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England men · Test · The Ashes · 5th Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

Match drawn

England
377 & 206/5
Australia
492/9d & 111/6d
Date
Wednesday 21 August 2013 · England in 2013
Venue
The Oval, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat

Australia · 1st innings 492/9 dec (128.5 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
CJL Rogers c IJL Trott b GP Swann 23 100 3 0 23.0
DA Warner c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 6 11 1 0 54.5
SR Watson c KP Pietersen b SCJ Broad 176 247 25 1 71.3
MJ Clarke b JM Anderson 7 39 0 0 17.9
SPD Smith not out 138* 241 16 2 57.3
PM Siddle b JM Anderson 23 27 2 0 85.2
BJ Haddin b IJL Trott 30 57 5 0 52.6
JP Faulkner c IJL Trott b CR Woakes 23 21 4 0 109.5
MA Starc b GP Swann 13 8 1 0 162.5
RJ Harris c & b JM Anderson 33 27 1 2 122.2
NM Lyon not out 0* 0 0 0 –
Extras (b 1, lb 12, w 2, nb 5) 20
Total 128.5 overs 492/9

Fall of wickets: 1-11 (DA Warner, 4.2 ov), 2-118 (CJL Rogers, 33.1 ov), 3-144 (MJ Clarke, 42.5 ov), 4-289 (SR Watson, 87.1 ov), 5-320 (PM Siddle, 94.4 ov), 6-385 (BJ Haddin, 112.5 ov), 7-422 (JP Faulkner, 119.3 ov), 8-446 (MA Starc, 122.2 ov), 9-491 (RJ Harris, 128.4 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 29.5 4 95 4 3.18 1 0
Stuart Broad 31 4 128 1 4.13 0 4
Graeme Swann 33 4 95 2 2.88 0 0
Chris Woakes 24 7 96 1 4.00 1 0
SC Kerrigan 8 0 53 0 6.63 0 1
Jonathan Trott 3 0 12 1 4.00 0 0

England · 1st innings 377 all out (144.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 25 88 3 0 28.4
Joe Root c SR Watson b NM Lyon 68 184 11 0 37.0
Jonathan Trott lbw b MA Starc 40 134 2 0 29.9
Kevin Pietersen c SR Watson b MA Starc 50 133 4 0 37.6
Ian Bell c BJ Haddin b JP Faulkner 45 143 5 0 31.5
Chris Woakes c MJ Clarke b RJ Harris 25 70 5 0 35.7
Matt Prior c MA Starc b JP Faulkner 47 57 8 0 82.5
Stuart Broad b MA Starc 9 16 1 0 56.3
Graeme Swann b JP Faulkner 34 24 5 1 141.7
James Anderson c BJ Haddin b JP Faulkner 4 10 1 0 40.0
SC Kerrigan not out 1* 12 0 0 8.3
Extras (b 11, lb 10, w 5, nb 3) 29
Total 144.4 overs 377

Fall of wickets: 1-68 (AN Cook, 31.3 ov), 2-118 (JE Root, 53.4 ov), 3-176 (IJL Trott, 80.1 ov), 4-217 (KP Pietersen, 100.3 ov), 5-269 (CR Woakes, 121.6 ov), 6-299 (IR Bell, 128.5 ov), 7-315 (SCJ Broad, 134.1 ov), 8-363 (MJ Prior, 138.6 ov), 9-368 (JM Anderson, 140.5 ov), 10-377 (GP Swann, 144.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
MA Starc 33 5 92 3 2.79 2 2
RJ Harris 28 10 64 2 2.29 0 1
JP Faulkner 19.4 3 51 4 2.59 0 0
PM Siddle 28 7 74 0 2.64 1 0
NM Lyon 28 8 59 1 2.11 0 0
SPD Smith 8 3 16 0 2.00 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 111/6 dec (23 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
DA Warner c & b JM Anderson 12 28 2 0 42.9
SR Watson c KP Pietersen b GP Swann 26 32 2 1 81.3
JP Faulkner c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 22 22 0 1 100.0
BJ Haddin c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad 0 1 0 0 0.0
MJ Clarke not out 28* 28 3 0 100.0
SPD Smith c GP Swann b SCJ Broad 7 12 0 0 58.3
RJ Harris b SCJ Broad 1 2 0 0 50.0
MA Starc not out 13* 13 2 0 100.0
Extras (b 0, lb 2, w 0, nb 0) 2
Total 23 overs 111/6

Did not bat: CJL Rogers, PM Siddle, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets: 1-34 (DA Warner, 8.3 ov), 2-44 (SR Watson, 11.1 ov), 3-50 (BJ Haddin, 12.2 ov), 4-67 (JP Faulkner, 14.5 ov), 5-83 (SPD Smith, 18.2 ov), 6-85 (RJ Harris, 18.5 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 6 1 27 1 4.50 0 0
Stuart Broad 10 2 43 4 4.30 0 0
Graeme Swann 7 0 39 1 5.57 0 0

England · 2nd innings 206/5 (40 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Alastair Cook lbw b JP Faulkner 34 53 4 0 64.2
Joe Root c BJ Haddin b RJ Harris 11 17 2 0 64.7
Jonathan Trott lbw b JP Faulkner 59 87 6 0 67.8
Kevin Pietersen c DA Warner b RJ Harris 62 55 10 0 112.7
Ian Bell run out (MA Starc) 17 17 1 0 100.0
Chris Woakes not out 17* 13 1 0 130.8
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 0, nb 2) 6
Total 40 overs 206/5

Did not bat: MJ Prior, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, SC Kerrigan

Fall of wickets: 1-22 (JE Root, 4.5 ov), 2-86 (AN Cook, 19.5 ov), 3-163 (KP Pietersen, 34.1 ov), 4-170 (IJL Trott, 35.3 ov), 5-206 (IR Bell, 39.6 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
RJ Harris 5 0 21 2 4.20 0 1
MA Starc 7 0 48 0 6.86 0 1
PM Siddle 3 0 16 0 5.33 0 0
NM Lyon 10 0 44 0 4.40 0 0
MJ Clarke 2 0 4 0 2.00 0 0
JP Faulkner 8 1 47 2 5.88 0 0
SR Watson 5 0 22 0 4.40 0 0

Player of the match: SR Watson · Umpires: Aleem Dar, HDPK Dharmasena · TV umpire: AL Hill · 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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Meetings366In our results database
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Draws, ties & NR97Drawn, tied or no result
Australia wins156Australia victories

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