Batting Partnerships 2013 Ashes' Series

Introduction

I am using secondary data from espnCricinfo to monitor batting partnerships in the 2013 Ashes Series in England.

Fifth Test, The Oval

The Fifth and final Test Match of the 2013 Ashes’ Series was played at The Oval.
At the end this Test Match and the Series, the cumulative pattern of the partnerships for England in this series compared to Australia was:

For England compared to the 2010-2011 Series in Australia:

For Australia:

Fourth Test, Durham

The Fourth Test in the 2013 Ashes’ Series was played at Durham.
At the end this Test Match, the cumulative pattern of the partnerships for England in this series compared to Australia was:

For England compared to the 2010-2011 Series in Australia:

For Australia:

Third Test, Old Trafford

The Third Test in the 2013 Ashes’ Series was played at Old Trafford.
At the end this Test Match, the cumulative pattern of the partnerships for England in this series compared to Australia was:

For England compared to the 2010-2011 Series in Australia:

For Australia:

Second Test, Lord’s

The Second Test in the 2013 Ashes’ Series was played at Lord’s.
At the end this Test Match, the cumulative pattern of the partnerships for England in this series compared to Australia was:

For England compared to the 2010-2011 Series in Australia:

For Australia:

First Test, Trent Bridge

At the end of the First Test at Trent Bridge, England’s partnership trend compared to the whole of the last series was:

Australia’s partnerships compared to their 2010-2011 trend:

The 163 run partnership for the tenth wicket between Phil Hughes and Ashton Agar in Australia’s first innings broke a number of records:

• Ashton’s 98 is the highest score by a number 11 batsman in Test Cricket.
• 46 was the previous highest score by a player on debut batting 11.
• The partnerships was the highest ever for a tenth wicket in Test Cricket.

The comparison between England and Australia in the First Test:

Partnership data are available here for the First Test.