The Ashes 2013: Five talking-points from Day 1 at Trent Bridge

Peter Siddle of Australia celebrates after taking the wicket of Ian Bell of England during day one of the 1st Ashes Test at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground on July 10, 2013 in Nottingham, England. (Getty Images)

4. Bowler’s paradise?

The wicket at Trent Bridge was always going to be sporting and was expected to offer a bit to the bowlers in the first few hours but it never seemed like it would produce 14 wickets on the first day.

It was a mixed case of some isolated good balls (that yorker to Root was preceded by some really ordinary bowling by Peter Siddle), some nagging swing in the air and some extremely casual batting. Pattinson and Starc were pretty awful in the first few overs, bowling wide outside the off-stump and giving the batsman a lot of balls to observe the bounce and swing movement.

They were rather lucky that they got a few wickets up-front and that Siddle fired up after his first wicket. It remains to be seen how it plays for the rest of the game but it sure looks like that we will have a result in this game.