The Ashes 2013:England Vs Australia 1st Test Trent Bridge,Nottingham July 10-14,2013

Ashes 2013:England Vs Australia 1st Test Trent Bridge,Nottingham July 10-14,2013

The Ashes 2013 Schedule

Squads

England 
 Alastair Cook (Essex, capt), Joe Root (Yorkshire), Jonathan Trott (Warwickshire), Kevin Pietersen (Surrey), Ian Bell (Warwickshire), Jonny Bairstow (Yorkshire), Matt Prior (Sussex, wk), Tim Bresnan (Yorkshire), Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire), Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire), Steven Finn (Middlesex), James Anderson (Lancashire), Graham Onions (Durham).
Kevin Pietersen and Graeme Swann  included but Opener Nick Compton's omission is confirmed with Joe Root set to open the batting with captain Alastair Cook.

Australia
Michael Clarke(C);Brad Haddin;Ashton Agar;Jackson Bird;Ed Cowan;James Faulkner;Ryan Harris;Phillip Hughes;Usman Khawaja;Nathan Lyon;James Pattinson;Chris Rogers;Peter Siddle;Steven Smith;Mitchell Starc;Mathew Wade;David Warner and Shane Watson

Day One -First Test at Trent Bridge,Nottingham Wednesday July 10

England won the toss and chose to bat first

England captain Alastair Cook tosses the coin, while being watched by Michael Clarke, the Australia captain, commentator Michael Atherton, and match referee Ranjan Madugalle.

Before play started Australia upheld a 15-year-old 'tradition' of their own that sees a former player presenting the cherished 'Baggy Green' to a debutant when retired fast bowling great Glenn McGrath handed the cap to Ashton Agar, the spinner playing his first Test at the age of 19

 The Red Arrows fly overhead moments before the start of play

England scored 215/10 in 59 Overs

Joe Root                               30(in 64 Balls with 4x6)

Jonathan Trott                       48(in 80 Balls with 4x9)

Jonny Bairstow                   37(in  51 Balls with 4x7)

Wicket Takers(Australia)
Peter Siddle                        5-50(14 Overs)

Peter Siddle took 5 wickets on the opening day of an Ashes series for the 2nd time in his career(took 6 wickets, including a stunning hat-trick on the first day of the 2010-11 series)

Peter Siddle hit top form to take his 4th5-wicket haul in 11 Tests against England

Spinner Ashton Agar(19) made his Test debut at Trent Bridge and had the figures of 7-1-24-0 in the first innings

James Pattinson                  3-69(17 Overs)
Mitchell Starc                     2-54(17 Overs)

Australia scored 75/4 in 21 Overs

Shane Watson                   13(in 14 Balls with 4x3)
Chris Rogers                     16(in 37 Balls with 4x2)
Ed Cowan                         00(in 1 Ball)

Michael Clarke                  00(in 6 Balls)

Steven Smith                     38*(in 51 Balls with 4x5 and 6x1)

Phillip Hughes                   07*(in 17 Balls)
Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson              2-25(10 Overs)
Steven Finn                     2-37(8 Overs)

At close of play on Day One,Australia were 75/4 with Steven Smith & Phillip Hughes remain unbeaten at 38 and 7 respectively

Highlights

1)At 19 years 269 days Agar is the 13th youngest player to play for Australia and the third teenager since Doug Walters in 1965. (Craig McDermott and Pat Cummins are the other two). He is the 17th player to bowl spin for Australia in the 68 Tests since Shane Warne retired

2)When Alastair Cook was caught behind for 13, driving loosely at James Pattinson,it continued his bizarrely unproductive record at Trent Bridge.In 12 Test innings here he now has a top score of 43 not out, and an average of just 18 - which makes Nottingham comfortably his least favourite venue in the UK

3)Australian 5-wicket haul on the opening day of an Ashes Series are -

• Shane Warne at Edgbaston in 2001
• Glenn McGrath at Lord's in 2005
• Peter Siddle at Brisbane in 2010
• Peter Siddle at Trent Bridge in 2013

 

Day Two First Test at Trent Bridge,Nottingham Thursday July 11

Australia scored 280/10 in 64.5 Overs
Steven Smith         53(in 79 Balls with 4x7 and 6x1)
Ashton Agar          98(in 101 Balls with 4x12 and 6x2) - Debut Test

Phillip Hughes        81*(in 131 Balls with 4x9)
Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson    5-85(24 Overs)

Graeme Swann      2-60(19 Overs)
Steven Finn           2-80(15 Overs)
Stuart Broad         1-40(6.5 Overs)
England scored 80/2 in 43 Overs in the 2nd innings
Alastair Cook        37*(in 130 Balls with 4x4)
Joe Root                05(in 31 Balls with 4x1)
Jonathan Trott        00(in 1 Ball)
Kevin Pietersen     35*(in  98 Balls with 4x6)
Wicket Takers(England)
Mitchell Starc        2-15(13 Overs)

At close of play on Day Two,England were 80/2

Highlights
1)Phillip Hughes and Ashton Agar scored 163 Runs, the highest 10th-wicket partnership of all time in Tests

2)Ashton Agar might have missed a maiden hundred but for the man dubbed 'Ashton Who?' two world records in a day was enough as he walked off the ground with a smile and a shrug that won further admiration

• now holds the highest score by a No. 11 of all time by scoring 98 Runs surpassing Tino Best(WI) 95 Runs against England at Edgbaston in 20129(previous-best for Australia was by Glenn McGrath who scored 61 against New Zealand at the Gabba in 2004)

• dominated a transformational stand of 163 in 33 overs for the last wicket - another world record - with Phillip Hughes

3)Ashton Agar's 98 was also only the second half-century by a No.11 batsman in an Ashes Test - the previous one was by Frederick Spofforth at MCG in March 1885

4)Ashton Agar by scoring 98 runs on debut and batting as a No 11 Batsman broke the record for the highest score by a No. 11 batsman on debut held by Warwick Armstrong(Australia) who scored an unbeaten 45 against England in 1902
List of No 11 Batsman who scored on debut -

Player Name	Runs Scored	Opposition	Venue & Date
Ashton Agar(Australia)	98	England	Nottingham  July 10,2013
Chamila Gamage(SL)	40	Bangladesh	Colombo July 28,2002
Norman Cowans(England)	36	Australia	Perth Nov 12,1982
Tinashe Panyangara(Zimbabwe)	32*	Sri Lanka	Harare May 6,2004
Ken Hough(New Zealand)	31*	England	Christchurch Feb 27,1959
Devendra Bishoo(WI)	24	Pakistan	Guyana May 12,2011
Javagal Srinath(India)	21	Australia	Brisbane Nov 29,1991

 

5)Previous Top-scores of No 11 Batsman in Test Matches

Player Name	Runs Scored	Opposition	Venue & Date
Ashton Agar(Australia)	98	England	Nottingham  July 10,2013
Tino Best(West indies)	95	England	Birmingham June 7,2012
Zaheer Khan(India)	75	Bangladesh	Dhaka Dec 10,2004
Richard Collinge(NZ)	68*	Pakistan	Auckland Feb 16,1973
Glenn McGrath(Australia)	61	New Zealand	Brisbane Nov 18,2004
Wasim Bari(Pakistan)	60*	West Indies	Bridgetown Feb 18,1977
John Snow(England)	59*	West Indies	The Oval Aug 18,1966

6)Ashton Agar becomes the 9th player in Test history to finish as the highest scorer in an innings when batting at number 11, and only the second to do so on his debut following Jayantha Amerasinghe's 34 not out from a Sri Lanka first-innings total of 215 against NZ in Kandy in 1984

Day Three First Test at Trent Bridge,Nottingham Friday July 12


Kevin Pietersen   64(in 150 Balls with 4x12)

Alastair Cook      50(in  165 Balls with 4x6)

Jonny Bairstow   15(in  62 Balls)
Matt Prior           31(in 42 Balls with 4x6)
Ian Bell               95*(in 228 Balls with 4x12)

Stuart Broad       47*(in 122 Balls with 4x5)

At close of play England were 326/6 in 133.0 overs with Ian Bell 95* &Stuart Broad 47* at the crease putting an unbeaten 108 Runs Partnership for the 7th Wicket

Highlights
Stuart Broad edged to slip but was given not out

Australia could not believe that Stuart Broad was given not out

Australia plead to Aleem Dar to give Stuart Broad out after a thick edge

Ashton Agar Celebrates his first wicket in Test,that of, Alastair Cook Caught by Michael Clarke

Ashton Agar Celebrates his secondwicket in Test,that of, Jonny Bairstow caught by WK Haddin

Day Four First Test at Trent Bridge,Nottingham Friday July 13

Stuart Broad          65(in 148 Balls with 4x7)

Ian Bell                 109(in 267 Balls with 4x15) -18th Test Ton

Graeme Swann        09(in 28 Balls with 4x1)
James Anderson      00(in 2 Balls)
Steven Finn             02*(in 8 Balls)
England 375/10 in 149.5 Overs setting Australia to score 311 Runs to win the Test Match
Wicket Takers(Australia) 
Mitchell Starc          3-81(32 Overs)
Peter Siddle             3-85(in 33.5 Overs)
Ashton Agar            2- 82(in 35 Overs) - Debut Test
James Pattinson        2-101(in 34 Overs)

Australia Scored 174/6 in 71 Overs on Day Four
Shane Watson         46(in 74 Balls with 4x8)

Ed Cowan               14(in 43 Balls with 4x3)
Chris Rogers            52(in 121 Balls with 4x8)

Michael Clarke         23(in 70 Balls with 4x2)
Steven Smith             17(in 48 Balls with 4x2)
Phillip Hughes            00(in 8 Balls)
Brad Haddin              11*
Ashton Agar               01*
At close of play on Day 4 Australia were 174/6 requiring 137 Runs on the final day to win the Test Match with 4 wickets in hand

Day Five First Test at Trent Bridge,Nottingham Friday July 14
Ashton Agar       14(in 71 Balls with 4x2)
Mitchell Starc     01(in 5 Balls)
Peter Siddle       11(in 22 Balls with 4x2)
Brad Haddin      71(in 147 Balls with 4x9)

James Pattinson 25*(in 57 Balls with 4x2 and 6x1)

Australia 296/10 in 110.5 Overs 
Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson     5-73(31.5 Overs)

Stuart Broad           2-54(23 Overs)
Graeme Swann       2-105(44 Overs)
Joe Root                 1-06(2 Overs) -the wicket of Ed Cowan 

The Umpire gives out to Australia's Brad Haddin (R) as England celebrate victory during the last day of the first Ashes cricket test match at Trent Bridge cricket ground in Nottingham, central England, July 14, 2013

Brad Haddin & James Pattinson leave the field after Brad Haddin's dismissal

Match Result - England won by 14 runs and led the 5-match series 1-0

England's James Anderson (2L) leads the team from the pitch after winning the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge on July 14, 2014

Player of the Match -James Anderson(England)for his figures of 10/158(5/85 & 5/73)

 Highlights
England go 1-0 up in the 5-match series going into the second Test at Lord's, which begins on Thursday July 18,2013