2013-14 The Ashes Australia Vs England Second Test Adelaide Dec 05 - 09,2013

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 England Vs Australia

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.



Squads

Australia
Chris Rogers,David Warner,Shane Watson,Michael Clarke(C),Steven Smith,George Bailey,Brad Haddin(WK),Mitchell Johnson,Peter Siddle,Ryan Harris and Nathan Lyon

England
Alastair Cook(C),Michael Carberry,Joe Root,Kevin Pietersen,Ian Bell,Ben Stokes,Matt Prior(WK),Stuart Broad,Graeme Swann,James Anderson and Monty Panesar

Test Debut -Ben Stokes(England)
Ben Stokes is presented with his England Test cap by the former England captain, Andrew Strauss, before start of play.

Day One Thursday Dec 05,2013

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia scored 273/5 in 91 Overs
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
David Warner               29(in 32 Balls with 4x4)

Shane Watson               51(in 119 Balls with 4x6 and 6x1)-21st Test Match Fifty

Chris Rogers                 72(in 167 Balls with 4x11)-3rd Test Match Fifty

Steven Smith                 06(in 17 Balls with 4x1)

George Bailey                53(in 93 Balls with 4x4 and 6x3)-Maiden Test Match Fifty

Michael Clarke              48*(in 99 Balls with 4x5)
Brad Haddin                  07*(in 21 Balls)

Day One Thursday Dec 05,2013 -Highlights

Shane Watson(51) and Chris Rogers(67) scored 121Runs for the 2nd wicket

Day Two Friday Dec 06,2013

Adelaide offered a minute's silence for Nelson Mandela

The teams observed a minute's silence on the news of Nelson Mandela's death

Resuming from 273/5,Australia scored 570/9 Declared
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Michael Clarke                 148(in 245 Balls with 4x17)-26th Test Match Ton

Mitchell Johnson                05(in 13 Balls with 4x1)
Peter Siddle                       02(in 9 Balls)
Brad Haddin                     118(in 177 Balls with 4x11 and 6x5)-4th Test Match Ton

Ryan Harris                        55*(in 54 Balls with 4x6 and 6x2)-2nd Test Match Fifty
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad                   3-98(30 Overs)
Ben Stokes                     2-70(18 Overs)
Graeme Swann               2-151(36 Overs)
James Anderson              1-85(30 Ovs)ers)
Monty Panesar                1-157(44 Over

England Scored 35/1 in 21 Overs at close of play
Fall of Wickets(England)
Alastair Cook                 03(in 11 Balls)
Michael Carberry            20*
Joe Root                        09*


Day Two Friday Dec 06,2013 -Highlights

Michael Clarke(109)and Brad Haddin(86)scored 200 Runs for the 6th wicket.The Clarke-Haddin stand of 200 is the highest sixth-wicket Test partnership on this ground, beating the 191 by Imran Khan and Wasim Akram for Pakistan in 1990

 Michael Clarke's sixth Adelaide hundred in nine Tests, and his 26th of all, was his second in succession, following his century in Brisbane 

Michael Clarke has now passed 1,000 runs in the calendar year 2013 (1,008), averaging 53.05 - and passed 2,000 runs against EnglandClarke has now passed 1,000 runs in the calendar year 2013 (1,008), averaging 53.05 - and passed 2,000 runs against England 

Day Three Saturday Dec 07,2013
Resuming from 35/1 England scored 172/10 in 68.2 Overs
Fall of wickets(England)
Joe Root                           15(in 80 Balls with 4x1)
Kevin Pietersen               04(in 12 Balls)
Michael Carberry             60(in 144 Balls with 4x10)-Maiden Test Match Fifty
Ben Stokes                       01(in 12 Balls)
Matt Prior                           00(in 4 Balls)
Stuart Broad                     00(in 1 Ball)
Graeme Swann                07(in 7 Balls)
James Anderson             00(in 1 Ball)
Monty Panesar                 02(in 35 Balls)
Ian Bell                               72*(in 106 Balls with 4x9 and 6x4)-38th Test Match Fifty
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Johnson             7-40(17.2 Overs)
Shane Watson                  1-00(3 Overs)
Peter Siddle                       1-34(14 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                      1-64(20 Overs) 

Australia scored 132/3 Declared in 39 Overs in the 2nd Innings
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers                    02(in 10 Balls)
Shane Watson                  00(in 2 Balls)
Michael Clarke                  22(in 51 Balls with 4x2)
David Warner                    83*(in 117 Balls with 4x9 and 6x1)-9th Test Match Fifty
Steven Smith                    23*(in 54 Balls with 4x2)

Day Four Sunday Dec 08,2013
England 247/6 in 90 Overs for a target of 531 Runs to win 
Fall of wickets(England)
Alastair Cook                01(in 7 Balls)
Michael Carberry          14(in 39 Balls with 4x2)
Kevin Pietersen             53(in 99 Balls with 4x2 and 6x3)-34th Test Match Fifty
Ian Bell                            06(in 19 Balls with 4x1)
Joe Root                         87(in 194 Balls with 4x9)-4th Test Match Fifty
Ben Stokes                     28(in 90 Balls with 4x5)
Matt Prior                         31*
Stuart Broad                    22*

Results of the 2013-14 The Ashes Australia Vs England

Test Match

Venue

Date

England Score

Australia Score

Result

First Test           Brisbane           Nov 21-25    136 & 179         295 & 401/7 Decl
Australia Won by 381 Runs

                                                                                                                         
Second Test     Adelaide           Dec 05-09     172 & 312           570/9 Decl & 132/3 Decl
Australia Won by 218 Runs


Scorecard 
Australia - 570/9 Declared and 132/3 Declared
England  - 172 and 312
Australia Vs England Second Test at Adelaide Oval Dec 05 - 09,2013

Highlights
Kevin Pietersen(53)and Joe Root(57)scored 111 Runs for the 3rd wicket

Day Five Monday Dec 09,2013

Fall of Wickets(England)
Stuart Broad            29(in 26 Balls with 4x3 and 6x1)
Graeme Swann        06(in 14 Balls)
Matt  Prior                69(in 102 Balls with 4x12)
Monty Panesar         00(in 7 Balls)
James Anderson       13*(in 14 Balls with 4x20
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Peter Siddle              4-57(19 Overs)
Ryan Harris               3-54(19.4 overs)
Steven Smith             1-43(7 Overs)
Mitchell Johnson        1-73(24 Overs)
Nathan Lyon               1-78(26 Overs)
England scored 312/10 in 101.4 Overs 

Match Result - Australia won by 218 runs
Scorecard 
Australia - 570/9 Declared and 132/3 Declared
England  - 172 and 312
Player of the Match -Mitchell Johnson(Australia)

 



The Australians celebrate after going 2-0 up in the series