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Sri Lanka 416

New Zealand 150/5 (42.4 ov)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Day 2 - Session 3

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 1932 | 2009 season
• Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
• 26,27,28,29,30 August 2009 (5-day match)

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Taylor b Vettori	19	53	38	2	0	50.00
	10.2 Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1
	TM Dilshan	c & b O'Brien	29	101	58	1	0	50.00
	23.2 Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2
	KC Sangakkara*	c Oram b Vettori	50	115	96	9	0	52.08
	40.4 No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3
	DPMD Jayawardene	c †McCullum b O'Brien	92	312	234	8	0	39.31
	99.5 and there is the wicket! O'Brien bowls one outside the off stump and in the corridor and gets it to move back in a touch as the ball kisses the outside edge and flies to the right of McCulum who does a very good job in taking the catch. Jayawardene ended up chasing it a bit. Jayawardene would be highly frustrated as he did not play a single false stroke through the innings. The first mistake he made leads to his downfall. That's how the game goes 295/4
	TT Samaraweera	c †McCullum b Patel	143	377	240	17	1	59.58
	129.2 Samaraweera has given Patel a free wicket. He went for the reverse sweep and ended up gloving a dolly to McCullum who took couple of steps to his left to take it. Fine innings from Samaraweera comes to an end. 415/9
	CK Kapugedera	c Vettori b Patel	35	76	63	3	1	55.55
	117.3 Kapu crashes his bat on the ground as he storms off in disgust. He ran down the track and tried to loft it over long-on but was beaten in the flight and ended up slicing it to Dan at mid-off. 367/5
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c O'Brien b Martin	17	22	18	3	0	94.44
	122.5 The bouncer does the trick. Prasanna pulls it straight to O'Brien at long-leg. It was high bouncer and he had to fetch it from almost above head-high and couldn't control it in the end. 389/6
	KTGD Prasad	c Taylor b Patel	6	13	12	1	0	50.00
	125.1 Samaraweera stands alone as one by one his team-mates desert him. It was a simple enough delivery that did Dammika in. He went back and stabbed a delivery that didn't turn in much and edged it straight to first slip. 396/7
	HMRKB Herath	lbw b Patel	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	125.2 Harper has given him after a long thought. Patel got this one to hurry in with the arm from round the stumps. Herath was on the back foot and missed the ball completely with his prod. He was struck high on the pad, which was right in front of the stumps, and after a careful consideration about the height, Harper says you got to go. Two in two for Patel! 396/8
	M Muralitharan	not out	17	25	19	1	1	89.47
	T Thushara	c Patel b Vettori	0	5	5	0	0	0.00
	130.3 Dan picks up the last wicket. Tossed up outside off and Thushara went for a big swing but sliced it to the off side and Patel back-pedaled from mid-off to take the catch 416/10
	Extras	(b 2, lb 5, nb 1)	8
	Total	(all out; 130.3 overs; 549 mins)	416	(3.18 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-34 (Paranavitana, 10.2 ov), 2-75 (Dilshan, 23.2 ov), 3-115 (Sangakkara, 40.4 ov), 4-295 (DPMD Jayawardene, 99.5 ov), 5-367 (Kapugedera, 117.3 ov), 6-389 (HAPW Jayawardene, 122.5 ov), 7-396 (Prasad, 125.1 ov), 8-396 (Herath, 125.2 ov), 9-415 (Samaraweera, 129.2 ov), 10-416 (Thushara, 130.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	24	3	81	1	3.37
	122.5 to HAPW Jayawardene, The bouncer does the trick. Prasanna pulls it straight to O'Brien at long-leg. It was high bouncer and he had to fetch it from almost above head-high and couldn't control it in the end. 389/6
	IE O'Brien	22	4	73	2	3.31
	23.2 to Dilshan, Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2 99.5 to DPMD Jayawardene, and there is the wicket! O'Brien bowls one outside the off stump and in the corridor and gets it to move back in a touch as the ball kisses the outside edge and flies to the right of McCulum who does a very good job in taking the catch. Jayawardene ended up chasing it a bit. Jayawardene would be highly frustrated as he did not play a single false stroke through the innings. The first mistake he made leads to his downfall. That's how the game goes 295/4
	DL Vettori	40.3	12	104	3	2.56	(1nb)
	10.2 to Paranavitana, Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1 40.4 to Sangakkara, No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3 130.3 to Thushara, Dan picks up the last wicket. Tossed up outside off and Thushara went for a big swing but sliced it to the off side and Patel back-pedaled from mid-off to take the catch 416/10
	JDP Oram	21	7	56	0	2.66
	JS Patel	20	3	78	4	3.90
	117.3 to Kapugedera, Kapu crashes his bat on the ground as he storms off in disgust. He ran down the track and tried to loft it over long-on but was beaten in the flight and ended up slicing it to Dan at mid-off. 367/5 125.1 to Prasad, Samaraweera stands alone as one by one his team-mates desert him. It was a simple enough delivery that did Dammika in. He went back and stabbed a delivery that didn't turn in much and edged it straight to first slip. 396/7 125.2 to Herath, Harper has given him after a long thought. Patel got this one to hurry in with the arm from round the stumps. Herath was on the back foot and missed the ball completely with his prod. He was struck high on the pad, which was right in front of the stumps, and after a careful consideration about the height, Harper says you got to go. Two in two for Patel! 396/8 129.2 to Samaraweera, Samaraweera has given Patel a free wicket. He went for the reverse sweep and ended up gloving a dolly to McCullum who took couple of steps to his left to take it. Fine innings from Samaraweera comes to an end. 415/9
	JD Ryder	3	1	17	0	5.66

	New Zealand 1st innings		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	TG McIntosh	lbw b Prasad	5	6	1	0	83.33
	2.1 close! pitches it on the middle stump and gets to straighten it a bit. McIntosh offers pad as the first line of defense. He expected the ball to move away and the bat was nowhere in sight. Ball clips the top of his back pad and would have certainly struck the off stump. Llong has no second thoughts in giving. Bishop meanwhile on TV thinks that it would missed the off stump 14/1
	MJ Guptill	c Muralitharan b Thushara	35	44	7	0	79.54
	15.4 We have a winner in that contest. Thushara wins. Guptill is gone. Another chest-high bouncer on the off stump, from round the stumps, Guptill top edged it straight to the man placed at deep square leg. Three down and Murali is yet to bowl. Danny Morrison is livid on air, calling it "Brainless cricket". The Andrew hilditch syndrome has hit I guess. The happy hooker is gone. 63/3
	DR Flynn	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Thushara	13	24	3	0	54.16
	9.2 Got him. No doubt this time. It was a lovely delivery that landed on a length just outside the off stump and held its line, inducing a fatal prod and Prasanna, probably the world's best keeper at the moment, lunges to his left to take the catch. 49/2
	LRPL Taylor	not out	65	100	9	0	65.00
	JD Ryder	c Paranavitana b Herath	23	73	2	0	31.50
	40.4 gives it a lot of loop as Ryder comes forward in anticipation of defensive stroke and fails to read the loop. He manages to get an inside edge onto his pads and the ball flies right into the hands of the short-leg fielder Paranavitana 148/4
	JS Patel	c DPMD Jayawardene b Muralitharan	1	6	0	0	16.66
	41.4 And the nightwatchman returns to the hutch. It landed outside leg stump and Patel went for the sweep but only gloved it to first slip. 149 for 5 149/5
	BB McCullum†	not out	1	5	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 2, nb 2)	7
	Total	(5 wickets; 42.4 overs)	150	(3.51 runs per over)

To bat JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, IE O'Brien, CS Martin

Fall of wickets1-14 (McIntosh, 2.1 ov), 2-49 (Flynn, 9.2 ov), 3-63 (Guptill, 15.4 ov), 4-148 (Ryder, 40.4 ov), 5-149 (Patel, 41.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	TM Dilshan	1	0	6	0	6.00
	T Thushara	9	2	37	2	4.11	(2nb, 1w)
	9.2 to Flynn, Got him. No doubt this time. It was a lovely delivery that landed on a length just outside the off stump and held its line, inducing a fatal prod and Prasanna, probably the world's best keeper at the moment, lunges to his left to take the catch. 49/2 15.4 to Guptill, We have a winner in that contest. Thushara wins. Guptill is gone. Another chest-high bouncer on the off stump, from round the stumps, Guptill top edged it straight to the man placed at deep square leg. Three down and Murali is yet to bowl. Danny Morrison is livid on air, calling it "Brainless cricket". The Andrew hilditch syndrome has hit I guess. The happy hooker is gone. 63/3
	KTGD Prasad	6	0	41	1	6.83	(1w)
	2.1 to McIntosh, close! pitches it on the middle stump and gets to straighten it a bit. McIntosh offers pad as the first line of defense. He expected the ball to move away and the bat was nowhere in sight. Ball clips the top of his back pad and would have certainly struck the off stump. Llong has no second thoughts in giving. Bishop meanwhile on TV thinks that it would missed the off stump 14/1
	HMRKB Herath	17.4	6	36	1	2.03
	40.4 to Ryder, gives it a lot of loop as Ryder comes forward in anticipation of defensive stroke and fails to read the loop. He manages to get an inside edge onto his pads and the ball flies right into the hands of the short-leg fielder Paranavitana 148/4
	M Muralitharan	9	1	27	1	3.00
	41.4 to Patel, And the nightwatchman returns to the hutch. It landed outside leg stump and Patel went for the sweep but only gloved it to first slip. 149 for 5 149/5

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Player of the match tba

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and NJ Llong (England) TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire PG Liyanage

Close of play day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 262/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 79*, TT Samaraweera 78*, 90 ov)

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Sri Lanka 262/3 (90.0 ov)

New Zealand

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Stumps - Day 1

• New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test Series - 2nd Test
• Test no. 1932 | 2009 season
• Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
• 26,27,28,29,30 August 2009 (5-day match)

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Taylor b Vettori	19	53	38	2	0	50.00
	10.2 Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1
	TM Dilshan	c & b O'Brien	29	101	58	1	0	50.00
	23.2 Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2
	KC Sangakkara*	c Oram b Vettori	50	115	96	9	0	52.08
	40.4 No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3
	DPMD Jayawardene	not out	79		210	7	0	37.61
	TT Samaraweera	not out	78		139	10	0	56.11
	Extras	(b 2, lb 4, nb 1)	7
	Total	(3 wickets; 90 overs)	262	(2.91 runs per over)

To bat HAPW Jayawardene†, CK Kapugedera, T Thushara, HMRKB Herath, KTGD Prasad, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-34 (Paranavitana, 10.2 ov), 2-75 (Dilshan, 23.2 ov), 3-115 (Sangakkara, 40.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	CS Martin	14	2	45	0	3.21
	IE O'Brien	16	3	52	1	3.25
	23.2 to Dilshan, Would you believe it folks? Dilshan, dropped by the bowler, sends another one his way! It was short in length and it sat up on Dilshan who tried to turn it to the on side but the ball held up, stopped a touch, on him on this slow track and he got a leading edge back to O'Brien who ever so slowly lunged forward to take the simple catch. Got to read the blogger later tonight. 75/2
	DL Vettori	30	11	65	2	2.16	(1nb)
	10.2 to Paranavitana, Vettori, the captain cum selector, has struck with his second ball. It landed around the off stump and sort of held its line, Paranavitana stabbed it gently to first slip. It turned in a touch but not much and Paranavitana pushed inside the line. Gone! Sanga strides out. 34/1 40.4 to Sangakkara, No 300 for Dan! Congrats. Sangakkara loses out on the patience game. He had just hit a boundary but couldn't resist another big hit. It was flighted delivery, tempting him to go for another big hit from outside off, and Sanga took up the challenge. Down he went on his knee to play the big slog sweep but hit it straight to deep midwicket. He is the first left-arm spinner to take 300. 115/3
	JDP Oram	18	6	45	0	2.50
	JS Patel	9	1	32	0	3.55
	JD Ryder	3	1	17	0	5.66

	New Zealand team

TG McIntosh, MJ Guptill, DR Flynn, LRPL Taylor, JD Ryder, BB McCullum†, JDP Oram, DL Vettori*, JS Patel, IE O'Brien, CS Martin

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat

Player of the match tba

Umpires DJ Harper (Australia) and NJ Llong (England) TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena Match referee AJ Pycroft (Zimbabwe) Reserve umpire PG Liyanage

Close of play day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 262/3 (DPMD Jayawardene 79*, TT Samaraweera 78*, 90 ov)

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Solid Sri Lanka remain favourites

Match facts

August 26-30, 2009
Start time 10.00am (04.30 GMT)

The Big Picture

	Daryl Tuffey is in line for his first Test match in more than five years © AFP
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Over the past year, debate about the top teams in Test cricket has usually centred on three teams: Australia, South Africa and India. Sri Lanka are almost never mentioned but they now find themselves at No .2, thanks to a superb record over the past three-odd years during which they have lost only one series. To remain second, though, they need to defeat New Zealand (who haven't won any series against strong opposition in the same period) in Colombo.

After a shaky start in the first Test, Sri Lanka were handed the advantage by newly promoted opener Tillkaratne Dilshan's counter-attacking 92. A solid performance from the middle-order strengthened their grip, and New Zealand were left to play catch-up for the rest of the game. Sri Lanka's bowling unit, while not at its best, was disciplined and didn't dish up too many freebies.

In contrast New Zealand's bowlers leaked runs, with fast bowler Iain O'Brien and spinner Jeetan Patel having a particularly hard time. Captain Daniel Vettori has stressed the need for cutting off the runs and forcing the batsmen into risks. He will have the luxury of fielding a full-strength side after all his team-mates recovered from the stomach bug which laid them low midway through the first Test.

At a ground which is something of a fortress for Sri Lanka, the visitors need big performances from their two most talented batsmen, Jesse Ryder and Ross Taylor, if they are to make a fight of it. Else, the pressure will start to mount on coach, Andy Moles (who along with Vettori is now in the selection panel), under whom New Zealand have yet to win a Test.

Test form guide

(last five matches, most recent first)

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Watch out for ...

New Zealand's opener Tim McIntosh isn't likely to provide a dashing start like Dilshan but his patient vigil in the first innings - sticking around for nearly five hours -was just what a fragile top order needed. Importantly, he negotiated the spin threat of Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis well.

Thilan Samaraweera is another batsman who isn't likely to set the pulse racing, but he is the second highest run-getter in Tests this year. A big century in the first innings at Galle put Sri Lanka in complete control, and when they were looking for quick runs in the second innings he smashed two sixes, as many as he had in 82 previous Test knocks.

Team news

A hamstring injury has ruled Angelo Mathews out of the match, and Sri Lanka will replace him with either batsman Chamara Kapugedera or left-arm spinner Rangana Herath. Kumar Sangakkara hasn't ruled out a triple-spin attack, but that would mean a very long tail for Sri Lanka. Opener Tharanga Paranavitana's place is also under scrutiny after his twin failures in Galle.

Sri Lanka (probable) 1 Tharanga Paranavitana/ Malinda Warnapura, 2 Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (capt), 4 Mahela Jayawardene, 5 Thilan Samaraweera, 6 Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), 7 Chamara Kapugedera/Rangana Herath, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Thilan Thushara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan.

After O'Brien's forgettable performance in Galle, his place could be taken by fast bowler Daryl Tuffey, who last played a Test in 2004.

New Zealand: (probable) 1 Tim McIntosh, 2 Martin Guptill, 3 Daniel Flynn, 4 Ross Taylor, 5 Jesse Ryder, 6 Brendon McCullum (wk), 7 Jacob Oram, 8 Daniel Vettori (capt), 9 Jeetan Patel, 10 Iain O'Brien/Daryl Tuffey, 11 Chris Martin.

Pitch and conditions

Sangakkara's statement, "We would love to play three spinners on this track," sums up how this pitch is expected to play. Traditionally, though, it isn't a pitch that turns into a minefield; in the four of previous six Tests teams have ended the final day on 391 for 4, 250 for 3, 474, and 337 for 4.

The weather forecast for the game isn't too good, with heavy rain expected through the week.

Stats and trivia

• Sri Lanka have lost only one of their last fifteen Tests at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground
• After going past Derek Underwood's haul in the first Test, Daniel Vettori is the leading wicket-taker among left-arm spinners. He needs two more to complete the double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets
• Mahela Jayawardene's previous seven innings at the SSC: 82, 374, 127, 195, 136, 79, 2

Quotes

"The number two position probably reflects how well we are playing, but we are not number one, and that means we have a lot more to achieve to get there."
Kumar Sangakkara isn't going to let any complacency creep in.

"We need to get beyond the 30s and 40s we are scoring now and get those 100s."
Daniel Vettori demands longer innings from his batsmen. New Zealand's line-up in the first Test had 18 centuries between them, less than what Jayawardene (26) and Sangakkara (19) have scored individually

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Andrew Strauss celebrates after catching Brad Had

Michael Clarke is caught short by Andrew Strass

A rueful Michael Clarke after being run out for a duck

Team-mates engulf Andrew Flintoff after his dead-eye throw removed Ricky Ponting


Marcus North is well stumped by Matt Prior

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Ashes - Australia Vs England 5th test result

England 332 & 373/9d

Australia 160 & 348 (102.2 ov)

England won by 197 runs

• The Ashes - 5th Test
• Test no. 1931 | 2009 season
• Played at Kennington Oval, London
• 20,21,22,23 August 2009 (5-day match)

	England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	55	128	101	11	0	54.45
	28.1 got him! A horrid little nibble outside off - absolutely no need for Strauss to fiddle at that one, and it carried through low to Haddin 114/2
	AN Cook	c Ponting b Siddle	10	19	12	2	0	83.33
	5.3 well bowled and CAUGHT! Angled across Cook who pushed at it meekly, edging it low to Ponting's right at second slip 12/1
	IR Bell	b Siddle	72	222	137	10	0	52.55
	53.5 bowled him, inside edge - he's out! That's cleaned him up! Bell came forward with only a tentative little push, his bat coming down in an arc and it took a thick inside edge to clatter his stumps 181/4
	PD Collingwood	c Hussey b Siddle	24	89	65	3	0	36.92
	47.5 and this time Collingwood does go for the drive and he's caught at gully! Full and wide, Collingwood gets it off a thick edge and Hussey takes the catch right in front of his face 176/3
	IJL Trott	run out (Katich)	41	125	81	5	0	50.61
	74.2 from North, that is magnificent work from Katich! Truly incredible stuff at short leg! Trott uses his feet and clips to leg, Katich at short leg makes a sharp save and quickly gets a full-blooded throw at the stumps, Trott is still in the follow through and has to turn quickly, the direct hit has him well short 268/7
	MJ Prior†	c Watson b Johnson	18	57	33	2	0	54.54
	65.3 the slower ball and Prior prods it tamely to point who takes a good, leaping catch - terrific bowling from Johnson 229/5
	A Flintoff	c †Haddin b Johnson	7	21	19	1	0	36.84
	69.4 gone! There won't be a first-innings fairytale from Freddie, flashes at a wide one and gets an edge through to Haddin 247/6
	SCJ Broad	c Ponting b Hilfenhaus	37	89	69	5	0	53.62
	90.5 got him! Much better from Hilfenhaus, pitching it up, and he goes for a huge swing and gets a thick outside edge to slip 332/10
	GP Swann	c †Haddin b Siddle	18	43	28	2	0	64.28
	85.3 got him! What a way for Australia to end the day, as Swann taps forward meekly and edges a very fine delivery behind 307/8
	JM Anderson	lbw b Hilfenhaus	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
	86.6 Anderson's out! Swinging back late, he was late on it and couldn't get his bat down in time, and Anderson's got his first duck in Test cricket! 308/9
	SJ Harmison	not out	12	17	12	3	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 12, lb 5, w 3, nb 18)	38
	Total	(all out; 90.5 overs; 414 mins)	332	(3.65 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-12 (Cook, 5.3 ov), 2-114 (Strauss, 28.1 ov), 3-176 (Collingwood, 47.5 ov), 4-181 (Bell, 53.5 ov), 5-229 (Prior, 65.3 ov), 6-247 (Flintoff, 69.4 ov), 7-268 (Trott, 74.2 ov), 8-307 (Swann, 85.3 ov), 9-308 (Anderson, 86.6 ov), 10-332 (Broad, 90.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	BW Hilfenhaus	21.5	5	71	3	3.25	(5nb)
	28.1 to Strauss, got him! A horrid little nibble outside off - absolutely no need for Strauss to fiddle at that one, and it carried through low to Haddin 114/2 86.6 to Anderson, Anderson's out! Swinging back late, he was late on it and couldn't get his bat down in time, and Anderson's got his first duck in Test cricket! 308/9 90.5 to Broad, got him! Much better from Hilfenhaus, pitching it up, and he goes for a huge swing and gets a thick outside edge to slip 332/10
	PM Siddle	21	6	75	4	3.57	(4nb)
	5.3 to Cook, well bowled and CAUGHT! Angled across Cook who pushed at it meekly, edging it low to Ponting's right at second slip 12/1 47.5 to Collingwood, and this time Collingwood does go for the drive and he's caught at gully! Full and wide, Collingwood gets it off a thick edge and Hussey takes the catch right in front of his face 176/3 53.5 to Bell, bowled him, inside edge - he's out! That's cleaned him up! Bell came forward with only a tentative little push, his bat coming down in an arc and it took a thick inside edge to clatter his stumps 181/4 85.3 to Swann, got him! What a way for Australia to end the day, as Swann taps forward meekly and edges a very fine delivery behind 307/8
	SR Clark	14	5	41	0	2.92
	MG Johnson	15	0	69	2	4.60	(8nb, 3w)
	65.3 to Prior, the slower ball and Prior prods it tamely to point who takes a good, leaping catch - terrific bowling from Johnson 229/5 69.4 to Flintoff, gone! There won't be a first-innings fairytale from Freddie, flashes at a wide one and gets an edge through to Haddin 247/6
	MJ North	14	3	33	0	2.35	(1nb)
	SR Watson	5	0	26	0	5.20

	Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	lbw b Broad	34	94	69	7	0	49.27
	22.6 that's out! No worries about it. Absolutely dead in front, Watson trapped in the crease and that's taking out middle-and-leg 73/1
	SM Katich	c Cook b Swann	50	169	107	7	0	46.72
	37.1 Swann gets Katich! Oh, the follow-on looms now! Katich got an inside edge onto the top flap of his pad and it's bobbed up to short leg, who takes a simple catch and Rauf raises the finger 109/6
	RT Ponting*	b Broad	8	20	15	1	0	53.33
	26.6 bowled him! Broad's bowled him! Ponting goes back and chops it on, his off stump pegged back 85/2
	MEK Hussey	lbw b Broad	0	6	3	0	0	0.00
	28.3 got him! Broad's got three! Hussey again not showing good judgement of his off stump as Broad cuts this back nastily and raps him in front. Gone! 89/3
	MJ Clarke	c Trott b Broad	3	9	7	0	0	42.85
	30.2 he's got him! Broad's got four! Clarke went for a drive, feeling for it, and Trott took a very sharp chance at short extra cover, diving forward. Tremendous cricket from England! 93/4
	MJ North	lbw b Swann	8	28	17	1	0	47.05
	35.3 got him! Swann gets one to go straight on with the arm, North is a bit slow getting the bat down, and Rauf says that's lbw! 108/5
	BJ Haddin†	b Broad	1	13	9	0	0	11.11
	38.4 gone! Another one! Broad's got five! And what a superb ball, that has cleaned up Haddin's off stump, it's full and straightening enough to beat Haddin, who was trying to whip it through leg 111/7
	MG Johnson	c †Prior b Swann	11	27	24	2	0	45.83
	43.5 Swann gets his third! That's eight for the session! Swann tosses it up and gets some turn, Johnson is lured into the drive and an outside edge is well snapped up by Prior 131/8
	PM Siddle	not out	26	14	38	5	0	68.42
	SR Clark	c Cook b Swann	6	48	8	1	0	75.00
	47.3 erm. Oh dear. We've had some shockers this summer, but that takes the biscuit and the tin. Clark pats forward, bat nowhere near the ball which takes the top of his pad, ballooning to silly point...and up goes the finger. In the umpire's defence, the bat flicked the pad, so he obviously heard something... 143/9
	BW Hilfenhaus	b Flintoff	6	10	21	1	0	28.57
	52.5 late swing and that's cleaned him up! Didn't have much of a clue, his feet were planted and his bat came down in an arc. And that's the end of the innings 160/10
	Extras	(b 1, lb 5, nb 1)	7
	Total	(all out; 52.5 overs; 226 mins)	160	(3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-73 (Watson, 22.6 ov), 2-85 (Ponting, 26.6 ov), 3-89 (Hussey, 28.3 ov), 4-93 (Clarke, 30.2 ov), 5-108 (North, 35.3 ov), 6-109 (Katich, 37.1 ov), 7-111 (Haddin, 38.4 ov), 8-131 (Johnson, 43.5 ov), 9-143 (Clark, 47.3 ov), 10-160 (Hilfenhaus, 52.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	9	3	29	0	3.22
	A Flintoff	13.5	4	35	1	2.53
	52.5 to Hilfenhaus, late swing and that's cleaned him up! Didn't have much of a clue, his feet were planted and his bat came down in an arc. And that's the end of the innings 160/10
	GP Swann	14	3	38	4	2.71
	35.3 to North, got him! Swann gets one to go straight on with the arm, North is a bit slow getting the bat down, and Rauf says that's lbw! 108/5 37.1 to Katich, Swann gets Katich! Oh, the follow-on looms now! Katich got an inside edge onto the top flap of his pad and it's bobbed up to short leg, who takes a simple catch and Rauf raises the finger 109/6 43.5 to Johnson, Swann gets his third! That's eight for the session! Swann tosses it up and gets some turn, Johnson is lured into the drive and an outside edge is well snapped up by Prior 131/8 47.3 to Clark, erm. Oh dear. We've had some shockers this summer, but that takes the biscuit and the tin. Clark pats forward, bat nowhere near the ball which takes the top of his pad, ballooning to silly point...and up goes the finger. In the umpire's defence, the bat flicked the pad, so he obviously heard something... 143/9
	SJ Harmison	4	1	15	0	3.75	(1nb)
	SCJ Broad	12	1	37	5	3.08
	22.6 to Watson, that's out! No worries about it. Absolutely dead in front, Watson trapped in the crease and that's taking out middle-and-leg 73/1 26.6 to Ponting, bowled him! Broad's bowled him! Ponting goes back and chops it on, his off stump pegged back 85/2 28.3 to Hussey, got him! Broad's got three! Hussey again not showing good judgement of his off stump as Broad cuts this back nastily and raps him in front. Gone! 89/3 30.2 to Clarke, he's got him! Broad's got four! Clarke went for a drive, feeling for it, and Trott took a very sharp chance at short extra cover, diving forward. Tremendous cricket from England! 93/4 38.4 to Haddin, gone! Another one! Broad's got five! And what a superb ball, that has cleaned up Haddin's off stump, it's full and straightening enough to beat Haddin, who was trying to whip it through leg 111/7

	England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AJ Strauss*	c Clarke b North	75	226	191	8	0	39.26
	54.3 gone! Finally there's a breakthrough for Australia, and only five minutes before lunch, North lures Strauss into a drive outside off, there's good turn and an outside edge is snapped up at first slip 157/4
	AN Cook	c Clarke b North	9	49	35	0	0	25.71
	12.3 North gets the breakthrough! That's a super delivery, pitches on middle and leg, turns sharply and bounces, Cook trying to work it to leg gets an edge that is snaffled at first slip 27/1
	IR Bell	c Katich b Johnson	4	13	7	1	0	57.14
	15.4 great catch! What a sharp piece of work from Katich at short leg! And it wasn't even the bouncer, Bell tried to flick it through leg and Katich gets the hands down low to take a ripper between his legs 34/2
	PD Collingwood	c Katich b Johnson	1	9	7	0	0	14.28
	17.3 another one caught at short leg! Johnson bangs it in at chest height, Collingwood really handles this poorly and prods it straight up in the air, a simple catch for Katich 39/3
	IJL Trott	c North b Clark	119	331	193	12	0	61.65
	94.6 cuts this hard - but straight to point, and North's taken a fine low catch. No one celebrates! And England declare 373/9
	MJ Prior†	run out (Katich)	4	16	9	1	0	44.44
	57.6 from Siddle, pushed out square of the wicket and Katich swoops and throws down the stumps! Way, way out. Lazy run from Prior - hit it straight to him! 168/5
	A Flintoff	c Siddle b North	22	24	18	4	0	122.22
	64.1 down the pitch, Flintoff tries to lift it over the top but skies it straight to Siddle at long-on who takes an easy catch, and that's Flintoff's final innings in Test cricket 200/6
	SCJ Broad	c Ponting b North	29	43	35	5	0	82.85
	74.2 Broad goes for it and this time he's found the fielder! He's gone the big slog over leg and the extra bounce does him, his top edge skies to mid off where Ponting takes a straightforward catch 243/7
	GP Swann	c †Haddin b Hilfenhaus	63	57	55	9	0	114.54
	87.4 got him this time! Good, straight bouncer and he tries to pull it but gets a thick top edge which Haddin swallows with ease 333/8
	JM Anderson	not out	15	34	29	2	0	51.72
	Extras	(b 1, lb 15, w 7, nb 9)	32
	Total	(9 wickets dec; 95 overs; 408 mins)	373	(3.92 runs per over)

Did not bat SJ Harmison

Fall of wickets1-27 (Cook, 12.3 ov), 2-34 (Bell, 15.4 ov), 3-39 (Collingwood, 17.3 ov), 4-157 (Strauss, 54.3 ov), 5-168 (Prior, 57.6 ov), 6-200 (Flintoff, 64.1 ov), 7-243 (Broad, 74.2 ov), 8-333 (Swann, 87.4 ov), 9-373 (Trott, 94.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	BW Hilfenhaus	11	1	58	1	5.27	(4nb)
	87.4 to Swann, got him this time! Good, straight bouncer and he tries to pull it but gets a thick top edge which Haddin swallows with ease 333/8
	PM Siddle	17	3	69	0	4.05	(2w)
	MJ North	30	4	98	4	3.26	(1w)
	12.3 to Cook, North gets the breakthrough! That's a super delivery, pitches on middle and leg, turns sharply and bounces, Cook trying to work it to leg gets an edge that is snaffled at first slip 27/1 54.3 to Strauss, gone! Finally there's a breakthrough for Australia, and only five minutes before lunch, North lures Strauss into a drive outside off, there's good turn and an outside edge is snapped up at first slip 157/4 64.1 to Flintoff, down the pitch, Flintoff tries to lift it over the top but skies it straight to Siddle at long-on who takes an easy catch, and that's Flintoff's final innings in Test cricket 200/6 74.2 to Broad, Broad goes for it and this time he's found the fielder! He's gone the big slog over leg and the extra bounce does him, his top edge skies to mid off where Ponting takes a straightforward catch 243/7
	MG Johnson	17	1	60	2	3.52	(5nb, 2w)
	15.4 to Bell, great catch! What a sharp piece of work from Katich at short leg! And it wasn't even the bouncer, Bell tried to flick it through leg and Katich gets the hands down low to take a ripper between his legs 34/2 17.3 to Collingwood, another one caught at short leg! Johnson bangs it in at chest height, Collingwood really handles this poorly and prods it straight up in the air, a simple catch for Katich 39/3
	SM Katich	5	2	9	0	1.80
	SR Clark	12	2	43	1	3.58
	94.6 to Trott, cuts this hard - but straight to point, and North's taken a fine low catch. No one celebrates! And England declare 373/9
	MJ Clarke	3	0	20	0	6.66

	Australia 2nd innings (target: 546 runs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	lbw b Broad	40	81	6	0	49.38
	24.3 another one goes, but did he get bat on that? Off-cutter from Broad trapping Watson in his crease; he tried to defend but it was just too quick, too straight, and replays show that would've clipped middle-and-off. England are on a roll here! 90/2
	SM Katich	lbw b Swann	43	68	7	0	63.23
	23.6 stunning delivery from Swann as Katich pads up! That was the arm ball on off stump, it went straight on and that's a horrible leave from Katich as he's trapped in front 86/1
	RT Ponting*	run out (Flintoff)	66	103	10	0	64.07
	63.6 Harmison to Hussey, lovely nudged off his hips to mid-on. But hang on - Flintoff's got a rocket arm and he throws down Ponting's stumps! He's gone! Flintoff celebrates before the replays, down on one knee, arms outstretched ala Lord's. Flintoff has done it for England 217/3
	MEK Hussey	c Cook b Swann	121	263	14	0	46.00
	102.2 England have won the Ashes! Hussey prods to short leg and that's it. It's all over! 348/10
	MJ Clarke	run out (Strauss)	0	4	0	0	0.00
	64.5 from Swann, turns this to leg - or tries to. It ricochets to Strauss at leg slip who flicks it onto the stumps! Is Clarke's bat back in time? The bail appears to be lifted and the bat's not quite over the line, but it's so hard to tell from these replays. Another huge moment here as we wait for the umpire's decision! And he's out! He's been given out. Clarke trudges off scarcely able to believe his fate, nor that of his team 220/4
	MJ North	st †Prior b Swann	10	24	2	0	41.66
	72.2 gone! Sharp piece of work here from Prior, North takes an enormous stride down and tries to sweep, misses the ball and his foot looks to be on the line as Prior whips the bails off. Billy Bowden doesn't require the third umpire 236/5
	BJ Haddin†	c Strauss b Swann	34	49	6	0	69.38
	94.4 Haddin's luck runs out! He advances and lofts high over midwicket, but doesn't get the ball well enough off the middle and Strauss gets under it to take a comfortable catch 327/6
	MG Johnson	c Collingwood b Harmison	0	5	0	0	0.00
	95.5 gone! Harmison gets Johnson! He's angled it across and Johnson flashed, his thick edge has been taken sharply by Collingwood moving to his right at second slip 327/7
	PM Siddle	c Flintoff b Harmison	10	14	1	0	71.42
	99.4 Siddle's gone! Leading edge as he tried to work it through leg and that's lobbed up to Flintoff at mid off. Two wickets to go! 343/8
	SR Clark	c Cook b Harmison	0	1	0	0	0.00
	99.5 first ball! Caught at short leg! Angled in and it's lobbed up to Cook who snaffles an easy one 343/9
	BW Hilfenhaus	not out	4	8	1	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 7, lb 7, nb 6)	20
	Total	(all out; 102.2 overs)	348	(3.40 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-86 (Katich, 23.6 ov), 2-90 (Watson, 24.3 ov), 3-217 (Ponting, 63.6 ov), 4-220 (Clarke, 64.5 ov), 5-236 (North, 72.2 ov), 6-327 (Haddin, 94.4 ov), 7-327 (Johnson, 95.5 ov), 8-343 (Siddle, 99.4 ov), 9-343 (Clark, 99.5 ov), 10-348 (Hussey, 102.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	JM Anderson	12	2	46	0	3.83	(1nb)
	A Flintoff	11	1	42	0	3.81	(1nb)
	SJ Harmison	16	5	54	3	3.37	(4nb)
	95.5 to Johnson, gone! Harmison gets Johnson! He's angled it across and Johnson flashed, his thick edge has been taken sharply by Collingwood moving to his right at second slip 327/7 99.4 to Siddle, Siddle's gone! Leading edge as he tried to work it through leg and that's lobbed up to Flintoff at mid off. Two wickets to go! 343/8 99.5 to Clark, first ball! Caught at short leg! Angled in and it's lobbed up to Cook who snaffles an easy one 343/9
	GP Swann	40.2	8	120	4	2.97
	23.6 to Katich, stunning delivery from Swann as Katich pads up! That was the arm ball on off stump, it went straight on and that's a horrible leave from Katich as he's trapped in front 86/1 72.2 to North, gone! Sharp piece of work here from Prior, North takes an enormous stride down and tries to sweep, misses the ball and his foot looks to be on the line as Prior whips the bails off. Billy Bowden doesn't require the third umpire 236/5 94.4 to Haddin, Haddin's luck runs out! He advances and lofts high over midwicket, but doesn't get the ball well enough off the middle and Strauss gets under it to take a comfortable catch 327/6 102.2 to Hussey, England have won the Ashes! Hussey prods to short leg and that's it. It's all over! 348/10
	SCJ Broad	22	4	71	1	3.22
	24.3 to Watson, another one goes, but did he get bat on that? Off-cutter from Broad trapping Watson in his crease; he tried to defend but it was just too quick, too straight, and replays show that would've clipped middle-and-off. England are on a roll here! 90/2
	PD Collingwood	1	0	1	0	1.00

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat Series England won the 5-match series 2-1

Test debut IJL Trott (England) Player of the match SCJ Broad (England) Players of the series MJ Clarke (Australia) and AJ Strauss (England)

Umpires Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and BF Bowden (New Zealand) TV umpire PJ Hartley Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Reserve umpire JW Lloyds

Close of play day 1 - England 1st innings 307/8 (SCJ Broad 26*, 85.3 ov) day 2 - England 2nd innings 58/3 (AJ Strauss 32*, IJL Trott 8*, 28 ov) day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 80/0 (SR Watson 31*, SM Katich 42*, 20 ov)