The Ashes 2009 News

Keep it simple: McGrath to Johnson

Published: August 27, 2009

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Australian pace legend Glenn McGrath has come out in support of the current pace attack of Australia and said that Mitchell Johnson’s average show in the Ashes is just because of too much going on his mind.


Ponting ready to split captaincy with Clarke

Published: August 27, 2009

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Amidst calls from all quarters for him to be removed from captaincy after the recent Ashes lost to England, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said on Wednesday that he would not mind sharing the captaincy with his deputy Michael Clarke being given the captaincy of the one-day and twenty20 teams.


I don’t think I ever achieved greatness: Flintoff

Published: August 25, 2009

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Andrew Flintoff may have had some of the biggest rivalries on field with the best of players but at the end of the day he just wants to be remembered as a good bloke first and foremost and then a cricketer.


Flower wants England to look ahead

Published: August 25, 2009

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He may very well be called the unsung hero of England’s Ashes win and as the English players celebrated over their Ashes win over Australia, one man decided to quietly be in the background — England coach, Andy Flower.


Hurt Ponting wants to come back to England

Published: August 24, 2009

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Ricky Ponting is so distraught from a second Ashes defeat that the Australian captain has started thinking of the possibility of a fifth Ashes tour to England in 2013.


England maul Australia, reclaim the Ashes after four years

Published: August 24, 2009

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It was day on which the skippers of both the teams etched their names in cricketing history. England captain Andrew Strauss became just the second England captain to lead his team to an Ashes win since 1986 after Michael Vaughan had led them to an Ashes victory in 2005. On the other hand, Ponting got a distinction which he wouldn’t particularly like on his resume! England victory’s left Ponting with the unwanted record of becoming only the second Australia captain, since Billy Murdoch in 1890, to be in charge of two losing Ashes tours of England.


Broad and Swann destroy Australia, revive England’s Ashes bid

Published: August 22, 2009

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Stuart Broad produced a magical spell to match that of Andrew Flintoff’s at Lords as England kept their hopes of winning the Ashes alive on the second day of the fifth Ashes test at the Oval.


Siddle puts Aussies in the drivers’ seat

Published: August 21, 2009

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England’s batsmen missed out on a golden opportunity to take control of the fifth and final test of the Ashes at the Oval as Australia took away the advantage on a low, slow and dry wicket even after losing an important toss.


Flintoff set for huge Ashes climax

Published: August 20, 2009

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Andrew Flintoff is all set for one last huge effort in test cricket but England may need more than a one man show if they want to regain the Ashes from Australia in the grand finale of the much talked about series.


Flintoff as phenomenal as Sachin: Vaughan

Published: August 19, 2009

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Former England captain Michael Vaughan has said that England’s talismanic all-rounder Andrew Flintoff may not be the most professional cricketer around but he is second only to Sachin Tendulkar when it comes to lifting his team and the fans.


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