Aus vs Eng 1st Ashes Test Result - Collingwood and Anderson Drawn 1st Test for England

In a very tensed and thrilling first test of match Ashes Series between host England and Australia, Paul Collingwood and James Anderson batted brilliantly under pressure to draw the match for England with 1 wicket remaining on 5th and final day of 1st test match.

England reduced to 159/7 still 40 overs remained to survive, then Collingwood and Graem Swann batted 19 overs before later got out and left England to struggle another 19 overs. But then Anderson played confidently for another 8 overs when Collingwood out with still 12 overs remaining and they are trailing by 4 runs.

Monty Panesar then played inning of his life faced 35 balls under pressure and put 19 runs for the last wicket with Anderson and saved the match for England.

2nd test match will begin from Thursday, 16th July to Monday, 20th July, 2009 at Lord's

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 435 all out in 106.5 overs (Pietersen-69, Collingwood-64, Prior-56, Johnson-3/87, Hauritz-3/95)

Australia 1st Inning - 674/6 dec. in 181 overs (Katich-121, Ponting-150, North-125*, Haddin-121, Anderson-2/110)

England 2nd Inning - 252/9 in 105 overs (Collingwood-74, Anderson-21*, Hifenhaus-3/47, Hauritz-/63)

Toss - England, who elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Ricky Ponting (Australia)

Result - Match Drawn.

Series - 5 match series level 0-0.