England vs Pakistan 4th Test Match Result - England won by an innings and 225 runs

England duly completed an overwhelming innings-and-225-run victory over Pakistan, before lunch on the fourth day at Lord's, to take the series 3-1 but that faded into insignificance following the spot-fixing revelations which broke on Saturday evening and sent the game spiralling into another crisis.

For the record, Graeme Swann claimed his ninth five-wicket haul, and his first at Lord's, while Umar Akmal biffed a late half-century.

Even the not-out batsmen, Azhar Ali and Umar Akmal, couldn't have a quick hit before resuming their innings and the contest was never going to last very long.

Match Summary:

England 1st Innings 446/all out; 139.2 overs (Trott 184, Broad 169, Amir 6-84)

Pakistan 1st Innings 74/all out; 33 overs overs (Butt 26, Swann 4-12, Finn 3-38)

Pkistan 2nd Innings 147/all out; 36.5 overs (Umar Akmal 79*, Swann 5-62)

Toss - Pakistan, who chose to field.

Man of the Match - Stuart Broad (Pakistan)

Man of the Series - Mo Amir (Pakistan) and Jonathan Trott (England)

Series - England won the 4-match series 3-1

Result - England won by an innings and 225 runs.

England vs Srilanka ICC Twenty World Cup 1st Semi-Final Match Result - England won by 7 wickets

2010 ICC Twenty World Cup England beat Srilanka 1st Semi-Final Matches win 7 wickets, with 24 balls remaining, on Thursday, 13th May, 2010, at Gros Islet. SL made 128/6 in 20 overs while Eng made 132/3 in 16 overs. man of the Match is Stuart Broad who made 2 Wicket.

Srilanka recovered from 47 for 4 after nine overs thanks to the calm accumulation of Angelo Mathews, who made 58 from 45 balls, their final total was at least 20 runs short of a competitive total.

England Kevin Pietersen marked the birth of his first son by steering England into the final of the ICC World Twenty20, as he continued his imposing run of form with an unbeaten 42 from 26 balls in a comprehensive seven-wicket victory.

Match Summary:

Srilanka made - 128/6 in 20 overs (Mathews 58, Broad 2-21)

England made - 132/3 in 16 overs (Pietersen 42*, Kieswetter 39)

Toss - Sri Lanka, who chose to bat.

Man of the Match - Stuart Broad (England)

Result - England won by 7 wickets (with 24 balls remaining)

England Regained Ashes by 2-1, won the 5th test by 197 runs

England regained the Ashes series by 2-1 which they lost by 5-0 in 2007 as they won 5th and final thrilling test match by 197 runs on Sunday, 23rd August, 2009 Kennington Oval, London.

England needed 10 wickets on the 4th day and got 2 early wickets as the openers gone early and then Ponting (66 runs) and Hussey put 127 runs partnership but run outs of Ponting and Clarke pushed back Australians. Michael Hussey hit his 10th test century gone in vain as he short of partners in the end.

Graem Swann was pick of the bowler in the 2nd inning with 4 wickets but the hero of the match is Stuart Broad whose 5 wicket haul in the first inning led the victory. Michael Clarke from Australia and England captain Andrw Strauss shared the Man of the Series award.

This was the last test match for England all rounder Andrew Flintoff.

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 332 all out in 90.5 overs (Strauss 55, Bell 72, Siddle 4-75)

Australia 1st Inning - 160 all out in 52.5 overs (Katich 50, Broad 5-37)

England 2nd Inning - 373/9 dec. in 95 overs (Strauss 75, Trott 119, Swann 63)

Australia 2nd Inning -348 all out in 102.2 overs (Ponting 66, Hussey 121)

Toss -England, who elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Stuart Broad (England)

Man of the Match - Michael Clarke (Australia), Andrew Strauss (England)

Result - England won by 197 runs.

Series - England won the 5 match series by 2-1.