Australian cricket team in England in 2009
| Australian cricket team in England in 2009 | |||
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| England | Australia | ||
| Dates | 1 June – 20 September 2009 | ||
| Captains |
Andrew Strauss (Test & ODI) Paul Collingwood (T20I) |
Ricky Ponting (Test & ODI) Michael Clarke (T20I) |
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| Test series | |||
| Result | England won the 5-match series 2–1 | ||
| Most runs | Andrew Strauss (474) | Michael Clarke (448) | |
| Most wickets | Stuart Broad (18) | Ben Hilfenhaus (22) | |
| Player of the series | Andrew Strauss (Eng) and Michael Clarke (Aus) | ||
| One Day International series | |||
| Results | Australia won the 7-match series 6–1 | ||
| Most runs | Andrew Strauss (267) | Cameron White (260) | |
| Most wickets | Graeme Swann (9) | Brett Lee (12) | |
| Player of the series | Cameron White (Aus) | ||
| Twenty20 International series | |||
| Results | 2-match series drawn 0–0 | ||
| Most runs | Ravi Bopara (1) | Cameron White (55) | |
| Most wickets | Paul Collingwood (2) | Mitchell Johnson (1) | |
The Australia national cricket team toured Great Britain to play a series of cricket matches during the 2009 English cricket season. The team played five Test matches – one in Wales – seven One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals against England. The Australians also played four other first-class matches in England, against the England Lions and two county sides. In addition, Australia took part in the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, but were eliminated at the first round after defeats to the West Indies and Sri Lanka.
The series of five Test matches between England and Australia was for The Ashes and, for the first time, a Test match was held in the capital of Wales, Cardiff. Australia was the holder of The Ashes trophy, having won the 2006-07 series 5–0. England won the last series to be held in England in 2005, and subsequently won the 2009 Ashes 2–1. The Twenty20 International series was drawn 0–0 as bad weather meant that neither match produced a result.
The match was notable for the success of Pepler Sandri, a South African-born fast bowler of Italian ancestry, who took three key wickets on the first day.
Needing 418 in their final innings to win, the Sussex batsmen came within 37 runs of this total before time was called with three wickets remaining. Carl Hopkinson was the highest scorer, achieving 115 runs from 172 deliveries.
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