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England men · Test · The Ashes · 2nd Test

England
v Australia⁠

Result

England won by 115 runs

England
425 & 311/6d
Australia
215 & 406
Date
Thursday 16 July 2009 · England in 2009
Venue
Lord's, London

Last checked 21 October 2026

Scorecard

England v Australia Test scorecard

England won the toss and chose to bat

England · 1st innings 425 all out (101.4 overs)

England · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss b BW Hilfenhaus 161 268 22 0 60.1
Alastair Cook lbw b MG Johnson 95 147 18 0 64.6
Ravi Bopara lbw b BW Hilfenhaus 18 19 4 0 94.7
Kevin Pietersen c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle 32 42 4 0 76.2
Paul Collingwood c PM Siddle b MJ Clarke 16 36 1 0 44.4
Matt Prior b MG Johnson 8 10 2 0 80.0
Andrew Flintoff c RT Ponting b BW Hilfenhaus 4 10 1 0 40.0
Stuart Broad b BW Hilfenhaus 16 26 2 0 61.5
Graeme Swann c RT Ponting b PM Siddle 4 6 1 0 66.7
James Anderson c MEK Hussey b MG Johnson 29 25 5 0 116.0
G Onions not out 17* 29 2 0 58.6
Extras (b 15, lb 2, w 0, nb 8) 25
Total 101.4 overs 425

Fall of wickets: 1-196 (AN Cook, 47.5 ov), 2-222 (RS Bopara, 53.6 ov), 3-267 (KP Pietersen, 65.1 ov), 4-302 (PD Collingwood, 76.3 ov), 5-317 (MJ Prior, 79.3 ov), 6-333 (A Flintoff, 82.3 ov), 7-364 (AJ Strauss, 90.2 ov), 8-370 (GP Swann, 91.5 ov), 9-378 (SCJ Broad, 92.6 ov), 10-425 (JM Anderson, 101.4 ov)

England · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BW Hilfenhaus 31 12 103 4 3.32 0 4
MG Johnson 21.4 2 132 3 6.09 0 0
PM Siddle 20 1 76 2 3.80 0 4
NM Hauritz 8.3 1 26 0 3.06 0 0
MJ North 16.3 2 59 0 3.58 0 0
MJ Clarke 4 1 12 1 3.00 0 0

Australia · 1st innings 215 all out (63 overs)

Australia · 1st innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
PJ Hughes c MJ Prior b JM Anderson 4 9 1 0 44.4
SM Katich c SCJ Broad b G Onions 48 93 6 0 51.6
RT Ponting c AJ Strauss b JM Anderson 2 15 0 0 13.3
MEK Hussey b A Flintoff 51 91 8 0 56.0
MJ Clarke c AN Cook b JM Anderson 1 12 0 0 8.3
MJ North b JM Anderson 0 14 0 0 0.0
BJ Haddin c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 28 38 3 0 73.7
MG Johnson c AN Cook b SCJ Broad 4 11 1 0 36.4
NM Hauritz c PD Collingwood b G Onions 24 36 4 0 66.7
PM Siddle c AJ Strauss b G Onions 35 47 5 0 74.5
BW Hilfenhaus not out 6* 14 1 0 42.9
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 0, nb 2) 12
Total 63 overs 215

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (PJ Hughes, 2.3 ov), 2-10 (RT Ponting, 6.6 ov), 3-103 (SM Katich, 32.4 ov), 4-111 (MEK Hussey, 35.6 ov), 5-111 (MJ Clarke, 36.3 ov), 6-139 (MJ North, 42.3 ov), 7-148 (MG Johnson, 45.5 ov), 8-152 (BJ Haddin, 47.5 ov), 9-196 (NM Hauritz, 58.3 ov), 10-215 (PM Siddle, 62.6 ov)

Australia · 1st innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 21 5 55 4 2.62 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 12 4 27 1 2.25 0 2
Stuart Broad 18 1 78 2 4.33 0 0
G Onions 11 1 41 3 3.73 0 0
Graeme Swann 1 0 4 0 4.00 0 0

England · 2nd innings 311/6 dec (71.2 overs)

England · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
Andrew Strauss c MJ Clarke b NM Hauritz 32 48 4 0 66.7
Alastair Cook lbw b NM Hauritz 32 42 6 0 76.2
Ravi Bopara c SM Katich b NM Hauritz 27 93 4 0 29.0
Kevin Pietersen c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle 44 101 5 0 43.6
Paul Collingwood c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle 54 80 4 0 67.5
Matt Prior run out (MJ North) 61 42 9 0 145.2
Andrew Flintoff not out 30* 27 4 0 111.1
Extras (b 16, lb 9, w 1, nb 5) 31
Total 71.2 overs 311/6

Did not bat: SCJ Broad, GP Swann, JM Anderson, G Onions

Fall of wickets: 1-61 (AN Cook, 14.1 ov), 2-74 (AJ Strauss, 16.2 ov), 3-147 (RS Bopara, 44.4 ov), 4-174 (KP Pietersen, 51.1 ov), 5-260 (MJ Prior, 63.2 ov), 6-311 (PD Collingwood, 71.2 ov)

England · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
BW Hilfenhaus 19 5 59 0 3.11 0 3
MG Johnson 17 2 68 0 4.00 1 1
PM Siddle 15.2 4 64 2 4.17 0 0
NM Hauritz 16 1 80 3 5.00 0 1
MJ Clarke 4 0 15 0 3.75 0 0

Australia · 2nd innings 406 all out (107 overs)

Australia · 2nd innings: batting
BatterHow outRB4s6sSR
PJ Hughes c AJ Strauss b A Flintoff 17 34 2 0 50.0
SM Katich c KP Pietersen b A Flintoff 6 5 1 0 120.0
RT Ponting b SCJ Broad 38 69 6 0 55.1
MEK Hussey c PD Collingwood b GP Swann 27 63 3 0 42.9
MJ Clarke b GP Swann 136 227 14 0 59.9
MJ North b GP Swann 6 25 1 0 24.0
BJ Haddin c PD Collingwood b A Flintoff 80 130 10 0 61.5
MG Johnson b GP Swann 63 75 9 0 84.0
NM Hauritz b A Flintoff 1 5 0 0 20.0
PM Siddle b A Flintoff 7 13 1 0 53.8
BW Hilfenhaus not out 4* 4 0 0 100.0
Extras (b 5, lb 8, w 0, nb 8) 21
Total 107 overs 406

Fall of wickets: 1-17 (SM Katich, 3.1 ov), 2-34 (PJ Hughes, 9.2 ov), 3-78 (RT Ponting, 23.4 ov), 4-120 (MEK Hussey, 32.4 ov), 5-128 (MJ North, 38.4 ov), 6-313 (BJ Haddin, 87.4 ov), 7-356 (MJ Clarke, 98.2 ov), 8-363 (NM Hauritz, 99.4 ov), 9-388 (PM Siddle, 103.6 ov), 10-406 (MG Johnson, 106.6 ov)

Australia · 2nd innings: bowling
BowlerOMRWEconWDNB
James Anderson 21 4 86 0 4.10 0 0
Andrew Flintoff 27 4 92 5 3.41 0 8
G Onions 9 0 50 0 5.56 0 0
Stuart Broad 16 3 49 1 3.06 0 0
Graeme Swann 28 3 87 4 3.11 0 0
Paul Collingwood 6 1 29 0 4.83 0 0

Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff · Umpires: BR Doctrove, RE Koertzen · TV umpire: NJ Llong · Match referee: JJ Crowe. Scorecard from ball-by-ball data by Cricsheet (opens in a new tab), used under the Open Data Commons Attribution License (opens in a new tab). Names as Cricsheet writes them; England players link to their profiles.

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