England opener Joe Root became England youngest Ashes centurion at Lord's

The 22 years and 202 days, Root became England's youngest Ashes centurion at Lord's as the Yorkshire batsman record his second ton in just his eighth Test and the root's heroics present the groundwork for England to push Australia closer to a second straight defeat, with the hosts down only two wickets to close on 333 for five a lead of 566 with two days to play.

It was still sweeter for Root as his younger brother Billy, a part of the ground staff of Marylebone Cricket Club which owns Lord's, gives out as England's 12th man and drinks carrier for much of the day.

The England's star player was subjected to some high-quality natured crack from Billy during every drinks break and he has been abuse me all day take drinks out, so he really had to be good to me when I got the century, Root said.

Highest by a Number 11 against England in Tests

Player	Runs	Innings	Venue	Start Date
Ashton Agar	98	2	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
Tino Best	95	1	Birmingham	7 Jun 2012
Bert Vogler	62*	2	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906
Frederick Spofforth	50	1	Melbourne	21 Mar 1885
Arthur Mailey	46*	3	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
Warwick Armstrong	45*	3	Melbourne	1 Jan 1902
Graeme Labrooy	42	1	Lord's	25 Aug 1988
Sydney Callaway	41	1	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
Muttiah Muralitharan	38	1	Galle	2 Dec 2003

19-year-old debutant Ashton Agar to Create Test History

At the same time as many were surprised with the addition of Ashton Agar 19-year-old right his choice not with the ball, but with the bat as he broke quite a lot of records batting at the number 11 position to lift Australia to a respectable total on Day 2 of the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.

19-year-old debutant Ashton Agar walking in to bat with Australia reeling at 117/9, Agar was peaceful unlike the others before him, as he scored a marvelous 98 to register the highest individual score, batting at number 11 and he had smashed 98, the highest by a number 11 batsman on debut and new a record 163 with Phil Hughes for the last wicket.

Player	Runs	Inns	Against	Ground	Start Date
Ashton Agar	98	2	England	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
Tino Best	95	1	England	Birmingham	7 Jun 2012
Zaheer Khan	75	2	Bangladesh	Dhaka	10 Dec 2004
Richard Collinge	68*	2	Pakistan	Auckland	16 Feb 1973
Bert Vogler	62*	2	England	Cape Town	30 Mar 1906
Glenn McGrath	61	2	New Zealand	Brisbane	18 Nov 2004
Wasim Bari	60*	3	West Indies	Bridgetown	18 Feb 1977
John Snow	59*	2	West Indies	The Oval	18 Aug 1966
Mushtaq Ahmed	59	1	South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997

India tour of South Africa 2013-2014

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Dec 18 Wed	South Africa v India, 1st Test	14:00	Johannesburg
Dec 26 Thu	South Africa v India, 2nd test	14:00	Durban

The Ashes 2013-14

Date	Match Details	Time (IST)	Place
Nov 21 Thu	England v Australia, 1st Test	5:31	Brisbane
Dec 05 Thu	England v Australia, 2nd test	5:31	Adelaide
Dec 13 Fri	England v Australia, 3rd Test	08:00	Perth
Dec 26 Thu	England v Australia, 4th Test	05:00	Melbourne
Jan 03 Fri	England v Australia, 5th Test	05:00	Sydney

England Top-order Batsmen Hold the Key says Stuart Broad

Forthcoming two-Test series with New Zealand and the England's top order found life a lot harder going in New Zealand someplace the teams in recent times common a three-match series 0-0.

The England only runaway a surprise series defeat thanks to a dazzling last-ditch unbeaten hundred from wicket-keeper Matt Prior that without New Zealand victory by just one wicket in the third Test in Auckland.

A team looking back at New Zealand, agree to our skills were not as high-quality as they could have been but the fighting nature to bat out two days to set aside match is the sort of spirit you need in Test cricket," Broad said at Lord's on Tuesday.

A centrepiece of England's time of year will be the Ashes series against Australia opening in July but Broad insist New Zealand were extra than a side show.

Australia Recall for Two 35-year-old Veterans for the Ashes Series Squad

The Cricket Australia (CA) Selectors picked batsmen and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin and opening batsmen Chris Rogers, with five openers among seven specialist batsmen at the side of just one spinner, Nathan Lyon, for the Australia tour of United Kingdom 2013 five-match Ashes Test series starting in Nottingham on July 10.

The Brad Haddin and Chris Rogers are the hard-bitten campaigners well-known to join Australia's Ashes tourist at the same time as the young allrounder James Faulkner's addition in the squad for England has intensify difficulty on Shane Watson to earn his place ahead of the series.

However I will be positive and say 50/50 at this distance for the australia has got a lot of excellent fast bowlers and that is the key to this squad doing well it has incredible strike power.

Ashes squad:

Michael Clarke (capt), Brad Haddin (vice-capt, wk), David Warner, Ed Cowan, Phillip Hughes, Shane Watson, Usman Khawaja, Chris Rogers, Matthew Wade (wk), James Faulkner, Ryan Harris, Peter Siddle, James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Jackson Bird.