Ashes 1st Test Match 2009 2nd day | England vs Australia 2nd day.
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 |
