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| James Anderson, Matt Prior, Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook with the replica Ashes urn, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
What A Brilliant Performance By England Team.
Congratulations to the entire squad and staff, Well Deserved Victory! Great Series.
Man of the match and man of the Ashes Series goes to Alastair Cook!
Brilliant, Brilliant Alastair Cook, What A Fantastic Player. Outstanding!
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Australia loses to England on its own home turf for first time in 24 years
- England gets highest score it's ever amassed in Test match in Australia
- The Ashes cricket rivalry started in 1877, and they play for the trophy every two years
Alastair has been amazing.
Jimmy Anderson has done amazingly well in tough conditions but it's been a fantastic team effort.
Paul Collingwood is a massive loss, there is a tinge of sadness there that he's departing, there is so much he brings to the team that you don't see.
~ England Captain Andrew Strauss.
ENGLAND ASHES SQUAD
Andrew Strauss (c)
Alastair Cook (vc)
James Anderson
Ian Bell
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan
Paul Collingwood
Steven Davies (wk)
Steven Finn
Eoin Morgan
Monty Panesar
Kevin Pietersen
Matt Prior (wk)
Ajmal Shahzad
Graeme Swann
Chris Tremlett
Jonathan Trott
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| Victory is sweet: the England players celebrate winning the Ashes in Australia for the first time since 1986/87 |
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| Chris Tremlett is mobbed after bowling Michael Beer to secure the 3-1 Ashes win, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| The England players celebrate after completing their 3-1 Ashes triumph, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| James Anderson celebrates having Ben Hilfenhaus caught behind, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| Handshakes all round: But there was no champagne and no pyrotechnics for England as Cricket Australia put on a low-key show |
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| All three England wins were achieved by an innings margin |
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| England's players celebrate, as Australia's batsman Usman Khawaja is caught out by English wicketkeeper Matt Prior on Friday |
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| Michael Clarke and the Australians cast their eyes to the ground, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| Paul Collingwood and Andrew Strauss with the urn, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Matt Prior of England poses with a flag after winning the Ashes series during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Steven Finn and Graeme Swann of England pose with the Ashes Urn during day fiveof the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Alastair Cook, Graeme Swann and James Anderson of England celebrate in the dressing room with the ashes urn after winning the series 3-1 during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| An apology from the Aussies. Just Brilliant. |
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| England Ashes Squad. |
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| Michael Clarke congratulates Andrew Strauss after England completed their 3-1 Ashes series win, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| Andrew Strauss with a replica Ashes urn after England secured a 3-1 win, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 |
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| Alastair Cook shines the ball, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 4th day, January 6, 2011 |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: The England team celebrate their 3-1 series win after day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Alastair Cook, James Anderson and Graeme Swann of England celebrate in the dressing roomby doing the sprinkler after winning the series 3-1 during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Andrew Strauss of England poses with the Ashes urn after winning the test and the series during day fiveof the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| The England team celebrate after winning the fifth Ashes cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011. Dominant England claimed their first Ashes series in Australia for 24 years with their third innings victory over the home team in the final Sydney Test. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Paul Collingwood of England acknowledges the Barmy Army after winning the Ashes series during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: The England team celebrate during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: The England team celebrate a 3-1 ashes victory with the Barmy Army during day fiveof the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Alastair Cook, Graeme Swann and James Anderson of England celebrate in the dressing room with the ashes urn after winning the series 3-1 during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| England captain Andrew Strauss (C) holds the replica urn team as his team celebrate after winning the fifth Ashes cricket Test against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011. Dominant England claimed their first Ashes series in Australia for 24 years with their third innings victory over the home team in the final Sydney Test. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Andrew Strauss and Andrew Flower of England pose with the Ashes Urn after winning the match and the series 3-1 during day fiveof the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 07: Kevin Pietersen of England celebrates in the dressing room with the ashes urn after winning the series 3-1 during day five of the Fifth Ashes Test match between Australia and England at Sydney Cricket Ground on January 7, 2011 in Sydney, Australia. |
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| James Anderson took the catch to get rid of Peter Siddle, Australia v England, 5th Test, Sydney, 5th day, January 7, 2011 "I think when you look back at the history of Ashes confrontations, I think what we've achieved here will be remembered pretty fondly," said Strauss. "We can ... be proud of what we've achieved because not many teams have come out here and won and certainly not many as emphatically as we did in the end," said England captain Andrew Strauss. "It's amazing to win so convincingly in Australia. It's all credit to the team and the management" Said Kevin Pietersen
With England closing in on a first Ashes series victory in Australia for 24 years, Press Association Sport picks out the records and landmark achievements of Andy Flower's men Down Under. First Test, Brisbane * Andrew Strauss and Alastair Cook's opening partnership of 188 in the second innings was an England record at Brisbane. * During the stand, the pair overtook Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe's tally of 3,249 runs to become England's highest-scoring pair of opening batsmen. * Cook and Jonathan Trott's unbeaten partnership of 329 runs was the best for England for any wicket in Australia, beating the 323 set by Hobbs and Wilfred Rhodes in Melbourne in 1911-12, and the ninth highest England partnership in history. * Cook's score of 235 not out broke Sir Donald Bradman's record for the highest Test score at the Gabba. * It was only the second time in England's cricketing history that the top three batsmen had made centuries and the first since 1924. * England's total of 517 for one declared was their highest in a second innings in a Test match in Australia. Second Test, Adelaide * England condemned Australia to their worst start to a Test match in 60 years when they slumped to two for three. * At the end of the second day, 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. * Kevin Pietersen's innings of 227 was a Test best. * In racking up 620 for five, England passed the 500-run mark in successive innings in the Ashes for the first time. Fourth Test, Melbourne * Australia's total of 98 in their first innings was their lowest Ashes total at the MCG and their lowest completed first-innings score in a home Ashes Test since 1888. * The nature of the Melbourne defeat meant it was the first time Australia had lost two Tests in a home series by an innings. Fifth Test, Sydney * Ian Bell made his first century in Ashes Tests in his 18th match while Matt Prior also notched a first Test ton against Australia from only 109 balls - the fastest England Ashes century since Ian Botham's 1981 effort at Old Trafford. * England's total of 644 was their highest team total ever in Australia. Alastair Cook * Cook's tally of 766 runs during the series is the second highest by an England batsman in any Ashes series, behind only Walter Hammond's 905 in Australia in 1928/29, which was achieved over nine innings to Cook's seven. * The opener's average of 127 is the second highest by an Englishman in the Ashes behind Geoff Boycott, who averaged 147 in 1977 but played in only three Tests. Apart from Cook and Boycott, only Hammond, Len Hutton and Eddie Paynter have finished an Ashes series with three-figure averages having played three or more Tests. * Cook has set a new world record for a five-Test series by spending 2,171 minutes at the crease, beating Shivnarine Chanderpaul's 2,057 for the West Indies against India in 2002. * During the first innings of the fifth Test, Cook became the second youngest player behind Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar to reach a career total of 5,000 runs. ---------- Source : ENGLAND'S RECORD-BREAKING ASHES http://www.sportinglife.com
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