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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 ...
Ashes Cricket 2009 is a cricket video game developed by Transmission Games and published by Codemasters in the UK and by Namco Bandai in Australia. It has been released for the PlayStation 3 , Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows .
The Ashes is a men's Test cricket series played biennially between England and Australia.The term originated in a satirical obituary published in a British newspaper, The Sporting Times, immediately after Australia's 1882 victory at The Oval, its first Test win on English soil.
Ashes Cricket: Big Ant Studios: 2017 PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Steam [2] Ashes Cricket 2009: Transmission Games: 2009 PlayStation 3, Wii, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 [3] Ashes Cricket 2013: Trickstar Games: 2013 Microsoft Windows [4] Battle for the Ashes: Audiogenic: 1995 DOS, Amiga [5] Big Bash Boom: Big Ant Studios: 2018
The Australia squad of the 1908–09 Ashes The Great Britain squad of the 1910 Ashes. Several sports and events adopted cricket's Ashes concept and by the beginning of the 20th century it was an "accepted principle" that a series had to have at least three matches to be a true test of which side was the best.
McGrath played all five matches in the Ashes series. He bowled the most maiden overs with 56, 14 ahead of Jason Gillespie on 42. [39] He bowled 194.2 overs, conceding 542 runs. [40] McGrath took the most wickets through the series with 32 with best figures of 7/76. [41] The 2001 Ashes was described as a display of his consistent style. [42]