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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 347 runs

England
361 & 349/7d
Australia
128 & 235
Date
Thursday 18 July 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Lord's, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 361 all out (100.1 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b SR Watson 12 14 2 0 85.7
Joe Root lbw b RJ Harris 6 14 1 0 42.9
Jonathan Trott c UT Khawaja b RJ Harris 58 87 11 0 66.7
Kevin Pietersen c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 2 4 0 0 50.0
Ian Bell c MJ Clarke b SPD Smith 109 211 16 0 51.7
Jonny Bairstow c & b SPD Smith 67 146 7 0 45.9
Matt Prior c BJ Haddin b SPD Smith 6 18 1 0 33.3
Tim Bresnan c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 7 29 1 0 24.1
James Anderson c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 12 29 2 0 41.4
Stuart Broad c BJ Haddin b JL Pattinson 33 29 5 1 113.8
Graeme Swann not out 28* 26 5 0 107.7
Extras (b 0, lb 11, w 4, nb 6) 21
Total 100.1 overs 361

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (AN Cook, 4.2 ov), 2-26 (JE Root, 5.2 ov), 3-28 (KP Pietersen, 5.6 ov), 4-127 (IJL Trott, 33.5 ov), 5-271 (IR Bell, 76.6 ov), 6-274 (JM Bairstow, 80.1 ov), 7-283 (MJ Prior, 84.3 ov), 8-289 (TT Bresnan, 89.1 ov), 9-313 (JM Anderson, 93.3 ov), 10-361 (SCJ Broad, 100.1 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
JL Pattinson 20.1 3 95 1 4.71 4 3
RJ Harris 26 6 72 5 2.77 0 0
SR Watson 13 4 45 1 3.46 0 0
PM Siddle 22 6 76 0 3.45 0 1
AC Agar 13 2 44 0 3.38 0 2
SPD Smith 6 1 18 3 3.00 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 128 all out (53.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson lbw b TT Bresnan 30 42 6 0 71.4
CJL Rogers lbw b GP Swann 15 45 0 0 33.3
UT Khawaja c KP Pietersen b GP Swann 14 35 1 0 40.0
PJ Hughes c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 1 8 0 0 12.5
MJ Clarke lbw b SCJ Broad 28 41 4 0 68.3
SPD Smith c IR Bell b GP Swann 2 14 0 0 14.3
BJ Haddin c IJL Trott b GP Swann 7 42 1 0 16.7
AC Agar run out (MJ Prior/JM Anderson) 2 21 0 0 9.5
PM Siddle c GP Swann b JM Anderson 2 24 0 0 8.3
JL Pattinson not out 10* 24 1 0 41.7
RJ Harris c KP Pietersen b GP Swann 10 25 1 0 40.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 0) 7
Total 53.3 overs 128

Fall of wickets: 1-42 (SR Watson, 12.4 ov), 2-50 (CJL Rogers, 15.2 ov), 3-53 (PJ Hughes, 18.6 ov), 4-69 (UT Khawaja, 23.5 ov), 5-86 (SPD Smith, 29.5 ov), 6-91 (MJ Clarke, 30.6 ov), 7-96 (AC Agar, 38.6 ov), 8-104 (PM Siddle, 44.4 ov), 9-104 (BJ Haddin, 45.4 ov), 10-128 (RJ Harris, 53.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 14 8 25 1 1.79 1 0
Stuart Broad 11 3 26 1 2.36 1 0
Tim Bresnan 7 1 28 2 4.00 0 0
Graeme Swann 21.3 5 44 5 2.05 0 0

England · 2nd innings 349/7 dec (114.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook b PM Siddle 8 28 0 0 28.6
Joe Root c SPD Smith b RJ Harris 180 338 18 2 53.3
Jonathan Trott b PM Siddle 0 6 0 0 0.0
Kevin Pietersen c CJL Rogers b PM Siddle 5 11 1 0 45.5
Tim Bresnan c CJL Rogers b JL Pattinson 38 137 4 0 27.7
Ian Bell c CJL Rogers b SPD Smith 74 103 11 0 71.8
Jonny Bairstow c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 20 54 2 1 37.0
Matt Prior not out 1* 8 0 0 12.5
Extras (b 15, lb 8, w 0, nb 0) 23
Total 114.1 overs 349/7

Did not bat: JM Anderson, SCJ Broad, GP Swann

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (AN Cook, 10.2 ov), 2-22 (IJL Trott, 12.2 ov), 3-30 (KP Pietersen, 14.5 ov), 4-129 (TT Bresnan, 61.3 ov), 5-282 (IR Bell, 98.2 ov), 6-344 (JM Bairstow, 112.4 ov), 7-349 (JE Root, 114.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 18.1 4 31 2 1.71 0 0
SR Watson 12 5 25 0 2.08 0 0
PM Siddle 21 6 65 3 3.10 0 0
JL Pattinson 20 8 42 1 2.10 0 0
SPD Smith 14 0 65 1 4.64 0 0
AC Agar 29 5 98 0 3.38 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 235 all out (90.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
SR Watson lbw b JM Anderson 20 23 3 0 87.0
CJL Rogers b GP Swann 6 29 0 0 20.7
UT Khawaja c JM Anderson b JE Root 54 133 7 0 40.6
PJ Hughes lbw b GP Swann 1 21 0 0 4.8
MJ Clarke c AN Cook b JE Root 51 85 7 0 60.0
SPD Smith c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 1 14 0 0 7.1
BJ Haddin lbw b GP Swann 7 32 0 0 21.9
AC Agar c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 16 13 4 0 123.1
PM Siddle b JM Anderson 18 62 1 0 29.0
JL Pattinson lbw b GP Swann 35 91 3 0 38.5
RJ Harris not out 16* 40 1 0 40.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) 10
Total 90.3 overs 235

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (SR Watson, 6.4 ov), 2-32 (CJL Rogers, 9.5 ov), 3-36 (PJ Hughes, 15.3 ov), 4-134 (MJ Clarke, 47.2 ov), 5-135 (UT Khawaja, 49.6 ov), 6-136 (SPD Smith, 50.5 ov), 7-154 (AC Agar, 54.5 ov), 8-162 (BJ Haddin, 61.6 ov), 9-192 (PM Siddle, 76.1 ov), 10-235 (JL Pattinson, 90.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 18 2 55 2 3.06 0 0
Stuart Broad 21 4 54 0 2.57 0 0
Graeme Swann 30.3 5 78 4 2.56 0 0
Tim Bresnan 14 8 30 2 2.14 1 0
Joe Root 7 3 9 2 1.29 0 0

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