England won Ashes test serise by 2-1 on 5 test match.The Ashes after losing 5-0 in Australia in 2006-07.England won by 197 runs in last match.
England's captain Andrew Strauss says : "This is a special moment for all of us. The players have had to dig pretty deep, it's been a very hard series." "When we were bad, we were very bad, and when we were good we managed to be good enough." "Freddie's been an incredible player for England, a great advert for the game of cricket and it just won't be the same without him."
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting says: "We've given our all through the series but unfortunately it hasn't been good enough. Full credit to Andrew Strauss, he's led his side well through the series." "There's been countless opportunities for us throughout the series to put our stamp on the series and we haven't been able to do it."
Andrew Flintoff
5th Ashes test:England v AustraliaVenue: Oval
Date: 20-24 Aug 2009
Time:10.30 local (9:30 GMT)
Toss: England won the toss and elected to bat
After 3rd day:England 332 & 373/9d
Australia 160 & 80/0 (20.0 ov)
After 4th day:England 332 & 373/9d
Australia 160 & 348 (102.2 ov)
Result :England won by 197 runs
Player of the match: SCJ Broad (England)
Players of the series: MJ Clarke (Australia) and AJ Strauss (England)
Full Scoreboard:
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| England 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| AJ Strauss c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 55 | 101 | 11 | 0 | 54.45 |
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| AN Cook c Ponting b Siddle | 10 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
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| PD Collingwood c Hussey b Siddle | 24 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 36.92 |
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| IJL Trott run out (Katich) | 41 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 50.61 |
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| MJ Prior† c Watson b Johnson | 18 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 54.54 |
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| A Flintoff c †Haddin b Johnson | 7 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 36.84 |
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| SCJ Broad c Ponting b Hilfenhaus | 37 | 69 | 5 | 0 | 53.62 |
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| GP Swann c †Haddin b Siddle | 18 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 64.28 |
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| JM Anderson lbw b Hilfenhaus | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| SJ Harmison not out | 12 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 100.00 |
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| Extras (b 12, lb 5, w 3, nb 18) | 38 |
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| Total (all out; 90.5 overs) | 332 |
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Fall of wickets:1-12 , 2-114 , 3-176 ), 4-181, 5-229 , 6-247 ), 7-268, 8-307 , 9-308, 10-332
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| BW Hilfenhaus | 21.5 | 5 | 71 | 3 | 3.25 |
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| PM Siddle | 21 | 6 | 75 | 4 | 3.57 |
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| SR Clark | 14 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 2.92 |
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| MG Johnson | 15 | 0 | 69 | 2 | 4.60 |
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| MJ North | 14 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 2.35 |
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| SR Watson | 5 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 5.20 |
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| Australia 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| SR Watson lbw b Broad | 34 | 69 | 7 | 0 | 49.27 |
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| SM Katich c Cook b Swann | 50 | 107 | 7 | 0 | 46.72 |
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| RT Ponting* b Broad | 8 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 53.33 |
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| MEK Hussey lbw b Broad | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| MJ Clarke c Trott b Broad | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 42.85 |
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| MJ North lbw b Swann | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 |
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| BJ Haddin† b Broad | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
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| MG Johnson c †Prior b Swann | 11 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 45.83 |
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| PM Siddle not out | 26 | 38 | 5 | 0 | 68.42 |
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| SR Clark c Cook b Swann | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 |
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| BW Hilfenhaus b Flintoff | 6 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 28.57 |
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| Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 1) | 7 |
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| Total (all out; 52.5 overs; 226 mins) | 160 |
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Fall of wickets:1-73, 2-85 , 3-89, 4-93 , 5-108 , 6-109 , 7-111 , 8-131 , 9-143 , 10-160
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| JM Anderson | 9 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 3.22 |
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| A Flintoff | 13.5 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 2.53 |
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| GP Swann | 14 | 3 | 38 | 4 | 2.71 |
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| SJ Harmison | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3.75 |
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| SCJ Broad | 12 | 1 | 37 | 5 | 3.08 |
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England:
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| England 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| AJ Strauss* c Clarke b North | 75 | 191 | 8 | 0 | 39.26 |
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| AN Cook c Clarke b North | 9 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25.71 |
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| IR Bell c Katich b Johnson | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 57.14 |
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| PD Collingwood c Katich b Johnson | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.2.8 |
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| IJL Trott c North b Clark | 119 | 193 | 12 | 0 | 61.65 |
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| MJ Prior† run out (Katich) | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 44.44 |
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| A Flintoff c Siddle b North | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 122.22 |
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| SCJ Broad c Ponting b North | 29 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 82.85 |
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| GP Swann c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 63 | 55 | 9 | 0 | 114.54 |
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| JM Anderson not out | 15 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 51.72 |
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| Extras (b 1, lb 15, w 7, nb 9) | 3 |
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| Total (9 wickets dec; 95 overs) | 373 |
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Fall of wickets:1-27, 2-34, 3-39 , 4-157 , 5-168, 6-200 , 7-243 , 8-333, 9-373
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| BW Hilfenhaus | 11 | 1 | 58 | 1 | 5.27 |
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| PM Siddle | 17 | 3 | 69 | 0 | 4.05 |
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| MJ North | 30 | 4 | 98 | 4 | 3.26 |
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| MG Johnson | 17 | 1 | 60 | 2 | 3.52 |
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| SM Katich | 5 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1.80 |
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| SR Clark | 12 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 3.58 |
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| MJ Clarke | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 6.66 |
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| Australia 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
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| SR Watson lbw b Broad | 40 | 81 | 6 | 0 | 49.38 |
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| SM Katich lbw b Swann | 43 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 63.23 |
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| RT Ponting run out (Flintoff) | 66 | 103 | 10 | 0 | 64.07 |
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| MEK Hussey c Cook b Swann | 121 | 263 | 14 | 0 | 46.00 |
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| MJ Clarke run out (Strauss) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| MJ North st Prior b Swann | 10 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 41.66 |
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| BJ Haddin c Strauss b Swann | 34 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 69.38 |
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| MG Johnson c Collingwood b Harmison | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| PM Siddle c Flintoff b Harmison | 10 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 |
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| SR Clark c Cook b Harmison | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
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| BW Hilfenhaus not out | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
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| Extras (b 1, lb 5, nb 1) | 20 |
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| Total (all out; 52.5 overs; 226 mins) | 348 |
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Fall of wickets:1-86, 2-90, 3-217 , 4-220, 5-236 , 6-327 , 7-327, 8-343 , 9-343 , 10-348
Michael Hussey
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| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ |
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| JM Anderson | 12 | 2 | 46 | 0 | 3.83 |
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| A Flintoff | 11 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 3.81 |
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| SJ Harmison | 16 | 5 | 54 | 3 | 3.37 |
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| GP Swann | 40.2 | 8 | 120 | 4 | 2.97 |
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| SCJ Broad | 22 | 4 | 71 | 1 | 3.22 |
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| PD Collingwood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 |
