After all the hysteria leading up to the 2013 Ashes series
the Aussies certainly turned the series into a damp squid early on, going 2-0
up in as many tests as the Lions roared on. The gulf in class 3was evident to
all cricket lovers, English especially as England eased past Australia at the
home of cricket by 347 runs. After debutant Ashton Agar’s historic 99 at Trent
Bridge, the highest score ever of any Aussie batting at number 11 in the Ashes.
It was a much different story for the rest of the batting line-up, who were
given a severe working over by the new ball bowlers such as Anderson and Broad.
With the sound of ball on willow a regularity when England
batted in the first innings at Lords, racking up an impressive 369 against some
lacklustre bowling from the Australian seamers. The Aussies of the 90’s and
early 00’s must have been turning in their retirement homes as they watched the
top order get scuttled for a mere 42 runs, England were dominant and the crowd
roared them home to bowl Australia out for 128, the lowest score of the one
sided series. After Ian Bell put his
name up on the honours board at Lords with a majestic hundred then the die was
cast for the crumbling visitors.
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