2013-14 The Ashes Australia Vs England First Test at Gabba, Brisbane Nov 21-25,2013

2013-14 The Ashes Schedule

Australia have chosen a 12-man squad
1 Chris Rogers, 2 David Warner, 3 Shane Watson, 4 Michael Clarke (capt), 5 Steven Smith, 6 George Bailey, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Peter Siddle, 10 Ryan Harris, 11 Nathan Lyon 12 James Faulkner

The main change from the England side that won 3-0 at home this year
Results of the 2013 The Ashes

Test Match	Venue	Date	England Score	Australia Score	Result
First Test	TrentBridge Nottingham	July 10-14	215 and 375	280 and 296	England won by 14 Runs
Second Test	Lord’s London	July 18-21	361 and 349/7d	128 and 235	England won by 347 Runs
Third Test	Old Trafford Manchester	Aug 1-5	368 and 37/3	527/7d and 172/7d	Match Drawn
Fourth Test	Chester-le-street	Aug 9-12	238 and 330	270 and 224	England won by 74 Runs
Fifth Test	Kennington Oval,London	Aug 21-25	377 and 206/5	492/9d and 111/6d	Match Drawn

 is the inclusion of Michael Carberry at the top of the order to open with Alastair Cook, which was also allowed Joe Root to slide down to No.6, the position occupied by Jonny Bairstow for much of the home series. Matt Prior suffered a calf tear during the warm-up match in Hobart and remains in doubt, and Bairstow would keep wicket if Prior is ruled out.
England (probable) 1 Alastair Cook (capt), 2 Michael Carberry, 3 Jonathan Trott, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Ian Bell, 6 Joe Root, 7 Matt Prior / Jonny Bairstow (wk), 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Chris Tremlett, 11 James Anderson. 

Australia have not lost a Test at the Gabba since 1988-89

Kevin Pietersen will become the 10th cricketer to reach the milestone of 100 Tests for England

The Gabba in Numbers

Ashes Tests - 19(Australia won 10, England won four, with five draws)

Highest individual Ashes score: 235 not out by England's Alastair Cook on their last visit in November 2010

Most Ashes runs: 464 by ex-Australia skipper Ricky Ponting, who made two centuries and two fifties on four visits between 1998 and 2010, averaging 92.80

Best Ashes bowling (innings): 8-71 by legendary Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne in November 1994, when he spun them to a 184-run victory and returned match figures of 11-110

Most Ashes wickets: 22 by Aussie seamer Glenn McGrath, who collected six-wicket hauls in 1998 and 2006

Day One Thursday Nov 21,2013
Kevin Pietersen was presented with a silver cap to mark his 100th Test .
Kevin Pietersen is playing his 100th Test Match and has scored
Test       Innings       Runs    Highest         100's      50's          Average
100*       171          7887      227              23         33           48.38

 
Test Debut  - George Bailey (Australia)
George Bailey was presented with his baggy green before play and became Australia's 436th Test cricketer

 
Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia scored
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers                     01(in 9 Balls)
Shane Watson                  22(in 71 Balls with 4x2)
Michael Clarke                01(in 10 Balls)
David Warner                 49(in 82 Balls with 4x6)

George Bailey                 03(in 15 Balls)
Steven Smith                  31(in 59 Balls with 4x4)
Mitchell Johnson            64(in 134 Balls with 4x6 and 6x2)-8th Test Match Fifty

 Peter Siddle                  07(in 18 Balls with 4x1)

At Close of Play,Australia were 273/8 in 90 Overs with Brad Haddin 78* & Ryan Harris 04* at the crease

Day One Thursday Nov 21,2013 Highlights

Mitchell Johnson(64)and Brad Haddin(46)scored 114 Runs for the 7th Wicket

Mitchell Johnson scored his 8th  Test Match fifty


Day Two Friday Nov 22,2013
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Ryan Harris                    09(in 17 Balls)
Brad Haddin                  94(in 153 Balls with 4x8 and 6x1)-13th Test Match Fifty

Nathan Lyon                  01*(in 16 Balls)
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad                  6-81(24 Overs)

James Anderson             2-67(25.1 Overs)
Chris Tremlett                 1-51(19 Overs)

Brad Haddin is playing his 50th Test Match
Brad Haddin Career Statistics
Matches           Innings            Runs        Highest            100's         50's              Average
50                      84                 2608          169                3               13                34.77

Australia all out for 295 Runs in 97.1 Overs in the 1st innings

England scored 136/10 in 52.4 Overs
Fall of Wickets(England)
Alastair Cook                    13(in 30 Balls with 4x2)
Jonathan Trott                    10(in 19 Balls with 4x1)
Kevin Pietersen                  18(in 42 Balls with 4x1)
Michael Carberry               40(in 113 Balls with 4x4)

Ian Bell                              05(in 16 Balls)
Matt Prior                          00(in 1 Ball)
Joe Root                            02(in 7 Balls)
Graeme Swann                   00(in 5 Balls)
Chris Tremlett                    08(in 27 Balls with 4x1)
Stuart Broad                      32(in 45 Balls with 4x3)
James Anderson                 02*(in 10 Balls)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Johnson                 4-61(17 Overs)

Ryan Harris                         3-28(15 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                       2-17(9 Overs)
Peter Siddle                        1-24(11.4 Overs)
England all out for 136 Runs in 52.4 Overs and trail by 159 Runs in the 1st innings
At Stumps on Day Two,Australia were 65/0 in 22 Overs and lead by 224 Runs  with 10 wickets remaining and with Chris Rogers 15* & David Warner 45* at the crease

 Day Two Friday Nov 22,2013 Highlights
England lost 6 wickets for 9 runs(82/3 to 91/8) as they threw away a position of superiority inspired by Stuart Broad’s six wickets and disappeared in a procession which thrilled the partisan crowd at this famous old Gabba arena

England's worst Test collapses

Losing six wickets for fewer than 10 runs:

• 3 runs: from 282-3 to 285-9 v West Indies (Kingston, 1954)*
• 3 runs: 147-4 to 150 all out v Australia (Melbourne, 1990)
• 6 runs: 11-0 to 17-6 v Australia (Sydney, 1887)
• 6 runs: 277-2 to 283-8 v West Indies (Kingston, 1954)*
• 8 runs: 68-3 to 76-9 v Australia (Melbourne, 1937)
• 9 runs: 82-2 to 91-8 v Australia (Brisbane, 2013)

Day Three Saturday Nov 23,2013

Australia Were 65/0 in 22 Overs at Stumps on Day Two
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers                 16(in 81 Balls with 4x1)
Shane Watson                06(in 27 Balls with 4x1)
David Warner                124(in 154 Balls with 4x13 and 6x1)-4th Test Match Ton

Steven Smith                   00(in 7 Balls)
Michael Clarke              113(in 130 Balls with 4x9 and 6x1)-25th Test Match Ton

George Bailey                 34(in 61 Balls with 4x1 and 6x2)
Brad Haddin                   53(in 55 Balls with 4x5)

Mitchell Johnson            39*(in 45 Balls with 4x4 and 6x1)
Peter Siddle                   04*(in 5 Balls with 4x1)
Australia declared at 401/7 in 94 Overs and set England a target of 561 Runs to win the Test Match
Wicket Takers(England)
Chris Tremlett            3-69(17 Overs)
Stuart Broad               2-55(16 Overs)
Graeme Swann           2-135(27 Overs)

England scored 24/2 at the close of play on Day Three
Fall of Wickets(England)
Michael Carberry           0(in 14 Balls)

Jonathan Trott               9(in 9 Balls with 4x1)

England were 24/2 with Alastair Cook 11* and Kevin Pietersen 03* at the crease



Day Three Saturday Nov 23,2013 Highlights

David Warner(77)and Michael Clarke(81)scored 158 Runs for the 3rd Wicket

Michael Clarke scored his 6th Ashes Ton

The Ton was Michael Clarke's 25th Test Ton, 11th as Australian Captain and his 5th at the Gabba,Brisbane and during his innings,joined Ricky Ponting and Greg Chappell as the only batsmen to have made more than 1000 Test runs at the Gabba,Brisbane

David Warner scored his 1st Ashes Ton

Australia's Leading Test Century-Makers

41 - Ricky Ponting (168 Tests)
32 - Steve Waugh (168)
30 - Matt Hayden (103)
29 - Don Bradman (52)
27 - Allan Border (156)
25 - Michael Clarke (98*)
24 - Greg Chappell (87)
23 - Justin Langer (105

Day Four Sunday Nov 24,2013
Fall of Wickets(England)
Kevin Pietersen             26(in 52 Balls with 4x2)
Ian Bell                          32(in 70 Balls with 4x3)

Alastair Cook                 65(in 195 Balls with 4x3)


Matt Prior                       04(in 8 Balls with 4x1)
Stuart Broad                   04(in 3 Balls with 4x1)
Graeme Swann               00(in 2 Balls)
Chris Tremlett                07(in 41 Balls with 4x1)
James Anderson           02(in 8 Balls)
Joe Root                         26*(in 86 Balls with 4x4)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Johnson            5-42(21.1 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                   2-46(20 Overs)
Ryan Harris                     2-49(19 Overs)
Peter Siddle                     1-25(15 Overs)

Match Result -Australia won by 381 runs and lead the 5-match series 1-0
Player of the Match -Mitchell Johnson(Australia)for his 4-61(17 Overs)+5-42(21.1 Overs)

Match Highlights

Scorecard
Australia 295 and 401/7 declared
England 136 and 179
Australia Won by 381 Runs 

The margin of victory, 381 runs, is Australia's 5th largest in terms of runs in a Test against England
562 runs: The Oval, 1934
409 runs: Lord's, 1948
384 runs: Brisbane, 2002
382 runs: Adelaide, 1895
381 runs: Brisbane, 2013


This is the second time since the beginning of last year that England have been bowled out for under 200 in both innings of a Test. In Dubai against Pakistan last year - also the first Test of the series - they made 192 and 160

Australia's win ends a sequence of 9 Tests without a win, a period during which they lost 7 and drew 2.The last time they went 9 Tests without a win was in 1985-86: between Nov 1985 and Dec1986, they went 14 Tests without a win, drawing 9, losing 4 and tying 1.

Mitchell Johnson(Australia) finished with 9/103



There were three storms at the Gabba on the fourth day and only one of them was called Johnson: he was the most violent of the three

 The first curtailed the afternoon session to 16 overs as hailstones fell the size of marbles and then soon disappeared, as marbles tend to do

England lost 4 wickets for 9 runs in 20 balls after the first storm, their second collapse of the match from 142/ to 151/8 losing the wickets of Cook,Prior,Broad and Swann

The final storm was barely a whimper

 

Michael Clarke(Australia) and James Anderson(England) exchange words and umpires had to step in

 Michael Clarke is expected to be charged by the ICC and fined 20% of his match fee for his sledge against James Anderson

Michael Clarke is believed to have been cited for a level one Code of Conduct offence over the exchange in which he said Anderson, who was batting at the time, should "get ready for a broken f***ing arm". The stump microphone picked up Clarke's words.

It is expected that Clarke will be charged under section 2.1.4 of the ICC's Code of Conduct, which relates to the use of "language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an international match"
Australia captain Michael Clarke has been fined 20 % of his match fee for breaching the International Cricket Council (ICC) Code of Conduct during the first cricket Test against England at the Gabba
On Nov 25,2013 Monday morning, Clarke admitted to the offence and accepted the sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees.