England Batting Card - 3rd Test, 1st Innings, Birmingham

A Strauss	c Manou b Hilf'haus	69 runs	134 balls	11 Four's
A Cook	c Manou b Siddle	0 runs	4 balls
R Bopara	b Hilfenhaus	23 runs	54 balls	4 Four's
I Bell	lbw b Johnson	53 runs	114 balls	7 Four's	1 Six
P Collingwood	c Ponting b Hilfenhaus	13 runs	22 balls	3 Four's
M Prior	c sub(Hughes) b Siddle	41 runs	59 balls	6 Four's
A Flintoff	c Clarke b Hauritz	74 runs	79 balls	10 Four's	1 Six
S Broad	c&b Siddle	55 runs	64 balls	9 Four's
G Swann	c North b Johnson	24 runs	20 balls	5 Four's
J Anderson	c Manou b Hilfenhaus	1 run	6 balls
G Onions	not out	2 runs	14 balls
Extras	(b 2, lb 4,wd 6 nb 9)	21
TOTAL	93.3 Overs	376 (4.02 rpo)

England Bowling Card - 3rd Test, 1st Innings, Birmingham

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
J Anderson	24	7	80	5	3.33
A Flintoff	15	2	58	0	3.86
G Onions	16.4	2	58	4	3.48
S Broad	13	2	51	0	3.92
G Swann	2	0	4	1	2.00

Australian Score Card - 3rd Test, Birmingham, Edgabaston

Watson	lbw b Onions	62 runs	106 balls	10 Four's
Katich	lbw b Swann	46 runs	48 balls	9 Four's
Ponting	c Prior b Onions	38 runs	47 balls	5 Four's
Hussey	b Onions	0 runs	1 ball
Clarke	lbw b Anderson	29 runs	55 balls	4 Four's
North	c Prior b Anderson	12 runs	49 balls	1 Four
Manou	b Anderson	8 runs	11 balls	2 Four's
Johnson	lbw b Anderson	0 runs	1 ball
Hauritz	not out	20 runs	50 balls	1 Four
Siddle	c Prior b Anderson	13 runs	26 balls	2 Four's
Hilfenhaus	c Swann b Onions	20 runs	31 balls	4 Four's
Extras	(lb 7, b 5, nb 1, w 2)	15
TOTAL	70.4 Overs	263 (3.72 rpo)

Australia vs England - 3rd Test, Day 1, Birmingham

Australia won the Toss and elected to bat

Australia Playing XI

Watson
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
North
Manou
Johnson
Hauritz
Siddle
Hilfenhaus


England Playing XI

Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Bell
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Onions

Match Summary - Truimph England - 2nd Test Ashes 2009

Flintoff end's England's 75-year wait.

Ashes 2009: England won by 115 runs

England Bowling Card, 2nd Test, 2nd Innings at Lord's

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
J Anderson	21	4	86	0	4.09
A Flintoff	17	4	92	5	3.40
G Onions	9	0	50	0	5.55
S Broad	13	3	49	1	3.06
G Swann	23	3	87	4	3.10
P Collingwood	6	1	29	0	4.83

Australian Score Card - 2nd Test - @ Innings (Target 522 runs)

P Hughes	c Strauss b Flintoff	17 runs	34 balls	2 Four's
S Katich	c Pietersen b Flintoff	6 runs	5 balls	1 Four
R Ponting	b Broad	38 runs	69 balls	6 Four's
M Hussey	c C'wood b Swann	27 runs	63 balls	3Four's
M Clarke	Batting	125 runs	198 balls	13 Four's
M North	b Swann	6 runs	25 balls	1 Four's
B Haddin	Batting	80 runs	130 balls	10 Four's
M Johnson	b Swann	63 runs	75 balls	9 four's
N Hauritz	b Flintoff	1 run	5 balls
P Siddle	b Flintoff	7 runs	13 balls	1 Four
B Hilfenhaus	not out	4 runs	4 balls
Extras	(lb 8,b 5, nb 8)	21
TOTAL	107 Overs	406 (3.79 rpo)

Australian Bowling Card, 2nd Test, 2nd Innings

At the end day 3 England lead by 521 runs

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Hilfenhaus	19	5	59	0	3.10
Johnson	17	2	68	0	4.00
Siddle	15.2	4	64	2	4.17
Hauritz	16	1	80	3	5.00
M Clarke	4	0	15	0	3.75

England Batting Card, 2nd Test - 2nd Innings @ Lord's

A Strauss	c Clarke b Hauritz	32runs	48 balls	4 Four's
A Cook	lbw b Hauritz	32runs	42 balls	6 Four's
R Bopara	c Katich b Hauritz	27 runs	93 balls	4 Four's
K Pietersen	c Haddin b Siddle	44 runs	101 balls	5 Four's
P Collingwood	c Haddin b Siddle	54 runs	80 balls	4 Four's
M Prior	Run out (North)	61 runs	42 balls	9 Four's
A Flintoff	not out	30 runs	27 balls	4 Four's
Extras	b16, lb9, w 1,nb 5)	31
TOTAL	71.2 Overs	311/6dec (4.35 rpo)

England Bowling Card, 2nd Test - 1st Innings @ Lord's

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
J Anderson	21	5	55	4	2.61
A Flintoff	12	4	27	1	2.25
S Broad	18	1	78	2	4.33
G Onions	11	1	41	3	3.72
G Swann	1	0	4	0	4.00

Australian Score Card - 2nd Test, 1st Innings @ Lord's

P Hughes	c Prior b Anderson	4 runs	9 balls	1 Four
S Katich	c Broad b Onions	48 runs	93 balls	6 Four's
R Ponting	c Strauss b Anderson	2 runs	15 balls
M Hussey	b Flintoff	51 runs	91 balls	8 Four's
M Clarke	c Cook b Anderson	1 run	12 balls
M North	b Anderson	0 runs	14 balls
B Haddin	c Cook b Broad	28 runs	38 balls	3 four's
M Johnson	c Cook b Broad	4 runs	11 balls	1 four
N Hauritz	c Colingwood b Onions	24 runs	36 balls	4 four's
P Siddle	c Strauss b Onions	35 runs	47 balls	5 four's
B Hilfenhaus	not out	6 runs	14 balls	1 four
Extras	(b 4, lb 6, nb 2)	12
TOTAL	63 Overs	215 (3.41 rpo)

Australian Bowling Card - 2nd Test, 1st Innings at Lord's

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Hilfenhaus	31	12	103	4	3.32
Johnson	21.4	2	132	3	6.09
Siddle	20	1	76	2	3.80
Hauritz	8.3	1	26	0	3.05
North	16.3	2	59	0	3.57
Clarke	4	1	12	1	3.00

England Score Card - 2nd Test, 1st Innings @ Lord's

A Strauss	not out	161 runs	266 balls	22 Four's
A Cook	lbw b Johnson	95 runs	147 balls	18 Four's
R Bopara	lbw b Hilfenhaus	18 runs	19 balls	4 Four's
K Pietersen	c Haddin b Siddle	32 runs	42 balls	4 Four's
P Collingwood	c Siddle b Clarke	16 runs	36 balls	1 Four's
M Prior	b Johnson	8 runs	10 balls	2 Four's
A Flintoff	c Ponting b Hilfenhaus	4 runs	10 balls	1 Four
S Broad	b Hilfenhaus	16 runs	26 balls	2 Four's
G Swann	c Ponting b Siddle	4 runs	6 balls	1 Four
J Anderson	c Hussey b Johnson	29 runs	25 balls	5 Four's
G Onions	not out	17 runs	29 balls	2 Four's
Extras	b15, lb2, nb 8)	25
TOTAL	101.4 Overs	425 (4.18 rpo)

2nd test, England vs Australia @ Lord's

England won the toss and chose to bat

England Playing XI

Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Pietersen
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Onions

Australia Playing XI

Hughes
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
North
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Hilfenhaus
Siddle

Flintoff to Retire

Flintoff to retire from test after Ashes 2009

England vs Australia, 1st Test at Cardiff

Credit for England as they tried and saved the match ending in a draw. 5 match series is now level 0-0

Man of the Match
R Ponting

Australian Bowling Card - 1st Test 2 Innings

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Johnson	22	4	44	2	2.00
Hilfenhaus	13	3	47	3	3.13
Siddle	18	2	51	1	2.83
Hauritz	37	12	63	3	1.70
Clarke	3	0	8	0	2.66
North	7	4	14	0	2.00
Katich	3	0	7	0	2.33

England Batting Card 1st Test 2nd innings

A Strauss	c Haddin b Hauritz	17 runs	54 balls	1 Four
A Cook	lbw b Johnson	6 runs	12 balls	1 Four
R Bopara	lbw b Hilfenhaus	1 runs	3 balls
K Pietersen	b Hilfenhaus	8 runs	24 balls
P Collingwood	not out	51 runs	172 balls	5 Four's
M Prior	c Clarke b Haurtz	14 runs	32 balls	1 Four
A Flintoff	c Ponting b Johnson	26 runs	71 balls	3 Four's
S Broad	lbw b Haurtz	14 runs	47 balls	1 Four
G Swann	lbw c Hlfenhaus	31 runs	63 balls	4 Four's
J Anderson	not out	21 runs	53 balls	3 Four's
M Panesar	not out	7 runs	35 balls	1 Four
Extras	b9, lb9, w 4,nb 11)	33
TOTAL	105 Overs	252/9 (2.40 rpo)

England Bowling Card - 1st Test - 1st Innings - Day 3

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Anderson	32	6	110	2	3.43
Broad	32	6	129	1	4.03
Swann	36	8	124	0	3.44
Flintoff	35	3	128	1	3.65
Panesar	35	4	115	1	3.28
Collingwood	5	0	10	0	2.00

Australia Score Card - 1st Test - 1st Innings

P Hughes	c Prior b Flintoff	36 runs	54 balls	5 Four's
S Katich	lbw b Anderson	122 runs	261 balls	12 Four's
R Ponting	b Panesar	150 runs	224 balls	14 Four's	1 Six
M Hussey	c Prior b Anderson	3 runs	16 balls
M Clarke	c Prior b Broad	83 Runs	144 balls	9 Four's	1 Six
M North	not out	116 Runs	227 balls	13 Four's
B Haddin	not out	91 Runs	127 balls	9 four's	2 Six's
Extras	b 9,lb 14,w 4,nb 7	34
Total	139 Overs	635/5dcl (3.40 rpo)

Australia's Bowling Card 1st Innings - 1st Test Cardiff

Bowler Name	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wickets	Economy
Johnson	22	2	87	3	3.95
Hilfenhaus	27	5	77	2	2.85
Siddle	27	3	121	2	4.48
Hauritz	23.5	1	95	3	3.98
Clarke	5	0	20	0	4.00
Katich	2	0	11	0	5.50

England Batting Card 1st Test 1st Innings

A Strauss	c Clarke b Johnson	30 runs	60 balls	4 Four's
A Cook	c Hussey b Hilfenhaus	10 runs	25 balls
R Bopara	c Hughes b Johnson	35 runs	52 balls	6 Four's
K Pietersen	c Katich b Hauritz	69 runs	141 balls	4 Four's
P Collingwood	c Haddin b Hilfenhaus	64 runs	145 balls	6 Four's
M Prior	b Siddle	56runs	62 balls	6 Four's
A Flintoff	b Siddle	37runs	51 balls	6 Four's
J Anderson	c Hussey b Hauritz	26 runs	40 balls	2 four's
S Broad	Batting	19 runs	20 balls	4 Four's
G Swann	not out	47 runs	40 balls	6 four's
M Panesar	c ponting b Hauritz	4 runs	17 balls
Extras	(b 13,lb 11, w 2,nb 12)	38
TOTAL	(106.5 Overs)	435/7 (4.07 rpo)

Ashes 2009 1st Test - England, Australia Playing XI

England won the Toss and elected to Bat

England Playing XI

Strauss
Cook
Bopara
Pietersen
Collingwood
Prior
Flintoff
Broad
Swann
Anderson
Panesar


Australia Playing XI

Hughes
Katich
Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
North
Haddin
Johnson
Hauritz
Hilfenhaus
Siddle

England Squad for 1st Test

Andrew Strauss
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Stuart Broad
Paul Collingwood
Alastair Cook
Andrew Flintoff
Graham Onions
Monty Panesar
Kevin Pietersen
Matt Prior
Graeme Swann

Austrailan Squad for Ashes Tour 2009

Ricky Ponting
Michael Clarke
Stuart Clark
Brad Haddin
Nathan Hauritz
Ben Hilfenhaus
Phillip Hughes
Michael Hussey
Mitchell Johnson
Simon Katich
Brett Lee
Andrew McDonald
Graham Manou
Peter Siddle
Shane Watson