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First Test, Trent Bridge, 10–14 July. Toss: England
- England won by 14 runs (England 215 & 375, Australia 280 & 296)
England 1st innings 215: Trott 48; Siddle 5/50, Pattinson 3/69
Australia 1st innings 280: Agar 98, Hughes 81*, Smith 53; Anderson 5/85
England 2nd innings 375: Bell 109, Broad 65, Pietersen 64, Cook 50; Starc 3/81, Siddle 3/85
Australia 2nd innings 296 (target 311): Haddin 71, Rogers 52; Anderson 5/73 (10/158)
- Ashton Agar's 98 (on his debut for Australia) was the highest score by a number 11 batsman and his partnership with Phillip Hughes the highest 10th-wicket partnership (163) in test cricket. But both performed poorly in the second test and were dropped for the third.
Second Test, Lord's, 18–22 July. Toss: England
- England won by 347 runs (England 361 & 349/7d, Australia 128 & 235)
England 1st innings 361: Bell 109, Bairstow 67, Trott 58; Harris 5/72, Smith 3/18
Australia 1st innings 128: Watson 30; Swann 5/44
England 2nd innings 349/7d: Root 180, Bell 74; Siddle 3/65
Australia 2nd innings 235 (target 583): Khawaja 54, Clarke 51; Swann 3/78
- Ian Bell became the fourth English batsman to score a century in three successive Ashes matches, after Hobbs, Hammond and Chris Broad (father of Stuart, who played in this match).[1]
- A back stress fracture put Australian seam bowler James Pattinson out of the series.
Third Test, Old Trafford, 1–5 August. Toss: Australia
- Draw (Australia 527/7d & 172/7d, England 368 & 37/3)
Australia 1st innings 527/7d: Clarke 187, Smith 89, Rogers 84, Starc 66, Haddin 65*; Swann 5/159
England 1st innings 368: Pietersen 113, Cook 62, Bell 60; Siddle 4/63, Starc 3/76
Australia 2nd innings 172/7d: Warner 41; Bresnan 2/25, Anderson 2/37
England 2nd innings 37/3 (target 332): Root 13*; Harris 2/13
- Rain (at first, bad light[2]) interrupted much of the last two days, helping England to retain the Ashes.
Fourth Test, Chester-le-Street, 9–13 August. Toss: England
England 1st innings 238: Cook 51, Trott 49; Lyon 4/42
Australia 1st innings 270: Rogers 110, Watson 68; Broad 5/71
England 2nd innings 330: Bell 113; Harris 7/117, Lyon 3/55
Australia 2nd innings (target 299):
- Chris Rogers became the 2nd-oldest Australian to score a maiden test hundred (35 years 344 days).
References
- ↑ Ashes 2013: Ian Bell says England well placed despite late wickets, BBC Sport, British Broadcasting Corporation, 18 July 2013. Retrieved on 19 July 2013.
- ↑ Cricket retreats to dark ages