Panesaar, Anderson strikes off Punter’s Dream
By admin, Gaea News NetworkMonday, July 13, 2009
Resilient half an hour defense by Anderson and Panesaar helps England to draw the Cardiff Test, which surely shattered Australia’s dream to bag the first Ashes clash. England finished off with 252/9.
The day surely made Ponting chew his fingernails for not having a bowler who can match even the class of Jason Gillespie. Glenn McGrath, Shane Warne were the pillars of the mighty Aussie squad which once ruled the world. Compared to that who are these people wearing the baggie green? Can the likes of Peter Siddle and North justify themselves.
The saying came true “All’s well that ends well”. Australian bowlers started the day well by putting England in 90/5 within the first hour of the day. But it was a valiant effort by Paul Collingwood who played a magestic 74. Australians saw a glimmer of hope when Collingwood got out, when there was still 11 overs left for the day to close. But a tremendous determination showed by the “tip of the tail” Panesaar and Anderson, launched England to a draw.
Though the Aussies promise to comeback heavily in the second test, but the resilience showed by England would surely boost up their confidence.
The Ashes 2009 - 1st Test
Australia vs England
Played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - Wales, 8-12 July 2009 (5-day match)
Result - England drew with Australia
| England 1st innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Andrew Strauss (C) | c M.Clarke b M.Johnson | 30 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Alastair Cook | c M.Hussey b B.Hilfenhaus | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Ravi Bopara | c P.Hughes b M.Johnson | 35 | 52 | 6 | 0 | 67.31 | ||
| Kevin Pietersen | c S.Katich b N.Hauritz | 69 | 141 | 4 | 0 | 48.94 | ||
| Paul Collingwood | c B.Haddin b B.Hilfenhaus | 64 | 145 | 6 | 0 | 44.14 | ||
| Matt Prior (W) | b P.Siddle | 56 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 90.32 | ||
| Andrew Flintoff | b P.Siddle | 37 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 72.55 | ||
| James Anderson | c M.Hussey b N.Hauritz | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 65.00 | ||
| Stuart Broad | b M.Johnson | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 95.00 | ||
| Graeme Swann | Not Out | 47 | 40 | 6 | 0 | 117.50 | ||
| Monty Panesar | c R.Ponting b N.Hauritz | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 23.53 | ||
| Extras | (b 13,lb 11, w 2, nb 12) | 38 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 106.5 overs) | 435 | (4.07 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1. Alastair Cook 21 (8), 2. Andrew Strauss 67 (20), 3. Ravi Bopara 90 (24.4), 4. Paul Collingwood 228 (65.3), 5. Kevin Pietersen 241 (70.5), 6. Andrew Flintoff 327 (86.4), 7. Matt Prior 329 (88.3), 8. Stuart Broad 355 (93.5), 9. James Anderson 423 (102.4), 10. Monty Panesar 435 (106.5)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Mitchell Johnson | 22 | 2 | 89 | 3 | 4.05 | |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 27 | 5 | 77 | 2 | 2.85 | (nb 4, w 1) |
| Peter Siddle | 27 | 3 | 121 | 2 | 4.48 | (nb 5, w 1) |
| Nathan Hauritz | 23.5 | 2 | 95 | 3 | 3.99 | (nb 3) |
| Michael Clarke | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| Simon Katich | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
| Australia 1st Innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Philip Hughes | c M.Prior b A.Flintoff | 36 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 66.67 | ||
| Simon Katich | lbw b J.Anderson | 122 | 261 | 12 | 0 | 46.74 | ||
| Ricky Ponting (C) | b M.Panesar | 150 | 224 | 14 | 1 | 66.96 | ||
| Michael Hussey | c M.Prior b J.Anderson | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.75 | ||
| Michael Clarke | c M.Prior b S.Broad | 83 | 145 | 9 | 1 | 57.24 | ||
| Marcus North | Not Out | 125 | 242 | 13 | 0 | 51.55 | ||
| Brad Haddin (W) | c R.Bopara b P.Collingwood | 121 | 151 | 11 | 3 | 80.13 | ||
| Peter Siddle | ||||||||
| Mitchell Johnson | ||||||||
| Nathan Hauritz | ||||||||
| Ben Hilfenhaus | ||||||||
| Extras | (b 9,lb 14,w 4, nb 7) | 34 | ||||||
| Total | (6 wicket dec; 181 overs) | 674 | (3.72 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1. Philip Hughes 60 (15), 2. Simon Katich 299 (85), 3. Michael Hussey 325 (90.1), 4. Ricky Ponting 331 (94.5), 5. Michael Clarke 474 (136.5), 6. Brad Haddin 674 (181)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 32 | 6 | 110 | 2 | 3.44 | (w 1) |
| Stuart Broad | 32 | 6 | 129 | 1 | 4.03 | (w 2) |
| Graeme Swann | 38 | 8 | 131 | 0 | 3.45 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 35 | 3 | 128 | 1 | 3.66 | (nb 7, w 1) |
| Monty Panesar | 35 | 4 | 115 | 1 | 3.29 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 4.22 |
| England 2nd innings | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
| Andrew Strauss (C) | c B.Haddin b N.Hauritz | 17 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 31.48 | ||
| Alastair Cook | lbw b M.Johnson | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | ||
| Ravi Bopara | lbw b B.Hilfenhaus | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Kevin Pietersen | b B.Hilfenhaus | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | ||
| Paul Collingwood | c M.Hussey b P.Siddle | 74 | 245 | 6 | 0 | 30.20 | ||
| Matt Prior (W) | c M.Clarke b N.Hauritz | 14 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 43.75 | ||
| Andrew Flintoff | c R.Ponting b M.Johnson | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 36.62 | ||
| Stuart Broad | lbw b N.Hauritz | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 29.79 | ||
| Gareme Swann | lbw b B.Hilfenhaus | 31 | 63 | 4 | 0 | 49.21 | ||
| James Anderson | Not Out | 21 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 39.62 | ||
| Monty Panesar | Not Out | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 20.00 | ||
| Extras | (b 9,lb 9, w 4, nb 11) | 33 | ||||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 105 overs) | 252 | (2.40 runs per over) | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1. Alastair Cook 13 (4.3), 2. Ravi Bopara 17 (5.3), 3. Kevin Pietersen 31 (10.4), 4. Andrew Strauss 46 (17), 5. Matt Prior 70 (26.3), 6. Andrew Flintoff 127 (49.4), 7. Stuart Broad 159 (66.4), 8. Graeme Swann 221 (86.1), 9. Paul Collingwood 233 (93.3)
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |
| Mitchell Johnson | 22 | 4 | 44 | 2 | 2.00 | (nb 1, w 4) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 15 | 3 | 47 | 3 | 3.13 | (nb 4) |
| Peter Siddle | 18 | 2 | 51 | 1 | 2.83 | (nb 2) |
| Nathan Hauritz | 37 | 12 | 63 | 3 | 1.70 | (nb 2) |
| Michael Clarke | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2.67 | |
| Marcus North | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 2.00 | |
| Simon Katich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2.33 |
Man of the Match : Ricky Ponting
Source: CricHotLine.com
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