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Test no. 1763

The Ashes - 5th Test England v Australia

2005 season

Played at Kennington Oval, London, on 8,9,10,11,12 September 2005 (5-day match) Result Match drawn

	England 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		ME Trescothick	c Hayden b Warne	43	77	65	8	0	66.15
		AJ Strauss	c Katich b Warne	129	351	210	17	0	61.42
		MP Vaughan	c Clarke b Warne	11	26	25	2	0	44.00
		IR Bell	lbw b Warne	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
		KP Pietersen	b Warne	14	30	25	2	0	56.00
		A Flintoff	c Warne b McGrath	72	162	115	12	1	62.60
		PD Collingwood	lbw b Tait	7	26	26	1	0	26.92
		GO Jones	b Lee	25	60	41	5	0	60.97
		AF Giles	lbw b Warne	32	120	70	1	0	45.71
		MJ Hoggard	c Martyn b McGrath	2	47	36	0	0	5.55
		SJ Harmison	not out	20	25	20	4	0	100.00
		Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 7)	18
		Total	(all out; 105.3 overs; 471 mins)	373	(3.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-82 (Trescothick, 17.3 ov), 2-102 (Vaughan, 23.5 ov), 3-104 (Bell, 25.6 ov), 4-131 (Pietersen, 33.3 ov), 5-274 (Flintoff, 70.1 ov), 6-289 (Collingwood, 76.3 ov), 7-297 (Strauss, 79.4 ov), 8-325 (Jones, 89.3 ov), 9-345 (Hoggard, 100.2 ov), 10-373 (Giles, 105.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GD McGrath	27	5	72	2	2.66	(1w)
	B Lee	23	3	94	1	4.08	(3nb)
	SW Tait	15	1	61	1	4.06	(3nb)
	SK Warne	37.3	5	122	6	3.25
	SM Katich	3	0	14	0	4.66

	Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JL Langer	b Harmison	105	233	146	11	2	71.91
		ML Hayden	lbw b Flintoff	138	416	303	18	0	45.54
		RT Ponting	c Strauss b Flintoff	35	81	56	3	0	62.50
		DR Martyn	c Collingwood b Flintoff	10	36	29	1	0	34.48
		MJ Clarke	lbw b Hoggard	25	119	59	2	0	42.37
		SM Katich	lbw b Flintoff	1	12	11	0	0	9.09
		AC Gilchrist	lbw b Hoggard	23	32	20	4	0	115.00
		SK Warne	c Vaughan b Flintoff	0	18	10	0	0	0.00
		B Lee	c Giles b Hoggard	6	22	10	0	0	60.00
		GD McGrath	c Strauss b Hoggard	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
		SW Tait	not out	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
		Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 2, nb 9)	23
		Total	(all out; 107.1 overs; 494 mins)	367	(3.42 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-185 (Langer, 52.4 ov), 2-264 (Ponting, 72.2 ov), 3-281 (Martyn, 80.4 ov), 4-323 (Hayden, 92.3 ov), 5-329 (Katich, 94.6 ov), 6-356 (Gilchrist, 101.1 ov), 7-359 (Clarke, 103.3 ov), 8-363 (Warne, 104.5 ov), 9-363 (McGrath, 105.6 ov), 10-367 (Lee, 107.1 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SJ Harmison	22	2	87	1	3.95	(2nb, 2w)
	MJ Hoggard	24.1	2	97	4	4.01	(1nb)
	A Flintoff	34	10	78	5	2.29	(6nb)
	AF Giles	23	1	76	0	3.30
	PD Collingwood	4	0	17	0	4.25

	England 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		ME Trescothick	lbw b Warne	33	150	84	1	0	39.28
		AJ Strauss	c Katich b Warne	1	16	7	0	0	14.28
		MP Vaughan	c Gilchrist b McGrath	45	80	65	6	0	69.23
		IR Bell	c Warne b McGrath	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
		KP Pietersen	b McGrath	158	285	187	15	7	84.49
		A Flintoff	c & b Warne	8	20	13	1	0	61.53
		PD Collingwood	c Ponting b Warne	10	72	51	1	0	19.60
		GO Jones	b Tait	1	24	12	0	0	8.33
		AF Giles	b Warne	59	159	97	7	0	60.82
		MJ Hoggard	not out	4	45	35	0	0	11.42
		SJ Harmison	c Hayden b Warne	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(b 4, w 7, nb 5)	16
		Total	(all out; 91.3 overs; 432 mins)	335	(3.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Strauss, 3.4 ov), 2-67 (Vaughan, 22.4 ov), 3-67 (Bell, 22.5 ov), 4-109 (Trescothick, 33.1 ov), 5-126 (Flintoff, 37.5 ov), 6-186 (Collingwood, 51.5 ov), 7-199 (Jones, 56.5 ov), 8-308 (Pietersen, 82.5 ov), 9-335 (Giles, 91.1 ov), 10-335 (Harmison, 91.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	GD McGrath	26	3	85	3	3.26	(1nb)
	B Lee	20	4	88	0	4.40	(4nb, 1w)
	SK Warne	38.3	3	124	6	3.22	(1w)
	MJ Clarke	2	0	6	0	3.00
	SW Tait	5	0	28	1	5.60	(1w)

	Australia 2nd innings (target: 342 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		JL Langer	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00
		ML Hayden	not out	0	3	0	0	0	-
		Extras	(lb 4)	4
		Total	(0 wickets; 0.4 overs; 3 mins)	4	(6.00 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Ponting, DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, B Lee, GD McGrath, SW Tait

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SJ Harmison	0.4	0	0	0	0.00

Toss England, who chose to bat first Series England won the 5-match series 2-1 Player of the match KP Pietersen (England) Players of the series A Flintoff (England) and SK Warne (Australia) Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa) TV umpire JW Lloyds Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka) Close of play 8 Sep day 1 - England 1st innings 319/7 (GO Jones 21*, AF Giles 5*, 88 ov) 9 Sep day 2 - Australia 1st innings 112/0 (JL Langer 75*, ML Hayden 32*, 33 ov) 10 Sep day 3 - Australia 1st innings 277/2 (ML Hayden 110*, DR Martyn 9*, 78.4 ov) 11 Sep day 4 - England 2nd innings 34/1 (ME Trescothick 14*, MP Vaughan 19*, 13.2 ov) 12 Sep day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 4/0 (0.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

4th umpire - JF Steele Day 1 England 50 in 11.1 overs England 100 in 22.5 overs Score at Lunch: England 115/3 in 27 overs (Strauss 42*, Pietersen 10*) Strauss 50 in 78 balls, 8x4 England 150 in 38.4 overs England 200 in 51.2 overs Score at Tea: England 213/4 in 55 overs (Strauss 92*, Flintoff 39*) Flintoff 50 in 79 balls, 9x4 Strauss 100 in 150 balls, 13x4 England 250 in 62.3 overs England 1st innings: 1x7 ball over (68th over, Warne's 25th, called by umpire Bowden) England 300 in 80.1 overs Second new ball taken after 86 overs. 1st wicket Partnership (Trescothick and Strauss) - 50 in 70 balls 5th wicket partnership (Strauss and Flintoff) - 50 in 82 balls 5th wicket partnership (Strauss and Flintoff) - 100 in 144 balls Day 2 England 350 in 100.5 overs Score at Lunch: Australia 19/0 in 7 overs (Langer 16*, Hayden 2*) Australia 50 in 17.6 overs Langer 50 in 63 balls, 6x4, 2x6 Australia 100 in 29.6 overs Score at Tea: Australia 112/0 in 33 overs (Langer 75*, Hayden 32*) Play was called off after tea due to rain and bad light 1st wicket partnership (Langer and Hayden) - 50 in 110 balls 1st wicket partnership (Langer and Hayden) - 100 in 181 balls Day 3 Extra 8 overs added to the day's play to make up for the time lost. Play started 30 minutes late (at 10.30 GMT) due to wet conditions Langer 50 in 62 balls, 6x4, 2x6 Hayden 50 in 137 balls, 7x4 Australia 150 in 44.5 overs Score at Lunch: Australia 157/0 in 47 overs (Langer 91*, Hayden 60*) Langer 100 in 142 balls, 10x4, 2x6 (22nd Test century) Score at Tea: Australia 185/1 in 52.4 overs (Hayden 70*) Australia 200 in 57.2 overs Hayden 100 in 218 balls, 15x4 Australia 250 in 66.6 overs 1st wicket partnership (Langer and Hayden) - 150 in 273 balls Play was called off early due to bad light (7 minutes) Day 4 Second new ball taken at 282/3 (82 overs) Australia 300 in 86.1 overs Australia 350 in 97.5 overs Score at Lunch: Australia 356/5 in 101.1 overs (Clarke 23*) Score at Tea: England 7/1 in 5.3 overs (Vaughan 4*, Trescothick 2*) Bad light stopped play at 3.42pm Play abandoned at 6.15pm 2nd wicket partnership (Hayden and Ponting - 50 in 71 balls Day 5 England 50 in 16.5 overs England 100 in 31.1 overs Score at Lunch: England 127/5 in 39 overs (Pietersen 35*, Collingwood 0*) KP Pietersen 50 in 70 balls, 2x4, 3x6 England 150 in 42.3 overs 2nd wicket partnership (Trescothick and Vaughan) - 50 in 84 balls 6th wicket partnership (Pietersen and Collingwood) - 50 in 57 balls England 200 in 56.6 overs 8th wicket partnership (Pietersen and Giles) - 50 in 87 balls 8th wicket partnership (Pietersen and Giles) - 100 in 143 balls KP Pietersen 100 in 191 mins off 124 balls, 10x4, 4x6 Score at Tea: England 221/7 (Pietersen 105*, Giles 6*) England 250 in 71.2 overs England 300 in 81.4 overs KP Pietersen 150 in 176 balls, 14x4, 7x6 Compton-Miller Medal awarded to A Flintoff

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