| Re: The Ashes 2009 Thread
A good opening day the Aussies were not bowling well at all apart from Brad H (can't spell last name
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) and Peter Siddle it's a mystery why they left Clark out. None of the English players made anything special most getting there 50's and giving there wicket away cheaply ie Colly and KP, 336-7 is a nice score to have, nice bowling from Siddle to get Prior and Flintoff right at the death of the day and James Anderson got a test record today by having not being out for a duck in 67 tests he has played.
Scorecard
In Play
England won the toss and decided to bat
England 1st Innings
336 for 7 (90.0 overs)
England 1st Innings
Runs Balls 4s 6s
Strauss c M Clarke b M Johnson
30 60 4 0
Cook c M Hussey b Hilfenhaus
10 25 0 0
Bopara c Hughes b M Johnson
35 52 6 0
Pietersen c Katich b Hauritz
69 141 4 0
Collingwood c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
64 145 6 0
Prior b Siddle
56 62 6 0
Flintoff b Siddle
37 51 6 0
Anderson not out
2 12 0 0
Broad not out
4 3 1 0
Extras
11nb 2w 9b 7lb 29
Total
336-7 (90.0 ovs)
Bowler O M R W
M Johnson 18.0 2 68 2
Hilfenhaus 23.0 5 61 2
Siddle 23.0 3 93 2
Hauritz 19.0 1 67 1
M Clarke 5.0 0 20 0
Katich 2.0 0 11 0
Fall of wicket
21 Cook
67 Strauss
90 Bopara
228 Collingwood
241 Pietersen
327 Flintoff
329 Prior
Umpires: Aleem Dar, B R Doctrove, J J Crowe, R A Kettleborough
England: Strauss (C), Cook, Bopara, Pietersen, Collingwood, Prior (W), Flintoff, Broad, Swann, Anderson, Panesar
Australia: Katich, Hughes, Ponting (C), M Clarke, M Hussey, North, Haddin (W), M Johnson, Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Hauritz |