Peter English

Flintoff, bloody Flintoff

Four years on from his greatest moments, Andrew Flintoff was at it again with a match-winning performance

20-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Australia's finest

Three legends from the 2000s feature in the jury's XI, which has a mostly even spread across the decades of Australian cricket

20-Jul-2009•Peter English

Positive Australia eye history

Australia started the second innings wanting to do something never seen before in Tests or lose trying before reducing their final-day target to 209

19-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Clarke takes his second chance

Four years he missed out on a hundred by nine runs, but this time Michael Clarke has put that right

19-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Hauritz battles the pain

Nathan Hauritz ignored a badly bruised middle finger to dismantle England's top order but his brave performance was not enough to stop Australia from needing a monumental effort to save the second Test

18-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Strain shows on Ponting

The Australia captain missed a run out, dropped a catch and has much to ponder

18-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

No sympathy for careless Australia

The visitors carried on batting as though still in Cardiff, without realising different conditions needed a change in attitude and style

17-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Swinging to the top

Ben Hilfenhaus bent the ball, toyed with batsmen and showed Australia they have a swing bowler they can start to depend on

17-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Hauritz's injury leaves Haddin queasy

Nathan Hauritz gave Australia hope he could support their under-manned attack by fielding late in the day after dislocating his right middle finger when dropping a stinging chance from Andrew Strauss

16-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Nowhere to hide for Johnson

The left-arm quick arrived for the Ashes with a huge reputation, but is battling with technical and mental issues

16-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Focus required amid distractions

Peter English previews the second Ashes Test at Lord's

15-Jul-2009•The Preview by Peter English

Australia's hot streak at Lord's excites Ponting

Ricky Ponting's men will step on to Lord's on Thursday morning feeling like the home of cricket is a little piece of Australia

15-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Strauss wants inspiration from Cardiff jailbreak

The England captain wants to harness the spirit from the final afternoon in Cardiff to drive England to a 1-0 Ashes lead at Lord's

15-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Ponting hits back at 'hypocrite' Fletcher

Ricky Ponting has labelled Duncan Fletcher a "hypocrite" after the former England coach's comments that Australia had no right to claim the moral high ground on Spirit of Cricket issues

15-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Shades of Hughes in abrasive Siddle

Peter Siddle has said he's at his best when fired up on the field

14-Jul-2009•Peter English at Lord's

Turning in a good performance

Nathan Hauritz allowed himself a few contented smiles after his career-best performance in Cardiff but the satisfaction does not include peering more than a game ahead

13-Jul-2009•Peter English in Cardiff

I'd have done the same - Hauritz

Australia would have employed similar stalling tactics to England's final-wicket pairing in Cardiff had they been the team fighting for a draw, said Nathan Hauritz

13-Jul-2009•Peter English in Cardiff

Fire and brimstone

Two fast bowlers or three? Into-the-wind specialist? Left-right combination? Welcome to the most complicated selection

13-Jul-2009•Peter English

Ponting refuses to mope

Ricky Ponting insisted he was not let down by Australia's dramatic near miss after watching an impregnable position turn into a gut-wrenching draw

12-Jul-2009•Peter English at Cardiff

Sorry, Haury

A letter of apology to Nathan Hauritz from The Hauritzer Fan Club

12-Jul-2009•Peter English at Cardiff

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