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England men · Test · The Ashes · 4th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 74 runs

England
238 & 330
Australia
270 & 224
Date
Friday 9 August 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
Chester-le-Street

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 238 all out (92 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b JM Bird 51 164 5 0 31.1
Joe Root c BJ Haddin b SR Watson 16 52 1 0 30.8
Jonathan Trott c UT Khawaja b NM Lyon 49 60 7 0 81.7
Kevin Pietersen c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 26 35 4 0 74.3
Ian Bell c RJ Harris b NM Lyon 6 17 0 0 35.3
Jonny Bairstow lbw b NM Lyon 14 77 1 0 18.2
Matt Prior lbw b PM Siddle 17 58 2 0 29.3
Tim Bresnan not out 12* 49 1 0 24.5
Stuart Broad c DA Warner b RJ Harris 3 12 0 0 25.0
Graeme Swann c NM Lyon b RJ Harris 13 18 3 0 72.2
James Anderson b JM Bird 16 16 4 0 100.0
Extras (b 5, lb 1, w 3, nb 6) 15
Total 92 overs 238

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (JE Root, 17.4 ov), 2-107 (IJL Trott, 39.2 ov), 3-149 (KP Pietersen, 49.5 ov), 4-153 (AN Cook, 52.3 ov), 5-155 (IR Bell, 55.4 ov), 6-189 (MJ Prior, 74.6 ov), 7-193 (JM Bairstow, 77.3 ov), 8-198 (SCJ Broad, 80.3 ov), 9-214 (GP Swann, 86.4 ov), 10-238 (JM Anderson, 91.6 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 19 3 70 2 3.68 0 5
JM Bird 22 9 58 2 2.64 0 0
SR Watson 13 6 21 1 1.62 2 0
PM Siddle 18 6 41 1 2.28 1 1
NM Lyon 20 7 42 4 2.10 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 270 all out (89.3 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c MJ Prior b GP Swann 110 250 14 0 44.0
DA Warner b SCJ Broad 3 7 0 0 42.9
UT Khawaja c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 0 6 0 0 0.0
MJ Clarke c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 6 18 1 0 33.3
SPD Smith c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 17 34 3 0 50.0
SR Watson c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 68 134 7 0 50.7
BJ Haddin lbw b GP Swann 13 22 2 0 59.1
PM Siddle c AN Cook b JM Anderson 5 21 0 0 23.8
RJ Harris lbw b SCJ Broad 28 33 5 0 84.8
NM Lyon lbw b JM Anderson 4 7 1 0 57.1
JM Bird not out 0* 7 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 2, lb 11, w 1, nb 2) 16
Total 89.3 overs 270

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (DA Warner, 3.6 ov), 2-12 (UT Khawaja, 5.6 ov), 3-49 (MJ Clarke, 13.1 ov), 4-76 (SPD Smith, 22.4 ov), 5-205 (SR Watson, 68.6 ov), 6-224 (BJ Haddin, 75.5 ov), 7-233 (CJL Rogers, 79.2 ov), 8-245 (PM Siddle, 84.3 ov), 9-258 (NM Lyon, 86.5 ov), 10-270 (RJ Harris, 89.3 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 25 8 65 2 2.60 0 0
Stuart Broad 24.3 7 71 5 2.90 1 2
Tim Bresnan 19 3 63 1 3.32 0 0
Graeme Swann 18 5 48 2 2.67 0 0
Jonathan Trott 3 0 10 0 3.33 0 0

England · 2nd innings 330 all out (95.1 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 22 37 3 0 59.5
Joe Root b RJ Harris 2 19 0 0 10.5
Jonathan Trott c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 23 29 3 0 79.3
Kevin Pietersen c CJL Rogers b NM Lyon 44 84 6 0 52.4
Ian Bell b RJ Harris 113 210 11 0 53.8
Jonny Bairstow c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 28 65 6 0 43.1
Tim Bresnan c & b RJ Harris 45 90 6 0 50.0
Matt Prior b RJ Harris 0 1 0 0 0.0
Stuart Broad c SPD Smith b RJ Harris 13 7 3 0 185.7
Graeme Swann not out 30* 24 6 0 125.0
James Anderson c BJ Haddin b NM Lyon 0 5 0 0 0.0
Extras (b 4, lb 5, w 1, nb 0) 10
Total 95.1 overs 330

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (JE Root, 6.3 ov), 2-42 (AN Cook, 12.6 ov), 3-49 (IJL Trott, 14.2 ov), 4-155 (KP Pietersen, 47.3 ov), 5-221 (JM Bairstow, 67.5 ov), 6-251 (IR Bell, 82.2 ov), 7-251 (MJ Prior, 82.3 ov), 8-275 (SCJ Broad, 84.6 ov), 9-317 (TT Bresnan, 92.6 ov), 10-330 (JM Anderson, 95.1 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 28 2 117 7 4.18 0 0
JM Bird 20.3 6 67 0 3.27 0 0
SR Watson 6.3 1 22 0 3.38 0 0
PM Siddle 17 4 59 0 3.47 1 0
NM Lyon 22.1 3 55 3 2.48 0 0
SPD Smith 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 224 all out (68.3 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c IJL Trott b GP Swann 49 100 8 0 49.0
DA Warner c MJ Prior b TT Bresnan 71 113 10 1 62.8
UT Khawaja lbw b GP Swann 21 35 3 0 60.0
MJ Clarke b SCJ Broad 21 27 3 0 77.8
SPD Smith b SCJ Broad 2 19 0 0 10.5
SR Watson lbw b TT Bresnan 2 11 0 0 18.2
BJ Haddin lbw b SCJ Broad 4 6 0 0 66.7
PM Siddle c JM Anderson b SCJ Broad 23 48 2 0 47.9
RJ Harris lbw b SCJ Broad 11 18 1 0 61.1
NM Lyon b SCJ Broad 8 10 2 0 80.0
JM Bird not out 1* 24 0 0 4.2
Extras (b 6, lb 5, w 0, nb 0) 11
Total 68.3 overs 224

Fall of wickets: 1-109 (CJL Rogers, 29.2 ov), 2-147 (UT Khawaja, 39.1 ov), 3-168 (DA Warner, 43.4 ov), 4-174 (MJ Clarke, 48.1 ov), 5-175 (SPD Smith, 50.3 ov), 6-179 (SR Watson, 51.3 ov), 7-181 (BJ Haddin, 52.5 ov), 8-199 (RJ Harris, 56.6 ov), 9-211 (NM Lyon, 60.4 ov), 10-224 (PM Siddle, 68.3 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 16 1 73 0 4.56 0 0
Stuart Broad 18.3 3 50 6 2.70 0 0
Tim Bresnan 13 2 36 2 2.77 0 0
Graeme Swann 18 6 53 2 2.94 0 0
Joe Root 3 2 1 0 0.33 0 0

Player of the match: Stuart Broad · Umpires: Aleem Dar, AL Hill · TV umpire: M Erasmus · Match referee: RS Mahanama. 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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