Australian cricket team in England in 2013

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Australian cricket team in England in 2013
  Flag of England.svg Flag of Australia.svg
  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]

Contents

Squads

TestsODIsT20Is
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Late addition to the squad

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
v
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
v
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
v
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)

Two-day: England Lions v Australians

16–17 August 2013
Scorecard
v
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

First Test

10–14 July
Scorecard
v
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
Scorecard
v
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
Scorecard
v
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
Scorecard
v
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
Scorecard
v
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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
248/6 (20 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  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  Flag of England.svg
195/5 (20 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  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
v
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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
315/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  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  Flag of England.svg
59/3 (15.1 overs)
v
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  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
227 (48.2 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  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)

5th ODI

16 September 2013
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
298 (49.1 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  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

CountryTV broadcaster(s)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia GEM
Fox Sports
Flag of India.svg  India STAR Cricket
Middle East Orbit Show Network
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan PTV Sports
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa SuperSport
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom Sky Sports

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