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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 381 runs

Australia
295 & 401/7d
England
136 & 179
Date
Thursday 21 November 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Brisbane

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 295 all out (97.1 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 1 9 0 0 11.1
DA Warner c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad 49 82 6 0 59.8
SR Watson c GP Swann b SCJ Broad 22 71 2 0 31.0
MJ Clarke c IR Bell b SCJ Broad 1 10 0 0 10.0
SPD Smith c AN Cook b CT Tremlett 31 59 4 0 52.5
GJ Bailey c AN Cook b JM Anderson 3 15 0 0 20.0
BJ Haddin run out (MA Carberry/MJ Prior) 94 153 8 1 61.4
MG Johnson b SCJ Broad 64 134 6 2 47.8
PM Siddle c AN Cook b JM Anderson 7 18 1 0 38.9
RJ Harris c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 9 17 0 0 52.9
NM Lyon not out 1* 16 0 0 6.3
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 1, nb 1) 13
Total 97.1 overs 295

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (CJL Rogers, 3.1 ov), 2-71 (SR Watson, 24.3 ov), 3-73 (MJ Clarke, 26.4 ov), 4-83 (DA Warner, 30.3 ov), 5-100 (GJ Bailey, 35.3 ov), 6-132 (SPD Smith, 44.3 ov), 7-246 (MG Johnson, 82.6 ov), 8-265 (PM Siddle, 87.5 ov), 9-282 (RJ Harris, 92.6 ov), 10-295 (BJ Haddin, 97.1 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 25.1 5 67 2 2.66 0 0
Stuart Broad 24 3 81 6 3.38 1 1
Chris Tremlett 19 3 51 1 2.68 0 0
Graeme Swann 26 4 80 0 3.08 0 0
Joe Root 3 1 5 0 1.67 0 0

England · 1st innings 136 all out (52.3 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 13 30 2 0 43.3
MA Carberry c SR Watson b MG Johnson 40 113 4 0 35.4
Jonathan Trott c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 10 19 1 0 52.6
Kevin Pietersen c GJ Bailey b RJ Harris 18 42 1 0 42.9
Ian Bell c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 5 16 0 0 31.3
Joe Root c SPD Smith b MG Johnson 2 7 0 0 28.6
Matt Prior c SPD Smith b NM Lyon 0 1 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c CJL Rogers b PM Siddle 32 45 3 0 71.1
Graeme Swann c GJ Bailey b MG Johnson 0 5 0 0 0.0
Chris Tremlett c NM Lyon b RJ Harris 8 27 1 0 29.6
James Anderson not out 2* 10 0 0 20.0
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 6
Total 52.3 overs 136

Fall of wickets: 1-28 (AN Cook, 10.2 ov), 2-55 (IJL Trott, 17.1 ov), 3-82 (KP Pietersen, 30.6 ov), 4-87 (MA Carberry, 36.3 ov), 5-87 (IR Bell, 37.2 ov), 6-87 (MJ Prior, 37.3 ov), 7-89 (JE Root, 38.4 ov), 8-91 (GP Swann, 40.3 ov), 9-110 (CT Tremlett, 47.2 ov), 10-136 (SCJ Broad, 52.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 15 5 28 3 1.87 0 0
MG Johnson 17 2 61 4 3.59 0 0
PM Siddle 11.3 3 24 1 2.09 0 0
NM Lyon 9 4 17 2 1.89 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 401/7 dec (94 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c MA Carberry b SCJ Broad 16 81 1 0 19.8
DA Warner c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 124 154 13 1 80.5
SR Watson c SCJ Broad b CT Tremlett 6 27 1 0 22.2
MJ Clarke b GP Swann 113 130 9 1 86.9
SPD Smith c MJ Prior b CT Tremlett 0 7 0 0 0.0
GJ Bailey b GP Swann 34 60 1 2 56.7
BJ Haddin c JM Anderson b CT Tremlett 53 55 5 0 96.4
MG Johnson not out 39* 45 4 1 86.7
PM Siddle not out 4* 5 1 0 80.0
Extras (b 4, lb 8, w 0, nb 0) 12
Total 94 overs 401/7

Did not bat: RJ Harris, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-67 (CJL Rogers, 23.1 ov), 2-75 (SR Watson, 29.3 ov), 3-233 (DA Warner, 58.4 ov), 4-242 (SPD Smith, 61.4 ov), 5-294 (MJ Clarke, 74.5 ov), 6-305 (GJ Bailey, 78.4 ov), 7-395 (BJ Haddin, 93.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 19 2 73 0 3.84 0 0
Stuart Broad 16 4 55 2 3.44 0 0
Chris Tremlett 17 2 69 3 4.06 0 0
Graeme Swann 27 2 135 2 5.00 0 0
Joe Root 15 2 57 0 3.80 0 0

England · 2nd innings 179 all out (81.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 65 195 3 0 33.3
MA Carberry b RJ Harris 0 14 0 0 0.0
Jonathan Trott c NM Lyon b MG Johnson 9 9 1 0 100.0
Kevin Pietersen c sub (CJM Sabburg) b MG Johnson 26 52 2 0 50.0
Ian Bell c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle 32 70 3 0 45.7
Joe Root not out 26* 86 4 0 30.2
Matt Prior c DA Warner b NM Lyon 4 8 1 0 50.0
Stuart Broad c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 4 3 1 0 133.3
Graeme Swann c SPD Smith b MG Johnson 0 2 0 0 0.0
Chris Tremlett c GJ Bailey b RJ Harris 7 41 1 0 17.1
James Anderson c & b MG Johnson 2 8 0 0 25.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 1, nb 1) 4
Total 81.1 overs 179

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (MA Carberry, 4.4 ov), 2-10 (IJL Trott, 7.1 ov), 3-72 (KP Pietersen, 29.2 ov), 4-130 (IR Bell, 53.1 ov), 5-142 (AN Cook, 60.2 ov), 6-146 (MJ Prior, 62.4 ov), 7-151 (SCJ Broad, 63.2 ov), 8-151 (GP Swann, 63.4 ov), 9-172 (CT Tremlett, 76.5 ov), 10-179 (JM Anderson, 81.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 19 4 49 2 2.58 0 0
MG Johnson 21.1 7 42 5 1.98 1 0
PM Siddle 15 3 25 1 1.67 0 1
NM Lyon 20 6 46 2 2.30 0 0
SPD Smith 4 1 15 0 3.75 0 0
SR Watson 2 2 0 0 0.00 0 0

Player of the match: MG Johnson · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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