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Andrew Strauss is very confident before the start of the first test match at Cardiff. The skipper feels that the way they handle the pressure will be the key in the Ashes 2009 series. Andrew Strauss is first time leading the team for the big series and this will test his leadership quality. The left handed batsman has experienced both the success of 2005 series and a humiliation of 5-0 in 2006-07 series.

“The key to the series is how you handle those pressure moments and there are going to be plenty of them,” said Strauss.

“That’s going to be a bit of a test of character and a bit of a test of courage and technique.

England will have to rely on the trio Andrew Strauss, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen if they want to beat the Aussies. The good news for England is Brett Lee is out of the first two tests. Brett Lee is in his best form and took 6-wickets against the England Lions in Worcester in the warm-up match. So this will add a bit more confidence in the team but to represent the team in the Ashes is really big thing for the England cricketers.

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Australia captain Ricky Ponting hopes his side can benefit from this Ashes series turning into an Andrew Flintoff roadshow.

All-rounder Flintoff's revelation that he will retire from Test cricket at the end of this current campaign could disrupt England's focus in the remaining matches of the npower series.

The 31-year-old will have his fitness checked on Wednesday morning ahead of the second Test at Lord's.

And if his knee stands up to its testing, Flintoff will be playing his last Test at English cricket's headquarters, which in itself potentially proves a distraction for Andrew Strauss' team.

"For us, knowing the stature he has in the game in England then I can see it turning into that," said Ponting."Whenever he plays a game you get the feeling of the crowd getting involved and loving seeing him play.

"You can see the fans here are very passionate about watching Andrew Flintoff.

"If they know this is his last chance to play here, his last chance to play Edgbaston, and last chance to play Headingley, I am sure there will be a bit of a circus around.

"It could be good for us if that is the case. It could create some distractions but that is not for us to worry about.

"I have been in teams when it has happened and it can be a distraction not only for the person involved but for the captain as well."

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England has a new Ashes captain in Andrew Strauss and two match winners in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. Wheras none of current Australia’s fast bowlers have played a Test in England, save the 1st test.

In 300 Ashes Tests Australia has won 121 and England has won 95. The first test ended in a draw.

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The Ashes 2nd Test | England take on Australia

England squad
AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, AN Cook, A Flintoff, SJ Harmison, G Onions, MS Panesar, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, GP Swann

Australia squad
RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, SR Clark, BJ Haddin†, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, PJ Hughes, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, SM Katich, B Lee, AB McDonald, GA Manou, MJ North, PM Siddle, SR Watson

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Australia and England will lock horns in the second test match of the 2009 edition of the Ashes series on Thursday, when they meet at Lord's. And with the score-line reading 0-0 after the first test match at Cardiff was drawn, it will be interesting to see which team draws first blood in the game.

Australia had the better of most exchanges in the Cardiff encounter and yet, they were not able to close out the match as they would have expected. Going into the last day needing eight wickets, Australia had managed to bag three of them in the first session, but could garner only four more in the next two, to have only a draw to show for their effort.

However, what they will be cock-a-hoop with, would be the effort of the bowling side, especially the under-fire spinner, Nathan Hauritz. The off-spinner bowler captured six wickets in the game and out-bowled his English counterpart to almost bowl his side to the doorsteps of a win. He may not get enough spin from the Lord's pitch, but he is bound to retain his place.

Amongst the batsmen, there were four century scorers for Australia and that should augur well for them. With Marcus North and Brad Haddin slamming a century each at the number six and seven position, and Mitchell Johnson a decent bat at eight, it does look like their batting is something of a plus point.

England, on the other hand, would be ruing the wasted opportunity in the first innings, when ten of their batsmen got starts but not a single century was scored. The worst affected would be Kevin Pietersen who was put under a lot of pressure by the media and the opposition alike, both, on and off the field and seemed to have succumbed to it.

England is sure to drop one of the two spinners for this game, especially given Lord's record as a seamer-friendly track. Graeme Swann did not have a great game with the ball, but he did well enough with the willow in his hand to deserve the lone spinner's spot, which means that Monty Panesar who batted out more than ten overs, will get the boot.

Panesar's spot will be taken by Graham Onions, who had a five-wicket haul in his debut game against West Indies, and is also the back-up seam bowler in the squad. And if there enough cloud cover, he could prove to be quite a handful with the new ball in his hand.

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The home side England has a new Ashes captain in Andrew Strauss and two match-winners in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. wheras None of current Australia’s fast bowlers have played a Test in England .

In a total of 300 Ashes Tests Australia have won in 121 whereas England have won 95 of them.

England (possible) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Andrew Flintoff, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Graham Onions.

Australia (possible) 1 Simon Katich, 2 Phillip Hughes, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 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.

Pitch and conditions

Ricky Ponting expects the pitch to have some moisture at the begining, providing “slow-ish seam and trampoline” bounce, but he believes it will turn.

England Captain Andrew Strauss said it looked like a good pitch, but one that would not offer much pace or bounce. “There will be a little bit in it for everyone,” he said, “and that’s the sort of wicket we were hoping to see.”

The weather has been a bit unpredictable at Cardiff, with rain and sun fighting for attention, and more wet conditions are predicted for the end of the week.

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Andrew Strauss is very confident before the start of the first test match at Cardiff. The skipper feels that the way they handle the pressure will be the key in the Ashes 2009 series. Andrew Strauss is first time leading the team for the big series and this will test his leadership quality. The left handed batsman has experienced both the success of 2005 series and a humiliation of 5-0 in 2006-07 series.

“The key to the series is how you handle those pressure moments and there are going to be plenty of them,” said Strauss.

“That’s going to be a bit of a test of character and a bit of a test of courage and technique.

England will have to rely on the trio Andrew Strauss, Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pietersen if they want to beat the Aussies. The good news for England is Brett Lee is out of the first two tests. Brett Lee is in his best form and took 6-wickets against the England Lions in Worcester in the warm-up match. So this will add a bit more confidence in the team but to represent the team in the Ashes is really big thing for the England cricketers.

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Date : July 8 - 12
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Time - Start Evrey Day 10:00 GMT | 11:00 Local

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2009 Ashes has beeb started with 1st test at Cardiff, England won the toss and elected to bat first made 336/7 at the stumps of day 1. They were at good position with 327/5 in 86 overs but lost 2 quick wickets of Flintoff and Mat Prior in the end pushed them back a little.

For England Pietersen made 69 and well contributed by Collingwood and Prior with 64 runs and 56 runs respectively. For Australia Johnson Hilfenhaus and Siddle took 2 wickets each.

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Morning Session: England got off to a solid start with Andrew Strauss looking in good form but not so for Alistair Cook. Cook looked out of sorts right from the start and gave his wicket away 10 runs (off 25 balls), courtesy of an athletic catch by Michael Hussey. Ravi Bopara, most consistent English batsman in the recent past, arrives at the crease and straight away he is attacked with the “short stuff”, with Peter Siddle hitting him on the face with a bouncer. The same was being delivered at Andrew Strauss. And all of a sudden, it seemed like that Indians weren’t the only one who struggled with short pitched deliveries. After living dangerously for most of his innings, Bopara gave his wicket away to Mitchell Johnson’s excellent slower delivery. Mitchell Johnson also got the wicket of Andrew Strauss through a quick and well directed bouncer caught by Michael Clarke in the slips.

At Lunch: England – 97/3 in 27.0 overs (KP Pietersen 6, PD Collingwood 5)

In the after lunch sesson, Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood were starting to build a partnership and runs were starting at a fast pace. Both went on to make half-centuries.

Played at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff – Wales, 8-12 July 2009 (5-day match)

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	Not Out	2	12	0	0	16.67
	Stuart Broad	Not Out	4	3	1	0	133.33
	Graeme Swann
	Monty Panesar
	Extras	(b 9,lb 7, w 2, nb 11)	29
	Total	(7 wickets; 90 overs)	336	(3.73 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)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Mitchell Johnson	18	2	68	2	3.78
Ben Hilfenhaus	23	5	61	2	2.65	(nb 4, w 1)
Peter Siddle	23	3	93	2	4.04	(nb 5, w 1)
Nathan Hauritz	19	1	67	1	3.53	(nb 2)
Michael Clarke	5	0	20	0	4.00
Simon Katich	2	0	11	0	5.50

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The failure of
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England Name First Test Squad

England resisted the temptation to recall quick bowler, Steve Harminson to the squad to face Australia in the first Ashes test this week. Harminson bowled extremely well for the English Lions last week against the Aussies and looked to be getting back to his best. Ryan Sidebotton was also omitted but Monty Panesar was included and is likely to play as England will gamble on a two spinner attack.

The England 13 man team to play in the first test is Andrew Strauss (captain), James Anderson, Ian Bell, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Alastair Cook, Andrew Flintoff, Graham Onions, Monty Panesar, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Graeme Swann Squad.

Latest Team News is that Brett Lee will miss the first 2 tests with a rib injury.

England 2/1 To Win First Test

England have reasonably healthy odds of 2/1 with Stan James to win the opening test starting this week in Cardiff. Australia start favourites at 15/8 but the draw can only be backed at odds of around 7/5 and is the favourite outcome. Please visit Ashes First test for all batting and bowling odds.

This latest series comes in the wake of a series whitewash for England in Australia in the 2006-7 series. Australia soundly beat England 5-0 completing only the fifth ever series whitewash. It was a terrible low ebb for England, who had gone to Australia full of confidence after their Ashes victory in England in 2005 Ashes series. See also 2005 Ashes series and the Ashes 2002/3 series

Today it can be said with fairness that Australia are not quite the team they were 3 years ago. The series defeat in 2008 against India highlighted that they have their fair share of problems in attack and have struggled after the retirements of Ashes legends, Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath and wicket keeper, Adam Gilchrist. England therefore come into the game high on confidence, with a new captain in Andrew Strauss and with the full knowledge that they can match Australia in all aspects.

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