Australian cricket team in England in 2013

Australian cricket team in England in 2013
	England	Australia
Dates	26 June 2013 – 16 September 2013
Captains	Alastair Cook (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs) Stuart Broad (T20Is)	Michael Clarke (Tests & ODIs) George Bailey (T20Is)
Test series
Result	England won the 5-match series 3–0
Most runs	Ian Bell (562)	Shane Watson (418)
Most wickets	Graeme Swann (26)	Ryan Harris (24)
Player of the series	Ian Bell (Eng) ( Compton–Miller medal ) Ryan Harris (Aus)
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 5-match series 2–1
Most runs	Jos Buttler (182)	Michael Clarke (202)
Most wickets	Ben Stokes (6)	Clint McKay (7)
Player of the series	Michael Clarke (Aus)
Twenty20 International series
Results	2-match series drawn 1–1
Most runs	Alex Hales (102)	Aaron Finch (161)
Most wickets	Jade Dernbach (6)	Fawad Ahmed (3) James Faulkner (3)

The Australia National Cricket Team were in England from June to September 2013 for a tour that consisted of five test matches, five One Day International matches and two Twenty20 International matches. The Test series was for The Ashes. ^[1]

Squads

Tests		ODIs		T20Is
England	Australia	England [2]	Australia [3]	England [4]	Australia [3]
Alastair Cook (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Steven Finn Simon Kerrigan Graham Onions Monty Panesar † Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Joe Root Graeme Swann James Taylor † Chris Tremlett † Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes	Michael Clarke (c) Brad Haddin (vc & wk) Ashton Agar † Jackson Bird Ed Cowan James Faulkner Ryan Harris Phillip Hughes Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon James Pattinson Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steve Smith † Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson	Eoin Morgan (c) Ravi Bopara Jos Buttler Michael Carberry Steven Finn Chris Jordan Jamie Overton Kevin Pietersen Boyd Rankin Joe Root Ben Stokes James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Luke Wright	Michael Clarke (c) Fawad Ahmed George Bailey Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Clint McKay Adam Voges Matthew Wade Shane Watson	Stuart Broad (c) Ravi Bopara Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Michael Carberry Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Boyd Rankin Joe Root James Tredwell Luke Wright	George Bailey (c) Fawad Ahmed Michael Clarke Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Clint McKay Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Adam Voges Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson

^† Late addition to the squad

ICC Champions Trophy

Main article: 2013 ICC Champions Trophy

The tour started in June with the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, in which Australia were drawn in Group A with England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. ^[5] They lost to England and Sri Lanka, and the game against New Zealand was washed out, ^[6] leaving Australia at the bottom of Group A with 1 point and eliminated from the tournament. ^[7]

Tour matches

First-class: Somerset v Australians

26–29 June 2013 Scorecard

Somerset	v	Australians
320 (86.1 overs) Chris Jones 130 (239) Mitchell Starc 4/33 (16.1 overs)		321/5d (75.1 overs) Shane Watson 90 (94) Craig Meschede 2/67 (17 overs)
260 (68 overs) James Hildreth 75 (95) James Pattinson 3/61 (13 overs)		263/4 (63.5 overs) Usman Khawaja 73 (116) George Dockrell 3/78 (21.5 overs)

Australians won by 6 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Mark Eggleston (Eng) and David Millns (Eng)

• Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Worcestershire v Australians

2–5 July 2013 Scorecard

Australians	v	Worcestershire
396/4d (97.3 overs) Shane Watson 109 (111) Jack Shantry 1/71 (18 overs)		284 (92.1 overs) Nick Compton 79 (181) Jackson Bird 4/48 (25 overs)
344/5d (55 overs) Michael Clarke 124 (98) Jack Shantry 2/62 (13 overs)		274/5 (96 overs) Tom Fell 62* (121) James Faulkner 2/21 (17 overs)

Match drawn New Road, Worcester Umpires: Ismail Dawood (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng)

• Australians won the toss and elected to bat.

First-class: Sussex v Australians

26–28 July 2013 Scorecard

Australians	v	Sussex
366/5d (94.4 overs) Steve Smith 102* (165) Monty Panesar 3/70 (24.4 overs)		368/7 (100 overs) James Taylor 121* (253) Mitchell Starc 2/43 (18 overs)
152/2d (44 overs) Ed Cowan 77* (110) Lewis Hatchett 2/28 (11 overs)

Match drawn County Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and George Sharp (Eng)

• Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ashton Turner (Aus) and Callum Jackson (Sssx) made their first-class debuts.
• Each innings had a maximum length of 100 overs.

Two-day: England Lions v Australians

16–17 August 2013 Scorecard

England Lions	v	Australians
269/7d (77 overs) Gary Ballance 104 (154) Nathan Lyon 3/80 (25 overs)		227/6 (68 overs) Shane Watson 45 (44) Ben Stokes 2/27 (13 overs)

Match drawn County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Benjamin Debenham (Eng) and George Sharp (Eng)

• England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain and bad light reduced play on day 2.

Test series

Main article: 2013 Ashes series

First Test

10–14 July 2013 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
215 (59 overs) Jonathan Trott 48 (80) Peter Siddle 5/50 (14 overs)		280 (64.5 overs) Ashton Agar 98 (101) James Anderson 5/85 (24 overs)
375 (149.5 overs) Ian Bell 109 (267) Mitchell Starc 3/81 (32 overs)		296 (110.5 overs) Brad Haddin 71 (147) James Anderson 5/73 (31.5 overs)

England won by 14 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: James Anderson (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ashton Agar (Aus) made his Test debut.
• Agar's score of 98 set the Test record for the most runs in an innings by a number 11 batsman ^[8] and by a number 11 on debut. ^[9]
• The 163-run partnership between Agar and Phillip Hughes was the highest 10th-wicket partnership in Test history. ^[9]

Second Test

18–22 July 2013 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
361 (100.1 overs) Ian Bell 109 (211) Ryan Harris 5/72 (26 overs)		128 (53.3 overs) Shane Watson 30 (42) Graeme Swann 5/44 (21.3 overs)
349/7d (114.1 overs) Joe Root 180 (338) Peter Siddle 3/65 (21 overs)		235 (90.3 overs) Usman Khawaja 54 (133) Graeme Swann 4/78 (30.3 overs)

England won by 347 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Joe Root (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ian Bell became the fourth English batsman to score a century in three successive Ashes matches. ^[10]

Third Test

1–5 August 2013 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
527/7d (146 overs) Michael Clarke 187 (314) Graeme Swann 5/159 (43 overs)		368 (139.3 overs) Kevin Pietersen 113 (206) Mitchell Starc 3/76 (27 overs)
172/7d (36 overs) David Warner 41 (57) Tim Bresnan 2/25 (6 overs)		37/3 (20.3 overs) Joe Root 13 (57) Ryan Harris 2/13 (7 overs)

Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain and bad light on day 4 reduced play to 56 overs.
• Rain on day 5 meant only 20.3 overs could be bowled and play was abandoned at 16:40.

Fourth Test

9–13 August 2013 Scorecard

England	v	Australia
238 (92 overs) Alastair Cook 51 (164) Nathan Lyon 4/42 (20 overs)		270 (89.3 overs) Chris Rogers 110 (250) Stuart Broad 5/71 (24.3 overs)
330 (95.1 overs) Ian Bell 113 (210) Ryan Harris 7/113 (28 overs)		224 (68.3 overs) David Warner 71 (113) Stuart Broad 6/50 (18.3 overs)

England won by 74 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Stuart Broad (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

Fifth Test

21–25 August 2013 Scorecard

Australia	v	England
492/9d (128.5 overs) Shane Watson 176 (247) James Anderson 4/95 (29.5 overs)		377 (144.4 overs) Joe Root 68 (184) James Faulkner 4/51 (19.4 overs)
111/6d (23 overs) Michael Clarke 28 (28) Stuart Broad 4/43 (10 overs)		206/5 (40 overs) Kevin Pietersen 62 (55) Ryan Harris 2/21 (5 overs)

Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain delayed the start of day 2.
• No play on day 4 due to rain.
• Play was brought to a close with four overs left to play on day 5 due to bad light.
• Simon Kerrigan, Chris Woakes (both Eng) and James Faulkner (Aus) made their Test debuts.
• The 447 runs scored on day 5 set a record for the most runs scored on the final day of an Ashes Test. ^[11]

T20I series

1st T20I

29 August 2013 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia   248/6 (20 overs)	v	England 209/6 (20 overs)
Aaron Finch 156 (63) Jade Dernbach 3/34 (4 overs)		Joe Root 90* (49) Mitchell Johnson 2/41 (4 overs)

Australia won by 39 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Fawad Ahmed (Aus) made his T20I debut.
• Aaron Finch recorded the highest score in a T20I innings. ^[12]

2nd T20I

31 August 2013 14:30 Scorecard

England   195/5 (20 overs)	v	Australia 168/9 (20 overs)
Alex Hales 94 (61) Fawad Ahmed 3/25 (4 overs)		David Warner 53 (42) Jade Dernbach 3/23 (4 overs)

England won by 27 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

ODI series

1st ODI

6 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard

England	v	Australia

Match abandoned without a ball bowled Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)

• Rain prevented any play.

2nd ODI

8 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard

Australia   315/7 (50 overs)	v	England 227 (44.2 overs)
Michael Clarke 105 (102) Boyd Rankin 2/49 (10 overs)		Jos Buttler 75 (65) Clint McKay 3/47 (9.2 overs)

Australia won by 88 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

3rd ODI

11 September 2013 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

England   59/3 (15.1 overs)	v	Australia
Jonathan Trott 28* (41) Adam Voges 1/3 (1.1 overs)

No result Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain stopped play at 15:35 and the match was abandoned at 19:05.

4th ODI

14 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard

Australia   227 (48.2 overs)	v	England 231/7 (49.3 overs)
George Bailey 87 (91) James Tredwell 3/53 (8.2 overs)		Jos Buttler 65* (48) Clint McKay 4/39 (10 overs)

England won by 3 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Nathan Coulter-Nile (Aus) made his ODI debut.
• Clint McKay (Aus) took a hat-trick with the wickets of Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Joe Root.

5th ODI

16 September 2013 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia   298 (49.1 overs)	v	England 249 (48 overs)
Shane Watson 143 (107) Ben Stokes 5/61 (10 overs)		Ravi Bopara 62 (66) James Faulkner 3/38 (9 overs)

Australia won by 49 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rob Bailey (Eng) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain delayed the toss and interrupted the Australian innings during the 10th over, but there was no loss of overs.
• Chris Jordan (Eng) made his ODI debut.
• Ben Stokes (Eng) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs. ^[13]

Broadcasters

Country	TV broadcaster(s)
Australia	GEM Fox Sports
India	STAR Cricket
Middle East	Orbit Show Network
Pakistan	PTV Sports
South Africa	SuperSport
United Kingdom	Sky Sports

References

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4. "Michael Carberry given England call for Australia T20 series". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
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External links

• Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2013 at ESPNcricinfo.com