Australia V England - The Ashes - 3rd Test (Day - 4)
Test no - 1928 (2009 season) Played at Edgbaston, Birmingham
Date: 2 August, 2009 (5-day match)
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: RA Kettleborough
Match referee: JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: RT Robinson Close of
Australia won the toss and elected to bat
England 1st innings:
Batsman R M B 4s 6s SR
AJ Strauss* c †Manou b Hilfenhaus 69 134 11 0 51.49
AN Cook c †Manou b Siddle 0 7 4 0 0 0.00
RS Bopara b Hilfenhaus 23 70 54 4 0 42.59
IR Bell lbw b Johnson 53 114 7 1 46.49
PD Collingwood c Ponting b Hilfenhaus 13 22 3 0 59.09
MJ Prior† c sub (PJ Hughes) b Siddle 41 59 6 0 69.49
A Flintoff c Clarke b Hauritz 74 79 10 1 93.67
SCJ Broad c & b Siddle 55 64 9 0 85.93
GP Swann c North b Johnson 24 20 5 0 120.00
JM Anderson c †Manou b Hilfenhaus 1 6 0 0 16.66
G Onions not out 2 14 0 0 14.28
Extras (b 2, lb 4, w 6, nb 9) 21
Total (all out; 93.3 overs) 376 (4.02 runs per over)
Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Cook, 1.4 ov), 2-60 (Bopara, 19.2 ov), 3-141 (Strauss, 44.1 ov), 4-159 (Collingwood, 50.5 ov), 5-168 (Bell, 55.6 ov), 6-257 (Prior, 71.3 ov), 7-309 (Flintoff, 80.4 ov), 8-348 (Swann, 87.3 ov), 9-355 (Anderson, 88.6 ov), 10-376 (Broad, 93.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
BW Hilfenhaus 30 7 109 4 3.63 (4nb)
PM Siddle 21.3 3 89 3 4.13 (1w)
NM Hauritz 18 2 57 1 3.16
MG Johnson 21 1 92 2 4.38 (5nb, 1w)
SR Watson 3 0 23 0 7.66
Australia 2nd innings:
Batsman R B 4s 6s SR
SR Watson not out 34 68 6 0 50.00 SM Katich c †Prior b Onions 26 47 2 0 55.31
RT Ponting* b Swann 5 7 0 0 71.42
MEK Hussey not out 18 47 4 0 38.29
Extras (b 4, nb 1) 5
Total (2 wickets; 28 overs) 88 (3.14 runs per over)
To bat: MJ Clarke, MJ North, GA Manou†, MG Johnson, BW Hilfenhaus, PM Siddle, NM Hauritz
Fall of wickets: 1-47 (Katich, 13.2 ov), 2-52 (Ponting, 14.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
JM Anderson 8 4 19 0 2.37 (1nb)
A Flintoff 4 0 11 0 2.75
G Onions 7 2 30 1 4.28
GP Swann 9 2 24 1 2.66
Close of play:
day 1 - Australia 1st innings 126/1 (SR Watson 62*, RT Ponting 17*, 30 ov)
day 2 - England 1st innings 116/2 (AJ Strauss 64*, IR Bell 26*, 36 ov)
day 3 - no play
day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 88/2 (SR Watson 34*, MEK Hussey 18*, 28 ov)