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Test No. 1928

The Ashes, 2009
2009-10 season
England vs Australia - 3rd Test
30 July - 03 August, 2009 (5-day match)

England Lead the 5-match series by 1-0

Venue : Edgbaston, Birmingham
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Onions
62 
106 
10 
0
58.49 
»
 Simon Katich lbw b Swann
46 
48 
9 
0
95.83 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Prior b Onions
38 
47 
5 
0
80.85 
»
 Michael Hussey b Onions
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Anderson
29 
55 
4 
0
52.73 
»
 Marcus North c Prior b Anderson
12 
49 
1 
0
24.49 
»
 Graham Manou b Anderson
8 
11 
2 
0
72.73 
»
 Mitchell Johnson lbw b Anderson
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Nathan Hauritz Not Out
20 
50 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Peter Siddle c Prior b Anderson
13 
26 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus c Swann b Onions
20 
31 
4 
0
64.52 
Extras B 5, LB 7, W 2, N 1
15
Total : (all out in 70.4 overs)
263
 RR : 3.72

Fall of wickets : 1-85 (Katich, 18.6 ov), 2-126 (Watson, 30.1 ov), 3-126 (Hussey, 30.2 ov), 4-163 (Ponting, 38.3 ov), 5-193 (Clarke, 49.4 ov), 6-202 (North, 51.4 ov), 7-202 (Johnson, 51.5 ov), 8-203 (Manou, 53.5 ov), 9-229 (Siddle, 61.5 ov), 10-263 (Hilfenhaus, 70.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
24
7 
80 
5
3.33
0
0
»
 Andrew Flintoff
15
2 
58 
0
3.87
1
1
»
 Graham Onions
16
 .4
2 
58 
4
3.48
0
1
»
 Stuart Broad
13
2 
51 
0
3.92
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
2
0 
4 
1
2.00
0
0

England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Manou b Hilfenhaus
69 
134 
10 
0
51.49 
»
 Alastair Cook c Manou b Siddle
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ravi Bopara b Hilfenhaus
23 
54 
4 
0
42.59 
»
 Ian Bell lbw b Johnson
53 
114 
7 
1
46.49 
»
 Paul Collingwood c Ponting b Hilfenhaus
13 
22 
3 
0
59.09 
»
 Matt Prior c Hughes b Siddle
41 
59 
6 
0
69.49 
»
 Andrew Flintoff c Clarke b Hauritz
74 
79 
10 
1
93.67 
»
 Stuart Broad c & b Siddle
55 
64 
9 
0
85.94 
»
 Graeme Swann c North b Johnson
24 
20 
5 
0
120.00 
»
 James Anderson c Manou b Hilfenhaus
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Graham Onions Not Out
2 
14 
0 
0
14.29 
Extras B 2, LB 4, W 6, N 9
21
Total : (all out in 93.3 overs)
376
 RR : 4.02

Fall of wickets : 1-2 (Cook, 1.4 ov), 2-60 (Bopara, 19.2 ov), 3-141 (Strauss, 44.1 ov), 4-159 (Collingwood, 50.5 ov), 5-168 (Bell, 55.6 ov), 6-257 (Prior, 71.3 ov), 7-309 (Flintoff, 80.4 ov), 8-348 (Swann, 87.3 ov), 9-355 (Anderson, 88.6 ov), 10-376 (Broad, 93.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
30
7 
109 
4
3.63
4
0
»
 Peter Siddle
21
 .3
3 
89 
3
4.14
0
1
»
 Nathan Hauritz
18
2 
57 
1
3.17
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
21
1 
92 
2
4.38
5
1
»
 Shane Watson
3
0 
23 
0
7.67
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Prior b Anderson
53 
114 
9 
0
46.49 
»
 Simon Katich c Prior b Onions
26 
47 
2 
0
55.32 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Swann
5 
7 
0 
0
71.43 
»
 Michael Hussey c Prior b Broad
64 
130 
13 
0
49.23 
»
 Michael Clarke Not Out
103 
192 
14 
0
53.65 
»
 Marcus North c Anderson b Broad
96 
159 
15 
0
60.38 
»
 Graham Manou Not Out
13 
28 
1 
0
46.43 
Extras B 4, LB 6, W 2, N 3
15
Total : (5 wickets in 112.2 overs)
375
 RR : 3.34

did not bat: Peter Siddle, Nathan Hauritz, Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus

Fall of wickets : 1-47 (Katich, 13.2 ov), 2-52 (Ponting, 14.6 ov), 3-137 (Watson, 43.6 ov), 4-161 (Hussey, 52.6 ov), 5-346 (North, 103.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
21
8 
47 
1
2.24
1
0
»
 Andrew Flintoff
15
0 
35 
0
2.33
0
0
»
 Graham Onions
19
3 
74 
1
3.89
0
1
»
 Graeme Swann
31
4 
119 
1
3.84
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
16
2 
38 
2
2.38
0
1
»
 Ravi Bopara
8
 .2
1 
44 
0
5.28
2
0
»
 Paul Collingwood
2
0 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Graham Manou (Australia)
Man of the Match: MJ Clarke (Australia)
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen (South Africa) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: RA Kettleborough (England)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: RT Robinson (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 126/1 (Shane Watson 62*, RT Ponting 17*, 30 ov)
Day 2 : England 1st innings - 116/2 (AJ Strauss 64*, IR Bell 26*, 36 ov)
Day 3 : no play
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 88/2 (SR Watson 34*, MEK Hussey 18*, 28 ov)
Day 5 : Australia 2nd innings - 375/5 (Clarke 103*, Manou 13*, 112.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Stuart Broad, Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Graham Onions, Graeme Swann, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Andrew Flintoff, Alastair Cook
Australia Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Peter Siddle, Nathan Hauritz, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Graham Manou (wk), Ben Hilfenhaus
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