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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

Australia
v England⁠

Result

Australia won by 218 runs

Australia
570/9d & 132/3d
England
172 & 312
Date
Thursday 5 December 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Adelaide

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

Australia v England Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 570/9 dec (158 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c MJ Prior b GP Swann 72 167 11 0 43.1
DA Warner c MA Carberry b SCJ Broad 29 32 4 0 90.6
SR Watson c & b JM Anderson 51 119 6 1 42.9
MJ Clarke c JM Anderson b BA Stokes 148 245 17 0 60.4
SPD Smith b MS Panesar 6 17 1 0 35.3
GJ Bailey c GP Swann b SCJ Broad 53 93 4 3 57.0
BJ Haddin c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 118 177 11 5 66.7
MG Johnson c SCJ Broad b GP Swann 5 13 1 0 38.5
PM Siddle c MJ Prior b BA Stokes 2 9 0 0 22.2
RJ Harris not out 55* 54 6 2 101.9
NM Lyon not out 17* 26 1 1 65.4
Extras (b 8, lb 1, w 1, nb 4) 14
Total 158 overs 570/9

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (DA Warner, 7.6 ov), 2-155 (SR Watson, 51.6 ov), 3-155 (CJL Rogers, 52.5 ov), 4-174 (SPD Smith, 58.3 ov), 5-257 (GJ Bailey, 85.3 ov), 6-457 (MJ Clarke, 136.1 ov), 7-474 (MG Johnson, 139.3 ov), 8-483 (PM Siddle, 142.3 ov), 9-529 (BJ Haddin, 150.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 30 10 85 1 2.83 0 1
Stuart Broad 30 3 98 3 3.27 1 0
Graeme Swann 36 4 151 2 4.19 0 0
Monty Panesar 44 7 157 1 3.57 0 0
Ben Stokes 18 2 70 2 3.89 0 3

England · 1st innings 172 all out (68.2 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b MG Johnson 3 11 0 0 27.3
MA Carberry c DA Warner b SR Watson 60 144 10 0 41.7
Joe Root c CJL Rogers b NM Lyon 15 80 1 0 18.8
Kevin Pietersen c GJ Bailey b PM Siddle 4 12 0 0 33.3
Ian Bell not out 72* 106 9 4 67.9
Ben Stokes lbw b MG Johnson 1 12 0 0 8.3
Matt Prior c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson 0 4 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad b MG Johnson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Graeme Swann c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson 7 7 0 0 100.0
James Anderson b MG Johnson 0 1 0 0 0.0
Monty Panesar b MG Johnson 2 35 0 0 5.7
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 3) 8
Total 68.2 overs 172

Fall of wickets: 1-9 (AN Cook, 2.4 ov), 2-57 (JE Root, 29.6 ov), 3-66 (KP Pietersen, 34.3 ov), 4-111 (MA Carberry, 45.6 ov), 5-117 (BA Stokes, 50.1 ov), 6-117 (MJ Prior, 50.5 ov), 7-117 (SCJ Broad, 50.6 ov), 8-135 (GP Swann, 54.5 ov), 9-135 (JM Anderson, 54.6 ov), 10-172 (MS Panesar, 68.2 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MG Johnson 17.2 8 40 7 2.31 1 2
RJ Harris 14 8 31 0 2.21 0 0
NM Lyon 20 5 64 1 3.20 0 0
PM Siddle 14 4 34 1 2.43 1 1
SR Watson 3 3 0 1 0.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 132/3 dec (39 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 2 10 0 0 20.0
DA Warner not out 83* 117 9 1 70.9
SR Watson c MA Carberry b JM Anderson 0 2 0 0 0.0
MJ Clarke b MS Panesar 22 51 2 0 43.1
SPD Smith not out 23* 54 2 0 42.6
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 39 overs 132/3

Did not bat: GJ Bailey, BJ Haddin, MG Johnson, PM Siddle, RJ Harris, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (CJL Rogers, 2.2 ov), 2-4 (SR Watson, 2.4 ov), 3-65 (MJ Clarke, 21.1 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 7 1 19 2 2.71 0 0
Stuart Broad 6 0 19 0 3.17 0 0
Graeme Swann 9 3 31 0 3.44 0 0
Ben Stokes 7 3 20 0 2.86 0 0
Monty Panesar 10 0 41 1 4.10 0 0

England · 2nd innings 312 all out (101.4 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c RJ Harris b MG Johnson 1 7 0 0 14.3
MA Carberry c NM Lyon b PM Siddle 14 39 2 0 35.9
Joe Root c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 87 194 9 0 44.8
Kevin Pietersen b PM Siddle 53 99 2 3 53.5
Ian Bell c MG Johnson b SPD Smith 6 19 1 0 31.6
Ben Stokes c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris 28 90 5 0 31.1
Matt Prior c RJ Harris b PM Siddle 69 102 12 0 67.6
Stuart Broad c NM Lyon b PM Siddle 29 26 3 1 111.5
Graeme Swann c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris 6 14 0 0 42.9
James Anderson not out 13* 14 2 0 92.9
Monty Panesar c CJL Rogers b RJ Harris 0 7 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 1, w 4, nb 1) 6
Total 101.4 overs 312

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (AN Cook, 1.3 ov), 2-20 (MA Carberry, 11.4 ov), 3-131 (KP Pietersen, 47.1 ov), 4-143 (IR Bell, 53.4 ov), 5-171 (JE Root, 64.2 ov), 6-210 (BA Stokes, 84.1 ov), 7-255 (SCJ Broad, 90.5 ov), 8-293 (GP Swann, 97.3 ov), 9-301 (MJ Prior, 98.5 ov), 10-312 (MS Panesar, 101.4 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 19.4 3 54 3 2.75 2 1
MG Johnson 24 8 73 1 3.04 2 0
PM Siddle 19 4 57 4 3.00 0 0
NM Lyon 26 7 78 1 3.00 0 0
SR Watson 6 3 6 0 1.00 0 0
SPD Smith 7 0 43 1 6.14 0 0

Player of the match: MG Johnson · Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena, M Erasmus · TV umpire: AL Hill · 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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