The Ashes1st Test
England and Australia draw in the 1st Test - Match Info
Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, . England won the toss and chose to bat.
Match details
- Match
- 1st Test, Test · The Ashes 2009
- Date
- (Wed 8 Jul, 15:00 PKT)
- Venue
- Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, England
- Toss
- England, chose to bat
- Result
- Match drawn
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Billy Doctrove
- TV umpire
- Richard Kettleborough
- Reserve umpire
- Richard Illingworth
- Match referee
- Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
Head to head (Test)
Played 366 · ENG won 113 · AUS won 156 · Drawn 97
Last 5 meetings
- 5th Test · England tour of Australia · ENG 291 & 147 v AUS 393 & 46/0Australia won by 10 wickets
- 4th Test · England tour of Australia · ENG 159 & 161 v AUS 419Australia won by an innings and 99 runs
- 3rd Test · England tour of Australia · AUS 244 & 527/5d v ENG 215 & 350Australia won by 206 runs
- 2nd Test · England tour of Australia · ENG 551/6d & 129 v AUS 513 & 168/4Australia won by 6 wickets
- 1st Test · England tour of Australia · AUS 602/9d & 202/1d v ENG 157 & 370Australia won by 277 runs
Recent results (Test)
- W vs WI · ENG 569/6d v WI 310 & 176England won by an innings and 83 runs
- W vs WI · ENG 377 & 32/0 v WI 152 & 256England won by 10 wickets
- D vs WI · WI 544 & 114/8 v ENG 546/6d & 237/6dMatch drawn
- D vs WI · WI 749/9d v ENG 600/6d & 279/2dMatch drawn
- D vs WI · WI 285 & 370/9 v ENG 566/9d & 221/8dMatch drawn
- L vs SA · SA 651 v AUS 209 & 422South Africa won by an innings and 20 runs
- W vs SA · SA 138/9 & 370/9 v AUS 352 & 331/5dAustralia won by 175 runs
- W vs SA · SA 220 & 291 v AUS 466 & 207Australia won by 162 runs
- W vs SA · AUS 445 & 257/4d v SA 327/9 & 272Australia won by 103 runs
- L vs SA · AUS 394 & 247 v SA 459 & 183/1South Africa won by 9 wickets
Top players in this fixture
ENG v AUS Tests, among players who have played for either side in the last 18 months.
| Most runs | M | Runs | HS | Avg | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting AUS | 26 | 1978 | 196 | 48.24 | 61.35 |
| Matthew Hayden AUS | 20 | 1461 | 197 | 45.66 | 58.94 |
| Adam Gilchrist AUS | 20 | 1083 | 152 | 45.13 | 92.01 |
| Kevin Pietersen ENG | 10 | 963 | 158 | 53.50 | 57.56 |
| Michael Vaughan ENG | 10 | 959 | 183 | 47.95 | 58.94 |
| Most wickets | M | Wkts | Econ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee AUS | 18 | 62 | 3.85 |
| Stuart MacGill AUS | 6 | 39 | 2.72 |
| Steve Harmison ENG | 14 | 36 | 3.49 |
| Andrew Flintoff ENG | 10 | 35 | 3.42 |
| Matthew Hoggard ENG | 12 | 35 | 3.64 |