Test Cricket Tours - England to Australia 2013-14

Test Cricket Tours - England to Australia 2013-14

Tour of Australia 2013-14                  Captain : Alastair Cook

England’s 104th Test tour.
(October 2013 -
         February 2014)

Forty-first Test playing tour of Australia by England
(previous tour 2010-11)


Playing two Ashes Test series back-to-back proved too much for Cook’s jaded England side. While the Australians were reborn under Darren Lehmann’s coaching, England struggled to find enough energy and motivation. Trott and Swann left the tour early while the days of Finn, Prior, Bresnan, Tremlett and Pietersen looked numbered. The only bright spot at the time seemed to be Ben Stokes for scoring a century at Perth but thereafter a string of ducks cost him his England place, even for the 2015 World Cup.
Australia won the first three Tests easily to regain the Ashes. Although this had seemed to be a ‘run of the mill’ Australian team, with a single world-class player in Michael Clarke, ten others played to their utmost, and Mitchell Johnson found himself at last bowling with accuracy, lift and swing as well as speed to leave the England batting shell-shocked. Ryan Harris’s probing line left nothing loose to hit, so the runs dried up. Nor had the bowlers any answers to David Warner’s destructive assaults at the top of the order and, as the back-to-back Tests progressed, England folded.
It was the third time that England had lost 5-0 in Australia after 1920-21 and 2006-07.
Australia then stormed to a 4-1 win in the one-day internationals and 3-0 in the T20 series, and England’s whole outlook was condemned. Andy Flower stood down as coach and Kevin Pietersen was dismissed from the England set-up as an divisive influence in the dressing room.

Other England tours

Previous Test tour
New Zealand 2012-13

Next Test tour
West Indies 2014-15

Next tour of Australia
2017-18

Members of the Test tour party (17 + 3)

Opening batsmen:  Alastair Cook, Michael Carberry
Middle-order batsmen Ian Bell, Kevin Pietersen, Joe Root, Gary Balance, Jonny Bairstow, Jonathan Trott.
Wicket-keeper: Matt Prior
All-rounder: Ben Stokes
Slow bowlers: Graeme Swann, Monty Panesar, plus Scott Borthwick and James Tredwell (reinforcements)
Fast bowlers: James Anderson, Stuart Broad, Chris Tremlett, Boyd Rankin, Steven Finn plus Tim Bresnan (reinforcement).

⋄ Holders of ECB central contracts:
James Anderson, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Alastair Cook, Steven Finn, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott.

J M Anderson
La     ⋄
31
RFM

J M Bairstow
Yo
24
RHB        reserve WK

G S Ballance
Yo
23
LHB
ODI

I R Bell
Wk    ⋄
31
RHB
ODI

S C J Broad
Nt     ⋄
27
LHB           RFM     T20 captain
ODI     T20

M A Carberry
Ha
33
LHB opener
ODI

A N Cook
Ex     ⋄
28
LHB opener         captain
ODI

S T Finn
Mx    ⋄
24
RFM
ODI     T20    w/d

M S Panesar
Ex
31
SLA

K P Pietersen
Sy     ⋄
33
RHB

M J Prior
Sx     ⋄
31
RHB           WK        vice-captain

W B Rankin
Wk
29
RFM
ODI     T20

J E Root
Yo    ⋄
22
RHB            OB
ODI     T20

B A Stokes
Du
22
LHB            RFM
ODI     T20

G P Swann
Nt    ⋄
34
OB

C T Tremlett
Sy
32
RFM

I J L Trott
Wk    ⋄
32
RHB            RM

Members of squad for one-day internationals
R S Bopara (Ex)
ODI     T20

T T Bresnan (Y)
ODI     T20

D R Briggs (Ha)
ODI     T20

J C Buttler (Sm)
ODI     T20

J W Dernbach (Sy)
           T20

A D Hales (Nt)
           T20

C J Jordan (Sy)
ODI     T20 added

M J Lumb (Yo)
           T20

E J G Morgan (Mx)
ODI     T20

J C Tredwell (Kt)
ODI     T20

C R Woakes (Wk)
ODI added

L J Wright (Sx)
           T20

County representation:

Du – Durham (1)
Ex - Essex (2)
Ha - Hampshire (1)
La - Lancashire (1)
Mx - Middlesex (1)
Nt - Nottinghamshire (2)
Sy - Surrey (2)
Sx - Sussex (2)
Wk - Warwickshire (3)
Yo - Yorkshire (3)

Average age of team at time of first Test match
(21 November 2013):
    29 yrs 2 months.

⋄ ECB contracts

Test Appearances made before the tour

Pietersen 99, Cook 97, Bell 93, Anderson 87, Prior 72, Broad 62, Swann 57, Panesar 48, Trott 48, Bresnan 21, Bairstow 12, Root 11, Tremlett 11, Carberry 1, Tredwell 1, Balance 0, Borthwick 0, Rankin 0, Stokes 0

Tour Officials

Phil Neale
Tour Ops Manager
Andy Flower
Team Director (Tests)
Ashley Giles
Coach (ODI series)
Graham Gooch
Batting coach
David Saker
Bowling coach
Mushtaq Ahmed
Spin bowling coach

Physiotherapist

Selectors

Geoff Miller (national selector), Andy Flower (team director), James Whitaker, Ashley Giles.

Selection

Not included:   Tim Bresnan recovering from a stress fracture was not included in the team but would travel with the touring party to Australia and continue his rehabilitation there, with a view to joining the squad later.
Tour Party Announced : 23 September 2013.
Not selected: Nick Compton, Graham Onions, James Taylor.
Limited-overs squads named : 10 December.

Time between selection and departure from England
   30 days
(23 September - 23 October)

Travel
London     Q  Perth

After a team-bonding meeting in the Midlands, the tour group plus Tim Bresnan flew from Heathrow Airport, London, on Wednesday evening 23 October. Arrived in Perth on Thursday.
Essex left-arm fast bowler Tymal Mills flew to Australia on Sunday 27 October to assist with net practices.
The limited-overs squad players arrived on 8 January. Some were already in Australia with the England Performance Programme (Briggs, Buttler and Jordan) or playing in the T20 Big Bash (Bopara and Morgan)

Time spent in Australia
101 days
(24 October - 2 February)

On-tour selection panel

-

Reinforcements

Jonathan Trott returned home with a stress-related illness, departing from Brisbane on Sunday 24 November. Tim Bresnan was given a trial in the English Performance Squad match and pronounced himself fit enough to re-join the team.

T T Bresnan
Yo    ⋄
28
RFM

Graeme Swann announced his retirement from all forms of cricket after the third Test and left the tour on 21 December.

S G Borthwick
Du
23
LB
ODI

J C Tredwell
Kt
31
OB
ODI

Scott Borthwick and James Tredwell were brought into the tour party to replace Swann.

Stuart Broad was asked to rest for the first two ODIs and James Anderson for the whole series after their exertions in the Test series, and Chris Woakes was added to the England limited-overs squad on 6 January.
Chris Jordan, part of England’s ODI squad, remained in Australia for the three-match T20 series because Steven Finn returned home on 16 January, his confidence gone such that coach Ashley Giles described him as ‘unselectable’.

Fixtures/Results

Cricket Australia announced the full schedule on 18 May with the fewest ODIs in an Australian summer since 1980.

a
Perth
Western Australia Chairman’s XI
Drawn
b
Hobart
Australia A
Drawn
c
Sydney
Australian Invitation XI
Won 7 w
d
BRISBANE
AUSTRALIA First Test
LOST 381 r
e
ϯ Alice Springs
C A Chairman’s XI
Drawn
f
ADELAIDE
AUSTRALIA Second Test
LOST 218 r
g
PERTH
AUSTRALIA Third Test
LOST 150 r
h
MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA Fourth Test
LOST 8 w
i
SYDNEY (SCG)
AUSTRALIA Fifth Test
LOST 281 r
j
§ Melbourne
Australia (1st ODI)
Lost 6 w
k
ϯ Canberra
Prime Minister’s XI
Won 172 r
l
§ Brisbane
Australia (2nd ODI)
Lost 1 w
m
§ Sydney
Australia (3rd ODI)
Lost 7 w
n
§ Perth
Australia (4th ODI)
Won 57 r
o
§ Adelaide
Australia (5th ODI)
Lost 5 r
p
Å Hobart
Australia (1st T20)
Lost 13 r
q
Å Melbourne
Australia (2nd T20)
Lost 8 w
r
Å Sydney
Australia (3rd T20)
Lost 84 r

† not first-class
§ one-day international
Å T20 international

Time spent in Australia before First Test:     28 days
(24 October - 21 November)

Test appearances on tour

5 -   Anderson, Bell, Broad, Carberry, Cook, Pietersen.
4 -   Root, Stokes
3 - Prior, Swann
2 -   Bairstow, Bresnan, Panesar,
1 - Balance, Borthwick, Rankin, Tremlett, Trott.
0 -   Finn,

Match appearances

T Test match
o one-day international
x other match
⊕ T/20 international

W won L lost D drawn
N no result   A abandoned
u unknown result

Thirty players were involved in the tour, although Chris Woakes was not used in any match.

a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
J M Anderson
x
x

T

T
T
T
T

J M Bairstow

x

x

T
T

G S Ballance
x
x

x

T
o
x
o
o
o

I R Bell
x

x
T
x
T
T
T
T
o

o
o
o
o

T T Bresnan

T
T

o
x
o
o
o
o
Å
Å
Å
S C J Broad

x
x
T

T
T
T
T

o
o
o
Å
Å
Å
M A Carberry
x
x
x
T
x
T
T
T
T

x

A N Cook

x
x
T
x
T
T
T
T
o
x
o
o
o
o

S T Finn
x

x

x

M S Panesar

x
T

T

K P Pietersen

x
x
T

T
T
T
T

M J Prior
x
x

T
x
T
T

W B Rankin
x

x

x

T
o
x
o

J E Root
x
x
x
T
x
T
T
T

o
x
o

o
Å
Å
Å
B A Stokes
x

x
T
T
T
T
o

o
o
o
o

Å
G P Swann

x
x
T
x
T
T

C T Tremlett
x
x

T

I J L Trott
x
x
x
T

S E Borthwick

T

R S Bopara

o
x
o
o
o
o
Å
Å
Å
D R Briggs

Å

J C Buttler

o
x
o
o
o
o
Å
Å
Å
J W Dernbach

Å
Å
Å
A D Hales

Å
Å
Å
C J Jordan

o
x
o
o
o
o

Å
M J Lumb

Å
Å

E J G Morgan

o
x
o
o
o
o
Å
Å
Å
J C Tredwell

x

o
o
o

Å

C R Woakes

L J Wright

Å
Å
Å
R E S U L T S
D
D
W
L
D
L
L
L
L
L
W
L
L
W
L
L
L
L

Highlights

• T
•
•
•

Tour Summary

F
W
L
D
Aban
Test Matches
5
0
5
0
-
Other first-class matches
3
1
0
2
-
†Minor matches
2
1
0
1
-
§ One-day internationals
5
1
4
0
-
Å T20 internationals
3
0
3
0
-
All Matches
18
3
12
3
-

F Fixtures   W Won   L Lost   D Drawn   T Tied Canc Cancelled Aban abandoned

Return to England
Sydney   Q   London

The Test players departed from Sydney on 8 January, Pietersen having got on a flight the day before.
England lost the third T20 and left Sydney on 2 February to return home immediately.

Time away from England
  103 days
(23 October -3 February )

Finances

Accounts of the tour

“Ashes to Ashes :The Story of the Back-to-Back Series”  by Gideon Haigh (Simon & Schuster, 2014)

Postscript

The players had only a two-week break at home before setting off again for the Caribbean, leading up to the World T20 championship in Bangladesh.
Kevin Pietersen attracted much of the blame for the Ashes defeat for underperforming, given own extraordinary abilities. Pietersen himself criticised the ECB for scheduling ten back-to-back Tests, with England away from home for the second set of them. Among other reasons for England’s humiliation . Michael Atherton in The Times pointed the finger at excessive control by the England backroom staff: "Every whim is catered for. The impression is of a closed, institutionalised and claustrophobic world."

Other Test tours in 2013-14

Acknowledgements
To general reading of The Times newspaper digital archive (Gale Group); Jamaica Gleanor archive; National Library of Australia Trove; Papers Past NZ.
From former British Newspaper Library, Colindale and online: The Age, Melbourne Argus, Bangladesh Daily Star, Barbados Advocate, Canberra Times, Daily Telegraph, Dawn, Eastern Daily Press, The Hindu, The Independent (Dhaka), Indian Express, The Island (Lanka), Lahore Times, New Nation, New Zealand Auckland Herald, Sri Lanka Daily News, Stabroek News, Straits Times, Sydney Morning Herald, The Telegraph (Calcutta), Times of India , The Tribune Chandigarh, Trinidad Guardian, The West Australian.
cricketweb.net; ESPN cricinfo; cricket archive; www.cricketcountry; www.coverpoint
Magazines/periodicals including Australian Cricket, B & H West Indies Annual, The Cricketer International, Cricketer Quarterly, Indian Cricket, Indian Cricket Field Annual, Playfair Cricket Monthly, Shell Cricket Almanack of New Zealand, Wisden Cricket Monthly, Wisden Book of Test Cricket, Wisden’s Cricketers’ Almanack.
Men In White, A History of Australian Cricket (Harte), A History of Indian Cricket (Bose), A History of West Indies Cricket (Manley)
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