2015 The Ashes England Vs Australia Second Test at Lord's Thursday July 16 - 20,2015

England won the First Test Match at Cardiff by 169 Runs and lead the 5-Matche Series 1-0

 It has been 14 years for Australia to have won a test series in England

Australia have had a great 2015 so far.

A tri series (Australia,England and India)win at home was followed by a World Cup win. Then the Kangaroos simply massacred the West Indians in the Caribbean.

Ashes Result Summary
 

Total Tests = 336
Australia 138, England 105, Draws 93.
In Australia = 175
Australia 91, England 57, Draws 27.
In England = 161
England 48, Australia 47, Draws 66.

Australia and England have played 77 Ashes series till now, with Australia winning 37 of them and England 32 while 8 finished as draws.

Interestingly, both teams have whitewashed each other 3 times

The Last  Four Ashes Series Results

• 2013-14 in Australia -Australia beats England 5-0

• 2013 in England - England won the series 3-0 with wins at Trent Bridge,Lord's and Riverside Ground,Durham and the matches at the Old Trafford and Th Oval drawn

• 2010-11 in Australia -  England won the series 3–1 with wins at ,Adelaidw,MCG and Sydney,drawing the Brisbane Test and losing theTest at Perth

• 2009 in England -England won the series 2-1 with wins at Lord's and The Oval,drawing the two test matches at - Cardiff and  Edgbaston and losing the test match at Headingly,Leeds

Shane Watson has been dropped from the Australia team for the second Ashes Test against England at Lord's scheduled to be played from July 16-20,2015 and will be replaced by fellow all-rounder Mitchell Marsh

Shane Watson`s place in the side for the Lord`s test, which starts on Thursday, was called into question after he was twice dismissed lbw after scoring a total of 49 runs and failing to take a wicket in the first test in Cardiff July 08-11,2015

Also Brad Haddin asked to be omitted from the second test for personal reasons. He will be replaced by debutant Peter Nevill.

 

Brad Haddin, who was playing in his 66th Test match, made scores of 22 and 7 at Cardiff but also dropped Joe Root on 0 before he went on to make 134 in the first innings of England's 169 Runs win at the first test match at Cardiff 
Peter Nevill(29)has not represented Australia in a Test match, one-day international or T20 game but did play in their 169-run warm-up victory against Essex earlier this month

Australia, who are bidding for a first Ashes series win in England since 2001, also have concerns over the fitness of Mitchell Starc with Peter Siddle on stand-by in case the left-arm quick is unable to play because of an ankle strain.

England head into the second Test at Lord's on Thursday July 16,2015 on the back of an impressive 169 Runs win at the first test match at Cardiff  July 08-11,2015
Scorecard
England  430 and 289
Australia 308 and 242
Match Result -England won by 169 Runs
MOM - Joe Root for his 134 and 60 Runs and 2/28 in the 2nd Innings

Australia captain Michael Clarke has backed his side to emulate their 1997 predecessors by coming from behind to win an Ashes series.
Michael
Clarke's men go into the second Test at Lord's on Thursday 1-0 down in the five-match Ashes series after England's convincing 169-run win in Cardiff last week.
The last time Australia won the Ashes after losing was 18 years ago in England when Mark Taylor's side suffered a nine-wicket loss at Edgbaston, but recovered with a rain-affected draw at Lord's before winning the six-Test series 3-2.

MCC members queue outside Lord's Cricket Ground ahead of the start of the Second Investec Ashes Test at Lord's, London.

 

  

Former Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting rings the bell to signify five minutes to the start of play on the first day of the second Ashes Test match between England and Australia, at Lord's cricket ground in London, Thursday, July 16, 2015

Day One Thursday July 16,2015

Australia won the toss and chose to bat first 

Test Match Debut - Peter Nevill(Australia) - Wicket Keeper Replacing Brad Haddin 

Peter Nevill receives his baggy green from Steve Waugh ahead of his Test debut at Lord's  

At close of play on Day One,Australia were 337/1 in 90 Overs

Fall of Wickets(Australia)
David Warner                38(42 Balls 4x7)
Chris Rogers                  158* -  5th Test Match Ton in 22 Tests(42 Innings)

Steve Smith                    129* -  10th Test Match Ton in 30 Tests(57 Innings)

Chris Rogers scored his 8th fifty-plus score in 9 Test innings

 

For Chris Rogers, this day ended a frustrating run of half-centuries that failed to turn into hundreds, seven in consecutive innings

Chris Rogers surpased his previous best score of 119 in Sydney Vs England  in the 5th Test Match in January 2014 and among Australians, only Don Bradman and Bill Brown have scored Test double-centuries at Lord's, and Rogers will begin day two with a realistic chance of joining them

Steve Smith was first to reach three figures - his 10th hundred in Tests

 

For Steve Smith, it was simply a continuation of his remarkable first-innings form of the past eight months: it was the sixth time in the past eight Tests that he had scored a first-innings century

Chris Rogers and Steve Smith scored 259 Runs for the 2nd wicket

and surpassed the  previous record was 231 Runs, between Don Bradman and Bill Woodfull  Vs England  in the 2nd Test @ Lord's in 1930

The last time England only took one wicket in a full day of an Ashes Test was the second day at Headingley in 1993, when Australia went from 307-3 to 613-4

This is only the second time only one wicket has fallen on the opening day of a Lord's Test, after England made 334-1 against India in 1974

Not since Geoff Marsh (125 not out) and Mark Taylor (141 not out) took their side to 301 without loss against England on the first day of the fifth Test at Trent Bridge in 1989 had Australia produced such a commanding display with the bat on the opening day of an Ashes match

Day Two Friday July 17,2015
Brett Lee rings the five-minute bell ahead of the start of play on the second day

 

Australia scored 566/8 Declared in 149 Overs
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers                   173(300 Balls 4x28)-Career Best Score & 5th Test Match Ton

in 22 Tests (42 Innings)

Michael Clarke                  07(32 Balls)
Adam Voges                       25(47 Balls 4x5)
Mitchell Marsh                   12(15 Balls 4x2)

Steve Smith                      215(346 Balls 4x25 and 6x1)-First Test Match Double Ton

Peter Nevill                        45(59 Balls 4x5)- Debut Test Match Innings score
Mitchell Johnson                 15(33 Balls 4x2)
Mitchell Starc                      12*(21 Balls 6x1)
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad                4/83(27 Overs)
Joe Root                      2/55(12 Overs)
Mark Wood                 1/92(28 Overs)
Moeen Ali                     1/138(36 Overs)
Chris Rogers 138 and Steve Smith 139 added 284 Runs for the 2nd wicket in 80.4 Overs
England scored 85/4 in 29 Overs

Fall of Wickets(England)
Adam Lyth                   00(2 Balls)

Gary Ballance               23(31 Balls 4x4)

Ian Bell                         01(2 Balls)

Joe Root                       01(4 Balls)
Alastair Cook                21*
Ben Stokes                38*

Steve Smith has scored 162*, 133, 192, 117, 25, 199, 33 and 215 in his past 8 first innings

Steve Smith was the third Australian to reach 200 at Lord's after Donald Bradman and Bill Brown

This was the first time that three of England's top five have been dismissed for one run or fewer in 160 Ashes Tests at home 

Ian Bell has been dismissed after scoring one run in five of his last 10 Test innings

No wicketkeeper in Test history has secured his first dismissal as quickly as Peter Nevill, who pouched a catch from the second ball of England's innings when Adam Lyth wafted outside off and edged behind off Mitchell Starc for a duck

This is not the first time in 2015 England  have suffered a top-order collapse

First Test Vs Australia in Cardiff
43/3 and 73/3
First Test Vs NZ in Lord's
30/4 and 25/2
Third Test Vs WI in Bridgetown
38/3 and 39/5

Day Three Saturday July 18,2015 

Simon Jones rings the five-minute bell ahead of the start of play on the third day, England v Australia, 2nd Investec Ashes Test, Lord's, 3rd day, July 18, 2015

Resuming from 85/4,England scored 312/10 in 90.1 Overs 
Fall of Wickets(England) 
Ben Stokes                   87(128 Balls 4x13 and 6x1)-4th Test Fifty in 13 Tests(23 Innings)

Jos Butler                      13(26 Balls 4x3)
Alastair Cook                96(233 Balls 4x13)-43rd Test Fifty in 116 Tests(207 Innings)

Moeen Ali                      39(57 Balls 4x5 and 6x1)
Mark Wood                   04(7 Balls 4x1)
Stuart Broad                   21(45 Balls 4x1)
James Anderson              06*(7 Balls 4x1)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Johnson           3/53(20.1 Overs)
Josh Hazzlewood          3/68(22 Overs)
Mitchell Marsh              2/23(8 Overs)
Nathan Lyon                 1/53(16 Overs)
Mitchell Starc                1/86(22 Overs)
Ben Stokes and Alastair Cook added 145 Runs for the 5th wicket
After getting all-out for 312 Runs,England trail by 244 Runs in the 1st Innings  to Australia's 566/8 Declared

 Alastair Cook becomes the 1st batsman to get out in the 90's thrice at Lord's

England skipper Alastair Cook on Saturday July 18,2015 created a dubious record for getting out most times in the nervous nineties at the Lord's. He was bowled by Mitchell Marsh at 96

Alastair Cook was looking in fine form to hit his first Ashes hundred in 22 innings and reach 28th Test hundred. But the southpaw failed to show the full face of the bat and ended up dragging the ball onto his stumps, giving Marsh second wicket of the match

It was the third instance Cook has gotten out in the 90's at the 'home of cricket'.

Overall, Alastair Cook has been dismissed on the nineties for seven times, a record for English players. Geoffrey Boycott is second with five

 Besides, Alastair Cook is also the only other batsman apart from Virender Sehwag to have been dismissed at least once in 90s, 190s and 290s 

Number of Test dismissals in the 90s
10: S Tendulkar (Ind) (329 innings)
9: R Dravid (Ind) (286 inns); M Slater (Aus) (131 inns)
8: AB de Villiers (SA) (162 inns); S Waugh (Aus) (260 inns)
7: M Hayden (Aus) (184 inns); A Kallicharran (WI) (109 inns); A Cook (Eng) (207 inns)

After Alastair Cook's fall, Australia soon folded the England innings at 312 runs in 90.1 overs to gain a first innings lead of 254 runs. Despite the healthy lead, Aussies skipper Michael Clarke opted to bat again.

The last time Australia had enforced the follow-on in an Ashes Test was at Melbourne in 2002, which they won by five wickets. Australia are trailing the current series 0-1 after losing the opener at Cardiff, by 169 runs.

The last visiting team to enforce the follow-on at the Lord's was Sri Lanka in a drawn match in 2002.

Australia 2nd Innings108/0 in 26 Overs
Chris Rogers           44*
David Warner          60*

At close of play on Day 3,Australia lead by 362 runs with 10 wickets remaining
Chris Rogers and David Warner added an unbroken 108-run opening stand as Australia extended their lead to 362 against England at Lord's

David Warner (left) and Chris Rogers leave the field at the end of day's play with Australia holding a commanding 362-run lead

Day Four Sunday July 19,2015 
Resuming from 108/0,Australia scored 254/2 Declared
Fall of Wickets(Australia) 
Chris Rogers                 49(77 Balls 4x6) - Retired - Hurt

David Warner                83(116 Balls 4x12) -16th Test Fifty in 40 Tests(76 Innings)

Steve Smith                    58(48 Balls 4x9)
Michael Clarke               32*(34 Balls 4x3)
Mitchell Marsh                27(19 Balls 4x1 and 6x2)
Wicket Takers(England)
Moeen Ali                    2/78(16 Overs) 

A Cricket Australia spokesperson said Rogers suffered a dizzy spell on the ground and was being monitored in the Australian dressing room. He had not left the ground, nor gone to hospital.
Chris Rogers49* and David Warner 60* added 114 Runs for the 1st wicket in 28 Overs 

Michael Clarke's declaration shortly before lunch meant a victory target of 509 for England

Steve Smith finished with an aggregate of 273 runs (215+58)for the match, the second highest by any batsman in a Lord's Test, behind the 456 that Graham Gooch compiled in 1990, when he made 333 and 123

Australian Test Debutant Peter Nevill had 3+4=7 dismissals
England 1st Innings

• Adam Lyth in the 0.2 Over
• Joe Root in the 10.3 Over
• Jos Butler in the 65.1 Over

England 2nd Innings

• Adam Lth in the 4.3 Over
• Alastair Cook in the 8.4 Over
• Gary Ballance in the 16.1 Over
• Jos Butler in the 28.1 Over

England 2nd Innings 103/10(Target 509 Runs) 
Fall of Wickets(England)
Adam Lyth               07(16 Balls 4x1)
Alastair Cook           11(31 Balls 4x2)

Gary Ballance           14(33 Balls 4x2)

Ian Bell                     11(50 Balls 4x2)

Ben Stokes                00(3 Ball) - Run -Out

Jos Butler                   11(9 Balls 4x2)

Moeen Ali                  00(4 Balls)

Stuart Broad               25(17 Balls 4x4 and 6x1)

Joe Root                     17(44 Balls 4x2)

James Anderson          00(5 Balls)

Mark Wood                02*(10 Balls)

Wicket Takers(Australia)

Mitchell Johnson           3/27(10 Overs)

Josh Hazzlewood          2/20(8 Overs)

Nathan Lyon                 2/27(9 Overs)

Mitchell Marsh              1/08(3 Overs)

Mitchell Starc                1/16(7 Overs)

Match Result - Australia won by 405 Runs

MOM - Steve Smith for his 215 and 58

Series Result - 1-1 in the 5-Match Test Series 

Australia thrash England by 405 runs inside 4 days in 2nd Ashes Test to level series 1-1

 

Australia dealt England a humiliating Ashes defeat at Lord's on Sunday, winning by 405 runs to level the five-match series 1-1

First, Australia batted and amassed 566-8 declared thanks to major innings from Chris Rogers and a double century from Steve Smith, and then bowled England out for 312

The tourists declared just before lunch on Sunday after a quickfire 254-2 in their second innings to set England a massive 509 runs to win.

It was clear England would struggle, but the team collapsed in ignominious fashion to 103 all out as Australia's rampant bowling attack exposed serious flaws in England's batting.

With Starc, Johnson, Josh Hazlewood and Mitchell Marsh bowling hostile short-pitched sessions, England's batsmen looked scared and wickets tumbled.

England's heaviest defeats Vs Australia (runs)
562: The Oval, 1934 (701 & 327 v 312 & 145)
409: Lord's, 1948 (350 & 460-7 v 215 & 186)
405: Lord's, 2015 (566-8 & 254-2 v 312 & 103)
384: Brisbane, 2002 (492 & 296-5 v 325 & 79)
382: Adelaide, 1895 (238 & 411 v 124 & 143)

The third Test begins on July 29,2015 in Birmingham

2015 The Ashes Series Result

First Test Match @ Cardiff July 08-11,2015
England 430 and 289
Australia 308 and 242
Match Result -England won by 169 Runs
MOM - Joe Root for his 134 and 60  and 2/28(6 Overs in the 2nd innings

Second Test Match @ Lord's July 16-19,2015
Australia 566/8 Declared and 254/2 Declared
England 312 and 103
Match Result - Australia won by 405 Runs
MOM - Steve Smith for his 215 and 58 Runs