Ashes 2013: England v Australia -July 10 - Aug 25,2013

The 2013 Ashes series is a forthcoming series of Test Cricket Matches to be contested between England and Australia to be played in the 5 venues of - Lord's,Old Trafford,Trent Bridge,Riverside Ground and The Oval

The Ashes Results

Summary -1882  to 2010-11

Country	No of Series Played	No of Series Won	No of Series Lost	No of Series Drawn	No of Tests Won	No of Tests Lost	No of Tests Drawn
Australia	66	31	30	5	123	100	87
England	66	30	31	5	100	123	87

 


Last Decade

• 2001 in England: Australia won 4-1 

• 2002/03 in Australia: Australia won 4-1  

• 2005 in England: England won 2-1 

• 2006/07 in Australia: Australia won 5-0  

• 2009 in England: England won 2-1 

• 2010/11* in Australia: England won 3-1 

*The 2010–11 Ashes series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.

Tour Schedule

June2013
26-29 v Somerset, Taunton (11:00 BST)
30-3 July Essex v England, Chelmsford (11:00 BST)
July
2-5 v Worcestershire, Worcester (11:00 BST)
10-14 1st Test, Trent Bridge (11:00 BST)
18-22 2nd Test, Lord's (11:00 BST)

 
26-28 v Sussex, Hove (11:00 BST)
August 2013
1-5 3rd Test, Old Trafford (11:00 BST)
9-13 4th Test, Chester-le-Street (11:00 BST)
16-17 v Northants (or England Lions if Northants reach domestic Twenty20 final), Northampton (11:00 BST)
21-25 5th Test, The Oval (11:00 BST)
29 1st Twenty20 international, Southampton (d/n) (18:30 BST)
31 2nd Twenty20 international, Chester-le-Street (14:30 BST)
September 2013
3 ODI: Ireland v England, Dublin (10:15 BST)
3 ODI: Scotland v Australia, The Grange (10:15 BST)
6 1st ODI, Headingley (10:15 BST)
8 2nd ODI, Old Trafford (10:15 BST)
11 3rd ODI, Edgbaston (d/n) (14:00 BST)
14 4th ODI, Cardiff (10:15 BST)
16 5th ODI, Southampton (d/n) (14:00 BST)

Australia Ashes squad(announced on April 24,2013)
Michael Clarke (captain), Brad Haddin (vice-captain), Jackson Bird, Ed Cowan, James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Phil Hughes, Usman Khawaja, Nathan Lyon, James Pattinson, Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson


Note

• The Ashes Series is being played from 1882

• The series is named after a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper,The Sporting Times  in 1882 after a match at The Oval in which Australia beat England on an English ground for the first time.The obituary stated that English cricket had died, and the body will be cremated and the ashes taken to Australia.The English media dubbed the next English tour to Australia (1882–83) as the quest to regain The Ashes.

• The 2010–11 Ashes Series is the only one in which a team has won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series.England wins the series 3-1