2013-14 Ashes series
| 2013–14 Ashes series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of English cricket team in Australia in 2013–14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Celebrations at the SCG after Australia won the Ashes 5-0
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| Date | 21 November 2013 – 7 January 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia won the five-Test series 5–0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series |
Mitchell Johnson Compton–Miller Medal: Mitchell Johnson |
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 Australia
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 England
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| Captains | |||
| Michael Clarke | Alastair Cook | ||
| Most runs | |||
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David Warner (523) Brad Haddin (493) Chris Rogers (463) |
Kevin Pietersen (294) Michael Carberry (281) Ben Stokes (279) |
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| Most wickets | |||
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Mitchell Johnson (37) Ryan Harris (22) Nathan Lyon (19) |
Stuart Broad (21) Ben Stokes (15) James Anderson (14) |
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The 2013–14 Ashes series, known for sponsorship reasons as the Commonwealth Bank Ashes Series, was a Test cricket series between England and Australia. The five venues for the series were The Gabba, the Adelaide Oval, the WACA Ground, the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Australia won the series 5–0, and regained the Ashes for the first time since 2006–07. In doing so, Australia recorded only the third 5–0 Ashes clean sweep in history. With 37 wickets and three man of the match awards, Mitchell Johnson was player of the series.
Beginning with this series, the four-year cycle of Ashes series in Australia was brought forward one year. This meant this series was held three years after the previous 2010–11 series in Australia and only three months after the end of the 2013 Ashes in England. The schedule for series in England was brought forward by two years, beginning in 2015. This rescheduling was to avoid clashes between Ashes series in Australia and the Cricket World Cup, both previously held very close together in their four-year cycles.
On 23 September 2013, England announced a 17-man touring party for the Ashes series. Former Ireland international bowler Boyd Rankin, New Zealand-born all-rounder Ben Stokes and Zimbabwe-born batsman Gary Ballance all received call-ups despite being uncapped for England in Tests, while opening batsman Michael Carberry, spin bowler Monty Panesar and seamer Chris Tremlett were also included. Among those who missed out were opening batsman Nick Compton, spin bowler James Tredwell and seamers Graham Onions, who helped Durham win the championship, and Tim Bresnan, although Bresnan was suffering from a back injury and still travelled with the squad to Australia. Matt Prior was the only specialist wicket-keeper in the side; Jonny Bairstow was designated to deputise for him.
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