England v Australia, London

England 332/10 & 373/9

Australia 160/10 & 348/10

England won by 197 runs

Australia v England 2009 · 5th Test Kennington Oval, London 20–23 Aug 2009

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Australia had it tougher than England.

England

1.06× +6%

Australia

1.01× +1%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

England's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

IJL Trott England

160 +222

MEK Hussey Australia

121 +158

AJ Strauss England

130 +135

GP Swann England

81 +100

SM Katich Australia

93 +97

Best bowling

Top match figures

SCJ Broad5/37

GP Swann4/38

PM Siddle4/75

MJ North4/98

Top score

121

MEK Hussey · Australia

Biggest stand

127

3rd wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

5–26

5 wkts for 26 · Australia

Match facts

TossEngland, bat

ResultEngland won by 197 runs

Length4 days

England

332 /10 (90.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	55	101	11	54.46
AN Cook	c RT Ponting b PM Siddle	10	12	2	83.33
IR Bell	b PM Siddle	72	137	10	52.55
PD Collingwood	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	24	65	3	36.92
IJL Trott	run out (SM Katich)	41	81	5	50.62
MJ Prior	c SR Watson b MG Johnson	18	33	2	54.55
A Flintoff	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	7	19	1	36.84
SCJ Broad	c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus	37	69	5	53.62
GP Swann	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	18	28	2	64.29
JM Anderson	lbw b BW Hilfenhaus	0	6	0	0.00
SJ Harmison*	not out	12	12	3	100.00

Extras 38 (b 12, lb 5, w 3, nb 18)

Total 332/10 (90.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	21.5	5	71	3	3.25
PM Siddle	21.0	6	75	4	3.57
SR Clark	14.0	5	41	0	2.93
MG Johnson	15.0	0	69	2	4.60
MJ North	14.0	3	33	0	2.36
SR Watson	5.0	0	26	0	5.20

Fall of wickets

1-12 (AN Cook, 5.3)·2-114 (AJ Strauss, 28.1)·3-176 (PD Collingwood, 47.6)·4-181 (IR Bell, 53.5)·5-229 (MJ Prior, 65.3)·6-247 (A Flintoff, 69.5)·7-268 (IJL Trott, 74.2)·8-307 (GP Swann, 85.3)·9-308 (JM Anderson, 86.6)·10-332 (SCJ Broad, 90.5)

Australia

160 /10 (52.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b SCJ Broad	34	69	7	49.28
SM Katich	c AN Cook b GP Swann	50	107	7	46.73
RT Ponting	b SCJ Broad	8	15	1	53.33
MEK Hussey	lbw b SCJ Broad	0	3	0	0.00
MJ Clarke	c IJL Trott b SCJ Broad	3	7	0	42.86
MJ North	lbw b GP Swann	8	17	1	47.06
BJ Haddin	b SCJ Broad	1	9	0	11.11
MG Johnson	c MJ Prior b GP Swann	11	24	2	45.83
PM Siddle*	not out	26	38	5	68.42
SR Clark	c AN Cook b GP Swann	6	8	1	75.00
BW Hilfenhaus	b A Flintoff	6	21	1	28.57

Extras 7 (b 1, lb 5, nb 1)

Total 160/10 (52.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	9.0	3	29	0	3.22
A Flintoff	13.5	4	35	1	2.53
GP Swann	14.0	3	38	4	2.71
SJ Harmison	4.0	1	15	0	3.75
SCJ Broad	12.0	1	37	5	3.08

Fall of wickets

1-73 (SR Watson, 22.6)·2-85 (RT Ponting, 26.6)·3-89 (MEK Hussey, 28.3)·4-93 (MJ Clarke, 30.2)·5-108 (MJ North, 35.3)·6-109 (SM Katich, 37.1)·7-111 (BJ Haddin, 38.4)·8-131 (MG Johnson, 43.5)·9-143 (SR Clark, 47.3)·10-160 (BW Hilfenhaus, 52.5)

England

373 /9 (95.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
AJ Strauss	c MJ Clarke b MJ North	75	191	8	39.27
AN Cook	c MJ Clarke b MJ North	9	35	0	25.71
IR Bell	c SM Katich b MG Johnson	4	7	1	57.14
PD Collingwood	c SM Katich b MG Johnson	1	7	0	14.29
IJL Trott	c MJ North b SR Clark	119	193	12	61.66
MJ Prior	run out (SM Katich)	4	9	1	44.44
A Flintoff	c PM Siddle b MJ North	22	18	4	122.22
SCJ Broad	c RT Ponting b MJ North	29	35	5	82.86
GP Swann	c BJ Haddin b BW Hilfenhaus	63	55	9	114.55
JM Anderson*	not out	15	29	2	51.72

Extras 32 (b 1, lb 15, w 7, nb 9)

Total 373/9 (95.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
BW Hilfenhaus	11.0	1	58	1	5.27
PM Siddle	17.0	3	69	0	4.06
MJ North	30.0	4	98	4	3.27
MG Johnson	17.0	1	60	2	3.53
SM Katich	5.0	2	9	0	1.80
SR Clark	12.0	2	43	1	3.58
MJ Clarke	3.0	0	20	0	6.67

Fall of wickets

1-27 (AN Cook, 12.3)·2-34 (IR Bell, 15.4)·3-39 (PD Collingwood, 17.4)·4-157 (AJ Strauss, 54.3)·5-168 (MJ Prior, 57.6)·6-200 (A Flintoff, 64.1)·7-243 (SCJ Broad, 74.2)·8-333 (GP Swann, 87.4)·9-373 (IJL Trott, 94.6)

Australia

348 /10 (102.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b SCJ Broad	40	81	6	49.38
SM Katich	lbw b GP Swann	43	68	7	63.24
MEK Hussey	c AN Cook b GP Swann	121	263	14	46.01
RT Ponting	run out (A Flintoff)	66	103	10	64.08
MJ Clarke	run out (AJ Strauss)	0	4	0	0.00
MJ North	st MJ Prior b GP Swann	10	24	2	41.67
BJ Haddin	c AJ Strauss b GP Swann	34	49	6	69.39
MG Johnson	c PD Collingwood b SJ Harmison	0	5	0	0.00
PM Siddle	c A Flintoff b SJ Harmison	10	14	1	71.43
SR Clark	c AN Cook b SJ Harmison	0	1	0	0.00
BW Hilfenhaus*	not out	4	8	1	50.00

Extras 20 (b 7, lb 7, nb 6)

Total 348/10 (102.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	12.0	2	46	0	3.83
A Flintoff	11.0	1	42	0	3.82
SJ Harmison	16.0	5	54	3	3.38
GP Swann	40.2	9	120	4	2.98
SCJ Broad	22.0	4	71	1	3.23
PD Collingwood	1.0	0	1	0	1.00

Fall of wickets

1-86 (SM Katich, 23.6)·2-90 (SR Watson, 24.3)·3-217 (RT Ponting, 63.8)·4-220 (MJ Clarke, 64.5)·5-236 (MJ North, 72.2)·6-327 (BJ Haddin, 94.4)·7-327 (MG Johnson, 95.5)·8-343 (PM Siddle, 99.4)·9-343 (SR Clark, 99.5)·10-348 (MEK Hussey, 102.2)