2013 The Ashes England Vs Australia Fourth Test Aug 9-12,2013

2013 The Ashes England Vs Australia at River Side Ground Chester-le-Street Aug 9-12,2013

Squad

England
Joe Root                      
Jonathan Trott              
Kevin Pietersen            
Alastair Cook               
Ian Bell                         
Matt Prior                     
Jonny Bairstow              
Stuart Broad                  
Greame Swann
James Anderson
Tim Bresnan            

Australia
Chris Rogers                    
Usman Khawaja              
David Warner                 
Michale Clarke              
Steven Smith                  
Shane Watson                
Brad Haddin                   
Ryan Harris                    
Nathan Lyon                   
Peter Siddle                    
Jackson Bird

About the ground

Chester-le-Street has hosted four Tests since 2003, all of which have come as part of early-season series against Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and West Indies - and all of which have resulted in thumping England victories.  

Chester-le-Street in numbers

First match: Durham v Warwickshire - 18 May 1995
Capacity: 20,000
First one-day international: Scotland v Pakistan - 1999 World Cup - 20 May 1999
Total one-day internationals: 14
First Test match: England v Zimbabwe - 5 June 2003
Total Test matches: Four
First Ashes Test match: England v Australia - 9 August 2013

Chester-le-Street in numbers

Tests: 4 (England won all four, including three by an innings)
First Test: 5-7 June 2003. Nasser Hussain's England needed less than three days to overcome Zimbabwe by an innings and 69 runs.
Highest Test total: 569-6 declared by England against West Indies in May 2009, thanks to hundreds by Alastair Cook (160) and Ravi Bopara (108).
Lowest Test total: 94 by Zimbabwe in their first innings of that inaugural Test in 2003 - keeper Tatenda Taibu (31) was the only man in the top eight to make double figures. Second time around, they made 253 but still lost by an innings.
Highest individual Test score: 162 not out by England's Ian Bell against Bangladesh in June 2005, in only his third Test. At that stage of Bell's career, his three Test innings (70, 65 not out and 162 not out) had given him an improbable Test average of 297.
Most Test runs: 276 by West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul, who proved to be the proverbial immovable object in 2007 (scoring 136 not out and 70), and returned in 2009 to make 23 and 47. The biggest total by an Englishman is Marcus Trescothick's 194.
Best Test bowling (innings): 6-33 by England seamer Richard Johnson on his debut against Zimbabwe in 2003. Though he went wicketless in the second innings, it earned him the man-of-the-match award
Most Test wickets: 16 by England fast bowler Steve Harmison, one of only three men to play three Tests on the ground (along with Andrew Strauss and Michael Vaughan). "Grievous Bodily Harmison" warmed up for the 2005 Ashes series by taking 5-38 against Bangladesh, who were skittled for 104. 

 

Day One Friday Aug 9,2013 

England won the toss and chose to bat first 

Fall of Wickets(England)
Joe Root                      16(in 52 Balls with 4x1)
Jonathan Trott               49(in 60 Balls with 4x7)
Kevin Pietersen             26(in 35 Balls with 4x4)
Alastair Cook                51(in 164 Balls with 4x5)
Ian Bell                          06(in 17 Balls)
Matt Prior                      17(in 58 Balls with 4x2)
Jonny Bairstow               14(in 77 Balls with 4x1)
Stuart Broad                   03(in 12 Balls)
Greame Swann               13(in 18 Balls with 4x3)

England scored 238/9 in 90 Overs with Tim Bresnan 12* and James Anderson 16* at the crease

Day Two Saturday Aug 10,2013

Fall of Wickets(England)
James Anderson            16(in 16 Balls with 4x4)
Tim Bresnan 12* remain unbeaten
England were 238/10 in 92 Overs
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Nathan Lyon                 4-42(20 Overs)
Jackson Bird                 2-58(22 Overs)
Ryan Harris                   2-70(19 Overs)
Shane Watson               1-21(13 Overs)
Peter Siddle                   1-41(18 Overs)
Australia 1st Innings
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
David Warner                03(in 7 Balls)
Usman Khawaja            00(in 6 Balls)
Michael Clarke              06(in 18 Balls with 4x1)
Steven Smith                  17(in 34 Balls with 4x3)
Shane Watson                68(in 134 Balls with 4x7)
Australia were 222/5 in 74.4 Overs with Chris Rogers 101* and Brad Haddin 12* at the crease

Day Three Sunday Aug 11,2013

Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Brad Haddin            13(in 22 Balls with 4x2)
Chris Rogers           110(in 250 Balls with 4x14)
Peter Siddle              05(in 21 Balls)
Nathan Lyon            04(in 7 Balls with 4x1)
Ryan Harris              28(in 33 Balls with 4x5)
Jackson Bird            00*(in 7 Balls)
Australia were 270/10 in 89.3 Overs
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad          5-71(24.3 Overs) 
Graeme Swann      2-48(18 Overs)
James Anderson   2-65(25 Overs)
Tim Bresnan         1-63(19 Overs) 

England 2nd Innings
Fall of Wickets(England)
Joe Root                        02(in 19 Balls)
Alastair Cook                22(in 37 Balls with 4x3)
Jonathan Trott               23(in 29 Balls with 4x3)
Kevin Pietersen             44(in 84 Balls with 4x6)
Jonny Bairstow              28(in 65 Balls with 4x6)
England were 234/5 in 74 Overs with Ian Bell 105* and Tim Bresnan 4* at the crease 

Day Four Monday Aug 12,2013
Fall of Wickets(England)
Ian Bell                          113(in 210 Balls with 4x11)
Matt Prior                         0(in 1 Ball)
Stuart Broad                   13(in 7 Balls with 4x3)
Tim Bresnan                   45(in 90 Balls with 4x6)
James Anderson               0(in 5 Balls)
Graeme Swann                30*(in 24 Balls with 4x6)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Ryan Harris                    7-117(28 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                   3-55(22.1 Overs)
England were 330/10 in 95.1 Overs and set Australia a target of 299 Runs to win

Australia 2nd Innings
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers                    49(in 100 Balls with 4x8)
Usman Khawaja               21(in 35 Balls with 4x3)
David Warner                  71(in 113 Balls with 4x10 and 6x1)
Michale Clarke               21(in 27 Balls with 4x3)
Steven Smith                   02(in 19 Balls)
Shane Watson                 02(in 11 Balls)
Brad Haddin                   04(in 6 Balls)
Ryan Harris                    11(in 18 Balls with 4x1)
Nathan Lyon                   08(in 10 Balls with 4x2)
Peter Siddle                    23(in 48 Balls with 4x2)
Jackson Bird                  01*(in 24 Balls)

Australia were 224/10 in 68.3 Overs 
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad                 6-50(18.3 Overs)
Tim Bresnan                 2-36(13 Overs)
Graeme Swann             2-53(18 Overs)  

Match Result - England won by 74 runs

Player of the Match -Stuart Broad(England)for his 11 Wickets(5-71(24.3 Overs) & 6-50(18.3 Overs)

Series Result -England led the 5-match series 3-0 

Scorecard
England 238/10 and 330/10
Australia 270/10 and 224/10
 

Highlights
Ryan Harris(Australia) produced career-best figures of 7 for 117 in the England 2nd Innings

Openers David Warner and Chris Rogers batted well and put on 109 for the opening wicket in the Australian 2nd Innings

 However,Australia were all-out for 224 in a span of 2 hours from 109/1 to 224/10

How the wickets fell in the evening session
5.26pm - Khawaja (lbw b Swann 21)
5.44pm - Warner (c Prior b Broad 71)
6.10pm - Clarke (b Broad 21)
6.22pm - Smith (b Broad 2)
6.29pm - Watson (lbw b Bresnan 2)
6.39pm - Haddin (lbw b Broad 4)
6.59pm - Harris (lbw b Broad 11)
7.15pm - Lyon (b Broad 8)
7.40pm - Siddle (c Anderson b Broad 23)

Stuart Broad picked up ten wickets in a game for the second time in his career which fetched him the Player of the Match award

With Stuart Broad's figures of 11-117 at Chester-le-Street and James Anderson's 10-158 at Trent Bridge, two England bowlers have taken 10 wickets in a match in an Ashes series for the first time in 79 years.

With this 74-run triumph, England have now won five of their six Tests this summer, and seven of their last 11 without losing once.