James Anderson Bowls Michael Clarke Ashes 2013 First Test Trent Bridge It takes a great delivery to dismiss a great batsman and England's James Anderson produced a pearler to send Australian skipper Michael Clarke packing for a duck on the opening day of the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge. Clarke was facing his sixth delivery when Anderson unleashed a ball that was tough to play because the angle meant Clarke's stumps were uncovered when the ball changed direction off the pitch. Skittled: James Anderson celebrates after bowling Michael Clarke. The dismissal was a bitter blow for the Australians who had appeared to have seized control of the Test after blasting the home team out for 215. Australia were 4-75 at stumps - 140 runs behind - and former England opener Geoff Boycott lamented the inability of batsmen from both sides to play the swinging ball. "It's just swung in the air and there have been some awful shots," Boycott, a BBC Radio commentator, said. Playing swing is a skill - you have to see the line and play it as late as possible. However, he did sympathise for Clarke. Michael Clarke was dismissed by an absolute corker but a lot of batsmen on both sides gave their wickets away. Making his point: James Anderson dances a jig after dismissing Michael Clarke. Lion-hearted Peter Siddle took five wickets for the tourists but Anderson's delivery was the moment of the opening day's play. Former Australian paceman Dirk Nannes tweeted, "Clarke can't worry about that one too much. That's an absolute cracking delivery. Almost every batsman in world cricket would miss that!. It's already considered one of the great Test deliveries, a mantle that has been held by Shane Warne's "ball of the century" to dismiss Mike Gatting in 1993, while South Africa's Dale Steyne's outswinger to dismiss Clarke at the WACA last summer and Steve Harminson's last ball slower yorker to upend Clarke again at the Edgbaston Test in 2005 are highly commended. Clean bowled: Michael Clarke is dismissed. While the Australian Test skipper features in three of the four, he could, perhaps, take some comfort in knowing each was - as described by Boycott - a corker.