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  1st Test: England v Australia at Cardiff - Jul 8-12, 2009
VS

England 435 and 252/9; Australia 674/6d

Result: Match drawn

Player of the match: RT Ponting (Australia)

 

Series
Toss
Umpires
Third Umpire
Referee
: Ashes
: England, who chose to bat
: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and BR Doctrove (West Indies)
: RA Kettleborough
: JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
1st Innings, 2nd Innings
Batting: England 1st innings
Batsmen Status
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
SR
AJ Strauss (c) c Clarke b Johnson 30 60 4 0 50.00
AN Cook c Hussey b Hilfenhaus 10 25 0 0 40.00
RS Bopara c Hughes b Johnson 35 52 6 0 67.30
KP Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz 69 141 4 0 48.93
PD Collingwood c (wk) Haddin b Hilfenhaus 64 145 6 0 44.13
MJ Prior (wk) b Siddle 56 62 6 0 90.32
A Flintoff b Siddle 37 51 6 0 72.54
JM Anderson c Hussey b Hauritz 26 40 2 0 65.00
SCJ Broad b Johnson 19 20 4 0 95.00
GP Swann Notout 47 40 6 0 117.50
MS Panesar c Ponting b Hauritz 4 17 0 0 23.52
Extras (b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 12) 38  
Total

(all out; 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)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ER
MG Johnson 22 2 87 3 3.95
BW Hilfenhaus (4nb, 1w) 27 5 77 2 2.85
PM Siddle (5nb, 1w) 27 3 121 2 4.48
NM Hauritz (3nb) 23.5 1 95 3 3.98
MJ Clarke 5 0 20 0 4.00
SM Katich 2 0 11 0 5.50
Batting: Australia 1st innings
Batsmen Status
Runs
Balls
4's
6's
SR
PJ Hughes c (wk) Prior b Flintoff 36 54 5 0 66.66
SM Katich lbw b Anderson 122 261 12 0 46.74
RT Ponting (c) b Panesar 150 224 14 1 66.96
MEK Hussey c (wk) Prior b Anderson 3 16 0 0 18.75
MJ Clarke c (wk) Prior b Broad 83 145 9 1 57.24
MJ North Notout 125 242 13 0 51.24
BJ Haddin (wk) c Bopara b Collingwood 121 151 11 3 80.13
MG Johnson            
NM Hauritz            
BW Hilfenhaus            
PM Siddle            
Extras (b 9, lb 14, w 4, nb 7) 34  
Total

(6 wickets dec; 181 overs)

674 RR 3.72
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)
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ER
JM Anderson (1w) 32 6 110 2 3.43
SCJ Broad (2w) 32 6 129 1 4.03
GP Swann 38 8 131 0 3.44
A Flintoff (7nb, 1w) 35 3 128 1 3.65
MS Panesar 35 4 115 1 3.28
PD Collingwood 9 0 38 1 4.22

England Team: AJ Strauss (c), AN Cook, RS Bopara, KP Pietersen, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior (wk), A Flintoff, JM Anderson, SCJ Broad, GP Swann, MS Panesar

Australia Team: PJ Hughes, SM Katich, RT Ponting (c), MEK Hussey, MJ Clarke, MJ North, BJ Haddin (wk), MG Johnson, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, PM Siddle

Close of play
8 Jul day 1 - England 1st innings 336/7 (JM Anderson 2*, SCJ Broad 4*, 90 ov)
9 Jul day 2 - Australia 1st innings 249/1 (SM Katich 104*, RT Ponting 100*, 71 ov)
10 Jul day 3 - Australia 1st innings 479/5 (MJ North 54*, BJ Haddin 4*, 139 ov)
11 Jul day 4 - England 2nd innings 20/2 (AJ Strauss 6*, KP Pietersen 3*, 7 ov)
12 Jul day 5 - England 2nd innings 252/9 (105 ov) - end of match