Ashes 1st Test Match 2009 | England vs Australia Live Stream.
Watch Live Streaming of the 1st Ashes cricket test between Australia vs England which will begin at Cardiff, from July 8-12, 2009. Start time 11.00 am (10.00 GMT)
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.
