2013-14 Ashes series

The 2013–14 Ashes series is a Test cricket series currently under way between England and Australia. The five venues for the series will be The Gabba, the Adelaide Oval, the WACA Ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground.
In a break with recent history where Ashes series were held approximately biennially, this series will be held only three months after the end of the 2013 Ashes in England. This was done to avoid the fact that every Ashes series in Australia since 1999 had been held immediately before a Cricket World Cup. Following the 2015 series, the Ashes will continue at its normal intervals.
==Squad==
On 23 September 2013, England announced a 17-man touring party for the Ashes series. Former Ireland international bowler Boyd Rankin, New Zealand-born all-rounder Ben Stokes and Zimbabwe-born batsman Gary Ballance all received call-ups despite being uncapped for England in Tests, while opening batsman Michael Carberry, spin bowler Monty Panesar and seamer Chris Tremlett were also included. Among those who missed out were opening batsman Nick Compton, spin bowler James Tredwell and seamers Graham Onions, who helped Durham win the championship, and Tim Bresnan, although Bresnan is suffering from a back injury and will travel with the squad to Australia. Matt Prior is the only specialist wicket-keeper in the side; Jonny Bairstow will deputise for him.
On 12 November 2013, Australia announced a 12-man squad for the first Test. ODI stand-in captain George Bailey was awarded his first Test cap.
On 25 November 2013, Jonathan Trott pulled out of the remainder of the tour citing a stress-related illness.
	
* Michael Clarke (c)
* Brad Haddin (vc & wk)
* George Bailey
* James Faulkner
* Ryan Harris
* Mitchell Johnson
* Nathan Lyon
* Chris Rogers
* Peter Siddle
* Steve Smith
* David Warner
* Shane Watson	
* Alastair Cook (c)
* James Anderson
* Jonny Bairstow (wk)
* Ian Bell
* Gary Ballance
* Stuart Broad
* Michael Carberry
* Steven Finn
* Monty Panesar
* Kevin Pietersen
* Matt Prior (wk)
* Boyd Rankin
* Joe Root
* Graeme Swann
* Ben Stokes
* Chris Tremlett
* Jonathan Trott
* Tim Bresnan
===U-15s===
	
* Steven Treadswell (c)
* Gerald Huang (vc)
* Martin Wade (wk)
* Edson Wu
* Justin Sunderland
* Nathaniel Cuthbertson
* Timo Jokela
* Matthew Ling
* William Xiao
* Isaac Hannigan
* Luke Barron
* Gerard Ju
* Henry Misatro
* James Green
* Alexander Lussick	
* Philip Mann (c)
* Jason Crokes
* James Tims (wk)
* Johnny Flairop
* Isaac Yutaro
* Gary Henry
* Sam Schofield
* Michael Yang
* Kevin Guo
* Isaac Rews
* Stanley Dropp
* David Feldman
* Peter Gonzales
* James Graeme
* Benjamin Strokes
* William Greenfield
* Sam Hart
* Johnathon Wu
* Flynn Selby-Brown
* Flynn Buchanan
* Racenna MacMillan
* Fred McMillan
==Matches==
===First Test===
====U-15s====
===Second Test===
====U-15s====
===Third Test===
====U-15s====
===Fourth Test===
====U-15s====
===Fifth Test===
====U-15s====
== Statistics ==
=== Batting ===
;Most runs
Name of Player 	Match	Runs	Average	Highest
Gerald Huang 	2 	499 	166.33 	258
David Warner 	1 	173 	86.50 	124
Brad Haddin 	1 	147 	73.50 	94
Gerard Ju 	2 	116 	116.00 	116*
Michael Clarke 	1 	114 	57.00 	113
Mitchell Johnson	1 	103 	103.00 	64
=== Bowling ===
;Most wickets 
Player 	Matches	Wickets	Runs	Econ	BBI
Gerald Huang 	1 	20 	5 	2.75	10/2
Mitchell Johnson	1 	9 	103 	2.69	5/42
Stuart Broad 	1 	8 	136 	3.40	6/81
Ryan Harris 	1 	5 	77 	2.26	3/28
Nathan Lyon 	1 	4 	63 	2.17	2/17
==Statistics==
England
*Chris Tremlett took his 50th Test wicket when he got Steve Smith out in the 1st innings of the 1st Test.
*Graeme Swann took his 250th Test wicket when he bowled George Bailey in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test.
Australia
*Shane Watson passed 3,000 Test runs in the 1st innings of the 1st Test.
*David Warner made his 4th Test century in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test.
*Michael Clarke made his 25th Test century in the 2nd innings of the 1st Test.
==Broadcasters==
Country 	TV broadcaster(s)
Australia 	Nine Network
Bangladesh 	STAR Sports 1
India 	STAR Sports 1
Pakistan 	PTV Sports
South AfricaZimbabwe 	SuperSport
United KingdomIreland	Sky Sports
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