Ashes 2013: England leading edge

Ashes 2013: Faint nick gives England leading edge 

Ashes 2013Ashes 2013: England's man of the match James Anderson, second left carrying a stump, walks from the pitch with teammates including captain Alastair Cook, third left, Stuart Broad, centre left and Graeme Swann, right, after their side's 14 run victory over Australia on the final day of the opening Ashes series cricket match at Trent Bridge cricket ground, Nottingham, England, Sunday, July 14, 2013. Anderson took 10 wickets in the match including the last, that of Brad Haddin for 71. (AP)

England won a thrilling first Test against Australia by just 14 runs on Sunday after James Anderson claimed 5-73 on a tense fifth day.

Chasing 311, Australia struggled at 231-9 before its last-wicket pair of Brad Haddin (71) and James Pattinson (25 not out) took the total to 296 and the brink of a famous victory.

"It's pretty tough to be honest after getting so close,'' Australia captain Michael Clarke said. "But first of all credit has to go to England. I think our boys should hold their heads high.''

A DRS climax

Haddin was given out caught behind after a referral revealed he had got the faintest inside edge to man-of-the-match Anderson in the third over after lunch. Also read: Australia's angst over DRS system in loss

"Australia fought incredibly hard, but we just hung in there,'' England captain Alastair Cook said. "Jimmy was outstanding. He always wants one more over, 13 was quite a lot. He's a world-class bowler and sometimes you just use him.'' Also read: 'Jimmy's day, Jimmy's game,' Alastair Cook hails England's hero

Now, Cook and England leads the five Test series 1-0. The second Test starts at Lord's on Thursday.

Anderson had earlier taken three wickets during the morning session. Also read: James Anderson toast of Britain's papers

However, Haddin and Pattinson put on 65 for the final wicket and were close to breaking the record for a last-wicket pair to win a Test match — set by Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed, who made 57 for Pakistan versus Australia in 1994. In that match, the batting side got away with a nervy win. Today, though, Australia once again found themselves on the losing side.

Play began with the floodlights on to combat the overcast conditions and the first runs of the morning came when Haddin flashed Anderson through third slip for four in the second over of the session