Story Australia vs England 5th Test (ICC 2006)

[Super Baz]

the schedule for England`s forthcoming tour of Australia has been announced , it will consist of the following :

Ashes series
1st test - Brisbane
2nd test - Adalaide
3rd test - Perth
4th test-Melbourne
5th test-Sydney

ODI series
1st ODI -Sydney
2nd ODI-Melbourne
3rd ODI-Perth

World series
Australia vs England (Perth)
Australia vs Bangladesh (Adalaide)
England vs Bangladesh (Melbourne)
Bangladesh vs England (Sydney)
Australia vs England (Sydney)
Australia vs Bangladesh (Melbourne)
Australia vsEngland (Adalaide)
Australia vsBangladesh (Hobart)
England vsBangladesh (Brisbane)

1st Final - (Sydney)
2nd Final - (Perth)
3rd Final - (Adalaide)

England will announce their touring party of 16 for the test series tomorrow & Australia will name their 12 for the 1st test

 

[Super Baz]

Ashes news

England look set to name Michael Vaughan as captain & Monty Panesar will hope to get the nod ahead of Ashley Giles

Shane Warne(top left) will retire at the end of the test series , Glenn McGrath (middle) will retire after the world series & Justin Langer ( top right) will also retire after the 5th test at the SCG

 

[sir cricket]

great start so far mate. i look forward to more

 

[mattfb]

This seems like a good tour, like the start

 

[Super Baz]

England squad for the 5 test matches
M.Vaughan (capt)
A.Flintoff (vice capt)
A.Strauss
A.Cook
I.Bell
K.Pietersen
P.Collingwood
C.Read (wkt)
G.Jones (wkt)
A.Giles
M.Panesar
S.Harmison
M.Hoggard
L.Plunkett
S.Mahmood
J.Anderson

news

No surprises in the squad named for the 5 test matches , Simon Jones(inj) and Marcus Trescothick(personal reasons) are the only main absentes .
Now there is a battle for keeping wicket and the spinner role and who will miss out with captain Vaughan back .

 

[plympilgrim]

looking forward to this super baz, if its like your others it should be great

 

[surendar]

Gud Luck mate with this story! Gud to see Vaughan to lead England!

 

[Jaztheman]

good luck with the story baz

 

[Super Baz]

Teams for 1st test at Brisbane named :

Australia 12
M.Hayden
J.Langer
R.Ponting(capt)
M.Hussey
M.Clarke
A.Gilchrist(wkt)
S.Watson
S.Warne
B.Lee
G.McGrath
S.Clark
12th : A.Symonds

England 12
A.Strauss
A.Cook
M.Vaughan(capt)
I.Bell
K.Pietersen
A.Flintoff
C.Read(wkt)
A.Giles
S.Harmison
M.Hoggard
J.Andersen
12th: L.Plunkett

Shane Watson(above) gets the all-rounder spot for the 1st test

Ashley Giles(above) maybe a surprise starter ,has plenty of experiance but will need to perform with Panesar waiting on the wings

A sell out for the 1st test in Brisbane which starts tomorrow

 

[plympilgrim]

lookin forward to this baz good luck

 

[Super Baz]

Australia vs England 1st Test - Brisbane

Day 1



Hayden & Ponting make exellent start in the ashes

Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting showed from day 1 that Australia meant buisness in this series , Australia going in at stumps on 319-2 ,Australia won the toss and decided to have a bat , Langer and Hayden making a solid but cautious start , Langer was the first ashes wicket when he gave the faintest of edges through to Read off Anderson for 36 but then the fireworks began as Ponting raced past Hayden`s score ,the two batsmen both getting 50 before lunch , things never got better after lunch for the tourists as Ponting and Hayden despatched the England bowling all over the ground and both reached their tons within an over of each other , Hayden getting his off 203 balls with 11 fours and a six , Ponting was quicker smashing his ton off 161 balls with 15 fours , England finally broke the partnership late on in the day when Ponting was expertly caught behind by Read off Flintoff for 124 , Hayden will resume tomorrow on 133 , he is joined by Hussey who is on 3 .

Australia 1st Innings :
Hayden..... Not Out 133
Langer.... c Read b Anderson 36
Ponting.....c Read b Flintoff 124
Hussey..... Not Out 3

Australia are 319-2 wkts ( 94ovs) Hayden 133no , Ponting 124



England Bowling
Harmison 21-3-58-0
Hoggard 23-3-64-0
Anderson 21-0-75-1
Flintoff 20-2-79-1
Giles 7-0-28-0
Pietersen 2-0-2-0

Matthew Hayden( below left) salutes the crowd as he reaches his ton & (below right) square cuts Anderson for 4 earlier in the day

 

[plympilgrim]

the aussies are destroying us so far, hopefully we can fight back

 

[Super Baz]

Australia vs England 1st Test match - Brisbane

Day 2


Australia move into a strong position after Clark double

Australia dealt England a heavy blow in the last session of the day , this was after England had fought their way back into this test match , starting the day on 331-2 Hayden who was on 133 only made 17 runs to his overnight tally before Hoggard made a mess of his off stump on 150 , Hussey quickly followed bowled by Flintoff and then Michael Clarke got into trouble from a James Anderson delivery and ended up spooning the ball back to Anderson for 3 , England had their tails up but Gilchrist and Watson soon got the momentum going again with an exellent partnership ,when they went Australia played along till tea where they declared on 506-8 .
England now had the last session to bat and Australia got stuck right into them from the off Cook dropped by Hayden off McGrath 4th ball of the 1st over but they didn`t have to wait long Cook edged again off Lee with Gilchrist taking the catch ,this sent Micheal Vaughan in who imediatly went after the bowling but fell fowl to a Warne delivery that stayed low , England then sent in nightwatch man Ashley Giles to see off the last 4 overs he in fact didnt see out an over when Stuart Clark took his off stump out of the ground , next ball he did the exact same to Strauss ,this left Bell and Pietersen to see off a hungry aussie attack for 3 overs which they did , going in at 60-4.

overnight : Aus 331-2 ( Hayden 133no , Hussey 3no)

Australia 1st Innings
Hayden....b Hoggard 150
Hussey....b Flintoff 12
Clarke....c&b Anderson 3
Gilchrist....lbw b Flintoff 55
Watson.... c Cook b Harmison 43
Lee.... Not Out 29
Warne....b Hoggard 8
Clark Not Out 7

Australia were 506-8 wkts (162ovs) Hayden 150 , Ponting 124, Gilchrist 55


England bowling
Harmsion 32-6-77-1
Haoggard 41-4-119-2
Anderson 36-2-107-2
Flintoff 35-5-123-3
Giles 16-0-55-0
Pietersen 2-0-2-0



England 1st Innings
Strauss....b Clark 7
Cook....c Gilchrist b Lee 4
Vaughan....lbw b Warne 26
Giles....b Clark 0
Bell Not Out 4
Pietersen Not Out 16

England are 60-4 wkts (23ovs) Vaughan 26 , Clark 2-24


Australia bowling
McGrath 6-1-8-0
Lee 6-3-17-1
Clark 6-0-24-2
Warne 5-0-8-1

Shane Watson (above left) hooks Giles for 4 in his gallant innings of 43 , Andrew Strauss (above centre) is bowled by Clark and Clark (above right) removes night watchman Giles for a duck

 

[plympilgrim]

the aussies certainly look to be in a strong postion so far

 

[Jaztheman]

aussies with a comfortable win here