England Lions cricket team in Australia in 2012–13

Cricket tournament

England Lions cricket team in Australia in 2012–13

	Australia A	England Lions
Dates	7 February 2013 – 1 March 2013
Captains	Aaron Finch	James Taylor
LA series
Result	Australia A won the 5-match series 4–0
Most runs	Aaron Finch (246)	James Taylor (198)
Most wickets	Alister McDermott (8)	Rikki Clarke (5)

The England Lions cricket team toured Australia from 7 February 2013 to 1 March 2013. The tour consisted of three tour matches against Victoria and five unofficial One Day Internationals (ODIs) against Australia A.^[1]^[2] Victoria won the tour matches 3-0 while Australia A defeated the England Lions 4–0.

Squads

Australia A^[3]	England Lions^[4]
Aaron Finch (c) (Victoria) Tim Paine (vc) (Tasmania) Cameron Boyce (Queensland) Joe Burns (Queensland) Nathan Coulter-Nile (Western Australia) Ben Cutting (Queensland) Callum Ferguson (South Australia) John Hastings (Victoria) Josh Hazlewood (New South Wales) Shaun Marsh (Western Australia) Kane Richardson (South Australia) Adam Voges (Western Australia) Alister McDermott (Queensland)	James Taylor (c) (Nottinghamshire)* Gary Ballance (Yorkshire) Scott Borthwick (Durham) Danny Briggs (Hampshire)** Varun Chopra (Warwickshire) Rikki Clarke (Warwickshire)* Matt Coles (Kent) Ben Foakes (Essex) Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire) James Harris (Middlesex)* Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire) Stuart Meaker (Surrey)* Craig Overton (Somerset)* Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex) Joe Root (Yorkshire)* Ben Stokes (Durham) Reece Topley (Essex) James Vince (Hampshire) Chris Wright (Warwickshire)

Australia A^[3]

England Lions^[4]

Aaron Finch (c) (Victoria)
Tim Paine (vc) (Tasmania)
Cameron Boyce (Queensland)
Joe Burns (Queensland)
Nathan Coulter-Nile (Western Australia)
Ben Cutting (Queensland)
Callum Ferguson (South Australia)
John Hastings (Victoria)
Josh Hazlewood (New South Wales)
Shaun Marsh (Western Australia)
Kane Richardson (South Australia)
Adam Voges (Western Australia)
Alister McDermott (Queensland)

James Taylor (c) (Nottinghamshire)*
Gary Ballance (Yorkshire)
Scott Borthwick (Durham)
Danny Briggs (Hampshire)**
Varun Chopra (Warwickshire)
Rikki Clarke (Warwickshire)*
Matt Coles (Kent)
Ben Foakes (Essex)
Alex Hales (Nottinghamshire)
James Harris (Middlesex)*
Simon Kerrigan (Lancashire)
Stuart Meaker (Surrey)*
Craig Overton (Somerset)*
Toby Roland-Jones (Middlesex)
Joe Root (Yorkshire)*
Ben Stokes (Durham)
Reece Topley (Essex)
James Vince (Hampshire)
Chris Wright (Warwickshire)

*On 24 January Clarke, Meaker and Overton replaced Root and Harris, with Taylor taking the captaincy from Root.
**On 25 January Briggs was ruled out of the tour by a sprained ankle.

Tour matches

50 over match : Victoria v England Lions

7 February 2013
11:00
Scorecard

England Lions 8/225 (50 overs)	v	Victoria 2/227 (36.1 overs)
Gary Ballance 86 (96) Scott Boland 3/36 (10 overs)		Rob Quiney 122 (104) Craig Overton 2/30 (8 overs)

Victoria won by 8 wickets
Junction Oval, Melbourne
Umpires: Ange Sammartino (Aus) and Sam Sciacca (Aus)

Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

50 over match : Victorian XI v England Lions

11 February 2013
11:00
Scorecard

England Lions 4/335 (50 overs)	v	Victorian XI 6/336 (49.4 overs)
Varun Chopra 115 (123) Ryan Sidebottom 2/53 (7 overs)		Ryan Carters 127 (102) Matt Coles 2/58 (10 overs)

Victorian XI won by 4 wickets
Junction Oval, Melbourne
Umpires: Ange Sammartino (Aus) and Sam Sciacca (Aus)

Victorian XI won the toss and elected to field.

50 over match : Victoria v England Lions

13 February 2013
10:30
Scorecard

England Lions 173 (48.4 overs)	v	Victoria 2/174 (37.3 overs)
Gary Ballance 57 (96) Scott Boland 4/29 (7.4 overs)		Rob Quiney 76 (87) Simon Kerrigan 1/31 (6 overs)

Victoria won by 8 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Phillip Gillespie (Aus) and Richard Patterson (Aus)

Victoria won the toss and elected to field.

Unofficial ODI series

1st unofficial ODI

16 February 2013
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

England Lions 6/259 (50 overs)	v	Australia A 3/260 (49.1 overs)
Varun Chopra 105 (137) John Hastings 3/55 (10 overs)		Shaun Marsh 100* (128) Chris Wright 1/39 (10 overs)

Australia A won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: John Ward (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Shaun Marsh (Aus)

England Lions won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd unofficial ODI

18 February 2013
10:30
Scorecard

Australia A 7/315 (50 overs)	v	England Lions 193 (41.3 overs)
Joe Burns 114 (136) Rikki Clarke 4/55 (8 overs)		James Taylor 79 (87) Alister McDermott 2/19 (4.3 overs)

Australia A won by 122 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: John Ward (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Joe Burns (Aus)^[5]

England Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Joe Burns (Aus) made his debut List A century.^[5]^[6]

3rd unofficial ODI

22 February 2013
10:30
Scorecard

Australia A 6/256 (50 overs)	v	England Lions 143 (37 overs)
Callum Ferguson 65 (64) Simon Kerrigan 2/27 (10 overs)		James Taylor 78* (82) Alister McDermott 3/32 (7 overs)

Australia A won by 113 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: John Ward (Aus) and Paul Wilson (Aus)
Player of the match: Unknown

England Lions won the toss and elected to field.

4th unofficial ODI

25 February 2013
10:30
Scorecard

Australia A 8/285 (50 overs)	v	England Lions 240 (47 overs)
Aaron Finch 109 (117) Toby Roland-Jones 3/58 (9 overs)		Gary Ballance 73* (95) Alister McDermott 3/35 (9 overs)

Australia A won by 45 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and Mick Martell (Aus)
Player of the match: Unknown

Australia A won the toss and elected to bat.

5th unofficial ODI

1 March 2013
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia A	v	England Lions

Match abandoned
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Simon Fry (Aus) and John Ward (Aus)

No toss.
Match abandoned without a ball bowled due to rain.

References

^ "Lions tour to preview Ashes". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "England Lions tour of Australia 2012/13". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "Australia A squad named for England Lions series". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ "England Lions in Australia 2013 – Squad". English Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Australia A v England Lions – England Lions in Australia 2012/13". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ Brettig, Daniel (18 February 2013). "Burns leads way in thumping win". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 26 February 2017.

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v t e International cricket in 2012–13
Preceding season: International cricket in 2012
September 2012	South Africa women in Bangladesh ICC World Twenty20 ICC Women's World Twenty20 West Indies women in Sri Lanka
October 2012	New Zealand in Sri Lanka
November 2012	South Africa in Australia West Indies in Bangladesh England in India
December 2012	New Zealand women in Australia New Zealand in South Africa Sri Lanka in Australia Pakistan in India
January 2013	South Africa women in West Indies ACC Women's Championship
February 2013	West Indies in Australia Pakistan in South Africa England in New Zealand Australia in India Zimbabwe in West Indies England Lions in Australia
March 2013	Bangladesh in Sri Lanka
Following season: International cricket in 2013