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1st Test, Australia v England, Statistical Highlights

1st Test, Australia v England, Statistical Highlights

It was the 1550th Test match in cricket history

11-Jul-2001•Rajneesh Gupta

Jason Gillespie's Diary: Reflections on the First Test

Jason Gillespie's Diary: Reflections on the First Test

Going from the hotel to the ground for the first day of the First Ashes Test in England was an unusually casual affair

11-Jul-2001•Jason Gillespie

Australia take Ashes lead with crushing victory over England

Australia take Ashes lead with crushing victory over England

To compete with Australia, England's best side needed to play to their full potential but with injuries blighting selections, the best of the rest were unable to lift their games and Australia were clinical in completing an innings and 118 run

08-Jul-2001•Kate Laven

Gilchrist's assault leaves England battling to survive in First Ashes Test

Gilchrist's assault leaves England battling to survive in First Ashes Test

The first two sessions were a re-enactment of yesterday

07-Jul-2001•Kate Laven

Gilchrist: English conditions made me nervous

Gilchrist: English conditions made me nervous

Australian hero Adam Gilchrist admitted to feeling nerves prior to the First Test at Edgbaston, and to disappointment at his own wicket-keeping display after England's first innings

07-Jul-2001•CricInfo

Alec Stewart: Blazing start to Ashes contest

Alec Stewart: Blazing start to Ashes contest

Well, after all the build-up, the speculation and the media hype, the Ashes series is finally under way

07-Jul-2001•Alec Stewart

Only the weather stops Waugh as Australia build first innings lead

Only the weather stops Waugh as Australia build first innings lead

Steve Waugh slammed on the brakes on the second day of the First npower Ashes Test but Australia lost none of the momentum that has kept them on top from the start of this match

06-Jul-2001•Kate Laven

Australia on top as Ashes series starts with a bang

Australia on top as Ashes series starts with a bang

The Ashes series got off to a thunderous start at Edgbaston with Australia finishing the first day on 132-2 in reply to England's 294 all out

05-Jul-2001•Kate Laven

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