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Test No. 1922

The Ashes, 2009
2009-10 season
England vs Australia - 1st Test
08-12 July, 2009 (5-day match)

5-match series level 0-0

Venue : Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Match drawn


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Clarke b Johnson
30 
60 
4 
0
50.00 
»
 Alastair Cook c MEK Hussey b Hilfenhaus
10 
25 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Ravi Bopara c Hughes b Johnson
35 
52 
6 
0
67.31 
»
 Kevin Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz
69 
141 
4 
0
48.94 
»
 Paul Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
64 
145 
6 
0
44.14 
»
 Matt Prior b Siddle
56 
62 
6 
0
90.32 
»
 Andrew Flintoff b Siddle
37 
51 
6 
0
72.55 
»
 James Anderson c MEK Hussey b Hauritz
26 
40 
2 
0
65.00 
»
 Stuart Broad b Johnson
19 
20 
4 
0
95.00 
»
 Graeme Swann Not Out
47 
40 
6 
0
117.50 
»
 Monty Panesar c Ponting b Hauritz
4 
17 
0 
0
23.53 
Extras B 13, LB 11, W 2, N 12
38
Total : (all out in 106.5 overs)
435
 RR : 4.07

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Cook, 7.6 ov), 2-67 (Strauss, 19.6 ov), 3-90 (Bopara, 24.4 ov), 4-228 (Collingwood, 65.3 ov), 5-241 (Pietersen, 70.5 ov), 6-327 (Flintoff, 86.4 ov), 7-329 (Prior, 88.3 ov), 8-355 (Broad, 93.5 ov), 9-423 (Anderson, 102.4 ov), 10-435 (Panesar, 106.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
22
2 
87 
3
3.95
0
0
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
27
5 
77 
2
2.85
4
1
»
 Peter Siddle
27
3 
121 
2
4.48
5
1
»
 Nathan Hauritz
23
 .5
1 
95 
3
3.99
3
0
»
 Michael Clarke
5
0 
20 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Simon Katich
2
0 
11 
0
5.50
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Prior b Flintoff
36 
54 
5 
0
66.67 
»
 Simon Katich lbw b Anderson
122 
261 
12 
0
46.74 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Panesar
150 
224 
14 
1
66.96 
»
 Michael Hussey c Prior b Anderson
3 
16 
0 
0
18.75 
»
 Michael Clarke c Prior b Broad
83 
145 
9 
1
57.24 
»
 Marcus North Not Out
125 
242 
13 
0
51.65 
»
 Brad Haddin c Bopara b Collingwood
121 
151 
11 
3
80.13 
Extras B 9, LB 14, W 4, N 7
34
Total : (6 wickets dec in 181.0 overs)
674
 RR : 3.72

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

Fall of wickets : 1-60 (Hughes, 14.6 ov), 2-299 (Katich, 84.6 ov), 3-325 (Hussey, 90.1 ov), 4-331 (Ponting, 94.5 ov), 5-474 (Clarke, 136.5 ov), 6-674 (Haddin, 180.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
32
6 
110 
2
3.44
0
1
»
 Stuart Broad
32
6 
129 
1
4.03
0
2
»
 Graeme Swann
38
8 
131 
0
3.45
0
0
»
 Andrew Flintoff
35
3 
128 
1
3.66
7
1
»
 Monty Panesar
35
5 
115 
1
3.29
0
0
»
 Paul Collingwood
9
0 
38 
1
4.22
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c Haddin b Hauritz
17 
54 
1 
0
31.48 
»
 Alastair Cook lbw b Johnson
6 
12 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Ravi Bopara lbw b Hilfenhaus
1 
3 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Kevin Pietersen b Hilfenhaus
8 
24 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Paul Collingwood c MEK Hussey b Siddle
74 
245 
6 
0
30.20 
»
 Matt Prior c Clarke b Hauritz
14 
32 
1 
0
43.75 
»
 Andrew Flintoff c Ponting b Johnson
26 
71 
3 
0
36.62 
»
 Stuart Broad lbw b Hauritz
14 
47 
1 
0
29.79 
»
 Graeme Swann lbw b Hilfenhaus
31 
63 
4 
0
49.21 
»
 James Anderson Not Out
21 
53 
3 
0
39.62 
»
 Monty Panesar Not Out
7 
35 
1 
0
20.00 
Extras B 9, LB 9, W 4, N 11
33
Total : (9 wickets in 105.0 overs)
252
 RR : 2.40

Fall of wickets : 1-13 (Cook, 4.3 ov), 2-17 (Bopara, 5.3 ov), 3-31 (Pietersen, 10.4 ov), 4-46 (Strauss, 16.6 ov), 5-70 (Prior, 26.3 ov), 6-127 (Flintoff, 49.4 ov), 7-159 (Broad, 66.4 ov), 8-221 (Swann, 86.1 ov), 9-233 (Collingwood, 93.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Johnson
22
4 
44 
2
2.00
1
4
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
15
3 
47 
3
3.13
4
0
»
 Peter Siddle
18
2 
51 
1
2.83
2
0
»
 Nathan Hauritz
37
12 
63 
3
1.70
2
0
»
 Michael Clarke
3
0 
8 
0
2.67
0
0
»
 Marcus North
7
4 
14 
0
2.00
0
0
»
 Simon Katich
3
0 
7 
0
2.33
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: RT Ponting (Australia)
Umpires : Billy Doctrove (West Indies) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: RA Kettleborough (England)
Referee : Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: RK Illingworth (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : England 1st Innings - 336/7 (James Anderson 2*, Stuart Broad 4*, 90 Ov)
Day 2 : Australia 1st innings - 249/1 (SM Katich 104*, RT Ponting 100*, 71 ov)
Day 3 : Australia 1st innings - 479/5 (MJ North 54*, BJ Haddin 4*, 139 ov)
Day 4 : England 2nd innings - 20/2 (AJ Strauss 6*, KP Pietersen 7*, 7 ov)
Day 5 : England 2nd innings - 252/9 (James Andersons 21*, Monty Panesar 7*, 105 ov)-end of match

Teams:
England Stuart Broad, Ravi Bopara, Paul Collingwood, Monty Panesar, Matt Prior (wk), Kevin Pietersen, James Anderson, Graeme Swann, Andrew Strauss (Capt.), Andrew Flintoff, Alastair Cook
Australia Simon Katich, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Phillip Hughes, Peter Siddle, Nathan Hauritz, Mitchell Johnson, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, Marcus North, Brad Haddin (wk), Ben Hilfenhaus
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