ENG vs AUS 5th Test, 04 Jan 2026 Fantasy AI Predictions

Australia

Sydney

Sydney Cricket Ground

327

147

ENG

384/10 (97.3)

England chose to BAT

AUS

567/10 (133.5)

Australia won by 5 wickets

ICC World Test Championship ENG vs AUS players TEST past performance, current series performance, projected points and selection percentage.

Player					Batting									Bowling										Series Performance							Lineup selection			Match Performance
Name	T	R	S	M#	Bat	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50+	4/6	Bowl	Inn	Wk	Ov	Avg	Eco	SR	4w	Best	C/St	M	A. Pt	Pts	Run	Wk	DT	P	S%	C	VC	iDt	#	PTS	Bat	Bowl	Field
Harry Brook	ENG	BAT	✅	40	RHB	69	2	3535	317	52.76	86.53	29	444	RM	8	1	3.6	123	4.24	174	0	1/25	64	4	115	460	232	0	75	5	61.33	3.79	4.6	✅	5	204	114	0	8
Will Jacks	ENG	ALL	✅	6	RHB	11	0	234	47	21.27	51.65	0	23	OB	9	12	13.4	46.16	4.61	60	1	6/161	1	3	90	270	118	4	33	8	25.28	1.02	1.67		17	93	41	20	0
Ben Duckett	ENG	BAT	✅	48	LHB	89	3	3353	182	38.98	86.28	23	459	OB	0	0					0	-	36	4	61	247	133	0	25	2	33.74	2.6	3.14		12	133	47	0	8
Jacob Bethell	ENG	ALL	✅	9	LHB	18	1	579	154	34.05	60.75	5	80	SLA	9	8	7.2	31.87	3.94	48.5	0	3/26	11	1	69	69	41	0	0	3	28.54	1.7	2.06	✅	2	304	18	28	16
Zak Crawley	ENG	BAT	✅	64	RHB	117	2	3586	267	31.18	65.49	26	512	OB	0	0					0	-	70	4	112	450	256	0	75	1	59.77	3.98	4.18		22	33	28	0	0
Jamie Smith	ENG	WK	✅	24	RHB	42	4	1480	184	38.94	73.05	11	196	NA	0	0					0	-	79	4	90	361	139	0	50	7	32.21	1.28	1.53	✅	10	148	76	0	16
Josh Tongue	ENG	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	21	5	118	30	7.37	41.54	0	15	RFM	28	70	16.2	26.47	4.07	38.9	6	5/45	5	2	154	309	9	12	50	10	40.44	1.08	2.15	✅	9	150	0	68	0
Joe Root	ENG	BAT	✅	168	RHB	307	25	14208	262	50.38	57.53	109	1574	OB	170	74	6.2	48.09	3.37	85.5	3	5/8	219	4	101	404	234	0	25	4	73.39	7.94	7.7	✅	4	258	220	0	0
Ben Stokes	ENG	ALL	✅	122	LHB	220	9	7273	258	34.46	58.52	51	971	RFM	182	252	12.9	30.98	3.32	55.8	16	6/22	115	4	148	595	183	13	100	6	88	11.82	14.97		19	49	-4	48	0
Brydon Carse	ENG	BOWL	✅	14	RHB	23	3	357	56	17.85	72.7	1	47	RFM	27	58	16.7	30.18	3.89	46.5	5	6/42	14	4	162	648	82	19	75	9	76.42	2.01	5.66		14	109	1	68	0
Mitchell Starc	AUS	BOWL	✅	106	LHB	156	33	2497	99	20.3	59.14	13	306	LF	204	435	16.5	26.6	3.43	46.4	38	7/58	47	4	221	887	151	26	100	10	91.58	17.05	13.87		13	117	5	40	0
Cameron Green	AUS	ALL	✅	38	RHB	61	6	1853	174	33.69	49.73	10	216	RFM	54	39	8.1	39.82	3.55	67.2	1	5/27	39	4	71	284	112	3	25	7	35.27	1.52	2.5	✅	11	133	55	20	8
Travis Head	AUS	BAT	✅	66	LHB	113	6	4631	175	43.28	69.63	32	604	OB	44	16	3.9	39.75	3.7	64.4	1	4/10	34	4	185	741	437	0	75	1	82.48	23.47	9.91	✅	1	342	265	0	0
Michael Neser	AUS	ALL	✅	5	RHB	7	0	131	35	18.71	50.97	0	20	RMF	10	22	13	18.9	3.2	35.3	3	5/42	4	2	165	331	51	10	100	9	53.88	2.94	4.32	✅	7	180	40	96	8
Marnus Labuschagne	AUS	BAT	✅	64	RHB	116	9	4726	215	44.16	52.12	36	541	RMF,LB	51	14	4.4	59.85	3.75	95.7	0	3/45	51	4	93	374	174	0	50	3	43.91	2.23	2.86	✅	6	181	76	20	0
Alex Carey	AUS	WK	✅	49	LHB	75	8	2382	156	35.55	64.44	16	272		0	0					0	-	208	4	158	633	291	0	50	6	87.04	6.1	6.6		18	92	28	0	32
Usman Khawaja	AUS	BAT	✅	88	LHB	159	14	6229	232	42.95	48.82	44	692	RM	3	0	1		2.66		0	-	68	3	89	269	153	0	33	5	21.36	1.75	1.75		21	39	25	0	0
Steven Smith	AUS	BAT	✅	125	RHB	223	28	10920	239	56	53.96	82	1258	LBG	62	19	4	53.05	4.11	77.3	0	3/18	219	3	108	324	136	0	33	4	55.12	3.73	4.42	✅	3	272	208	0	8
Scott Boland	AUS	BOWL	✅	19	RHB	24	9	125	21	8.33	31.8	0	16	RFM	37	82	14.4	18.58	2.86	38.9	5	6/7	9	4	119	478	42	16	75	11	58.51	1.21	2.41		16	100	0	40	8
Jake Weatherald	AUS	BAT	✅	6	LHB	12	1	224	72	20.36	68.29	1	36	LB	0	0					0	-	1	4	68	272	146	0	25	2	20.18	1.13	1.57		15	105	37	0	0
Matthew Potts	ENG	BOWL	✅	11	RHB	15	5	105	21	10.5	46.25	0	16	RFM	20	36	18.3	33.36	3.28	60.8	2	4/13	9							11	6.7	0.31	0.52		20	49	1	0	0
Beau Webster	AUS	ALL	✅	10	RHB	16	2	469	72	33.5	61.3	5	55	RM,OB	16	11	6	28.9	3.29	52.6	0	3/64	15							8	7.27	0.69	0.69	✅	8	179	99	0	0

Completed matches of England
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
IND vs ENG	20 Jun - 03:30 PM	Leeds	England	INDIndia	ENG	471/10 (113.0)	465/10 (100.4)	England England won by 5 wickets
ENG vs IND	02 Jul - 03:30 PM	Birmingham	England	INDIndia	ENG	587/10 (151.0)	407/10 (89.3)	India India won by 336 runs
ENG vs IND	10 Jul - 03:30 PM	London	England	ENGEngland	IND	387/10 (112.3)	387/10 (119.2)	England England won by 22 runs
ENG vs IND	31 Jul - 03:30 PM	London	England	INDIndia	ENG	224/10 (69.4)	247/9 (51.2)	India India won by 6 runs
AUS vs ENG	21 Nov - 07:50 AM	Perth	England	ENGEngland	AUS	172/10 (32.5)	132/10 (45.2)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Dec - 09:30 AM	Brisbane	England	ENGEngland	AUS	334/10 (76.2)	511/10 (117.3)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	17 Dec - 05:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	371/10 (91.2)	286/10 (87.2)	Australia Australia won by 82 runs
AUS vs ENG	26 Dec - 05:00 AM	Melbourne	England	AUSAustralia	ENG	152/10 (45.2)	110/10 (29.5)	England England won by 4 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Completed matches of Australia
Teams	Date	Venue	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
AUS vs WI	25 Jun - 07:30 PM	Bridgetown	Australia	AUSAustralia	WI	180/10 (56.5)	190/10 (63.2)	Australia Australia won by 159 runs
AUS vs WI	03 Jul - 07:30 PM	St George's	Australia	AUSAustralia	WI	286/10 (66.5)	253/10 (73.2)	Australia Australia won by 133 runs
WI vs AUS	13 Jul - 12:00 AM	Kingston	Australia	AUSAustralia	WI	225/10 (70.3)	143/10 (52.1)	Australia Australia won by 176 runs
AUS vs ENG	21 Nov - 07:50 AM	Perth	England	ENGEngland	AUS	172/10 (32.5)	132/10 (45.2)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Dec - 09:30 AM	Brisbane	England	ENGEngland	AUS	334/10 (76.2)	511/10 (117.3)	Australia Australia won by 8 wickets
ENG vs AUS	17 Dec - 05:00 AM	Adelaide	Australia	AUSAustralia	ENG	371/10 (91.2)	286/10 (87.2)	Australia Australia won by 82 runs
AUS vs ENG	26 Dec - 05:00 AM	Melbourne	England	AUSAustralia	ENG	152/10 (45.2)	110/10 (29.5)	England England won by 4 wickets
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	Sydney	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Completed matches at Sydney Cricket Ground
Teams	Date	Toss	Bat First	Bat Second	Inning 1	Inning 2	Winner
ENG vs AUS	04 Jan - 04:30 AM	England	ENGEngland	AUS	384/10 (97.3)	567/10 (133.5)	Australia Australia won by 5 wickets

Top batting performance for ENG
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ENG vs IND	7	Jamie Smith	not out	184	207	21	4	88.88
ENG vs AUS	4	Joe Root	caught	160	242	15	0	66.11
ENG vs IND	5	Harry Brook	bowled	158	234	17	1	67.52
ENG vs AUS	3	Jacob Bethell	caught	154	265	15	0	58.11
ENG vs IND	4	Joe Root	stumped	150	248	14	0	60.48
IND vs ENG	2	Ben Duckett	caught	149	170	21	1	87.64
ENG vs IND	6	Ben Stokes	caught	141	198	11	3	71.21
ENG vs AUS	4	Joe Root	not out	138	206	15	1	66.99
ENG vs IND	5	Harry Brook	caught	111	98	14	2	113.26
IND vs ENG	3	Ollie Pope	caught	106	137	14	0	77.37
ENG vs IND	4	Joe Root	caught	105	152	12	0	69.07
ENG vs IND	4	Joe Root	bowled	104	199	10	0	52.26
IND vs ENG	5	Harry Brook	caught	99	112	11	2	88.39
ENG vs IND	2	Ben Duckett	caught	94	100	13	0	94
ENG vs IND	7	Jamie Smith	caught	88	99	9	4	88.88
ENG vs AUS	1	Zak Crawley	stumped	85	151	8	0	56.29
ENG vs AUS	5	Harry Brook	caught	84	97	6	1	86.59
ENG vs IND	1	Zak Crawley	caught	84	113	13	1	74.33
ENG vs AUS	6	Ben Stokes	bowled	83	198	8	0	41.91
ENG vs AUS	1	Zak Crawley	caught	76	93	11	0	81.72

Top bowling performance for ENG
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Josh Tongue	11.2	2	45	5	3.97
ENG vs AUS	Jofra Archer	20.2	5	53	5	2.6
AUS vs ENG	Ben Stokes	6	1	23	5	3.83
ENG vs IND	Gus Atkinson	21.4	8	33	5	1.52
ENG vs IND	Josh Tongue	30	4	125	5	4.16
ENG vs IND	Ben Stokes	24	3	72	5	3
AUS vs ENG	Brydon Carse	11	3	34	4	3.09
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	18	0	70	4	3.88
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	29	3	152	4	5.24
IND vs ENG	Ben Stokes	20	2	66	4	3.3
IND vs ENG	Josh Tongue	20	0	86	4	4.3
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	11	0	42	3	3.81
ENG vs AUS	Josh Tongue	30	0	97	3	3.23
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	27	2	130	3	4.81
AUS vs ENG	Ben Stokes	7.3	1	24	3	3.2
ENG vs AUS	Brydon Carse	20	1	80	3	4
ENG vs AUS	Ben Stokes	24	0	113	3	4.7
AUS vs ENG	Brydon Carse	10.2	1	45	3	4.35
ENG vs IND	Gus Atkinson	27	3	127	3	4.7
ENG vs IND	Josh Tongue	16	4	57	3	3.56

Top batting performance for AUS
Match	#	Player	Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	SR
ENG vs AUS	1	Travis Head	caught	170	219	16	2	77.62
ENG vs AUS	1	Travis Head	lbw	163	166	24	1	98.19
ENG vs AUS	5	Steven Smith	caught	138	220	16	1	62.72
AUS vs ENG	1	Travis Head	caught	123	83	16	4	148.19
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	106	143	8	1	74.12
ENG vs AUS	4	Usman Khawaja	caught	82	126	10	0	65.07
ENG vs AUS	9	Mitchell Starc	caught	77	141	13	0	54.6
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	72	128	6	0	56.25
ENG vs AUS	2	Jake Weatherald	lbw	72	78	12	1	92.3
ENG vs AUS	9	Beau Webster	not out	71	87	7	0	81.6
AUS vs WI	5	Steven Smith	lbw	71	119	7	1	59.66
ENG vs AUS	3	Marnus Labuschagne	caught	65	78	9	1	83.33
AUS vs WI	7	Alex Carey	caught	65	75	7	2	86.66
ENG vs AUS	6	Alex Carey	caught	63	69	6	0	91.3
AUS vs WI	7	Alex Carey	caught	63	81	10	1	77.77
AUS vs WI	6	Beau Webster	caught	63	120	8	0	52.5
ENG vs AUS	4	Steven Smith	caught	61	85	5	2	71.76
AUS vs WI	5	Travis Head	lbw	61	95	8	0	64.21
AUS vs WI	6	Beau Webster	run out	60	115	6	1	52.17
AUS vs WI	5	Travis Head	caught	59	78	9	0	75.64

Top bowling performance for AUS
Match	Player	Ov	M	Run	W	Eco
AUS vs ENG	Mitchell Starc	12.5	4	58	7	4.51
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	20	0	75	6	3.75
WI vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	7.3	4	9	6	1.2
ENG vs AUS	Michael Neser	16.2	2	42	5	2.57
AUS vs WI	Josh Hazlewood	12	3	43	5	3.58
ENG vs AUS	Michael Neser	18.3	2	60	4	3.24
AUS vs ENG	Michael Neser	10	1	45	4	4.5
AUS vs ENG	Scott Boland	11.4	2	33	4	2.82
ENG vs AUS	Beau Webster	16	1	64	3	4
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	18.2	2	72	3	3.92
AUS vs ENG	Scott Boland	9	1	30	3	3.33
ENG vs AUS	Pat Cummins	17	3	69	3	4.05
ENG vs AUS	Scott Boland	15.2	6	45	3	2.93
ENG vs AUS	Mitchell Starc	17	3	62	3	3.64
ENG vs AUS	Pat Cummins	17	4	48	3	2.82
ENG vs AUS	Nathan Lyon	25	6	77	3	3.08
AUS vs ENG	Brendan Doggett	9	0	51	3	5.66
AUS vs ENG	Mitchell Starc	12	1	55	3	4.58
WI vs AUS	Scott Boland	2	1	2	3	1
WI vs AUS	Scott Boland	13.1	4	34	3	2.58