Australia vs England , 1st Test , Live Streaming, Ashes 2009, Live Cricket Scores, Aus vs Eng
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.
On the rankings front this is a battle between No. 1 and No. 5 reams, but for Australia and England it is much more than that. Australia must win this series to keep the No. 1 ICC Test rating.
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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.
Quotes
“We know the type of cricket we need to play to win this series and we’ve got good ideas as to the type Australia are going to play too. We have to keep nice and calm and controlled.”
Andrew Strauss“Their side reads pretty good and I think if you matched both sides up on paper it would be pretty hard to pick the winner.”
Ricky Ponting
