Australian cricket team in England in 2013
| Australian cricket team in England in 2013 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 26 June 2013 – 16 September 2013 | ||
| Captains |
Alastair Cook (Tests) Eoin Morgan (ODIs) Stuart Broad (T20Is) |
Michael Clarke (Tests & ODIs) George Bailey (T20Is) | |
| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 5-match series 3–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ian Bell (562) | Shane Watson (418) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Swann (26) | Ryan Harris (24) | |
| Player of the series |
Ian Bell (Eng) (Compton–Miller medal) Ryan Harris (Aus) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 5-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Jos Buttler (182) | Michael Clarke (202) | |
| Most wickets | Ben Stokes (6) | Clint McKay (7) | |
| Player of the series | Michael Clarke (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 1–1 | ||
| Most runs | Alex Hales (102) | Aaron Finch (161) | |
| Most wickets | Jade Dernbach (6) |
Fawad Ahmed (3) James Faulkner (3) | |
The Australia national cricket team were in England from June to September 2013 for a tour that consisted of five Test matches, five One Day International matches and two Twenty20 International matches. The Test series was for the Ashes.[1]
Squads[]
| Tests | ODIs | T20Is | |||
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 England
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 Australia
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England[2]
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Australia[3]
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England[4]
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Australia[3]
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† Late addition to the squad
ICC Champions Trophy[]
The tour started in June with the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, in which Australia were drawn in Group A with England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.[5] They lost to England and Sri Lanka, and the game against New Zealand was washed out,[6] leaving Australia at the bottom of Group A with 1 point and eliminated from the tournament.[7]
Tour matches[]
First-class: Somerset v Australians[]
26–29 June 2013
Scorecard |
v
|
Australians | |
320 (86.1 overs)
Chris Jones 130 (239) Mitchell Starc 4/33 (16.1 overs) |
321/5d (75.1 overs)
Shane Watson 90 (94) Craig Meschede 2/67 (17 overs) | |
- Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.
First-class: Worcestershire v Australians[]
2–5 July 2013
Scorecard |
Australians
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v
|
Worcestershire
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396/4d (97.3 overs)
Shane Watson 109 (111) Jack Shantry 1/71 (18 overs) |
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344/5d (55 overs)
Michael Clarke 124 (98) Jack Shantry 2/62 (13 overs) |
- Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
First-class: Sussex v Australians[]
26–28 July 2013
Scorecard |
Australians
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v
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Sussex
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366/5d (94.4 overs)
Steve Smith 102* (165) Monty Panesar 3/70 (24.4 overs) |
368/7 (100 overs)
James Taylor 121* (253) Mitchell Starc 2/43 (18 overs) | |
152/2d (44 overs)
Ed Cowan 77* (110) Lewis Hatchett 2/28 (11 overs) |
- Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashton Turner (Aus) and Callum Jackson (Sssx) made their first-class debuts.
- Each innings had a maximum length of 100 overs.
Two-day: England Lions v Australians[]
16–17 August 2013
Scorecard |
England Lions
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v
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Australians |
269/7d (77 overs)
Gary Ballance 104 (154) Nathan Lyon 3/80 (25 overs) |
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- England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain and bad light reduced play on day 2.
Test series[]
First Test[]
10–14 July
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia |
215 (59 overs)
Jonathan Trott 48 (80) Peter Siddle 5/50 (14 overs) |
280 (64.5 overs)
Ashton Agar 98 (101) James Anderson 5/85 (24 overs) | |
375 (149.5 overs)
Ian Bell 109 (267) Mitchell Starc 3/81 (32 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ashton Agar (Aus) made his Test debut.
- Agar's score of 98 set the Test record for the most runs in an innings by a number 11 batsman[8] and by a number 11 on debut.[9]
- The 163-run partnership between Agar and Phillip Hughes was the highest 10th-wicket partnership in Test history.[9]
Second Test[]
18–22 July
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia |
361 (100.1 overs)
Ian Bell 109 (211) Ryan Harris 5/72 (26 overs) |
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349/7d (114.1 overs)
Joe Root 180 (338) Peter Siddle 3/65 (21 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ian Bell became the fourth English batsman to score a century in three successive Ashes matches.[10]
Third Test[]
1–5 August
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England |
368 (139.3 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 113 (206) Mitchell Starc 3/76 (27 overs) | ||
172/7d (36 overs)
David Warner 41 (57) Tim Bresnan 2/25 (6 overs) |
37/3 (20.3 overs)
Joe Root 13 (57) Ryan Harris 2/13 (7 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain and bad light on day 4 reduced play to 56 overs.
- Rain on day 5 meant only 20.3 overs could be bowled and play was abandoned at 16:40.
Fourth Test[]
9–13 August
Scorecard |
England
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v
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Australia |
238 (92 overs)
Alastair Cook 51 (164) Nathan Lyon 4/42 (20 overs) |
270 (89.3 overs)
Chris Rogers 110 (250) Stuart Broad 5/71 (24.3 overs) | |
330 (95.1 overs)
Ian Bell 113 (210) Ryan Harris 7/113 (28 overs) |
224 (68.3 overs)
David Warner 71 (113) Stuart Broad 6/50 (18.3 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
Fifth Test[]
21–25 August
Scorecard |
Australia
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v
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England |
492/9d (128.5 overs)
Shane Watson 176 (247) James Anderson 4/95 (29.5 overs) |
377 (144.4 overs)
Joe Root 68 (184) James Faulkner 4/51 (19.4 overs) | |
111/6d (23 overs)
Michael Clarke 28 (28) Stuart Broad 4/43 (10 overs) |
206/5 (40 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 62 (55) Ryan Harris 2/21 (5 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain delayed the start of day 2.
- No play on day 4 due to rain.
- Play was brought to a close with four overs left to play on day 5 due to bad light.
- Simon Kerrigan, Chris Woakes (both Eng) and James Faulkner (Aus) made their Test debuts.
- The 447 runs scored on day 5 set a record for the most runs scored on the final day of an Ashes Test.[11]
T20I series[]
1st T20I[]
Australia
248/6 (20 overs) |
v
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England 209/6 (20 overs) |
Joe Root 90* (49)
Mitchell Johnson 2/41 (4 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Fawad Ahmed (Aus) made his T20I debut.
- Aaron Finch recorded the highest score in a T20I innings.[12]
2nd T20I[]
England
195/5 (20 overs) |
v
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Australia 168/9 (20 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
ODI series[]
1st ODI[]
2nd ODI[]
Australia
315/7 (50 overs) |
v
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England 227 (44.2 overs) |
Michael Clarke 105 (102)
Boyd Rankin 2/49 (10 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
3rd ODI[]
England
59/3 (15.1 overs) |
v
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Australia |
Jonathan Trott 28* (41)
Adam Voges 1/3 (1.1 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain stopped play at 15:35 and the match was abandoned at 19:05.
4th ODI[]
Australia
227 (48.2 overs) |
v
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England 231/7 (49.3 overs) |
- England won the toss and elected to field.
- Nathan Coulter-Nile (Aus) made his ODI debut.
- Clint McKay (Aus) took a hat-trick with the wickets of Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Joe Root.
5th ODI[]
Australia
298 (49.1 overs) |
v
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England 249 (48 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain delayed the toss and interrupted the Australian innings during the 10th over, but there was no loss of overs.
- Chris Jordan (Eng) made his ODI debut.
- Ben Stokes (Eng) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.[13]
Broadcasters[]
| Country | TV broadcaster(s) |
|---|---|
| Australia |
GEM Fox Sports |
 India |
STAR Cricket |
| Middle East | Orbit Show Network |
 Pakistan |
PTV Sports |
 South Africa |
SuperSport |
 United Kingdom |
Sky Sports |
References[]
- ^ "Trent Bridge to host first Test of 2013 Ashes". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. 1 June 2013. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ^ "Alastair Cook among big England names rested for Australia ODI's". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ashes 2013: Fawad Ahmed named in Australia's one-day squad". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 15 August 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
- ^ "Michael Carberry given England call for Australia T20 series". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 19 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2013 / Fixtures". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2013 / Results". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Chowdhury, Saj (17 June 2013). "Champions Trophy: Australia out after Sri Lanka defeat". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Aldred, Tanya (11 July 2013). "Agar lives a life-changing dream". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Jayaraman, Shiva; Rajesh, S (11 July 2013). "A new high for No. 11". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN EMEA. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "Ashes 2013: Ian Bell says England well placed despite late wickets". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Team records / Most runs in one day". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ McGlashan, Andrew (29 August 2013). "Finch stuns England with blazing 156". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
- ^ "Watson leads Australia to winning finish". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
External links[]
- Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2013 at ESPNcricinfo.com
Categories:
- Australian cricket tours of England
- 2013 in English cricket
- International cricket competitions in 2013