Australia Bag Ashes Crown Before Christmas

It is not Christmas yet - Ashes Tests number 4 & 5 still need to be contested Down Under and Michael Clarke's Australian team already managed to secure the series 3-0. Well done to the Australians, under new coach Darren Lehman they are a totally different cricket team and there is certainly huge self-belief in the entire team...!

The English have nothing much to play for during the rest of this tour, apart from trying to save some of their reputation. Ben Stokes (120 in 2nd innings) and one or two others have shown potential, but I suspect that their stay in Australia for the remainder of the tour is going to be a "loooong" one.

This Cup goes to the victorious Aussies...Congratulations!!

Australia 385 & 369/6d

England 251 & 353 (103.2 ov)

Australia won by 150 runs

• The Ashes - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2107 | 2013/14 season
• Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
• 13,14,15,16,17 December 2013 (5-day match)

England 2nd innings (target: 504 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Cook*	b Harris	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	MA Carberry	lbw b Watson	31	85	53	6	0	58.49
	JE Root	c †Haddin b Johnson	19	125	88	1	0	21.59
	KP Pietersen	c Harris b Lyon	45	88	57	6	1	78.94
	IR Bell	c †Haddin b Siddle	60	140	93	7	1	64.51
	BA Stokes	c †Haddin b Lyon	120	256	195	18	1	61.53
	MJ Prior†	c †Haddin b Johnson	26	110	72	3	0	36.11
	TT Bresnan	c Rogers b Johnson	12	66	40	1	0	30.00
	GP Swann	c Smith b Lyon	4	8	6	1	0	66.66
	SCJ Broad	not out	2	15	7	0	0	28.57
	JM Anderson	c Bailey b Johnson	2	9	8	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 13, lb 13, w 6)	32
	Total	(all out; 103.2 overs)	353	(3.41 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-0 (Cook, 0.1 ov), 2-62 (Carberry, 18.6 ov), 3-76 (Root, 27.3 ov), 4-121 (Pietersen, 39.2 ov),5-220 (Bell, 59.6 ov), 6-296 (Prior, 85.2 ov), 7-336 (Stokes, 98.2 ov), 8-347 (Swann, 100.2 ov), 9-349 (Bresnan, 101.3 ov),10-353 (Anderson, 103.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	19	2	73	1	3.84
	MG Johnson	25.2	6	78	4	3.07	(1w)
	NM Lyon	22	5	70	3	3.18	(1w)
	PM Siddle	26	11	67	1	2.57
	SR Watson	11	1	39	1	3.54

Warner Century Puts Australia In Charge at the WACA

David Warner has made sure that Australia is in full control, as they have been in all series long, by scoring a century (112) on Day 3 of the third Ashes Test in Perth. Australia is leading by a huge 369 runs after England was dismissed for another weak first innings score of 251. Only Cook (72) and opening partner Carberry (43) made any noteworthy contributions with bat in hand for the Poms.

To make things even worse for the English, their star bowler, Stuart Broad was ruled out of the rest of the third test after leaving the field due to a damaged foot. 

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Australia 385 & 235/3 (70.0 ov)

England 251

Australia lead by 369 runs with 7 wickets remaining

Stumps - Day 3

• The Ashes - 3rd Test
• Test no. 2107 | 2013/14 season
• Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
• 13,14,15,16,17 December 2013 (5-day match)

England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AN Cook*	c Warner b Lyon	72	212	153	10	0	47.05
	MA Carberry	b Harris	43	104	76	8	1	56.57
	JE Root	c †Haddin b Watson	4	23	16	1	0	25.00
	KP Pietersen	c Johnson b Siddle	19	96	59	3	0	32.20
	IR Bell	lbw b Harris	15	90	71	2	0	21.12
	BA Stokes	c †Haddin b Johnson	18	94	57	3	0	31.57
	MJ Prior†	c †Haddin b Siddle	8	35	24	1	0	33.33
	TT Bresnan	c †Haddin b Harris	21	55	29	4	0	72.41
	SCJ Broad	lbw b Johnson	5	23	13	1	0	38.46
	GP Swann	not out	19	34	23	4	0	82.60
	JM Anderson	c Bailey b Siddle	2	22	9	0	0	22.22
	Extras	(b 11, lb 7, w 5, nb 2)	25
	Total	(all out; 88 overs)	251	(2.85 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-85 (Carberry, 25.4 ov), 2-90 (Root, 30.5 ov), 3-136 (Cook, 48.4 ov), 4-146 (Pietersen, 51.5 ov),5-190 (Bell, 70.3 ov),  6-198 (Stokes, 73.6 ov), 7-207 (Prior, 77.3 ov), 8-229 (Broad, 81.4 ov), 9-233 (Bresnan, 84.1 ov),10-251 (Anderson, 87.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	RJ Harris	22	10	48	3	2.18	(1nb)
	MG Johnson	22	7	62	2	2.81	(1nb)
	SR Watson	12	3	48	1	4.00
	PM Siddle	16	5	36	3	2.25	(1w)
	NM Lyon	16	6	39	1	2.43

	Australia 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	CJL Rogers	c Carberry b Bresnan	54	161	135	8	0	40.00
	DA Warner	c Stokes b Swann	112	187	140	17	2	80.00
	SR Watson	not out	29		66	4	0	43.93
	MJ Clarke*	b Stokes	23	63	53	2	0	43.39
	SPD Smith	not out	5		26	0	0	19.23
	Extras	(b 8, lb 4)	12
	Total	(3 wickets; 70 overs)	235	(3.35 runs per over)

To bat GJ Bailey, BJ Haddin†, MG Johnson, PM Siddle, RJ Harris, NM Lyon

Fall of wickets 1-157 (Rogers, 43.1 ov), 2-183 (Warner, 48.5 ov), 3-223 (Clarke, 63.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	13	5	38	0	2.92
	TT Bresnan	12	3	49	1	4.08
	BA Stokes	14	1	65	1	4.64
	GP Swann	23	7	51	1	2.21
	JE Root	8	1	20	0	2.50