Squads
England squad for first Test at Cardiff
Australia squad
Michael Clarke (capt), Steve Smith (vice-capt), Fawad Ahmed, Brad Haddin (wk), Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins, Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Shaun Marsh, Peter Nevill (wk), Chris Rogers, Peter Siddle, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, David Warner, Shane Watson
England are all set to take on the mighty Australia in the 1st Test of the Ashes 2015 at The Sophia Gardens in Cardiff on Wednesday July 08,2015
If an England fan recollects the memories of Ashes 2013-14, England lost their last Test Series Against Australia 5-0 in January 2014, in what was just the third whitewash in Ashes history
However, 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
Day One Wednesday July 08,2015
There was plenty of pomp and ceremony before the Ashes series began, England v Australia, 1st Investec Ashes Test, Cardiff, 1st day, July 8, 2015
England won the toss and elected to bat
England scored 343/7 in 88 Overs
Fall of Wickets(England)
Adam Lyth 06(10 Balls 4x1)
Joe Root 134(166 Balls 4x17)-7th Test Match Ton
Jos Butler 27(34 Balls 4x3)
Joe Root made Australia pay for dropping him on nought by scoring 134 Runs that rescued England from a dire position on the first day of the first Ashes Test at Sophia Gardens
Joe Root almost went lbw to Starc first ball, spared by a thin inside edge, and next ball he was dropped by a diving Haddin, unable to hold a right-handed chance.
During the 2013 Ashes Test at Lord's, Haddin dropped Root on eight before the Yorkshireman went on to make 180.
It took Joe Root just 118 balls to complete his hundred -- the quickest in the first match of an Ashes series -- and was the 24-year-old's 7th century in only 28 Tests
Joe Root's slowest hundred is off 247 balls Vs Australia in 2013.
Joe Root came in with England struggling at 43 for three after the loss of skipper Alastair Cook and Ian Bell in quick succession before lunch.
Joe Root with Gary Ballance added 153 Runs for the fourth wicket in 39 Overs
The 153 Runs partnership between Joe Root and Gary Ballance - England's second-highest
fourth-wicket stand in Ashes Tests since 1998, the highest stand being
the 310-run partnership between Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood in Adelaide in 2006
Joe Root and Ben Stokes (52) put on a brisk 84 for the fifth wicket in 18.4 Overs before both batsmen fell to left-arm fast bowler Mitchell Starc
At close of Play England were 343/7 with Moeen Ali was 26* and Stuart Broad 0* at the crease
Day Two Thursday July 09,2015
England 430/10 in 102.1 Overs
Fall of Wickets(England)
Stuart Broad 18(26 Balls 4x2 and 6x1)
Moeen Ali 77(88 Balls 4x11 and 6x1)
James Anerson 01(6 Balls)
Mark Wood 07*(10 Balls 4x1)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Mitchell Starc 5/114(24.1 Overs)
Josh Hazzlewood 3/83(23 Overs)
Nathan Lyon 2/69(20 Overs)
At close of Play on Day Two,Australia scored 264/5 in 70 Overs
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
David Warner 17(42 Balls 4x3)
Chris Rogers 95(133 Balls 4x11 and 6x1)
Shane Watson 29*
Nathan Lyon 06*
Day Three Friday July 10,2015
Australia scored 308/10 in 84.5 overs
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Shane Watson 30(57 Balls 4x6)
Nathan Lyon 06(26 Balls 4x1)
Brad Haddin 22(38 Balls 4x5)
Mitchell Johnson 14(19 Balls 4x2)
Mitchell Starc 00(6 Balls)
Josh Hazzlewood 02*(4 Balls)
Wicket Takers(England)
James Anderson 3/43(18.5 Overs)
Stuart Broad 2/60(17 Overs)
Mark Wood 2/66(20 Overs)
Moeen Ali 2/71(15 Overs)
Ben Stokes 1/51(14 Overs)
England scored 289/10 in 70.1 Overs
Fall of Wickets(England)
Alastair Cook 12(26 Balls 4x1)
Gary Ballance 00(7 Balls)
Adam Lyth 37(62 Balls 4x4 and 6x1)
Ian Bell 60(89 Balls 4x11)-43rd Test Match Fifty in 111 Tests(192 Innings)
Joe Root 60(89 Balls 4x9)-12th Test Match Fifty in 28 Tests(51 Innings)
Jos Butler 07(19 Balls)
Ben Stokes 42(59 Balls 4x9)
Stuart Broad 04(7 Balls 4x1)
Moeen Ali 15(41 Balls 4x2)
James Anderson 01(4 Balls)
Mark Wood 32*(18 Balls 4x4 and 6x1)
Wicket Takers(Australia)
Nathan Lyon 4/75(20.1 Overs)
Josh Hazzlewood 2/49(13 Overs)
Mitchell Starc 2/60(16 Overs)
Mitchell Johnson 2/69(16 Overs)
Day Four Saturday July 11,2015
Australia scored 242/10 in 70.3 Overs(Target 412 Runs)
Fall of Wickets(Australia)
Chris Rogers 10(28 Balls 4x2)
David Warner 52(86 Balls 4x6 and 6x1)
Steve Smith 33(49Balls 4x6)
Michael Clarke 04(13 Balls 4x1)
Adam Voges 01(16 Balls)
Brad Haddin 07(20 Balls 4x1)
Shane Watson 19(58 Balls 4x2)
Mitchell Starc 17(38 Balls 4x3)
Mitchell Johnson 77(94 Balls 4x9 and 6x2)
Josh Hazzlewood 14(17 Balls 4x2)
Nathan Lyon 00*(5 Balls)
Wicket Takers(England)
Stuart Broad 3/39(14 Overs)
Moeen Ali 3/59(16.3 Overs)
Joe Root 2/28(6 Overs)
Mark Wood 2/53(14 Overs)
Match Result - England won by 169 runs
MOM - Joe Root for his 134 and 60 and 2/28 in the 2nd innings
Series Result -England lead the 5-Match Series 1-0
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