Ashes 2013 Scorecard: Video Highlights, Session Recap from Day 5 of 5th Test

Mark PattersonMay 31, 2018

England came close to pulling off a famous victory in the fifth Test at The Oval—only for bad light to have the final say in the series.

Michael Clarke's bold declaration looked to have set up a thrilling finale, with England making a fine effort of chasing 227 runs to win.

But with four overs to go the light meters came out, the players came off, and England had to settle for coming away with a 3-0 series win.

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Morning session - England 350-7

The wet outfield delayed the session by half an hour, but England did what they needed to—move past the follow-on target and into a position of strength to avoid defeat on the final day.

Australia chipped away with wickets, but Matt Prior, with his best score of an otherwise disappointing series, kept England going, along with 11-ball cameo from Swann just before the lunch interval in which he added 24 runs.

Afternoon session - England 377, Australia 111-6

England eked out another 27 runs before they were bowled out—it represented their largest innings of a series in which they have not dominated with the willow—conceding a lead of 115 runs to the tourists.

Australia, with two extended sessions left in the day, set about forcing a declaration, opening with Shane Watson and David Warner in a shuffled lineup.

They struggled to get going. Stuart Broad picked up four quick wickets as Australia struggled to 111 for six wickets, but Michael Clarke's declaration at the tea interval gave England the opportunity to chase 227 in 44 overs late in the day to win the series 4-0.

Evening session - England 206-5

A match and series, which had threatened to peter out to a limp conclusion, got a thrilling injection of life on the final day as England chased after 227 runs—only to end up 21 runs short with four overs left to bowl, when bad light intervened.

Alastair Cook and Joe Root got off to a brisk start, before Jonathan Trott and Kevin Pietersen combined to bring the total within sight.

England hurtled towards their total as the light faded, but Australia slowed things down just enough for the light in London to have the final say on a strange series.

Here is the scorecard, via the BBC:

Australia 1st Innings 492 for 9 declared (128.5 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Rogers	c Trott	b Swann	23	135	100	3	0
Warner	c Prior	b Anderson	6	18	11	1	0
Watson	c Pietersen	b Broad	176	341	247	25	1
Clarke		b Anderson	7	42	39	0	0
Smith	not out		138	383	241	16	2
Siddle		b Anderson	23	35	27	2	0
Haddin		b Trott	30	88	57	5	0
Faulkner	c Trott	b Woakes	23	27	21	4	0
Starc		b Swann	13	13	8	1	0
Harris	c and b Anderson		33	32	27	1	2
Lyon	not out		0		0	0	0
Extras		5nb 2w 1b 12lb	20
Total		for 9	492	(128.5 ovs)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson	29.5	4	95	4
Broad	31.0	4	128	1
Swann	33.0	4	95	2
Woakes	24.0	7	96	1
Kerrigan	8.0	0	53	0
Trott	3.0	0	12	1

Fall of Wicket
11	Warner
118	Rogers
144	Clarke
289	Watson
320	Siddle
385	Haddin
422	Faulkner
446	Starc
491	Harris

England 1st Innings 377 all out (144.4 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	c Haddin	b Harris	25	138	88	3	0
Root	c Watson	b Lyon	68	237	184	11	0
Trott	lbw	b Starc	40	192	134	2	0
Pietersen	c Watson	b Starc	50	189	133	4	0
Bell	c Haddin	b Faulkner	45	204	143	5	0
Woakes	c Clarke	b Harris	25	81	70	5	0
Prior	c Starc	b Faulkner	47	76	57	8	0
Broad		b Starc	9	21	16	1	0
Swann		b Faulkner	34	44	24	5	1
Anderson	c Haddin	b Faulkner	4	6	10	1	0
Kerrigan	not out		1	13	12	0	0
Extras		3nb 5w 11b 10lb	29
Total		all out	377	(144.4 ovs)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Starc	33.0	5	92	3
Harris	28.0	10	64	2
Faulkner	19.4	3	51	4
Siddle	28.0	7	74	0
Lyon	28.0	8	59	1
Smith	8.0	3	16	0

Fall of Wicket
68	Cook
118	Root
176	Trott
217	Pietersen
269	Woakes
299	Bell
315	Broad
363	Prior
368	Anderson
377	Swann

Australia 2nd Innings 111 for 6 declared (23.0 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Warner	c and b Anderson		12	37	28	2	0
Watson	c Pietersen	b Swann	26	51	32	2	1
Faulkner	c Prior	b Broad	22	31	22	1	1
Haddin	c Prior	b Broad	0	8	1	0	0
Clarke	not out		28	57	28	3	0
Smith	c Swann	b Broad	7	13	12	0	0
Harris		b Broad	1		2	0	0
Starc	not out		13	27	13	2	0
Extras		0nb 0w 0b 2lb	2
Total		for 6	111	(23.0 ovs)

Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets
Anderson	6.0	1	27	1
Broad	10.0	2	43	4
Swann	7.0	0	39	1

Fall of Wicket
34	Warner
44	Watson
50	Haddin
67	Faulkner
83	Smith
85	Harris

England 2nd Innings 206 for 5 (40.0 overs)

			Runs	Minutes	Balls	4s	6s
Cook	lbw	b Faulkner	34	81	53	4	0
Root	c Haddin	b Harris	11	20	17	2	0
Trott	lbw	b Faulkner	59	136	87	6	0
Pietersen	c Warner	b Harris	62	67	55	10	0
Bell	run out (Starc)		17	29	17	1	0
Woakes	not out		17	24	13	1	0
Extras		2nb 0w 0b 4lb	6
Total		for 5	206	(40.0 ovs)