The Ashes1st Test
England beat Australia by 14 runs in the 1st Test - Match Info
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2013
- Date
- (Wed 10 Jul, 14:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- England won by 14 runs
- Player of the match
- James Anderson
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
- TV umpire
- Marais Erasmus (South Africa)
- Reserve umpire
- Neil Mallender (New Zealand)
- Match referee
- Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · The Ashes · AUS 280 & 281 v ENG 644England won by an innings and 83 runs
- 4th Test · The Ashes · AUS 98 & 258/9 v ENG 513England won by an innings and 157 runs
- 3rd Test · The Ashes · AUS 268 & 309 v ENG 187 & 123Australia won by 267 runs
- 2nd Test · The Ashes · AUS 245 & 304 v ENG 620/5dEngland won by an innings and 71 runs
- 1st Test · The Ashes · AUS 481 & 107/1 v ENG 260 & 517/1dMatch drawn
Recent results (Test)
- L vs IND · IND 272 & 158/4 v AUS 262 & 164India won by 6 wickets
- L vs IND · IND 499 & 136/4 v AUS 408 & 223India won by 6 wickets
- L vs IND · IND 503 v AUS 237/9d & 131India won by an innings and 135 runs
- L vs IND · IND 572 & 50/2 v AUS 380 & 241India won by 8 wickets
- W vs SL · AUS 432/9d & 141/5 v SL 294 & 278Australia won by 5 wickets
Top players in this fixture
ENG v AUS Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 35 | 2476 | 196 | 44.21 | 61.53 |
| Kevin Pietersen ENG | 17 | 1476 | 227 | 52.71 | 58.02 |
| Andrew Strauss ENG | 20 | 1421 | 161 | 39.47 | 50.59 |
| Michael Clarke AUS | 20 | 1365 | 136 | 45.50 | 55.71 |
| Michael Hussey AUS | 15 | 1304 | 195 | 59.27 | 50.84 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Anderson ENG | 13 | 41 | 3.40 |
| Mitchell Johnson AUS | 9 | 35 | 4.03 |
| Peter Siddle AUS | 10 | 34 | 3.56 |
| Graeme Swann ENG | 10 | 29 | 2.99 |
| Ben Hilfenhaus AUS | 9 | 29 | 3.01 |
Tests at Trent Bridge
- Matches
- 56
- Average 1st-innings score
- 328
- Won batting first
- 21
- Won chasing
- 14
- Highest total
- 658/8 by England ()