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Ashton Agar of Australia receives his Baggy Green cap on his Test debut from Glenn McGrath. Source:Getty Images
IF shock selection Ashton Agar was hoping for a Shane Warne moment with his first ball in an Ashes Test it failed to materialise on day one at Trent Bridge.
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With England consolidating before going to lunch at 2-98, Agar was brought on little more than an hour into this Ashes series.
Sadly for the nervous 19-year-old his first delivery was a low full toss which the experienced Jonathan Trott drove through the covers to the boundary.
Trott was in outstanding touch, stroking eight boundaries on the way to 37 not out at lunch as a nervous and inexperienced Australian attack struggled for consistency.
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.
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Before Agar's arrival at the bowling crease England captain Alastair Cook added to his dreadful record at Trent Bridge, caught behind for 13 playing a loose drive at a delivery from James Pattinson.
In his six previous Tests at the ground Cook had averaged just 19.5 and has never made a half-century there.
Bowling first change behind Pattinson and Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle's troubles on this tour were again obvious as he strayed into the pads, conceding almost six runs an over.
However Siddle's first delivery at the Radcliffe Road end replacing Agar brought instance success.
A wonderful yorker to Joe Root (30) 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.
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.
Australia's lack of experience showed, with Pattinson having played just 10 Tests going into this series and Starc nine.
Siddle was the man expected to bring that steadying hand to the squad after 41 Tests and with a previous Ashes tour behind him but struggled at times.
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