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The 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia, and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009, England and Australia played five Tests , with England winning the series 2–1.
The series of five Test matches between England and Australia was for The Ashes and, for the first time, a Test match was held in the capital of Wales, Cardiff. [1] Australia was the holder of The Ashes trophy, having won the 2006–07 series 5–0. England won the last series to be held in England in 2005 and won the 2009 Ashes 2–1. The ...
On three occasions has a team won all the Tests in an Ashes series; only Australia has achieved the feat 5–0 in 1920–21, 2006–07 and 2013–14. [6] England's largest winning margin in an Ashes series was in 1978–79, when it won 5–1. England's largest unbeaten winning margin of 3–0 in an Ashes series was achieved in 1886, 1977 and 2013.
The players lined up at the start of the 2009 Ashes. England won the series 2–1, reclaiming the trophy from Australia. Swann bowling during the third Test of the 2009 Ashes. Swann had done enough in the year preceding the 2009 Ashes to be considered England's premier spinner, overtaking
After losing the 2013 Ashes in England, Clarke led Australia to a 5–0 victory in the 2013–14 Ashes series. [51] Australia later gained the No. 1 Test ranking from South Africa after a long span of 4 years and 9 months (from August 2009 to April 2014), when Australia defeated South Africa 2–1 in a 3 match Test series, during Australia's ...
The Ashes Series: 2nd Test at Lord's, London, day 5: England 425 & 311/6d; Australia 215 & 406 (107 ov, Michael Clarke 136, Andrew Flintoff 5/92). England win by 115 runs and lead the 5-match series 1–0. England win an Ashes Test at Lord's for the first time in 75 years. Bangladesh in West Indies: 2nd Test in St George's, Grenada, day 4:
Hussey played in all five Tests of the 2009 Ashes Series in England, scoring 276 runs in 8 innings with a series average of 34.5. [19] He scored two half centuries, one at Lord's in the Second Test, which England won, and one in the Third Test at Edgbaston, which ended in a draw.
Johnson fields in a tour match against Northamptonshire during the 2009 Ashes series. Johnson with Australia in 2009. The 2009 tour to South Africa saw an important development in Johnson's armoury – the ability to consistently swing the ball into the right-hander, which he previously had struggled to achieve.