Cricket BallEngland won the toss and elected to bat at a cloudy, but dry Chester-Le-Street with an unchanged side. With the Ashes in their pockets, thanks to the draw in Manchester, England were hoping to keep the Australians winless in the series. The Australians made one change in the quickie, Jackson Bird, who came in for Mitchell Starc. The pitch was hard and dry and swing was expected.

England put up a first innings score of 238 runs, all out and Australia replied with 270 all out. England’s second innings delivered 330 runs, all out.

On Day 4 the target set for Australia in their 2nd innings was 299 to win the match. Australia started well and with over a third of the runs in the bag, they lost their 1st wicket, then in the early 170’s they lost the plot and lost a number of wickets in the space of a few runs. After that the wickets kept falling in regular intervals and almost at close of play on Day 4 England bagged the last wicket to win by 74 runs.

 

 

England 238 All Out (92 overs) & 330 All Out (95.1 overs)

Australia 270 All Out (89.3 overs) & 224 All Out (68.3 overs)

 

England won by 74 runs

  • The Ashes – 4th Investec Test
  • Test no. 2093 | 2013 season
  • Played at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
  • 9,10,11,12,13 August 2013 (5-day match)
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* lbw b Bird 51 230 164 5 0 31.09
JE Root c †Haddin b Watson 16 78 52 1 0 30.76
IJL Trott c Khawaja b Lyon 49 89 60 7 0 81.66
KP Pietersen c †Haddin b Lyon 26 50 35 4 0 74.28
IR Bell c Harris b Lyon 6 22 17 0 0 35.29
JM Bairstow lbw b Lyon 14 105 77 1 0 18.18
MJ Prior† lbw b Siddle 17 80 58 2 0 29.31
TT Bresnan not out 12 73 49 1 0 24.48
SCJ Broad c Warner b Harris 3 11 12 0 0 25.00
GP Swann c Lyon b Harris 13 24 18 3 0 72.22
JM Anderson b Bird 16 22 16 4 0 100.00
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 6) 15
Total (all out; 92 overs; 399 mins) 238 (2.58 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-34 (Root, 17.4 ov), 2-107 (Trott, 39.2 ov), 3-149 (Pietersen, 49.5 ov), 4-153 (Cook, 52.3 ov), 5-155 (Bell, 55.4 ov), 6-189 (Prior, 74.6 ov), 7-193 (Bairstow, 77.3 ov), 8-198 (Broad, 80.3 ov), 9-214 (Swann, 86.4 ov), 10-238 (Anderson, 91.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 19 3 70 2 3.68 (5nb)
JM Bird 22 9 58 2 2.63
SR Watson 13 6 21 1 1.61 (2w)
PM Siddle 18 6 41 1 2.27 (1nb, 1w)
NM Lyon 20 7 42 4 2.10
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
CJL Rogers c †Prior b Swann 110 354 250 14 0 44.00
DA Warner b Broad 3 17 7 0 0 42.85
UT Khawaja c †Prior b Broad 0 8 6 0 0 0.00
MJ Clarke* c Cook b Broad 6 42 18 1 0 33.33
SPD Smith c †Prior b Bresnan 17 35 34 3 0 50.00
SR Watson c †Prior b Broad 68 200 134 7 0 50.74
BJ Haddin† lbw b Swann 13 28 22 2 0 59.09
PM Siddle c Cook b Anderson 5 40 21 0 0 23.80
RJ Harris lbw b Broad 28 51 33 5 0 84.84
NM Lyon lbw b Anderson 4 10 7 1 0 57.14
JM Bird not out 0 13 7 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 2, lb 11, w 1, nb 2) 16
Total (all out; 89.3 overs; 334 mins) 270 (3.01 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-12 (Warner, 3.6 ov), 2-12 (Khawaja, 5.6 ov), 3-49 (Clarke, 13.1 ov), 4-76 (Smith, 22.4 ov), 5-205 (Watson, 68.6 ov), 6-224 (Haddin, 75.5 ov), 7-233 (Rogers, 79.2 ov), 8-245 (Siddle, 84.3 ov), 9-258 (Lyon, 86.5 ov), 10-270 (Harris, 89.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 25 8 65 2 2.60
SCJ Broad 24.3 7 71 5 2.89 (2nb, 1w)
TT Bresnan 19 3 63 1 3.31
GP Swann 18 5 48 2 2.66
IJL Trott 3 0 10 0 3.33
England 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* c †Haddin b Harris 22 62 37 3 0 59.45
JE Root b Harris 2 35 19 0 0 10.52
IJL Trott c †Haddin b Harris 23 31 29 3 0 79.31
KP Pietersen c Rogers b Lyon 44 154 84 6 0 52.38
IR Bell b Harris 113 254 210 11 0 53.80
JM Bairstow c †Haddin b Lyon 28 86 65 6 0 43.07
TT Bresnan c & b Harris 45 90 6 0 50.00
MJ Prior† b Harris 0 1 0 0 0.00
SCJ Broad c Smith b Harris 13 7 3 0 185.71
GP Swann not out 30 24 6 0 125.00
JM Anderson c †Haddin b Lyon 0 5 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1) 10
Total (all out; 95.1 overs) 330 (3.46 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Root, 6.3 ov), 2-42 (Cook, 12.6 ov), 3-49 (Trott, 14.2 ov), 4-155 (Pietersen, 47.3 ov), 5-221 (Bairstow, 67.5 ov), 6-251 (Bell, 82.2 ov), 7-251 (Prior, 82.3 ov), 8-275 (Broad, 84.6 ov), 9-317 (Bresnan, 92.6 ov), 10-330 (Anderson, 95.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 28 2 117 7 4.17
JM Bird 20.3 6 67 0 3.26
SR Watson 6.3 1 22 0 3.38
PM Siddle 17 4 59 0 3.47 (1w)
NM Lyon 22.1 3 55 3 2.48
SPD Smith 1 0 1 0 1.00
Australia 2nd innings (target: 299 runs) R B 4s 6s SR
CJL Rogers c Trott b Swann 49 100 8 0 49.00
DA Warner c †Prior b Bresnan 71 113 10 1 62.83
UT Khawaja lbw b Swann 21 35 3 0 60.00
MJ Clarke* b Broad 21 27 3 0 77.77
SPD Smith b Broad 2 19 0 0 10.52
SR Watson lbw b Bresnan 2 11 0 0 18.18
BJ Haddin† lbw b Broad 4 6 0 0 66.66
PM Siddle c Anderson b Broad 23 48 2 0 47.91
RJ Harris lbw b Broad 11 18 1 0 61.11
NM Lyon b Broad 8 10 2 0 80.00
JM Bird not out 1 24 0 0 4.16
Extras (b 6, lb 5) 11
Total (all out; 68.3 overs) 224 (3.27 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-109 (Rogers, 29.2 ov), 2-147 (Khawaja, 39.1 ov), 3-168 (Warner, 43.4 ov), 4-174 (Clarke, 48.1 ov), 5-175 (Smith, 50.3 ov), 6-179 (Watson, 51.3 ov), 7-181 (Haddin, 52.5 ov), 8-199 (Harris, 56.6 ov), 9-211 (Lyon, 60.4 ov), 10-224 (Siddle, 68.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 16 1 73 0 4.56
SCJ Broad 18.3 3 50 6 2.70
TT Bresnan 13 2 36 2 2.76
GP Swann 18 6 53 2 2.94
JE Root 3 2 1 0 0.33
Match details
Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 3-0
Player of the match tba
Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire M Erasmus (South Africa)
Match referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire MA Gough
Close of play
– day 1 – England 1st innings 238/9 (TT Bresnan 12*, JM Anderson 16*, 90 ov)
– day 2 – Australia 1st innings 222/5 (CJL Rogers 101*, BJ Haddin 12*, 74.4 ov)
– day 3 – England 2nd innings 234/5 (IR Bell 105*, TT Bresnan 4*, 74 ov)

55 Responses to Cricket: 4th Ashes Test – England vs Australia at Chester-le-Street (Friday 9 August – Tuesday 13 August, but ending a day early)

  • 31

    Becoming pretty obvious that Root is not the answer at the top. Nick Compton must feel partially vindicated at least. Eng 119/3

  • 32

    31 @ Just For Kicks:
    Kickers, I have updated the scores as at Stumps, Day 3.

  • 33

    So 202 runs ahead with 5 wickets in hand, not a bad position for England especially considering they were 49/3 at one point today. They just need to concentrate there is lots of time left in this test so the last thing they want to do is lose quick wickets in the morning, even if they only score 70 in the first session its alright as long as they still have wickets in hand going into the second session. A lead of 250 would give their bowlers something to bowl with but still should feel more comfortable to be at least 300 ahead.

  • 34

    It certainly looks as if there should be a result in this game, but time could be lost on Monday especially in afternoon with showers so that may be a factor, although they should play most of Tuesday if they need to.

  • 35

    31 @ Just For Kicks:
    Hello JFK interesting that you mention Nic Compton, as have been thinking of him before England starting batting in this test but more in the context of the selection of Jonny Bairstow. Thought that if England are consistent in their selection policy and were going to be as ruthless with him as they were Compton then he simply had to come up with a big score in this test. But that hasn’t happened so surely he must be one to get the chop for last test, maybe for Morgan, or depending on how well England due another youngster who is doing well on the county circuit.

  • 36

    For the first time in the ashes series i have sat down and watch more than a hour. Great game on this morning, i love the way England plays right now

  • 37

    England 238 & 330 (95.1 ov)

    Australia 270

    England lead by 298 runs with 0 wickets remaining

    Innings break – Day 4

  • 38

    Australia 43 / 0, they need 256 to win, all wickets still in hand

  • 39

    Looks like the weather will be holding after there was some rain over Lunch, so a result either way is likely

  • 40

    Australia scoring at the rate of knots… 78 / 0 after 18.2 overs

  • 41

    Australia 105 / 0 after 28.4 overs.. galloping nicely along, now needing only 194 runs to win, 10 wickets in hand.

  • 42

    Swann gets rid of Chris Rogers, who perishes on 49.

    Australia 109 / 1

  • 43

    England right on top now, 6 wickets down

  • 44

    Australia require another 120 runs with 4 wickets remaining

  • 45

    Australia have slumped to 179 / 6 after 51.3 overs, they need 120 to win with 4 wickets in hand

  • 46

  • 47

    Last 2 wickets marginal but right , only just

  • 48

    Australia 199 / 8

    100 Runs needed, just 2 measly wickets in hand… uphill battle for Aussie now.

  • 49

    Australia 211 / 9 after 60.4 overs.

    England 1 wicket away, Aussie need 88 runs with their last wicket holding.

  • 50

    England 238 & 330

    Australia 270 & 224/10 (68.3 ov)

    Australia require another 75 runs with 0 wickets remaining

  • 51

    Congrats BB & JFK
    Well played England, Mickey vat maar nog enetjie met ys

  • 52

    What a day of Test cricket, it ebbed and flowed, bobbed and weaved but England have come through thanks to an inspirational spell of bowling from Stuart Broad. Australia were in great shape at 109 for 0 chasing 299 to win but Broad ripped into the Australians and his 6 for 50 has given England victory by 74 runs and an unassailable 3-0 lead in the Ashes. They have won the Urn for the third series in a row, congratulations to Alastair Cook and his team.

  • 53

    England win by 74 runs, one full day early

  • 54

    Belated congratulations to England, what a turn around in the cricket when it looked as if Australia were cruising to what was a challenging target on that pitch in those conditions.

  • 55

    Man I love it when the convicts are slaughtered!!!!!! Lets see if England can give them a whitewash in this Ashes hehehehe

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