The Ashes 2013:England Vs Australia 3rdTest Old Trafford Aug 1-5,2013

Ashes 2013:England Vs Australia 3rd Test at Old Trafford,Manchester Aug 1-5,2013

 Old Trafford's Ashes Records

Ashes Tests: 28 (England won seven, Australia won seven, with 14 draws)

Highest Ashes total: 656-8 declared by Australia in 1964. The match finished as a high-scoring draw, with England making 611 in reply. Seamer Tom Cartwright bowled 77 overs (for only 118 runs) in Australia's first innings. Not to be outdone, Australia spinner Tom Veivers sent down a mammoth 95.1 overs when England batted

Highest individual Ashes score: 311 by Australia captain Bobby Simpson in that drawn fourth Test in 1964. Simpson added 201 for the first wicket with Bill Lawry before Lawry was run out for 106.

Most Ashes runs: 416 by another former Australia skipper, Allan Border, who played there in 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1993. He hit centuries on his first two visits, including a gritty unbeaten 146 to ensure a draw in 1985

Best Ashes bowling (innings): 10-53 by England's Jim Laker in 1956 (see below) - which remain the best Test bowling figures of all time( India leg-spinner Anil Kumble, who took 10-74 against Pakistan in 1999, is the only other man to take all 10 wickets in a Test innings)
4th Test -England Vs Australia July 26-31,1956 at Old Trafford
Scorecard

England 459 (Rev DS Sheppard 113, PE Richardson 104)
Australia 84 (Jim Laker 9-37) and 205 (CC McDonald 89, Jim Laker 10-53)
England won by an innings and 170 runs

 


Squads
England
Alastair Cook(C),James Anderson,Jonny Bairstow,Ian Bell,Tim Bresnan,Stuart Broad,Kevin Pietersen,Matt Prior(WK)Joe Root,Graeme Swann and Jonathan Trott
Australia
Michael Clarke(C),Brad Haddin(WK),Ryan Harris,Usman Khawaja,Nathan Lyon,Chris Rogers,Peter Siddle,Mitchel Starc,Steven Smith,David Warner and Shane Watson

Day One Thursday Aug 1,2013
Australia won the toss and chose to bat first

Australia scored 303/3 in 90 Overs
Shane Watson                      19(in 49 Balls with 4x2)
Chris Rogers                        84(in 114 Balls with 4x14)-2nd Test Match Fifty

Usman Khawaja                   01(in 19 Balls)
Michael Clarke                   125*(in 208 Balls with 4x17)-24th Test Match Century

Steven Smith                        70(in 150 Balls with 4x7)

Highlights of Day One

• Micheal Clarke & Steven Smith scored an unbeaten 174 Runs for the 4th wicket

• Michael Clarke has now scored 24 Test hundreds — one fewer than his England counterpart Alastair Cook. Ten of them have come since he was appointed Australia’s full-time captain in August 2011, but this was his first when batting at No 4

Day Two Friday Aug 2,2013

Steven Smith             89(in 196 Balls with 4x8)

David Warner           05(in 10 Balls with 4x1)
Michael Clarke        187(in 314 Balls with 4x23)

Peter Siddle                01(in 6 Balls)
Brad Haddin              65*(in 99 Balls with 4x6)

Mitchell Starc            66*(in 71 Balls with 4x9)

Australia Declared at 527/7 in 146 Overs

Wicket Takers(England)
Graeme Swann            5-159(43 Overs)
Stuart Broad                1-108(33 overs)
Tim Bresnan                 1-114(32 Overs)

Highlights of Australia's 1st Innings

• Michael Clarke scored his highest score outside Australia

• Michael Clarke(118) & Steven Smith(89) scored 214 Runs for the 4th wicket

• Brad Haddin(29)& Mitchell Starc(66) scored 97* Runs for the 8th  wicket

• Stuart Broad picked up his 200th Test wicket when he removed Michael Clarke, England v Australia, 3rd Investec Test, Old Trafford, 2nd day, August 2, 2013

 England scored 52/2 in 30 Overs
Alastair Cook                  30*(in 99 Balls with 4x5)
Joe Root                          08(in  57 Balls with 4x1)
Tim Bresnan                     01(in 15 Balls)
Jonathan Trott                  02*(in 10 Balls)
Peter Siddle took both the wickets(5-1-7-2)

Day Three Saturday Aug 3,2013

Jonathan Trott             5(in 32 Balls)
Alastair Cook             62(in 177 Balls with 4x7)

Ian Bell                       60(in 112 Balls with 4x10 and 6x1)

Jonny Bairstow           22(in 51 Balls with 4x3)
Kevin Pietersen         113(in 206 Balls with 4x12 and 6x2)-23rd Test Ton

England scored 294/7 at the close of play on Day Three

Day Four Sunday Aug 4,2013 
Stuart Broad                 32(in 66 Balls with 4x7)
Graeme Swann             11(in 11 Balls with 4x1 and 6x1)
Matt Prior                     30(in 98 Balls with 4x4)
James Anderson            03*(in 13 Balls)
England scored 74 runs to their overnight score of 294/7 and were bowled out for 368 just before lunch
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Peter Siddle                  4-63(29.3 Overs)
Mitchell Starc                3-76(27 Overs)
Ryan Harris                   2-82(31 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                  1-95(35 Overs)
Australia 2nd Innings
Chris Rogers                 12(in 23 Balls with 4x1)
David Warner                41(in 57 Balls with 4x5)

Usman Khawaja            24(in 38 Balls with 4x2)

Shane Watson                18(in 24 Balls with 4x1)
Michael Clarke               30*(in 32 Balls with 4x1)
Steve Smith                    19(in 19 Balls with 6x2)
Brad Haddin                   08(in 9 Balls with 4x1)
Mitchell Starc                  11(in 11 Balls with 4x1)
Ryan Harris                      00*(in 3 Balls)
Australia were 172/7 in 36 Overs at the close of play on Day Four(Michale Clarke 30* & Ryan Harris 0*
Michael Clarke was not happy with the bad light decision, England v Australia, 3rd Investec Test, Old Trafford, 4th day, August 4, 2013

Rain followed bad light and the play was called off for the day with Australia at 172/7, leading by 331 runs

Day Five Monday Aug 5,2013 
Australia declared at 172/7 and set a target of 332 Runs for England's Victory
England scored 35/3 in 20 Overs at Lunch 
Rain Stopped Play
At Tea,England were 37/3 in 20.3 Overs
Rain Stopped Play and the Match was Abadoned
Australian players walk back after rain stopped play on day five

Fall of Wickets(England)
Alastair Cook               0(in 9 Balls)
Joe Root                      13*(in 57 Balls with 4x1)
Jonathan Trott              11(in 27 Balls with 4x1)
Kevin Pietersen            08(in 16 Balls with 4x1) 
Ian Bell                        04*(in 14 Balls)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Ryan Harris                   2-13(7 Overs)
Peter Siddle                  1-08(3.3 Overs) 


Match Result -Match Drawn
Scorecard
Australia 527-7 dec & 172-7 dec v England 368 & 37-3 
Player of the Match -Michael Clarke(Australia)

Series Result -England led the 5-match series 2-0 with two matches to be played 

Old Trafford is England's favourite home ground for retaining the Ashes.
They have now retained the urn five times at the ground: 1888, 1905, 1956, 1981 and 2013.