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.

Aus vs Eng 3rd Ashes Test Result - Clarke's Ton Secures a Draw

Third test match between Australia and England ended in a draw thanks to rain and a brilliant century by Michael Clarke on 5th and final day of the match at Edgbaston, Birmingham. Clarke, unbeaten on 103 and North 96runs put 185 runs for the 5th wicket and secured a draw for Australia.

Clarke got Man of the Match award for his match saving century.

Match Summary:

Australia 1st Inning - 263 all out in 70.4 overs (Watson 68, Anderson 5/80)

England 1st Inning - 376 all out in 93.3 overs (Strauss 69, Bell 53, Flintoff 74, Broad 55, Hilfenhaus 4/109)

Australia 2nd Inning - 375/5 in 112.2 overs (Clarke-103*, North 96)

Toss - Australia, who elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Michael Clarke (Australia)

Result - Match Drawn

Series - England led the 5 match series by 1-0.

Eng vAus 2nd Test Result - Flintoff Stars in England's Historic 105 run win over Australia at Lord's

Finally England end their drought at Lord's as they beat Australia by 115 runs in the 2nd test, their first Ashes win in 75-years on Monday, 20th July, 2009 at London. Andrew Flintoff took 5/92 his final test at Lord's as England took 1-0 lead in the 5 match series.

England needed 5 wickets and Australia needed 209 runs on the final day to win the test and Flintoff took the wicket of Brad Haddin 80 in his first over of the day, then Swann bowled centurion Clarke on 136 runs. Mitchel Johnson shown some resistance with 63 runs but wickets on the other hand gives England historical 115 runs win.

Andrew Flintoff awarded Man of the Match award for his fine bowling in his last test match at famous Lord's ground as he retiring from test after current Ashes Series.

Match Summary:

England 1st Inning - 425 all out in 101.4 overs (Strauss-161, Cook-95, Hilfenhaus-4/103)

Australia 1st Inning - 215 all out in 63 overs (Katich-48, Hussey-51, Anderson-4/55)

England 2nd Inning - 311/6 dec. in 71.2 overs (Collingwood-54, Prior-61, Hauritz-3/80)

Australia 2nd Inning -406 all out in 107 overs (Clarke-136,Haddin-80, Flitoff-5/92)

Toss - England, who elected to bat first.

Man of the Match - Andrew Flintodd (England)

Result - England won by 115 runs.

Series - England led the 5 match series by 1-0.

England vs West Indies 3rd ODI Live Score, Teams at Barbados | Flintoff Fit

3rd ODI between England and West Indies will be played on Friday, 27th March, 2009 at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados from 9.30am 13.30GMT. 5 match series is currently level 1-1.

England won the 1st ODI by luck and lost 2nd ODI inspite of century by captain Stauss. They will be feeling well with the arrival of all rounder Andrew Flintoff from hip injury.

West Indies after miss calculation by their coach in the 1st ODI fought back hard with a win in 2nd ODI. Chanderpaul and Sarwan are in good form and they are favorite to take the lead in the series.

England Team, Squad for 3rd ODI at Barbados:

Ravi Bopara, Steven Davies (wk), Kevin Pietersen, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Strauss (capt), Dimitri Mascarenhas, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, Amjad Khan, James Anderson.

West Indies Team, Squad for 3rd ODI at Barbados:

Chris Gayle (capt), Devon Smith, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Kieron Pollard, Lendl Simmons, Dwayne Bravo, Denesh Ramdin (wk), Darren Sammy, Jerome Taylor, Fidel Edwards.

England vs South Africa 2nd Test Live Score - Flintoff back

2nd test match og the 4 match series between host England and South Africa is going to start today, Friday 18th July, 2008 at Headingley, Leeds. South African captain Graem Smith won the toss and elected to bat first.

England will be happy as all rounder Andrew Flintoff has come back in the test time after a long injury. England dominated the first three days of the 1st test match due to fine batting by Pietersen and Ian Bell and good bowling by Monty Panesar.

Darren Pattinson who has just 11 first-class matches will make his test debut as Ryan Sidebottom hasn't recovered from his back problems, while Paul Collingwood's run of 33 consecutive Tests has come to an end.

South Africa bounced back strongly in the 2nd inning of 1st test after follow on thanks to brilliant batting by 3 top order batsman, Graem Smith, Neil McKenzie and Hashim Amla all scored centuries.

England Squad for the 2nd Test:

Andrew Strauss, Alastair Cook, Michael Vaughan (capt), Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Tim Ambrose (wk), Andrew Flintoff, Stuart Broad, James Anderson, Monty Panesar, Darren Pattinson.

South Africa Squad for the 2nd Test:

Graeme Smith, Neil McKenzie, Hashim Amla, Jacques Kallis, Ashwell Prince, AB de Villiers, Mark Boucher (wk), Morne Morkel, Paul Harris, Makhaya Ntini, Dale Steyn.

England were 26/1 after 11 overs.