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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 ...
Australia won an Ashes series for the first time in 1891–92, when it beat England 2–1. [6] The 1932–33 tour was known as the " Bodyline series" as, in response to the talented Australian batsman Don Bradman , England developed a tactic of bowling quickly at the body of the batsmen with most of the fielders placed in a close ring on the ...
Test Series (The 2009 Ashes) Test 1922: 8–12 July: Andrew Strauss: Ricky Ponting: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff: Match Drawn Test 1925: 16–20 July: Andrew Strauss: Ricky Ponting: Lord's Cricket Ground, London England won by 115 runs Test 1928: 30 July-3 August: Andrew Strauss: Ricky Ponting: Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham: Match Drawn Test ...
The 2010–11 Ashes series was the only one in which a team had won three Tests by innings margins and it was the first time England had scored 500 or more four times in a single series. England opener Cook scored 766 runs at average 127.66 in the series, the most dominant batsman in an Ashes series since Bradman in 1930.
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. During the first Test, on 27 ...
West Indies in England, 2009 (2–0) 886 1920 West Indies: Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street: Home: 14 May 2009 Won by an innings and 83 runs: 887 1922 Australia: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff: Home: 8 July 2009 Match drawn : 2009 Ashes series (2–1) 888 1925 Australia: Lord's, London: Home: 16 July 2009 Won by 115 runs: 889 1928 Australia ...
Siddle also gave a fine account of himself on the South African leg of the rubber, in which the Australians triumphed 2–1. Going into the 2009 Ashes series, he had notched up 29 Test wickets at an average of 27.65. The fact that it had come in six Tests against the South Africans and one in India, with an economy rate of only 2.57 an over ...