Friday, 3 January 2014

Fifth Ashes test Day 1

Steve Smith and Brad Haddin punish England

Steve Smith

Australia                                  England

326 all out (76.0 overs)           8 for 1 (6.0 overs)

Steve Smith's second century in three matches and yet another brilliant Brad Haddin counter-attack punished a weary England as the first day of the fifth Test followed a familiar script.

For the fourth time in these Ashes, England made big early inroads, reducing Australia to 97-5 having put them in to bat on an overcast, sweaty morning in Sydney.
But the next three wickets put on 228 runs as Australia advanced to 326 all out to move closer to a second whitewash in three series down under.
England then lost the sorry Michael Carberry for a duck as they limped to 8-1 at the close under a ferocious assault from Mitchell Johnson.
Only figures of 6-99 for Ben Stokes - the first five-wicket haul of his young Test career - brought England cheer as Smith's 115 and Haddin's 75 pulled the day from their grasp.

  • Day 1 of 5 - England are batting - Close
  • England won the toss and decided to field
  • Australia 1st Innings 326 all out (76.0 overs)
  • England 1st Innings 8 for 1 (6.0 overs)
  • England
  • 8 for1
  • England trailing by 318 runs

Australia 1st Innings 326 all out (76.0 overs)




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Rogers b Stokes 11 72 39 1 0
Warner b Broad 16 25 20 3 0
Watson lbw b Anderson 43 92 59 7 0
Clarke c Bell b Stokes 10 31 29 1 0
Smith c Sub b Stokes 115 247 154 17 1
Bailey c Cook b Broad 1 11 8 0 0
Haddin c Cook b Stokes 75 120 90 13 0
Johnson c Sub b Borthwick 12 54 32 0 0
Harris c Anderson b Stokes 22 35 27 2 1
Siddle c Bairstow b Stokes 0 1 0 0
Lyon not out 1 4 3 0 0
Extras 6nb 2w 10b 2lb 20
Total all out 326 (76.0 ovs)
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Anderson 21.0 2 67 1
Broad 19.5 0 65 2
Stokes 19.5 1 99 6
Rankin 8.2 0 34 0
Borthwick 7.0 0 49 1
Fall of Wicket
22 Warner
51 Rogers
78 Clarke
94 Watson
97 Bailey
225 Haddin
269 Johnson
325 Harris
325 Siddle
326 Smith

England 1st Innings 8 for 1 (6.0 overs)




Runs Minutes Balls 4s 6s
Cook not out 7 27 17 1 0
Carberry c Lyon b Johnson 0 15 9 0 0
Anderson not out 1 7 10 0 0
Extras 0
Total for 1 8 (6.0 ovs)
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets
Harris 3.0 1 5 0
Johnson 3.0 1 3 1
Fall of Wicket
6 Carberry

Australia

Chris Rogers
David Warner
Shane Watson
Michael Clarke (C)
Steven Smith
George Bailey
Brad Haddin (W)
Mitchell Johnson
Peter Siddle
Ryan Harris
Nathan Lyon

England

Alastair Cook (C)
Michael Carberry
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Gary Ballance
Ben Stokes
Jonny Bairstow (W)
Scott Borthwick
Stuart Broad
James Anderson
Boyd Rankin
Sub
Umpires: Aleem Dar, M Erasmus, R S Madugalle, A L Hill