ashes, 4 Dec 2025, Thur, 9:30 AM IST, The Gabba
Match Starts In
00:10:12:03
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Broadcast
Star Sports Network
Live Stream
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Weather Report
The GabbaClouds
20.1°C
79% (Humidity)
Team Form (Last 5 matches)
Probable Playing XI
Australia
TM Head, J Weatherald, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (C), JP Inglis, C Green, AT Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Brendan Doggett, SM Boland
Bench : Usman Khawaja, BJ Webster, Michael Neser
England
Zak Crawley, BM Duckett, Ollie Pope, JE Root, HC Brook, Ben Stokes (C), JL Smith (wk), WG Jacks, AAP Atkinson, BA Carse, Jofra Archer
Bench : Jacob Bethell, MJ Potts, Mark Wood, Shoaib Bashir, JC Tongue
Injury and availability news
Pitch Report
52%
Pace Bowling
48%
Spin Bowling
66%
Batting Pitch
314
Average Score
34%
Bowling Pitch
Player Picks
Mitchell Starc AUS | BOWL
Starc has been the highest wicket-taker for Australia in Test matches this year. He has taken 39 wickets in just eight games at an average of 15.71. He is in fourth place among the Australian pacers with the most wickets in the Ashes.
Travis Head AUS | BAT
Head started the series with a century in the fourth innings. He became the first Australian opener to score a century in the fourth innings in the Ashes at home. He has made 524 runs in eight matches at an average of 37.42.
Avoid Having These Players In Your Fantasy Sports Team
Usman Khawaja
AUS | BAT
Khawaja has been ruled out of this game and can be avoided in fantasy teams.
Zak Crawley
ENG | BAT
Crawley was dismissed for a duck in both innings of the first Test and can be left out of fantasy teams.
Teams will be updated after Toss
Last Updated On - Dec 3 2025 9:05 PM
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