Friday, January 07, 2011

England retain the Ashes (3-1)





Results

1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane - Nov 25-29, 2010
England 260 and 517/1d; Australia 481 and 107/1
Match drawn (0-0)

2nd Test: Australia v England at Adelaide - Dec 3-7, 2010
Australia 245 and 304; England 620/5d
England won by an innings and 71 runs (1-0)

3rd Test: Australia v England at Perth - Dec 16-19, 2010
Australia 268 and 309; England 187 and 123
Australia won by 267 runs (1-1)

4th Test: Australia v England at Melbourne - Dec 26-29, 2010
Australia 98 and 258; England 513
England won by an innings and 157 runs (2-1)

5th Test: Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 3-7, 2011
Australia 280 and 281; England 644
England won by an innings and 83 runs (3-1)

Man of the series: Alastair Cook (who scored 766 runs at an average of 127 during the series). In total, he spent 2,171 minutes at the crease. In the Melbourne test, his score of  235 (not out) broke Sir Donald Bradman's record for the highest Test score at the MCG. At the end of the second day of the Adelaide test match, Cook's tally of 136 not out meant he had scored 371 runs and batted for 1,022 minutes without being dismissed, an England record.

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