# Australian cricket team in England in 2013

The Australia National Cricket Team were in England from June to September 2013 for a tour that consisted of five test matches, five One Day International matches and two Twenty20 International matches. The Test series was for The Ashes.

## Squads

| Tests | Tests | ODIs | ODIs | T20Is | T20Is |
| England | Australia | England | Australia | England | Australia |
| Alastair Cook (c) James Anderson Jonny Bairstow Ian Bell Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Steven Finn Simon Kerrigan Graham Onions Monty Panesar$^†$ Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior (wk) Joe Root Graeme Swann James Taylor$^†$ Chris Tremlett$^†$ Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes | Michael Clarke (c) Brad Haddin (vc & wk) Ashton Agar$^†$ Jackson Bird Ed Cowan James Faulkner Ryan Harris Phillip Hughes Usman Khawaja Nathan Lyon James Pattinson Chris Rogers Peter Siddle Steve Smith$^†$ Mitchell Starc Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson | Eoin Morgan (c) Ravi Bopara Jos Buttler Michael Carberry Steven Finn Chris Jordan Jamie Overton Kevin Pietersen Boyd Rankin Joe Root Ben Stokes James Tredwell Jonathan Trott Luke Wright | Michael Clarke (c) Fawad Ahmed George Bailey Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Clint McKay Adam Voges Matthew Wade Shane Watson | Stuart Broad (c) Ravi Bopara Danny Briggs Jos Buttler Michael Carberry Jade Dernbach Steven Finn Alex Hales Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Boyd Rankin Joe Root James Tredwell Luke Wright | George Bailey (c) Fawad Ahmed Michael Clarke Nathan Coulter-Nile James Faulkner Aaron Finch Josh Hazlewood Phillip Hughes Mitchell Johnson Shaun Marsh Glenn Maxwell Clint McKay Steve Smith Mitchell Starc Adam Voges Matthew Wade (wk) David Warner Shane Watson |
$^†$ Late addition to the squad

## ICC Champions Trophy

The tour started in June with the 2013 ICC Champions Trophy, in which Australia were drawn in Group A with England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka. They lost to England and Sri Lanka, and the game against New Zealand was washed out, leaving Australia at the bottom of Group A with 1 point and eliminated from the tournament.

## Tour matches
### First-class: Somerset v Australians

* 26–29 June 2013 Scorecard
* Australians won by 6 wickets County Ground, Taunton Umpires: Mark Eggleston (Eng) and David Millns (Eng)
* Somerset won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: Worcestershire v Australians

* 2–5 July 2013 Scorecard
* Match drawn New Road, Worcester Umpires: Ismail Dawood (Eng) and Peter Hartley (Eng)
* Australians won the toss and elected to bat.

### First-class: Sussex v Australians

* 26–28 July 2013 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Hove Umpires: Jeff Evans (Eng) and George Sharp (Eng)
* Australians won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ashton Turner (Aus) and Callum Jackson (Sssx) made their first-class debuts.
* Each innings had a maximum length of 100 overs.

### Two-day: England Lions v Australians

* 16–17 August 2013 Scorecard
* Match drawn County Ground, Northampton Umpires: Benjamin Debenham (Eng) and George Sharp (Eng)
* England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain and bad light reduced play on day 2.

## Test series
### First Test

* 10–14 July Scorecard
* England won by 14 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: James Anderson (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ashton Agar (Aus) made his Test debut.
* Agar's score of 98 set the Test record for the most runs in an innings by a number 11 batsman and by a number 11 on debut.
* The 163-run partnership between Agar and Phillip Hughes was the highest 10th-wicket partnership in Test history.

### Second Test

* 18–22 July Scorecard
* England won by 347 runs Lord's, London Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Marais Erasmus (SA) Player of the match: Joe Root (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ian Bell became the fourth English batsman to score a century in three successive Ashes matches.

### Third Test

* 1–5 August Scorecard
* Match drawn Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Marais Erasmus (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain and bad light on day 4 reduced play to 56 overs.
* Rain on day 5 meant only 20.3 overs could be bowled and play was abandoned at 16:40.

### Fourth Test

* 9–13 August Scorecard
* England won by 74 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Stuart Broad (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### Fifth Test

* 21–25 August Scorecard
* Match drawn The Oval, London Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Kumar Dharmasena (SL) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain delayed the start of day 2.
* No play on day 4 due to rain.
* Play was brought to a close with four overs left to play on day 5 due to bad light.
* Simon Kerrigan, Chris Woakes (both Eng) and James Faulkner (Aus) made their Test debuts.
* The 447 runs scored on day 5 set a record for the most runs scored on the final day of an Ashes Test.

## T20I series
### 1st T20I

* 29 August 2013 18:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 248/6 (20 overs) | v | England 209/6 (20 overs) |
| Aaron Finch 156 (63) Jade Dernbach 3/34 (4 overs) | | Joe Root 90* (49) Mitchell Johnson 2/41 (4 overs) |
* Australia won by 39 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Tim Robinson (Eng) Player of the match: Aaron Finch (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Fawad Ahmed (Aus) made his T20I debut.
* Aaron Finch recorded the highest score in a T20I innings.

### 2nd T20I

* 31 August 2013 14:30 Scorecard
| England 195/5 (20 overs) | v | Australia 168/9 (20 overs) |
| Alex Hales 94 (61) Fawad Ahmed 3/25 (4 overs) | | David Warner 53 (42) Jade Dernbach 3/23 (4 overs) |
* England won by 27 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Michael Gough (Eng) Player of the match: Alex Hales (Eng)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.

## ODI series
### 1st ODI

* 6 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard
| England | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Headingley, Leeds Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Richard Illingworth (Eng)
* Rain prevented any play.

### 2nd ODI

* 8 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard
| Australia 315/7 (50 overs) | v | England 227 (44.2 overs) |
| Michael Clarke 105 (102) Boyd Rankin 2/49 (10 overs) | | Jos Buttler 75 (65) Clint McKay 3/47 (9.2 overs) |
* Australia won by 88 runs Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to field.

### 3rd ODI

* 11 September 2013 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 59/3 (15.1 overs) | v | Australia |
| Jonathan Trott 28* (41) Adam Voges 1/3 (1.1 overs) | | |
* No result Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Michael Gough (Eng)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain stopped play at 15:35 and the match was abandoned at 19:05.

### 4th ODI

* 14 September 2013 10:15 Scorecard
| Australia 227 (48.2 overs) | v | England 231/7 (49.3 overs) |
| George Bailey 87 (91) James Tredwell 3/53 (8.2 overs) | | Jos Buttler 65* (48) Clint McKay 4/39 (10 overs) |
* England won by 3 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Rob Bailey (Eng) and Sundaram Ravi (Ind) Player of the match: Jos Buttler (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Nathan Coulter-Nile (Aus) made his ODI debut.
* Clint McKay (Aus) took a hat-trick with the wickets of Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott and Joe Root.

### 5th ODI

* 16 September 2013 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 298 (49.1 overs) | v | England 249 (48 overs) |
| Shane Watson 143 (107) Ben Stokes 5/61 (10 overs) | | Ravi Bopara 62 (66) James Faulkner 3/38 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 49 runs Rose Bowl, Southampton Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Rob Bailey (Eng) Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Rain delayed the toss and interrupted the Australian innings during the 10th over, but there was no loss of overs.
* Chris Jordan (Eng) made his ODI debut.
* Ben Stokes (Eng) took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs.

## Broadcasters

| Country | TV broadcaster(s) |
| Australia | GEM Fox Sports |
| India | STAR Cricket |
| Middle East | Orbit Show Network |
| Pakistan | PTV Sports |
| South Africa | SuperSport |
| United Kingdom | Sky Sports |