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

  • 61

    Overruled, and out. England in all sorts of trouble now. Aussies have their tails up, and are really pumped. Eng 11/2

  • 62

    ….And thats tea on Day2. England 11/2 still trailing by 54 runs

  • 63

    Back out after tea, and, boy, does Pieterson need an Agar-like innings!

  • 64

    England finally go ahead – Eng 67/2

  • 65

    End of Day 2. Eng 80/2. After Trotts’ wicket, the Poms battened down the hatches even further, going at less than 2/over, but they did preserve the rest of their wickets, and will come out in the morning with 8 wickets in hand and effectively 15 runs on the board. With 3 days left, there is plenty of time for England to amass a meaningful total to defend and hopefully bowl the Aussie out again to take the match.

  • 66

    65 @ Just For Kicks:
    Surely you mean after Trott’s wicket?

    When I was watching Strauss was in the commentary box and to the best of my knowledge has retired from international clickey.

    Can’t even accuse you of abusing your own product these days! Or were you watching from the Wild Duck?

    Hope not a sign of things to come for the sporting teams you support this weekend.

    Worry

  • 67

    What a debut by Agar and such a shame for him he couldn’t get his century, he will be really chuffed with his effort but probably also still agonizing a bit over the shot he played just two runs short of the milestone and missing out. But this should keep him hungry for more success.

  • 68

    66 @ Scrumdown:
    Ah well you know Scrumdown, Strauss – Trott – these South Africans all sound the same Happy-Grin

  • 69

    68 @ Bullscot:
    Yup. van der Merwe, van Loggerenberg, Tsotsobe.

    What can one say?

  • 70

    67 @ Bullscot:
    Showed no fear, and that was eventually his undoing.

    Seemed like a good knock though.

    Couldn’t watch as have work for at least 16 hours a day just to put food on the table.

    (Could be a Monty Python sketch in there somewhere!)

  • 71

    70 @ Scrumdown:
    I guess if he got the runs he had by playing without caution up to that point then he must have just thought to keep going what was working or maybe maybe he was just in the groove and wasn’t even thinking too much just going on instinct and adrenaline. Didn’t watch any of it either but for once was not because of work. Monty Python…now you’re giving your age away 🙂

  • 72

    Be Happy 71 @ Bullscot:
    My Mother reckons that one of these years I’ll have to stop acting like an 18 year old and act my age.

    Well she can try to convince me but……… Be Happy to her

  • 73

    @ Scrumdown:Hahaha, you spotted the deliberate mistake, and I have now changed it accordingly!

  • 74

    So at end of Day 3 England in 2nd innings are 326/6 a lead of 261 runs, still some work to be done tomorrow by the England batsmen and to start the day it will be Stuart Broad on 47 and Ian Bell on 95, so far their partnership has yielded 108 runs

  • 75

    Seems like there was some controversy today with Stuart Broad not walking after being given not out by umpire Aleem Dar after edging Agar to slips, BUT Australia had already used up their 2 reviews so could do nothing about it. England’s score at that stage was 297/6. Earlier in the day Ian Bell had been given out LBW off Shane Watson by umpire Kumar Dharmasena, but successfully referred it with Hawk Eye showing the ball was missing leg stump.

  • 76

    Hadn’t realized until reading about the Broad incident that there was controversy around Trott’s dismissal on Day 2. There was an LBW appeal that he was given not out to by Dar which was appealed by Australia, then TV umpire Marais gave him out. BUT he did this without using HOT SPOT which according to the broadcasters was not available for the dismissal as someone forgot to press the button to turn it on after it had been turned off while the TV was showing a replay of Bairstow’s dismissal the ball before. England reckon he hit the ball before it touched his pad and are now quering protocol ie. can the TV umpire overrule on field umpire using technology if all the technology that he should have available according to the rules is not available. It sounds like there was some deviation evident just before the ball hit his pad, however it seems the snickometer (which goes by noise) did not suggest a clear edge onto pads, anyway snickometer is not allowed to be used by TV umpires when reviewing decisions.

  • 77

    England were all out for 375 leaving Australia a target of 311, going well so far for Aus who are 70/0

  • 78

    First Australian wicket to fall in their 2nd innings Watson out for 46, lbw Broad

  • 79

    Australia 149/3 – only need 162 to win, Clarke on 18 and Smith 10 are at the crease, there are at least 16 overs left today.

  • 80

    Australia 155/3 after 57 overs

  • 81

    About an hour until final day gets underway, could still turn out to be a tense close one but at the moment looks llike it is advantage England, a bit of a partnership between Haddin and Agar (who showed he can bat) may tilt it back for Australia. Anyone watching – ENJOY! not going to manage this side.

  • 82

    Australia 180/6 after 76 overs – need 131 to win

  • 83

    Ay last, Anderson gets Agar out. Went around the wicket with the new ball, and got him nicking to Cooke at slip. 207/7, 103 required to win

  • 84

    Bowling getting better. With Agar there, Australia were playing some shots. Now they have shut up shop, and hoping for the best

  • 85

    Starc gone, in similar fashion to Agar, nicked off Anderson to Cooke for 1. Aus 211/8

  • 86

    Can’t update score atm, cricinfo struggling with their sight

  • 87

    …..and Cooke drops Haddin off Anderson

  • 88

    Cook makes amends as Siddle nicks it to him off Anderson for 11. Aus 231/9

  • 89

    Really tight at Trentbridge Aus 282/9 after 104 overs, need 29 to win. 51 runs so far for the 11th wicket, Pattinson 21 and Haddin 61 still there, can they do it.

  • 90

    Swann is bowling the last over before lunch, Australia hanging in there

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