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James Anderson took five wickets in England’s 14-run win over Australia in the first Ashes Test—AFP
James Anderson took five wickets for the second time in the match as England just held their nerve to win the first Ashes Test against Australia by 14 runs at Trent Bridge on Sunday.
When Australia lost their ninth wicket on the fifth and final day, they were 80 runs adrift of their victory target of 311 and all but out of the match.
But by lunch they were 291/9, just 20 runs away from a stunning upset with Brad Haddin 69 not out and James Pattinson unbeaten on 22.
However, the third over after lunch saw Haddin, on 71, eventually given out caught behind by opposing wicketkeeper Matt Prior off man-of-the-match Anderson’s full-length delivery
England, in a Test full of controversial umpiring decisions, had though first to challenge Pakistani on-field umpire Aleem Dar’s original not out verdict.
But third umpire Marais Erasmus, using Hot Spot technology, overturned the call and that meant Ashes-holders England had gone 1-0 up in this five-match series ahead of the second Test at Lord’s on Thursday.
Pattinson finished on 25 not out after a last-wicket stand of 65.
It was the second remarkable last-wicket Australia partnership of the match after their first innings 163, a tenth wicket Test record featuring teenage debutant Ashton Agar’s 98 — the highest score by a Test no. 11.
England spearhead seamer Anderson, who took four wickets for 12 runs Sunday, finished with an innings return of five for 73 and a match haul of 10/158 — only the second time in his 83-Test career he’d taken 10 or more in a Test following his 11/71 against Pakistan at Trent Bridge in 2010.
Haddin, 11 not out overnight, continued to mix aggression with defence, and took Australia to 200 when he cover-drove fast-medium bowler Anderson for four.
Anderson, one of only four England bowlers to take more than 200 Test wickets, eventually had left-hander Agar edging to Cook.
And 207/7 soon became 211/8 when Starc, who has a Test-best score of 99, managed just a single before he too fell to the Anderson-Cook combination.
The pair almost had their third wicket when Siddle on 10 got an edge only for Cook to drop the chance.
SCORECARD
England (1st innings) 215
Australia (1st innings) 280
England (2nd innings) 375
Australia (2nd innings): (o/n 174/6) S. Watson lbw b Broad 46, C. Rogers c Bell b Anderson 52, E. Cowan c Trott b Root 14, M. Clarke c Prior b Broad 23, S. Smith lbw b Swann 17, P. Hughes lbw b Swann 0, B. Haddin c Prior b Anderson 71, A. Agar c Cook b Anderson 14, M. Starc c Cook b Anderson 1, P. Siddle c Cook b Anderson 11, J. Pattinson (not out) 25. Extras (b11, lb10, nb1) 22. Total (in 110.5 overs) 296.
FoW: 1-84, 2-111, 3-124, 4-161, 5-161, 6-164, 7-207, 8-211, 9-231.
Bowling: Anderson 31.5-11-73-5, Broad 23-7-54-2 (1nb), Swann 44-10-105-2, Finn 10-3-37-0, Root 2-0-6-1
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