Ashes

The Ashes 2009

The coach's view

Jun 1, 2010: Andy Flower on England's 2009 Ashes series victory

The Ashes 2009

How we won the Ashes

Jun 1, 2010: Andrew Strauss on how his team won the 2009 Ashes series

No. 50

Flintoff rocks Australia

Nov 29, 2009: The old faithful cranks it up one last time

Australian domestic season 2009-10

Ashes close-up shows Barsby the best

Oct 7, 2009: Trevor Barsby was a free-spirited opening batsman during a 12-year first-class career

Run, Ricky, run

Sep 29, 2009: The unthinkable is something Australia's captain must be thinking about, a lot

Australia in England 2009

One-day series was too long - Ponting

Sep 22, 2009: The seven-match ODI series between England and Australia was too long and has disadvantaged the teams ahead of the Champions Trophy, according to Ricky Ponting

Damn the bloat

Sep 21, 2009: Day-nighters in autumn? English cricket has crossed a certain line with this one

Player workload

PCA chief warns of burn-out

Sep 20, 2009: Sean Morris, the chief executive of the Professional Cricketers' Association, has again warned about the schedules that the top players are facing

England v Australia, 7th ODI, Chester-le-Street

Swann saves England from whitewash

Sep 20, 2009: Graeme Swann spun Australia to a standstill in a superb spell of 10-1-28-5, after Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke had rebuilt the innings in a second-wicket stand of 79

England v Australia, 7th ODI, Chester-le-Street

Australia target historic whitewash

Sep 19, 2009: England are on the brink of an unwanted piece of history. No team has ever been whitewashed in a seven-match series and the fragile team faces a huge challenge to stave of Australia at Chester-le-Street

England v Australia, 7th ODI, Chester-le-Street

6-0 flatters Australia a bit - Anderson

Sep 19, 2009: James Anderson has said the players never really clicked as a team in the one-day series but they felt the 6-0 scoreline flattered Australia

The last Ashes were better

Sep 18, 2009: Why this year's win was a pale shadow of 2005's

England v Australia, 6th ODI, Trent Bridge

Centurion Paine slots in seamlessly

Sep 17, 2009: If further proof were needed that Tim Paine was evolving into a legitimate Australian cricketer, it came when he was asked whether he harboured any sympathy for Andrew Strauss's downtrodden Englishmen

England v Australia, 6th ODI, Trent Bridge

Strauss laments England's 'horror show'

Sep 17, 2009: Disconsolate, grave and more than a little humiliated, Andrew Strauss stood upon the dais to a chorus of jeers and described his side's batting capitulation as a "horror show"

England v Australia, 6th ODI, Trent Bridge

Paine sets up crushing victory

Sep 17, 2009: Tim Paine's maiden one-day international century and two spectacular, direct-hit run-outs from Ricky Ponting sent England tumbling to their third heaviest all-time home defeat and a sixth consecutive loss to Australia

England v Australia, 6th ODI, Trent Bridge

Siddle keeps one eye on Champions Trophy

Sep 17, 2009: Desperate for a promotion, the Australian fast bowler is adamant there is much to play for - 5-0 series lead or not

England v Australia, 6th ODI, Trent Bridge

Australia aim to climb up rankings

Sep 16, 2009: Australia's successful chase in the fourth ODI provided them a 5-0 series lead and with it the chance to reclaim the No. 1 limited-overs ranking from South Africa

England v Australia 2009

Wright ruled out of ODI series

Sep 16, 2009: England batsman Luke Wright has been ruled out of the final two ODIs against Australia, after injuring the big toe of his left foot while batting against a bowling machine during practice

England v Australia, 5th ODI, Trent Bridge

Strauss frustrated by fielding woes

Sep 15, 2009: Andrew Strauss has greeted each of England's previous four defeats this series with candour and restraint, but the strain is beginning to show

England v Australia, 5th ODI, Trent Bridge

A week for the old-timers to savour

Sep 15, 2009: Ricky Ponting's century has completed a week in which other veterans including Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar have starred in ODIs