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Test No. 1931

The Ashes, 2009
2009-10 season
England vs Australia - 5th Test
20-23 August, 2009 (5-day match)

England won 5-match series by 2-1

Venue : Kennington Oval, London
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : England won by 197-runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
55 
101 
11 
0
54.46 
»
 Alastair Cook c Ponting b Siddle
10 
12 
2 
0
83.33 
»
 Ian Bell b Siddle
72 
137 
10 
0
52.55 
»
 Paul Collingwood c MEK Hussey b Siddle
24 
65 
3 
0
36.92 
»
 Jonathan Trott run out
41 
81 
5 
0
50.62 
»
 Matt Prior c Watson b Johnson
18 
33 
2 
0
54.55 
»
 Andrew Flintoff c Haddin b Johnson
7 
19 
1 
0
36.84 
»
 Stuart Broad c Ponting b Hilfenhaus
37 
69 
5 
0
53.62 
»
 Graeme Swann c Haddin b Siddle
18 
28 
2 
0
64.29 
»
 James Anderson lbw b Hilfenhaus
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Steve Harmison Not Out
12 
12 
3 
0
100.00 
Extras B 12, LB 5, W 3, N 18
38
Total : (all out in 90.5 overs)
332
 RR : 3.66

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Cook, 5.3 ov), 2-114 (Strauss, 28.1 ov), 3-176 (Collingwood, 47.5 ov), 4-181 (Bell, 53.5 ov), 5-229 (Prior, 65.3 ov), 6-247 (Flintoff, 69.4 ov), 7-268 (Trott, 74.2 ov), 8-307 (Swann, 85.3 ov), 9-308 (Anderson, 86.6 ov), 10-332 (Broad, 90.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
21
 .5
4 
71 
3
3.25
5
0
»
 Peter Siddle
21
6 
75 
4
3.57
4
0
»
 Stuart Clark
14
5 
41 
0
2.93
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
15
0 
69 
2
4.60
8
3
»
 Marcus North
14
3 
33 
0
2.36
1
0
»
 Shane Watson
5
0 
26 
0
5.20
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Broad
34 
69 
7 
0
49.28 
»
 Simon Katich c Cook b Swann
50 
107 
7 
0
46.73 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Broad
8 
15 
1 
0
53.33 
»
 Michael Hussey lbw b Broad
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Michael Clarke c Trott b Broad
3 
7 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Marcus North lbw b Swann
8 
17 
1 
0
47.06 
»
 Brad Haddin b Broad
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Prior b Swann
11 
24 
2 
0
45.83 
»
 Peter Siddle Not Out
26 
38 
5 
0
68.42 
»
 Stuart Clark c Cook b Swann
6 
8 
1 
0
75.00 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus b Flintoff
6 
21 
1 
0
28.57 
Extras B 1, LB 5, N 1
7
Total : (all out in 52.5 overs)
160
 RR : 3.03

Fall of wickets : 1-73 (Watson, 22.6 ov), 2-85 (Ponting, 26.6 ov), 3-89 (Hussey, 28.3 ov), 4-93 (Clarke, 30.2 ov), 5-108 (North, 35.3 ov), 6-109 (Katich, 37.1 ov), 7-111 (Haddin, 38.4 ov), 8-131 (Johnson, 43.5 ov), 9-143 (Clark, 47.3 ov), 10-160 (Hilfenhaus, 52.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
9
3 
29 
0
3.22
0
0
»
 Andrew Flintoff
13
 .5
4 
35 
1
2.53
0
0
»
 Graeme Swann
14
3 
38 
4
2.71
0
0
»
 Steve Harmison
4
1 
15 
0
3.75
1
0
»
 Stuart Broad
12
1 
37 
5
3.08
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Clarke b North
75 
191 
8 
0
39.27 
»
 Alastair Cook c Clarke b North
9 
35 
0 
0
25.71 
»
 Ian Bell c Katich b Johnson
4 
7 
1 
0
57.14 
»
 Paul Collingwood c Katich b Johnson
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
»
 Jonathan Trott c North b Clark
119 
193 
12 
0
61.66 
»
 Matt Prior run out
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Andrew Flintoff c Siddle b North
22 
18 
4 
0
122.22 
»
 Stuart Broad c Ponting b North
29 
35 
5 
0
82.86 
»
 Graeme Swann c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
63 
55 
9 
0
114.55 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
15 
29 
2 
0
51.72 
Extras B 5, LB 11, W 7, N 9
32
Total : (9 wickets dec in 95.0 overs)
373
 RR : 3.93

did not bat: Steve Harmison

Fall of wickets : 1-27 (Cook, 12.3 ov), 2-34 (Bell, 15.4 ov), 3-39 (Collingwood, 17.3 ov), 4-157 (Strauss, 54.3 ov), 5-168 (Prior, 57.6 ov), 6-200 (Flintoff, 64.1 ov), 7-243 (Broad, 74.2 ov), 8-333 (Swann, 87.4 ov), 9-373 (Trott, 94.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
11
1 
58 
1
5.27
4
0
»
 Peter Siddle
17
3 
69 
0
4.06
0
2
»
 Marcus North
30
4 
98 
4
3.27
0
1
»
 Mitchell Johnson
17
1 
60 
2
3.53
5
2
»
 Simon Katich
5
2 
9 
0
1.80
0
0
»
 Stuart Clark
12
2 
43 
1
3.58
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
3
0 
20 
0
6.67
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 546 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Broad
40 
81 
6 
0
49.38 
»
 Simon Katich lbw b Swann
43 
68 
7 
0
63.24 
»
 Ricky Ponting run out
66 
103 
10 
0
64.08 
»
 Michael Hussey c Cook b Swann
121 
263 
14 
0
46.01 
»
 Michael Clarke run out
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Marcus North st Prior b Swann
10 
24 
2 
0
41.67 
»
 Brad Haddin c Strauss b Swann
34 
49 
6 
0
69.39 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Collingwood b Harmison
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Peter Siddle c Flintoff b Harmison
10 
14 
1 
0
71.43 
»
 Stuart Clark c Cook b Harmison
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus Not Out
4 
8 
1 
0
50.00 
Extras B 7, LB 7, N 6
20
Total : (all out in 102.2 overs)
348
 RR : 3.40

Fall of wickets : 1-86 (Katich, 23.6 ov), 2-90 (Watson, 24.3 ov), 3-217 (Ponting, 63.6 ov), 4-220 (Clarke, 64.5 ov), 5-236 (North, 72.2 ov), 6-327 (Haddin, 94.4 ov), 7-327 (Johnson, 95.5 ov), 8-343 (Siddle, 99.4 ov), 9-343 (Clark, 99.5 ov), 10-348 (Hussey, 102.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
12
2 
46 
0
3.83
1
0
»
 Andrew Flintoff
11
1 
42 
0
3.82
1
0
»
 Steve Harmison
16
5 
54 
3
3.38
4
0
»
 Graeme Swann
40
 .2
8 
120 
4
2.98
0
0
»
 Stuart Broad
22
4 
71 
1
3.23
0
0
»
 Paul Collingwood
1
0 
1 
0
1.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: Jonathan Trott (England)
Man of the Match: SCJ Broad (England)
Man of the Series : MJ Clarke (Australia) and AJ Strauss (England)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Third Umpire: PJ Hartley (England)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JW Lloyds (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st innings - 307/8 (SCJ Broad 26*, 85.3 ov)
Day 2 : England 2nd innings - 58/3 (AJ Strauss 32*, IJL Trott 8*, 28 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 2nd innings - 80/0 (SR Watson 31*, SM Katich 42*, 20 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 348 (Hilfenhaus 4*, 102.2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
England Stuart Broad, Steve Harmison, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), Jonathan Trott, James Anderson, Ian Bell, Graeme Swann, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Andrew Flintoff, Alastair Cook
Australia Stuart Clark, Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Peter Siddle, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin (wk), Ben Hilfenhaus
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