Here we are discussing the batting of the England in the second
match of the ashes series 2013. England in the first innings scored a fantastic
361 runs with help of century from the IR bell. In the second innings, the century
by the root and also 74 knock by the IR bell helped England to post a 349
total. So already England was leading with 233 runs and 349 plus in it is what Australia
needed to score. In the first innings, trot also played very well and hit 63
runs. Here is the batting scorecard for the 2nd innings played by
the England. In the second innings, JE troot hit 180 runs and this boosted
England total a lot.
Players Name Runs Balls 4s 6s SR
AN Cook 8 28 0 0 28.57
JE Root 180 338 18 2 53.25
IJL Trott 0 6 0 0 0.00
KP Pietersen 5 11 1 0 45.45
TT Bresnan 38 137 4 0 27.73
IR Bell 74 103 11 0 71.84
JM Bairstow 20 54 2 1 37.03
MJ Prior 1 8 0 0 12.50
Extras (b 15, lb 8) 23
Total 349.
23 Runs were bowled extra by the Australian bowlers.