Story The Ashes (ICC09) Australia win ODI series

[hedger_14]

Since i've only got the trial of the game and i won't be able to buy the game on the internet since i dont have a credit card and my mum doesn't like giving them details out, im going to do a quick Ashes tour before my trial runs out. Summaries will be short though and will be in notes. I'll update the scores after each day so it won't be a detailed story. I will be playing as Australia.

Australia Test Squad:
Phil Hughes
Simon Katich
Ricky Ponting (C)
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
Brad Haddin
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Peter Siddle
Marcus North
Graeme Manou
Andrew McDonald
Nathan Hauritz
Ben Hilfenhaus
Doug Bollinger
Brad Hodge
Phil Jaques

England Test Squad:
Andrew Strauss (C)
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pieterson
Ian Bell
Ravinder Bopara
Johnathon Trott
Matt Prior
Samit Patel
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
Ryan Sidebottom
James Anderson
Darren Pattinson
Matthew Hoggard
Monty Panesar

Test Series:

Results:
1st Test @ Cardiff (8th July): Match was drawn

2nd Test @ Lords (16th July): Australia won by 9 runs

3rd Test @ Edgbaston (30th July): Match was drawn

4th Test @ Headingly (7th August): Australia won by 10 wickets

5th Test @ The Oval (20th August): Match was drawn

Australia win series 2-0.


Australia Int. T20 and ODI Squad:
Simon Katich
Ricky Ponting (C)
Michael Hussey
Michael Clarke
Marcus North
Shaun Marsh
Callum Ferguson
Brad Haddin
James Hopes
Nathan Hauritz
Ben Hilfenhaus
Doug Bollinger
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Nathan Bracken

England Int. T20 and ODI Squad:
Andrew Strauss (C)
Alastair Cook
Kevin Pietersen
Ian Bell
Ravi Bopara
Joshua Cobb
Matt Prior
Samit Patel
Andrew Flintoff
Graeme Swann
Stuart Broad
Ryan Sidebottom
James Anderson
Darren Pattinson

Int. T20 Matches:

Results:
1st International T20 @ Manchester (30th August): England won by 5 wickets

2nd International T20 @ Manchester (1st September): Australia won by 5 runs



ODI Series:

Results:
1st ODI @ Kennington Oval (4th September): Australia won by 18 runs

2nd ODI @ Lords (6th September): Australia won by 5 runs

3rd ODI @ The Rose Bowl (9th September): Australia won by 109 runs

4th ODI @ Lords (12th September): Australia won by 87 runs

5th ODI @ Trent Bridge (15th September): England won by 4 wickets

6th ODI @ Trent Bridge (17th September): Australia won by 2 wickets

7th ODI @ Riverside Gound (20th September): England won by 5 wickets

Australia win series 5-2.

 

[Hooper]

Good, get on with it.

 

[hedger_14]

The First Test​

The Squads:
Australia:
1. Phil Hughes
2. Simon Katich
3. Ricky Ponting (C)
4. Michael Hussey
5. Michael Clarke
6. Marcus North
7. Brad Haddin (WK)
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Nathan Hauritz
10. Stuart Clark
11. Peter Siddle

England:
1. Andrew Strauss (C)
2. Alastair Cook
3. Kevin Pieterson
4. Ian Bell
5. Ravi Bopara
6. Matt Prior (WK)
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Graeme Swann
9. Ryan Sidebottom
10. James Anderson
11. Monty Panesar

England won the toss and elected to bowl.​

Day 1:​

12:13 pm: The 50 partnership is up between Katich and Hughes

Lunch: Australia are 78/0
Current Batsmen: Hughes (42*), Katich (33*)
Australia are off to a slow start not taking any risks.

1:56 pm: Just the start England wanted after lunch. Katich taking a suicidal single and running out Hughes.
Hughes run out 43

2:19 pm: The hundred is up for Australia.

2:53 pm: Panesar gets an important wicket.
Ponting c. Prior b. Panesar 26

2:55 pm: Katich goes to fifty off 153 balls.

3:50 pm: England pick up 2 wickets before tea.
Hussey c. Bopara b. Flintoff 16
Clarke c. Flintoff b. Sidebottom 0

Tea: Australia are 184/4
Current Batsmen: North (3*), Katich (86*)

4:48 pm: Katich goes to a well made century.

Katich raises his bat to the crowd.

4:56 pm: Thats the big wicket and Sidebottom gets his second wicket.
Katich c. Prior b. Sidebottom 101

Sidebottom is happy as he picks up the wicket of Katich

6:30 pm: 2 wickets have fallen but Hauritz and Haddin have survived 68 balls each to give Australia a chance.

End Of Day 1
Australia: 291/7
Katich: 101: Haddin: 48*
Sidebottom: 3/77: Panesar: 1/41

Current Batsmen:
Haddin: 48* (68)
Hauritz: 18* (68)

Day 2

The day starts with Brad Haddin and Nathan Hauritz at the crease with Australia, 291/7.

11:15 am: Haddin brings up a well made 50.

11:40 am: Well the wicket England wanted has come. Sidebottom looked dangerous attacking Hauritz before bowling him out after surviving 102 deliveries.
Hauritz b. Sidebottom 28

Lunch: Australia are 373/8
Current Batsmen: Haddin (92*), Clark (24*)

2:22 pm: Haddin brings up a superb century, Clark and Hauritz have so far guided him to the milestone.

Haddin makes a solid 100.

2:47 pm: Haddin is the second person who started playing bad after putting up his century missing 3 shots and surviving 2 close LBW appeals before he was caught at short leg. The 400 is also up for Australia.
Haddin c. Panesar b. Swann 103

2:58 pm: Panesar stops Clark from scoring a fifty and finishes Australia's innings as well. The tail wags for Australia though.
Clark LBW b. Panesar 40

End Of Australias Innings:

Summary:
Australia: 408 all out
Haddin: 103: Katich 101
Sidebottom: 4/107: Panesar 2/53

England's first innings is about to start with Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss at the crease.

Tea: England are 28/0
Current Batsmen: Strauss (15*), Cook (13*)

5:48 pm: Strauss brings up his half century.

6:16 pm: Cook brings up his half century and Australia are having trouble picking up wickets.

End Of Day 2:
England: 127/0
Cook: 63*: Strauss: 59*

Day 3

11:39 am: Johnson gets the first wicket at last. Thick inside edge and Clarke takes the catch at short leg to dismiss Strauss.
Strauss c. Clarke b. Johnson 64

Rain stops play for the last hour of the first session and the first 46 minutes of the second session.

Lunch: England are 156/1
Current Batsmen: Cook (79*), Pieterson (8*)

3:22 pm: Clarke takes his second catch. North gets the wicket of Pieterson and two wickets are down now.
Pieterson c. Clarke b. North 32

3:31 pm: Cook gets a nice hundred and has played brilliantly throughout the innings.

Cook raises his bat after he gets his hundredth run.

3:43 pm: Well that will help Australia. The part timer North is working and Clarke is doing a lot of work in the field taking his third catch.
Bell c. Clarke b. North 7

Tea: England are 239/3
Current Batsmen: Cook (115*), Bopara (13*)

4:48 pm: Johnson gets the important wicket of Alastair Cook caught in the deep and Matt Prior will come to the crease.
Cook c. Katich b. Johnson 116

6:27 pm: Prior goes to 50 with only one more over to play in the day.

End Of Day 3
England: 323/4
Cook: 119: Strauss: 64
Johnson: 2/57: North: 2/68

Current Batsmen:
Bopara: 39* (106)
Prior: 50* (85)

Day 4:

11:25 am: Bopara moves on to fifty and raises his bat to the crowd. England are on top of this at the moment.

11:32 am: Siddle gets his first wicket to send Prior back to the pavilion and Flintoff to the crease.
Prior b. Siddle 72

12:30 pm: Hauritz gets the wicket that exposes the England tail a few overs after England overtook Australia's score.
Bopara LBW b. Hauritz 76

12:46 pm: Flintoff goes just under 15 minutes before tea to the bowling of Nathan Hauritz.
Flintoff LBW b. Hauritz 49

Lunch: England are 455/7
Current Batsmen: Swann (16*), Sidebottom (2*)

1:51 pm: Johnson and Hauritz pick up the last 3 wickets in the first 10 minutes to bowl England out.

End Of England's Innings:

Summary:
England: 457 all out
Cook: 116: Bopara: 76
Johnson: 4/89: Hauritz: 3/77

Australia's Second Innings is about to start.

Tea: Australia are 57/1
Current Batsmen: Hughes (19*), Ponting (31*)

4:28 pm: Anderson continues to bowl well picking up his second wicket and the wicket of Ponting caught by Flintoff at second slip.
Ponting c. Flintoff b. Anderson 37

5:10 pm: Hughes goes to 50 trying to make sure Australia don't lose.

5:47 pm: Swann picks up the wicket of Hussey close to the end of the day and Ponting is sending out the night watchmen, Nathan Hauritz to try and survive the last 20 minutes.
Hussey LBW b. Swann 17

6:00 pm: Hauritz survives 24 balls at the end of the day to keep the Aussies from losing anymore wickets. Hauritz 6 runs came from a six of Sidebottom.

End Of Day 4:
Australia: 129/3
Hughes: 58*: Ponting: 37
Anderson: 2/38: Swann: 1/12

Current Batsmen:
Hughes: 58* (168)
Hauritz: 6* (24)

Day 5

11:36 am: The first wicket of the day, Panesar getting Hauritz trapped in front.
Hauritz LBW b. Panesar 12

12:31 pm: Sidebottom picks up his first wicket and Hughes is sent back to the pavilion.
Hughes c. Flintoff b. Sidebottom 91

1:02 pm: Anderson gets his third wicket to expose the Australian tail. Haddin goes after a difficult start.
Haddin b. Anderson 4

Lunch: Australia are 208/7
Current Batsmen: North (17*), Johnson (0*)

2:32 pm: North brings up a very important 50 which could be the difference in this game.

North brings up his fifty.

Tea: Australia are 289/9
Current Batsmen: North (72*), Siddle (8*)

Australia have decided to declare.

End Of Australia's Innings:

Summary:
Australia: 289/9 dec.
Hughes: 91: North: 72*
Panesar: 4/58: Anderson: 3/94

Englands Second Innings is about to start chasing 241 for victory.

4:43 pm: Johnson gets an early wicket but it won't be enough you think to give Australia a shot at winning this.
Strauss LBW b. Johnson 7

End Of Day 5 and England's Innings.

Summary:
England: 51/1
Pietersen: 28*: Cook: 12*
Johnson: 1/15



Full Match Summary:

Australia: 408 all out
B. Haddin: 103: S. Katich: 101
R. Sidebottom: 4/107: M. Panesar: 2/53

2nd Innings: 289/9 dec.
P. Hughes: 91: M. North: 72*
M. Panesar: 4/58: J. Anderson: 3/94

England: 457 all out
A. Cook: 116: R. Bopara: 76
M. Johnson: 4/89: N. Hauritz: 3/77

2nd Innings: 51/1
K. Pieterson: 28*: A. Cook: 12*
M. Johnson: 1/15

Match Drawn
Man Of The Match: Alastair Cook
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[harrisb]

good presentation mate, i like the way you post the timings of important things

 

[hedger_14]

well now i don't have to worry about doing it today cause i got my dad to buy the game. of course mum didn't let me though.

 

[hedger_14]

ok, 1 question. should i do it like that, all days in 1 post or should i do each day separately.

 

[OffCutters]

Each day seperately i reckon. Good presentation mate, like the colour and the pictures

 

[hedger_14]

The Second Test​

The Squads:
Australia:
1. Phil Hughes
2. Simon Katich
3. Ricky Ponting (C)
4. Michael Hussey
5. Michael Clarke
6. Marcus North
7. Brad Haddin (WK)
8. Mitchell Johnson
9. Nathan Hauritz
10. Peter Siddle
11. Ben Hilfenhaus

Changes:
Ben Hilfenhaus in for Stuart Clark.

England:
1. Andrew Strauss (C)
2. Alastair Cook
3. Kevin Pieterson
4. Ian Bell
5. Ravi Bopara
6. Matt Prior (WK)
7. Andrew Flintoff
8. Graeme Swann
9. Ryan Sidebottom
10. James Anderson
11. Monty Panesar

Changes:
None

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.​

Day 1:​

11:11 am: Anderson strikes early getting the wicket of Hughes.
Hughes LBW b. Anderson 9

11:33 am: Anderson strikes again bowling the other opener Katich out.
Katich b. Anderson 4

1:00 pm: England are off to a good start picking up 3 wickets in the first session.

Lunch: Australia are 90/3
Current Batsmen: Hussey (31*), Clarke (31*)

2:28 pm: Hussey goes to 50 off 127 balls and has got Australia back on track.

Hussey plays a good shot in his innings of 50.

3:02 pm: Clarke goes to fifty and Australia are starting to play better.

3:08 pm: Clarke is unlucky as Flintoff gets him trapped in front, the ball hitting the very top of leg stump but he goes after making a nice fifty.
Clarke LBW b. Flintoff 51

Tea: Australia are 190/5
Current Batsmen: Hussey (99*), Haddin (4*)

4:35 pm: Hussey scores his hundredth run, a wonderful knock from him.

4:37 pm: Australia's batsmen are getting out as soon as they get to the hundred mark. Anderson strikes getting his third wicket. 3 Australian batsmen have made centuries and the highest score is 103.
Hussey c. Prior b. Anderson 100

5:37 pm: England are back on top, Flintoff picking up the wicket of Hauritz.
Hauritz c. Cook b. Flintoff 3

Rain stops the last half hour of the day, Australia not losing anymore wickets.

End Of Day 1:
Australia: 237/8
Hussey: 100: Clarke: 51
Anderson: 3/85: Flintoff: 2/24

Current Batsmen:
Haddin: 37* (82)
Clark: 4* (17)
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[OffCutters]

3 wickets? you only mentioned 2 ( Hughes, Katich) btw, No Lee in the squad?

 

[hedger_14]

im only putting the big wickets in the notes. Ponting really hasn't been performing so i didn't bother putting his wicket in the notes. I also didn't put North's in as well cause he only made 3. also i dont think lee should be in the squad so i didn't put him in the starting XI

 

[spaga1994]

nice work so far its looking good

 

[hedger_14]

Day 2:

Bad weather means that 47 minutes have been lost.​

Australia are in trouble at 237/8, Clark and Haddin at the crease.​

12:24 pm: After a good start to the second day, Sidebottom got the first wicket taking him to 3 wickets and Siddle was heading back to the pavilion.
Siddle c. Cook b. Sidebottom 15

12:34 pm: Haddin gets to 50 before he loses out of partners. Anderson looking good with the ball could have gotten the wicket of Hilfenhaus with his beautiful inswingers.

12:58 pm: Hilfenhaus nearly made it to the lunch break but Flintoff gets the wicket to bowl Australia out.
Hilfenhaus c. Bell b. Flintoff 14

End Of Australia's Innings:

Summary
Australia: 281 all out
Hussey: 100: Haddin: 54*
Flintoff: 3/28: Sidebottom: 3/60

Tea: England are about to go into bat after bowling Australia out.

2:17 pm: Swinging delivery from Johnson crashes into the stumps and Strauss goes for 8
Strauss b. Johnson 8

3:34 pm: Hauritz gets the big wicket of Pietersen to have England 2 down for 82.
Pietersen c. Clarke b. Hauritz 36

Tea: England are 102/2
Current Batsmen: Cook (40*), Bell (16*)

6:05 pm: Bell brings up his fifty. Australia are having some trouble picking up wickets.

Bell scores a nice fifty.

6:27 pm: The part timer worked, Katich into his second over picks up the wicket of Bell
Bell b. Katich 58

6:31 pm: Just the finish Australia wanted. 2 wickets in the space of 5 minutes.
Bopara c & b. Hauritz 5

End Of Day 2:
England: 202/4
Cook: 90*: Bell: 58
Hauritz: 2/54: Katich: 1/7

Current Batsmen:
Cook: 90* (193)
Prior: 1* (1)
​

 

[hedger_14]

Day 3:​

Day 3 starts with Prior and Cook at the crease.​

11:30 am: Cook goes on to his century, his second in the tour.

Cook makes yet another century.

11:35 am: Katich picks up his second wicket and Prior must go.
Prior LBW b. Katich 14

12:25 pm: Siddle gets the wicket of Cook bowling around the wicket and he goes after a well made century.
Cook LBW b. Siddle 119

Lunch: England are 294/6
Current Batsmen: Flintoff (41*), Swann (7*)

2:04 pm: Flintoff giving England handy runs as he passes the 50 mark.

2:28 pm: Hauritz picks up his third wicket and Flintoff is out at last.
Flintoff c. Prior b. Hauritz 61

3:06 pm: Hauritz is on track for a fiver as England's seventh wicket has fallen.
Sidebottom c. Clarke b. Hauritz 5

3:49 pm: The spinners for Australia are dominating as Katich is brought back on and picks up his third wicket and England's batsmen out there are real tailenders.
Swann c & b. Katich 59

3:54 pm: Hauritz is happy as he gets his fifth wicket, his first 5 wicket haul in any form of the game. Panesar goes and its the end of the England innings.
Panesar c. Ponting b. Hauritz 1

End of England's Innings and Tea

Summary
England: 378 all out
Cook: 119: Flintoff: 61
Hauritz: 5/106: Katich: 3/46

Start of England's Innings.

4:34 pm: Anderson starts well yet again picking up the wicket of Katich who after a century in his first innings of the Ashes hasn't performed in any of the other innings.
Katich c & b. Anderson 1

4:54 pm: Anderson is so dangerous with the new ball swinging it into Hughes and catches the edge and goes through to the keeper for an easy catch.
Hughes c. Prior b. Anderson 4

5:07 pm: This swing from Anderson is dangerous as Hussey completely misjudged it and missed the ball completely as it hit his pad. Maybe the yorker just hit outside the line but the umpire gives it.
Hussey LBW b. Anderson 5

6:28 pm: Anderson has been England's best bowler and a nice short ball into his 10th over and the last over of the day gets Ponting on the ribs and he looks injured and has to come off.
Ponting Rtrd ht 42

6:30 pm: Well Australia were getting back into it but Ponting retiring hurt in the last over meant an unwanted end to the third day. Clarke ended up with 41* which included 2 sixes.

End Of Day 3:
Australia: 95/3
Ponting: 42: Clarke: 41*
Anderson: 3/36

Current Batsmen:
Clarke: 41* (53)
North: 0* (4)

Ponting will be out for 2 weeks with a fracture.
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[Biggy]

im only putting the big wickets in the notes. Ponting really hasn't been performing so i didn't bother putting his wicket in the notes. I also didn't put North's in as well cause he only made 3. also i dont think lee should be in the squad so i didn't put him in the starting XI

lol? Doesn't it make sense to just put all the wickets in....I too noticed you missed a wicket or two, whats the point in reading if you just leave stuff out..?

 

[hedger_14]

ok then, ill put all the wickets in.