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England men · Test · The Ashes · 1st Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 14 runs

England
215 & 375
Australia
280 & 296
Date
Wednesday 10 July 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Nottingham

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 215 all out (59 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b JL Pattinson 13 26 2 0 50.0
Joe Root b PM Siddle 30 64 6 0 46.9
Jonathan Trott b PM Siddle 48 80 9 0 60.0
Kevin Pietersen c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle 14 23 3 0 60.9
Ian Bell c SR Watson b PM Siddle 25 63 6 0 39.7
Jonny Bairstow b MA Starc 37 51 7 0 72.5
Matt Prior c PJ Hughes b PM Siddle 1 7 0 0 14.3
Stuart Broad c & b JL Pattinson 24 30 5 0 80.0
Graeme Swann c PJ Hughes b JL Pattinson 1 5 0 0 20.0
Steven Finn c BJ Haddin b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
James Anderson not out 1* 6 0 0 16.7
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 8, nb 2) 21
Total 59 overs 215

Fall of wickets: 1-27 (AN Cook, 8.6 ov), 2-78 (JE Root, 21.1 ov), 3-102 (KP Pietersen, 27.3 ov), 4-124 (IJL Trott, 35.5 ov), 5-178 (IR Bell, 47.5 ov), 6-180 (MJ Prior, 49.2 ov), 7-213 (SCJ Broad, 56.5 ov), 8-213 (JM Bairstow, 57.1 ov), 9-213 (ST Finn, 57.2 ov), 10-215 (GP Swann, 58.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JL Pattinson 17 2 69 3 4.06 2 1
MA Starc 17 5 54 2 3.18 0 0
PM Siddle 14 4 50 5 3.57 1 1
AC Agar 7 1 24 0 3.43 0 0
SR Watson 4 2 7 0 1.75 1 0

Australia · 1st innings 280 all out (64.5 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson c JE Root b ST Finn 13 14 3 0 92.9
CJL Rogers lbw b JM Anderson 16 37 2 0 43.2
EJM Cowan c GP Swann b ST Finn 0 1 0 0 0.0
MJ Clarke b JM Anderson 0 6 0 0 0.0
SPD Smith c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 53 79 7 1 67.1
PJ Hughes not out 81* 131 9 0 61.8
BJ Haddin b GP Swann 1 2 0 0 50.0
PM Siddle c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 1 5 0 0 20.0
MA Starc c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 0 5 0 0 0.0
JL Pattinson lbw b GP Swann 2 8 0 0 25.0
AC Agar c GP Swann b SCJ Broad 98 101 12 2 97.0
Extras (b 0, lb 15, w 0, nb 0) 15
Total 64.5 overs 280

Fall of wickets: 1-19 (SR Watson, 3.3 ov), 2-19 (EJM Cowan, 3.4 ov), 3-22 (MJ Clarke, 6.2 ov), 4-53 (CJL Rogers, 14.3 ov), 5-108 (SPD Smith, 28.3 ov), 6-113 (BJ Haddin, 29.1 ov), 7-114 (PM Siddle, 30.2 ov), 8-114 (MA Starc, 32.1 ov), 9-117 (JL Pattinson, 33.4 ov), 10-280 (AC Agar, 64.5 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 24 2 85 5 3.54 0 0
Steven Finn 15 0 80 2 5.33 0 0
Graeme Swann 19 4 60 2 3.16 0 0
Stuart Broad 6.5 0 40 1 5.85 0 0

England · 2nd innings 375 all out (149.5 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c MJ Clarke b AC Agar 50 165 6 0 30.3
Joe Root c BJ Haddin b MA Starc 5 31 1 0 16.1
Jonathan Trott lbw b MA Starc 0 1 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen b JL Pattinson 64 150 12 0 42.7
Ian Bell c BJ Haddin b MA Starc 109 267 15 0 40.8
Jonny Bairstow c BJ Haddin b AC Agar 15 62 0 0 24.2
Matt Prior c EJM Cowan b PM Siddle 31 42 6 0 73.8
Stuart Broad c BJ Haddin b JL Pattinson 65 148 7 0 43.9
Graeme Swann c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle 9 28 1 0 32.1
Steven Finn not out 2* 8 0 0 25.0
James Anderson c PJ Hughes b PM Siddle 0 2 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 13, w 1, nb 9) 25
Total 149.5 overs 375

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (JE Root, 7.3 ov), 2-11 (IJL Trott, 7.4 ov), 3-121 (KP Pietersen, 56.6 ov), 4-131 (AN Cook, 59.1 ov), 5-174 (JM Bairstow, 79.6 ov), 6-218 (MJ Prior, 92.6 ov), 7-356 (SCJ Broad, 140.5 ov), 8-371 (IR Bell, 146.2 ov), 9-375 (GP Swann, 149.3 ov), 10-375 (JM Anderson, 149.5 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JL Pattinson 34 8 101 2 2.97 0 1
MA Starc 32 7 81 3 2.53 1 1
AC Agar 35 9 82 2 2.34 0 1
PM Siddle 33.5 12 85 3 2.51 0 2
SR Watson 15 11 11 0 0.73 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 296 all out (110.5 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson lbw b SCJ Broad 46 74 8 0 62.2
CJL Rogers c IR Bell b JM Anderson 52 121 8 0 43.0
EJM Cowan c IJL Trott b JE Root 14 43 3 0 32.6
MJ Clarke c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 23 70 2 0 32.9
SPD Smith lbw b GP Swann 17 48 2 0 35.4
PJ Hughes lbw b GP Swann 0 8 0 0 0.0
BJ Haddin c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 71 147 9 0 48.3
AC Agar c AN Cook b JM Anderson 14 71 2 0 19.7
MA Starc c AN Cook b JM Anderson 1 5 0 0 20.0
PM Siddle c AN Cook b JM Anderson 11 22 2 0 50.0
JL Pattinson not out 25* 57 2 1 43.9
Extras (b 11, lb 10, w 0, nb 1) 22
Total 110.5 overs 296

Fall of wickets: 1-84 (SR Watson, 24.1 ov), 2-111 (EJM Cowan, 36.4 ov), 3-124 (CJL Rogers, 42.4 ov), 4-161 (MJ Clarke, 58.6 ov), 5-161 (SPD Smith, 59.1 ov), 6-164 (PJ Hughes, 61.5 ov), 7-207 (AC Agar, 86.3 ov), 8-211 (MA Starc, 88.1 ov), 9-231 (PM Siddle, 94.2 ov), 10-296 (BJ Haddin, 110.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 31.5 11 73 5 2.29 0 0
Stuart Broad 23 7 54 2 2.35 0 1
Graeme Swann 44 10 105 2 2.39 0 0
Steven Finn 10 3 37 0 3.70 0 0
Joe Root 2 0 6 1 3.00 0 0

Player of the match: James Anderson · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: RS Madugalle. 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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