Siddle turns first Test on its head

Australian Ashes debutant Ashton Agar is presented his baggy green by pace legend Glenn McGrath.

PETER Siddle has turned the first Test at Trent Bridge on its head with an inspired spell of fast bowling.

After a slow start, when he conceded six an over, Siddle claimed 3-14 in 36 balls as England slumped to 4-134 midway through the first day.

Australia's most experienced bowler, Siddle was under pressure to hold his place in the team after poor form in warm-up matches.

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However he claimed three big wickets after his Dandenong club mate James Pattinson had England captain Alastair Cook caught behind for 13, continuing his poor record at Trent Bridge.

Captain Michael Clarke swapped Siddle to the Radcliffe Road end, beginning the paceman's inspired spell.

Peter Siddle celebrates the wicket of Jonathan Trott at Trent Bridge.

He delivered a wonderful yorker to Joe Root (30), which swung away late from the right hander, flying past the outside edge of his bat and crashing into the base of off stump.

Kevin Pietersen could have been dismissed for just one when he tickled a ball from Pattinson down the leg side. Wicket-keeper Brad Haddin dived desperately but the ball flew under his left glove on the way to the boundary.

However Pietersen (14) became the victim of his own ego shortly after lunch, playing too hard at a ball from Siddle which moved away, taking the outside edge and flying to Clarke at second slip.

Trott had been the pick of England's batsmen, striking the ball wonderfully from the moment he replaced Cook at the crease.

It was a surprise then when he dragged another full delivery from Siddle into the stumps on 48, leaving England 4-124. 

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If shock selection Ashton Agar was hoping for a Shane Warne moment with his first ball in an Ashes Test it failed to materialise.

Agar was brought on little more than an hour into this Ashes series but sadly for the nervous 19-year-old his first delivery was a low full toss which Trott drove through the covers to the boundary.

To be fair Agar bowled just one other ball which was scored from in his initial three-over spell, a short delivery that was cut for four, as his drift and drop troubled Trott at times.

Warne had already played 11 Tests and taken 31 wickets when he delivered "that ball" which bowled Mike Gatting during the 1993 tour. Agar has taken 31 wickets in his 10 first class games.

Cook has had a terrible time at Trent Bridge. In his six previous Tests at the ground Cook had averaged just 19.5 and has never made a half-century there but has dominated on every other ground in England and many around the world.

Surprise call-up Ashton Agar receives his baggy green cap from Glenn McGrath before the start of the first Ashes Test. Picture: Getty Images

His wicket came against the flow of a nervous start by the Australian bowlers.

It was no surprise when Cook won the toss and batted on a surprisingly dry pitch.

There was grey cloud cover aiding swing and forcing the lights to be turned on just half an hour into the day's play.

Australia's struggle for consistency was highlighted by the fact that 18 boundaries were scored in the morning session.

While some were think edges that easily avoided the slips and gully, many were poor deliveries that were picked off through the leg or off side.

Left-arm spinner Ashton Agar is a surprise inclusion in the Australia side to take on England in the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.

Australia's lack of experience showed, with Pattinson having played just 10 Tests going into this series and Mitchell Starc nine.

Australia's XI: Shane Watson, Chris Rogers, Ed Cowan, Michael Clarke (capt), Phil Hughes, Steve Smith, Brad Haddin, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Ashton Agar

England's XI: Alastair Cook (c), James Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Ian Bell, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Steven Finn, Graham Onions, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior (wk), Joe Root, Graeme Swann, Jonathan Trott.

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