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Test No. 1929

The Ashes, 2009
2009-10 season
England vs Australia - 4th Test
07-09 August, 2009 (5-day match)

5-match series level 1-1

Venue : Headingley, Leeds
Toss : England won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by an innings and 80 runs


England 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss c North b Siddle
3 
17 
0 
0
17.65 
»
 Alastair Cook c Clarke b Clark
30 
65 
3 
0
46.15 
»
 Ravi Bopara c MEK Hussey b Hilfenhaus
1 
6 
0 
0
16.67 
»
 Ian Bell c Haddin b Johnson
8 
26 
2 
0
30.77 
»
 Paul Collingwood c Ponting b Clark
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Matt Prior Not Out
37 
43 
5 
0
86.05 
»
 Stuart Broad c Katich b Clark
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Graeme Swann c Clarke b Siddle
0 
15 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Steve Harmison c Haddin b Siddle
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Anderson c Haddin b Siddle
3 
10 
0 
0
30.00 
»
 Graham Onions c Katich b Siddle
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 9, LB 4, W 1, N 3
17
Total : (all out in 33.5 overs)
102
 RR : 3.01

Fall of wickets : 1-11 (Strauss, 3.6 ov), 2-16 (Bopara, 6.4 ov), 3-39 (Bell, 15.3 ov), 4-42 (Collingwood, 18.3 ov), 5-63 (Cook, 22.2 ov), 6-72 (Broad, 24.5 ov), 7-92 (Swann, 29.4 ov), 8-98 (Harmison, 31.4 ov), 9-102 (Anderson, 33.4 ov), 10-102 (Onions, 33.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
7
0 
20 
1
2.86
2
0
»
 Peter Siddle
9
 .5
0 
21 
5
2.14
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
7
0 
30 
1
4.29
0
1
»
 Stuart Clark
10
4 
18 
3
1.80
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Onions
51 
67 
9 
0
76.12 
»
 Simon Katich c Bopara b Harmison
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ricky Ponting lbw b Broad
78 
101 
12 
1
77.23 
»
 Michael Hussey lbw b Broad
10 
10 
2 
0
100.00 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Onions
93 
138 
13 
0
67.39 
»
 Marcus North c Anderson b Broad
110 
206 
13 
1
53.40 
»
 Brad Haddin c Bell b Harmison
14 
23 
1 
0
60.87 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Bopara b Broad
27 
53 
5 
0
50.94 
»
 Peter Siddle b Broad
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Stuart Clark b Broad
32 
22 
1 
3
145.45 
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus Not Out
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 9, LB 14, W 4, N 3
30
Total : (all out in 104.1 overs)
445
 RR : 4.27

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (Katich, 1.4 ov), 2-133 (Watson, 27.3 ov), 3-140 (Ponting, 28.6 ov), 4-151 (Hussey, 30.3 ov), 5-303 (Clarke, 72.6 ov), 6-323 (Haddin, 80.2 ov), 7-393 (Johnson, 96.3 ov), 8-394 (Siddle, 96.6 ov), 9-440 (Clark, 102.5 ov), 10-445 (North, 104.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 James Anderson
18
3 
89 
0
4.94
0
1
»
 Steve Harmison
23
4 
98 
2
4.26
0
1
»
 Graham Onions
22
5 
80 
2
3.64
2
1
»
 Stuart Broad
25
 .1
6 
91 
6
3.62
1
1
»
 Graeme Swann
16
4 
64 
0
4.00
0
0

England 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Andrew Strauss lbw b Hilfenhaus
32 
78 
4 
0
41.03 
»
 Alastair Cook c Haddin b Johnson
30 
84 
4 
0
35.71 
»
 Ravi Bopara lbw b Hilfenhaus
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Ian Bell c Ponting b Johnson
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Paul Collingwood lbw b Johnson
4 
10 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 James Anderson c Ponting b Hilfenhaus
4 
10 
1 
0
40.00 
»
 Matt Prior c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
22 
29 
3 
0
75.86 
»
 Stuart Broad c Watson b Siddle
61 
49 
10 
0
124.49 
»
 Graeme Swann c Haddin b Johnson
62 
72 
7 
1
86.11 
»
 Steve Harmison Not Out
19 
28 
4 
0
67.86 
»
 Graham Onions b Johnson
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 5, LB 5, W 5, N 11
26
Total : (all out in 61.3 overs)
263
 RR : 4.28

Fall of wickets : 1-58 (Strauss, 22.4 ov), 2-58 (Bopara, 22.5 ov), 3-67 (Bell, 25.5 ov), 4-74 (Collingwood, 27.6 ov), 5-78 (Cook, 29.6 ov), 6-86 (Anderson, 32.3 ov), 7-120 (Prior, 38.6 ov), 8-228 (Broad, 51.3 ov), 9-259 (Swann, 59.2 ov), 10-263 (Onions, 61.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ben Hilfenhaus
19
2 
60 
4
3.16
9
0
»
 Peter Siddle
12
2 
50 
1
4.17
1
1
»
 Stuart Clark
11
1 
74 
0
6.73
1
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
19
 .3
3 
69 
5
3.54
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: MJ North (Australia)
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand0
Third Umpire: IJ Gould (England)
Referee : RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve Umpire: JH Evans (England)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 196/4 (MJ Clarke 34*, MJ North 7*, 47 ov)
Day 2 : England 2nd innings - 82/5 (JM Anderson 0*, MJ Prior 4*, 31 ov)
Day 3 : England 2nd innings - 263 (Steve Harmison 19*, 61.3 ov) - end of match

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