CricketThe anticipation was building among the purists ahead of the eagerly awaited 2013 Ashes which started on Wednesday. The first Test of five in the Investec  Ashes series between England and Australia was played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham. Full Scorecard here.

 

 

England 215 & 375 – ENGLAND WIN!!

Australia 280 & 296 (110.5 Overs)

 

England won by 14 runs

  • The Ashes – 1st Test
  • Test no. 2090 | 2013 season
  • Played at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
  • 10,11,12,13,14 July 2013 (5-day match)
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* c †Haddin b Pattinson 13 41 26 2 0 50.00
JE Root b Siddle 30 99 64 6 0 46.87
IJL Trott b Siddle 48 119 80 9 0 60.00
KP Pietersen c Clarke b Siddle 14 26 23 3 0 60.86
IR Bell c Watson b Siddle 25 93 63 6 0 39.68
JM Bairstow b Starc 37 103 51 7 0 72.54
MJ Prior† c Hughes b Siddle 1 6 7 0 0 14.28
SCJ Broad c & b Pattinson 24 32 30 5 0 80.00
GP Swann c Hughes b Pattinson 1 16 5 0 0 20.00
ST Finn c †Haddin b Starc 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
JM Anderson not out 1 9 6 0 0 16.66
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 8, nb 2) 21
Total (all out; 59 overs; 281 mins) 215 (3.64 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-27 (Cook, 8.6 ov), 2-78 (Root, 21.1 ov), 3-102 (Pietersen, 27.3 ov), 4-124 (Trott, 35.5 ov), 5-178 (Bell, 47.5 ov), 6-180 (Prior, 49.2 ov), 7-213 (Broad, 56.5 ov), 8-213 (Bairstow, 57.1 ov), 9-213 (Finn, 57.2 ov), 10-215 (Swann, 58.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JL Pattinson 17 2 69 3 4.05 (1nb, 2w)
MA Starc 17 5 54 2 3.17
PM Siddle 14 4 50 5 3.57 (1nb, 1w)
AC Agar 7 1 24 0 3.42
SR Watson 4 2 7 0 1.75 (1w)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SR Watson c Root b Finn 13 15 14 3 0 92.85
CJL Rogers lbw b Anderson 16 70 37 2 0 43.24
EJM Cowan c Swann b Finn 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
MJ Clarke* b Anderson 0 12 6 0 0 0.00
SPD Smith c †Prior b Anderson 53 98 79 7 1 67.08
PJ Hughes not out 81 222 131 9 0 61.83
BJ Haddin† b Swann 1 3 2 0 0 50.00
PM Siddle c †Prior b Anderson 1 5 5 0 0 20.00
MA Starc c †Prior b Anderson 0 6 5 0 0 0.00
JL Pattinson lbw b Swann 2 5 8 0 0 25.00
AC Agar c Swann b Broad 98 134 101 12 2 97.02
Extras (lb 15) 15
Total (all out; 64.5 overs; 294 mins) 280 (4.31 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-19 (Watson, 3.3 ov), 2-19 (Cowan, 3.4 ov), 3-22 (Clarke, 6.2 ov), 4-53 (Rogers, 14.3 ov), 5-108 (Smith, 28.3 ov), 6-113 (Haddin, 29.1 ov), 7-114 (Siddle, 30.2 ov), 8-114 (Starc, 32.1 ov), 9-117 (Pattinson, 33.4 ov), 10-280 (Agar, 64.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 24 2 85 5 3.54
ST Finn 15 0 80 2 5.33
GP Swann 19 4 60 2 3.15
SCJ Broad 6.5 0 40 1 5.85
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* c Clarke b Agar 50 260 165 6 0 30.30
JE Root c †Haddin b Starc 5 34 31 1 0 16.12
IJL Trott lbw b Starc 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
KP Pietersen b Pattinson 64 211 150 12 0 42.66
IR Bell c †Haddin b Starc 109 385 267 15 0 40.82
JM Bairstow c †Haddin b Agar 15 83 62 0 0 24.19
MJ Prior† c Cowan b Siddle 31 57 42 6 0 73.80
SCJ Broad c †Haddin b Pattinson 65 206 148 7 0 43.91
GP Swann c Clarke b Siddle 9 40 28 1 0 32.14
ST Finn not out 2 18 8 0 0 25.00
JM Anderson c Hughes b Siddle 0 1 2 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 13, w 1, nb 9) 25
Total (all out; 149.5 overs; 660 mins) 375 (2.50 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-11 (Root, 7.3 ov), 2-11 (Trott, 7.4 ov), 3-121 (Pietersen, 56.6 ov), 4-131 (Cook, 59.1 ov), 5-174 (Bairstow, 79.6 ov), 6-218 (Prior, 92.6 ov), 7-356 (Broad, 140.5 ov), 8-371 (Bell, 146.2 ov), 9-375 (Swann, 149.3 ov), 10-375 (Anderson, 149.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JL Pattinson 34 8 101 2 2.97 (1nb)
MA Starc 32 7 81 3 2.53 (1nb, 1w)
AC Agar 35 9 82 2 2.34 (1nb)
PM Siddle 33.5 12 85 3 2.51 (2nb)
SR Watson 15 11 11 0 0.73
Australia 2nd innings (target: 311 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
SR Watson lbw b Broad 46 97 74 8 0 62.16
CJL Rogers c Bell b Anderson 52 176 121 8 0 42.97
EJM Cowan c Trott b Root 14 50 43 3 0 32.55
MJ Clarke* c †Prior b Broad 23 92 70 2 0 32.85
SPD Smith lbw b Swann 17 72 48 2 0 35.41
PJ Hughes lbw b Swann 0 14 8 0 0 0.00
BJ Haddin† c †Prior b Anderson 71 215 147 9 0 48.29
AC Agar c Cook b Anderson 14 124 71 2 0 19.71
MA Starc c Cook b Anderson 1 8 5 0 0 20.00
PM Siddle c Cook b Anderson 11 25 22 2 0 50.00
JL Pattinson not out 25 70 57 2 1 43.85
Extras (b 11, lb 10, nb 1) 22
Total (all out; 110.5 overs; 467 mins) 296 (2.67 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-84 (Watson, 24.1 ov), 2-111 (Cowan, 36.4 ov), 3-124 (Rogers, 42.4 ov), 4-161 (Clarke, 58.6 ov), 5-161 (Smith, 59.1 ov), 6-164 (Hughes, 61.5 ov), 7-207 (Agar, 86.3 ov), 8-211 (Starc, 88.1 ov), 9-231 (Siddle, 94.2 ov), 10-296 (Haddin, 110.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 31.5 11 73 5 2.29
SCJ Broad 23 7 54 2 2.34 (1nb)
GP Swann 44 10 105 2 2.38
ST Finn 10 3 37 0 3.70
JE Root 2 0 6 1 3.00
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 1-0
Test debut AC Agar (Australia)
Player of the match JM Anderson (England)
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire M Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire NA Mallender
Close of play
Wed, 10 Jul – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 75/4 (SPD Smith 38*, PJ Hughes 7*, 21 ov)
Thu, 11 Jul – day 2 – England 2nd innings 80/2 (AN Cook 37*, KP Pietersen 35*, 43 ov)
Fri, 12 Jul – day 3 – England 2nd innings 326/6 (IR Bell 95*, SCJ Broad 47*, 133 ov)
Sat, 13 Jul – day 4 – Australia 2nd innings 174/6 (BJ Haddin 11*, AC Agar 1*, 71 ov)
Sun, 14 Jul – day 5 – Australia 2nd innings 296 (110.5 ov) – end of match

114 Responses to Cricket: Battle for Ashes – England takes 1st Test

  • 2

    Ashton Agar may make his debut for Australia today – he is a 19 year old left arm ‘orthodox’ spinner who has been fast tracked through the system into the Ashes squad.

  • 3

    Ashton Agar has only played 10 first class games for Western Australia, taking 31 wickets at an average of 29.38, strike rate of 55.4 and economy rate of 3.18. He seems a useful option with the bat as well, with a top score of 71 not out and an average off 33.60. Obviously this is a lower level than international level but will be interesting to see if he is included how we gets on.

  • 4

    England have won the toss and chosen to bat with Alistair Cook and Joe Root in first. Wonder if this was such a good decision as may be tricky for a bit under the cloudy skies in Nottingham.

  • 5

    Ashton Agar is in the Australian team for this test. Congratulations on debut to him! He was handed his cap by Glen McGrath.

  • 6

    The teams for this test: England: A Cook (capt), J Root, J Trott, K Pietersen, I Bell, J Bairstow, M Prior, S Broad, G Swann, S Finn, J Anderson.

    Australia: S Watson, C Rogers, E Cowan, M Clarke (capt), P Hughes, S Smith, B Haddin, P Siddle, J Pattinson, M Starc, A Agar.

    So its Steven Finn instead of Tim Bresnan.

  • 7

    No David Warner for Australia

  • 8

    England being let off the hook a bit at the moment with some wayward bowling by Pattinson, wide first ball and bye second ball well down the leg side

  • 9

    England 2/0 after 1 and a half overs. Wild first over from Pattinson, batsmen only decided to put bat on ball 1 out of the 7 bowled. Seems like there is swing so Australia must bowl straighter and fuller, otherwise they are just giving England time to get their eye in…

  • 10

    England 6/0 after 2 overs Cook 4, Root 0

  • 11

    Much better, a maiden over for Pattinson, England 6/0 after 3 overs

  • 12

    England 16/0 after 5 overs and 1 ball, Cook 6, Root 8

  • 13

    England 69/1 after 19 and a half overs Root 26, Trott 24 at the crease

  • 14

    England lost some wickets latest score 148/4 in the 42nd over with Bell 12 and Bairstow 14 at the crease.

  • 15

    Batsmen out : Cook 13, Root 30, Trott 48, Pietersen 14.

  • 16

    Siddle has already taken 3 of the wickets with Pattinson getting the other

  • 17

    England all out for 215, not very good considering Cook won the toss and decided to bat

  • 18

    Top scorer for England was Jonathan Trott with 48, next best Jonny Bairstow 37. Best bowler Peter Siddle with 5/50 in 14 overs, Pattinson got 3/69 in 17.

  • 19

    First two wickets down, Australia 19/2 in 3 overs and for balls. Watson out for 13 and Cowan out for a golden duck. Finn on a hattrick!

  • 20

    From cricinfo : The crowd is jumping…here’s Finn
    3.5 Finn to Clarke, no run, how close! Millimeteres from an Ashes hat-trick. Ideal delivery, pitched up on off stump, Clarke goes for the drive and it just misses the outside edge.

  • 21

    Australia 31/3, men at the crease Chris Rogers and Steven Smith both on 9. Captain Clarke out for a duck bowled Anderson, he faced 6 balls.

  • 22

    Australia consolidating a little, 53/3 in the 15th over

  • 23

    Another wicket in the cricket Rogers gone for 16. Australia 55/4 in 16th over now. Steven Smith 23 and Phillip Hughes 2 at the crease.

  • 24

    Australia 62/4 in the 17th over, minimum 12 overs left in the day after this one.

  • 25

    Australia 75/4 at close of play on end of day one in reply to Englands 215 all out

  • 26

    Strange day out there. I’ve missed all of it, unfortunately. I would have expected more from England. Was it the pitch? Were England too cocksure going into this one? I will hopefully be able to spend a bit more time with one eye on it tomorrow.
    Thanks, Bully, for the updates

  • 27

    26 @ Just For Kicks:
    Kickers… sorry my bloody Skype was offline… I have some time now… not tomorrow because the funeral is tomorrow…

    … and I have the hard task to do the tribute speech as well as to thank everybody in church tomorrow. To speak in public is fine, I’m used to it, in fact I generally enjoy that type of thing, but to speak with a lump in your throat the size of a maxi-brick about someone you loved and respected is an honour… but a difficult honour…

  • 28

    26 @ Just For Kicks:
    Pleasure JFK, didn’t get to see any of it just followed it. But it was a cloudy day so there was swing out there and some really good bowling especially by Siddle, but think some of the bowling was also quite wayward especially from Pattinson early on. You can see quite a few of the England guys got themselves in but then instead of pushing on went out, seems like many of them were not patient enough and played reckless shots, chasing bowls outside off that were swinging further away and getting edges etc.

  • 29

    27 @ grootblousmile:
    Thinking of you all tomorrow ou pel, you hold your head high I’m sure you will do it justice.

  • 30

    Unfortunately won’t be able to update as much of the cricket tomorrow.

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