Cricket BallAustralia won the toss and chose to bat first against England in the 3rd Ashes Test at Old Trafford. Australia made three changes to their side with David Warner, Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon who came into the side. The England side was unchanged.

The pitch wass dry and hard to start with, which supplied a bit of bounce first up and spin was forecast reasonably soon. Atmospheric conditions on the 1st day was conducive to swing early on before temperatures rose too much.

The match ended in a dull draw with a lot of rain delaying play in the last days, forcing Australie to declare their 2nd innings at 172 / 7, setting England the ungettable target of 332 runs off just over 20 overs remaining in the match. England were 37 / 3 when the game was stopped and the draw announced.

 

Australia 527 / 7 Declared & 172 / 7 Declared (36.0 overs)

England 368 All Out & 37 / 3 (20.3 overs)

 

Match drawn

  • Test no. 2092 | 2013 season
  • Played at Old Trafford, Manchester
  • 1,2,3,4,5 August 2013 (5-day match)
Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
SR Watson c Cook b Bresnan 19 82 49 2 0 38.77
CJL Rogers lbw b Swann 84 171 114 14 0 73.68
UT Khawaja c †Prior b Swann 1 26 19 0 0 5.26
MJ Clarke* b Broad 187 443 314 23 0 59.55
SPD Smith c Bairstow b Swann 89 289 196 8 0 45.40
DA Warner c Trott b Swann 5 15 10 1 0 50.00
BJ Haddin† not out 65 165 99 6 0 65.65
PM Siddle b Swann 1 6 6 0 0 16.66
MA Starc not out 66 86 71 9 0 92.95
Extras (lb 6, w 2, nb 2) 10
Total (7 wickets dec; 146 overs; 649 mins) 527 (3.60 runs per over)
Did not bat RJ Harris, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-76 (Watson, 16.5 ov), 2-82 (Khawaja, 22.6 ov), 3-129 (Rogers, 36.6 ov), 4-343 (Smith, 104.6 ov), 5-365 (Warner, 108.4 ov), 6-427 (Clarke, 125.2 ov), 7-430 (Siddle, 126.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 33 6 116 0 3.51 (1nb)
SCJ Broad 33 6 108 1 3.27
TT Bresnan 32 6 114 1 3.56 (1nb, 2w)
GP Swann 43 2 159 5 3.69
JE Root 4 0 18 0 4.50
IJL Trott 1 0 6 0 6.00
England 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* c †Haddin b Starc 62 233 177 7 0 35.02
JE Root c †Haddin b Siddle 8 97 57 1 0 14.03
TT Bresnan c †Haddin b Siddle 1 16 15 0 0 6.66
IJL Trott c Clarke b Harris 5 57 32 0 0 15.62
KP Pietersen lbw b Starc 113 317 206 12 2 54.85
IR Bell b Harris 60 152 112 10 1 53.57
JM Bairstow c Watson b Starc 22 68 51 3 0 43.13
MJ Prior† c Warner b Siddle 30 139 98 4 0 30.61
SCJ Broad c †Haddin b Lyon 32 62 66 7 0 48.48
GP Swann c †Haddin b Siddle 11 11 11 1 1 100.00
JM Anderson not out 3 36 13 0 0 23.07
Extras (b 3, lb 17, nb 1) 21
Total (all out; 139.3 overs; 598 mins) 368 (2.63 runs per over)
Fall of wickets 1-47 (Root, 23.4 ov), 2-49 (Bresnan, 27.3 ov), 3-64 (Trott, 38.6 ov), 4-110 (Cook, 53.6 ov), 5-225 (Bell, 90.2 ov), 6-277 (Bairstow, 106.1 ov), 7-280 (Pietersen, 110.1 ov), 8-338 (Broad, 128.5 ov), 9-353 (Swann, 131.3 ov), 10-368 (Prior, 139.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 31 9 82 2 2.64
MA Starc 27 5 76 3 2.81 (1nb)
NM Lyon 35 12 95 1 2.71
SR Watson 15 7 26 0 1.73
PM Siddle 29.3 7 63 4 2.13
SPD Smith 2 0 6 0 3.00
Australia 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
CJL Rogers c †Prior b Broad 12 25 23 1 0 52.17
DA Warner c Root b Bresnan 41 79 57 5 0 71.92
UT Khawaja b Swann 24 77 38 2 0 63.15
SR Watson c Pietersen b Bresnan 18 29 24 1 0 75.00
MJ Clarke* not out 30 70 32 1 0 93.75
SPD Smith run out (sub [TR Craddock]/†Prior/Anderson) 19 27 19 0 2 100.00
BJ Haddin† c Broad b Anderson 8 15 9 1 0 88.88
MA Starc c Swann b Anderson 11 17 11 1 0 100.00
RJ Harris not out 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (b 4, lb 2, w 3) 9
Total (7 wickets dec; 36 overs; 176 mins) 172 (4.77 runs per over)
Did not bat PM Siddle, NM Lyon
Fall of wickets 1-23 (Rogers, 5.6 ov), 2-74 (Warner, 17.6 ov), 3-99 (Khawaja, 22.4 ov), 4-103 (Watson, 23.5 ov), 5-133 (Smith, 29.1 ov), 6-152 (Haddin, 31.6 ov), 7-172 (Starc, 35.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 8 0 37 2 4.62 (1w)
SCJ Broad 7 2 30 1 4.28
GP Swann 15 0 74 1 4.93
TT Bresnan 6 0 25 2 4.16 (2w)
England 2nd innings (target: 332 runs) R M B 4s 6s SR
AN Cook* lbw b Harris 0 10 9 0 0 0.00
JE Root not out 13 95 57 1 0 22.80
IJL Trott c †Haddin b Harris 11 46 27 1 0 40.74
KP Pietersen c †Haddin b Siddle 8 17 16 1 0 50.00
IR Bell not out 4 12 14 0 0 28.57
Extras (w 1) 1
Total (3 wickets; 20.3 overs; 95 mins) 37 (1.80 runs per over)
Did not bat JM Bairstow, MJ Prior†, TT Bresnan, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Cook, 2.3 ov), 2-15 (Trott, 12.2 ov), 3-27 (Pietersen, 16.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
RJ Harris 7 3 13 2 1.85
MA Starc 4 2 6 0 1.50 (1w)
SR Watson 2 2 0 0 0.00
NM Lyon 3 0 8 0 2.66
PM Siddle 3.3 0 8 1 2.28
MJ Clarke 1 0 2 0 2.00
Match details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series England led the 5-match series 2-0
Player of the match MJ Clarke (Australia)
Umpires M Erasmus (South Africa) and AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena (Sri Lanka)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire NGB Cook
Close of play
Thu, 1 Aug – day 1 – Australia 1st innings 303/3 (MJ Clarke 125*, SPD Smith 70*, 90 ov)
Fri, 2 Aug – day 2 – England 1st innings 52/2 (AN Cook 36*, IJL Trott 2*, 30 ov)
Sat, 3 Aug – day 3 – England 1st innings 294/7 (MJ Prior 6*, SCJ Broad 9*, 120 ov)
Sun, 4 Aug – day 4 – Australia 2nd innings 172/7 (MJ Clarke 30*, RJ Harris 0*, 36 ov)
Mon, 5 Aug – day 5 – England 2nd innings 37/3 (20.3 ov) – end of match

100 Responses to Cricket: 3rd Ashes Test – England vs Australia at Old Trafford (Thursday 1 August – Monday 5 August)

  • 91

    @ Bullscot:
    Hope your form last, great stuff. Overjoy

  • 92

    Bullscot wrote:

    hope you had a good weekend

    You too, my Saturday was not great , but today WAS. Great day and weather was lovely. Round about 26 degrees , no wind. I pruned all my roses and met a few great people too. A Aussie girl who is great looking wanted to taste her first South African orange and i could do my good deed for her, i gave her 2 Delicious

  • 93

    92 @ superBul:
    Ag that sounds good man, 26 and its your winter lekker lekker

  • 94

    91 @ superBul:
    Hope so too Happy-Grin

  • 95

    @ Bullscot:
    earlier this week was not so nice, our lowest so far was about 8 degrees early morning, but by 10:00 it was 20

  • 97

    England will retain the Ashes as the 3rd test will end in a draw. At the moment Australia have a lead of 331 but will have no time to bowl England out in a sodden Manchester.

  • 98

    Latest from Old Trafford as that the players are still off the field due to rain.

  • 99

    Michael Clarke declared setting England an un-gettable target of 332, and got to bowl 20 overs at England in morning session. England struggled and the latest score is 37/3. They got back on for 3 balls after lunch until rain forced them off again. Field is very wet.

  • 100

    Game has been abandoned so ends in a draw. This means England retain the Ashes in an unassailable position of 2-0 up in the series with two tests to go.

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