Since Ashes Cricket 2009 is a next generation game hence it require a good graphic card.
The minimum requirements of the game are:
If still the game is not working, here are some solutions.
* If the game doesn't even start, disable Visual Themes from the compatibility of the EXE "Cricket2009.exe".
* Clear your Temp folder, close all other programs which are opened.
* You can also download 3D Analyzer and try to emulate the game using it. You can use the configs attached in this post which are for 3D Analyzer. Just simple extract the configs into your root directory of Ashes Cricket 2009 and then emulate it with the default setting detected by the 3D Analyzer. Using 3D Analyzer might not produce the real graphics of the game as it will disable the renders.
* If the game is running but very slow, you can decrease the screen resolution to 800*600 or 1024*768. Also decrease the quality of shadows and graphics to "Low".
* In Vista, try disable the High DPI mode from the compatibility settings.
More solutions will be added as soon we will discover them.
If still you are not able to run the game then we are sorry. You have to buy a good graphic card and have to upgrade the specifications according to the minimum required.