England v Australia, Cardiff

England 435/10 & 252/9

Australia 674/6

Match drawn

Australia v England 2009 · 1st Test Sophia Gardens, Cardiff 8–12 Jul 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than England.

England

1.10× +10%

Australia

1.00× 0%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

On equal conditions, England led by more than the scoreboard showed.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

PD Collingwood England

138 +174

RT Ponting Australia

150 +170

MJ North Australia

125 +157

BJ Haddin Australia

121 +138

SM Katich Australia

122 +130

Best bowling

Top match figures

BW Hilfenhaus3/47

NM Hauritz3/63

MG Johnson3/87

NM Hauritz3/95

Top score

150

RT Ponting · Australia

Biggest stand

239

2nd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–33

3 wkts for 33 · England

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

England

435 /10 (106.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	30	60	4	50.00
AN Cook	c MEK Hussey b BW Hilfenhaus	10	25	0	40.00
RS Bopara	c PJ Hughes b MG Johnson	35	52	6	67.31
KP Pietersen	c SM Katich b NM Hauritz	69	141	4	48.94
PD Collingwood	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	64	145	6	44.14
MJ Prior	b PM Siddle	56	62	6	90.32
A Flintoff	b PM Siddle	37	51	6	72.55
JM Anderson	c MEK Hussey b NM Hauritz	26	40	2	65.00
SCJ Broad	b MG Johnson	19	20	4	95.00
GP Swann*	not out	47	40	6	117.50
MS Panesar	c RT Ponting b NM Hauritz	4	17	0	23.53

Extras 38 (b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 12)

Total 435/10 (106.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	22.0	2	87	3	3.95
BW Hilfenhaus	27.0	5	77	2	2.85
PM Siddle	27.0	3	121	2	4.48
NM Hauritz	23.5	1	95	3	3.99
MJ Clarke	5.0	0	20	0	4.00
SM Katich	2.0	0	11	0	5.50

Fall of wickets

1-21 (AN Cook, 7.6)·2-67 (AJ Strauss, 19.6)·3-90 (RS Bopara, 24.4)·4-228 (PD Collingwood, 65.3)·5-241 (KP Pietersen, 70.5)·6-327 (A Flintoff, 86.4)·7-329 (MJ Prior, 88.3)·8-355 (SCJ Broad, 93.5)·9-423 (JM Anderson, 102.4)·10-435 (MS Panesar, 106.6)

Australia

674 /6 (181.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
PJ Hughes	c MJ Prior b A Flintoff	36	54	5	0	66.67
SM Katich	lbw b JM Anderson	122	261	12	0	46.74
RT Ponting	b MS Panesar	150	224	15	1	66.96
MEK Hussey	c MJ Prior b JM Anderson	3	16	0	0	18.75
MJ Clarke	c MJ Prior b SCJ Broad	83	145	9	1	57.24
MJ North*	not out	125	242	13	0	51.65
BJ Haddin	c RS Bopara b PD Collingwood	121	151	11	3	80.13

Extras 34 (b 9, lb 14, w 4, nb 7)

Total 674/6 (181.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	32.0	6	110	2	3.44
SCJ Broad	32.0	6	129	1	4.03
GP Swann	38.0	8	131	0	3.45
A Flintoff	35.0	3	128	1	3.66
MS Panesar	35.0	4	115	1	3.29
PD Collingwood	9.0	0	38	1	4.22

Fall of wickets

1-60 (PJ Hughes, 14.7)·2-299 (SM Katich, 84.6)·3-325 (MEK Hussey, 90.1)·4-331 (RT Ponting, 94.5)·5-474 (MJ Clarke, 136.5)·6-674 (BJ Haddin, 180.6)

England

252 /9 (105.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c BJ Haddin b NM Hauritz	17	54	1	31.48
AN Cook	lbw b MG Johnson	6	12	1	50.00
RS Bopara	lbw b BW Hilfenhaus	1	3	0	33.33
KP Pietersen	b BW Hilfenhaus	8	24	0	33.33
PD Collingwood	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	74	245	6	30.20
MJ Prior	c MJ Clarke b NM Hauritz	14	32	1	43.75
A Flintoff	c RT Ponting b MG Johnson	26	71	3	36.62
SCJ Broad	lbw b NM Hauritz	14	47	1	29.79
GP Swann	lbw b BW Hilfenhaus	31	63	4	49.21
JM Anderson*	not out	21	53	3	39.62
MS Panesar*	not out	7	35	1	20.00

Extras 33 (b 9, lb 9, w 4, nb 11)

Total 252/9 (105.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	22.0	4	44	2	2.00
BW Hilfenhaus	15.0	3	47	3	3.13
PM Siddle	18.0	2	51	1	2.83
NM Hauritz	37.0	12	63	3	1.70
MJ Clarke	3.0	0	8	0	2.67
MJ North	7.0	4	14	0	2.00
SM Katich	3.0	0	7	0	2.33

Fall of wickets

1-13 (AN Cook, 4.3)·2-17 (RS Bopara, 5.4)·3-31 (KP Pietersen, 10.4)·4-46 (AJ Strauss, 16.6)·5-70 (MJ Prior, 26.3)·6-127 (A Flintoff, 49.4)·7-159 (SCJ Broad, 66.4)·8-221 (GP Swann, 86.1)·9-233 (PD Collingwood, 93.3)