Ashes Tour 2005

The Ashes Tour 2005 was the tour of the Australian national cricket team in England which included the 63rd edition of the Ashes and was held between June 13 and September 12, 2005. The Ashes Series 2005 itself was played in the form of five test matches between England and Australia. The tour, which was part of the international cricket season 2005 , included a series of other games between the two teams in addition to the test series. The Test series was won by England 2–1 and the Twenty20 series with 1–0, while Australia won the ODI series with 2–1.

prehistory

Both teams previously played a three-nation tournament . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 2002/03 season in Australia .

Stages

Birmingham Leeds London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham Southampton

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and announced on June 23, 2004.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	2nd test
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	1. ODI
The oval	London	23,500	5. test; 3. ODI
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	1st test; 2. ODI
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	3rd test
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	4th test
Rose Bowl	Southampton	6,500	1. T20

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on April 5, 2005. England named their ODI squad on July 4 and their test squad on July 13, 2005.

test		ODI		Twenty20
England	Australia	England	Australia	England	Australia
Michael Vaughan ( K ) Ian Bell Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Stephen Harmison Matthew Hoggard Geraint Jones ( wk ) Simon Jones Kevin Pietersen Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Michael Kasprowicz Simon Katich Justin Langer Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Shaun Tait Shane Warne	Michael Vaughan ( K ) Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Darren Gough Stephen Harmison Simon Jones Geraint Jones ( wk ) Kevin Pietersen Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Brad Haddin Matthew Hayden Mike Hussey Michael Kasprowicz Simon Katich Brett Lee Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Andrew Symonds Shane Watson	Michael Vaughan ( K ) Paul Collingwood Andrew Flintoff Darren Gough Stephen Harmison Geraint Jones ( wk ) Jon Lewis Kevin Pietersen Vikram Solanki Andrew Strauss Marcus Trescothick	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Matthew Hayden Mike Hussey Michael Kasprowicz Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds

Tour matches

June 9th scorecard	Arundel	PCA Masters XI 167-6 (20)	-	Australians 170-2 (19.5)
		Australians win with 8 wickets

June 11th scorecard	Leicester	Australians 321-4 (50)	-	Leicestershire 226-8 (50)
		Australians win with 95 runs

July 15-17 scorecard	Leicester	Leicestershire 217 (55.2) & 363-5 (79.4)	-	Australians 582-7d (125)
		draw

July 30th - August 1st scorecard	Worcester	Australians 406-9d (98) & 161-2 (38)	-	Worcestershire 187 (44)
		draw

August 18 scorecard	Edinburgh	Scotland	-	Australians
		Called off

August 20-21 Scorecard	Northampton	Australians 374-6d (96) & 226-2 (58)	-	Northamptonshire 169 (50.1)
		draw

September 3-4	Chelmsford	Essex 502-4d (105)	-	Australians 561-6 (95)
		draw

Twenty20 International in Southampton

June 13 scorecard	Southampton	England 179-8 (50)	-	Australia 79 (14.3)
		England wins with 100 runs

One-day internationals

First ODI in Leeds

July 7th scorecard	Leeds	Australia 219-7 (50)	-	England 196-9 (46)
		England wins with 9 wickets

Second ODI in London

July 10th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 223-8 (50)	-	Australia 224-3 (44.2)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Third ODI in London

July 12th scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 228-7 (50)	-	Australia 229-2 (34.5)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Testing

First test in London

July 21st - 24th Scorecard	London (Lord's)	Australia 190 (40.2) & 384 (100.4)	-	England 155 (48.1) & 180 (58.1)
		Australia wins with 239 runs

Second test in Birmingham

August 4-7 Scorecard	Birmingham	England 407 (79.2) & 182 (52.1)	-	Australia 308 (76) & 279 (64.3)
		England wins with 2 runs

Third test in Manchester

11-15 August Scorecard	Manchester	England 444 (113.2) & 280 (61.5)	-	Australia 302 (84.5) & 371-9 (108)
		draw

Fourth test in Nottingham

August 25-28 Scorecard	Nottingham	England 477 (123.1) & 387 (124)	-	Australia 218 (49.1) & 129-7 (31.5)
		England wins with 3 wickets

Fifth test in London

September 8-12 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 373 (105.3) & 335 (91.3)	-	Australia 367 (107.1) & 4-0 (0.4)
		draw

England won for the first time in 19 years when they won the Ashes 1986/87 , and after eight defeats in a row Ashes again.

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Kevin Pietersen	England	5	10	473	52.55	158	1	3
Marcus Trescothick	England	5	10	431	43.10	90	0	3
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	10	402	40.20	102	1	3
Justin Langer	Australia	5	10	394	43.77	105	1	2
Andrew Strauss	England	5	10	393	39.30	129	2	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shane Warne	Australia	5	252.5	40	19.92	6/46	3	2
Andrew Flintoff	England	5	194	24	27.29	5/78	1	0
Brett Lee	Australia	5	191.1	20th	41.10	4/82	0	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	3	134	19th	23.15	5/53	2	0
Simon Jones	England	4th	102	18th	21.00	6/53	0	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	3	3	192	96.00	121 *	1	0
Ricky Ponting	Australia	3	3	168	56.00	111	1	0
Marcus Trescothick	England	3	3	118	59.00	104 *	1	0
Damien Martyn	Australia	3	3	106	106.00	43	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	2	92	46.00	87	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brett Lee	Australia	3	29	6th	22.50	5/41	1	0
Paul Collingwood	England	3	17th	4th	16.25	4/34	0	0
Michael Kasprowicz	Australia	2	20th	4th	21.50	2/40	0	0
Jason Gillespie	Australia	3	27	3	50.66	3/44	0	0
Ashley Giles	England	3	20th	2	51.00	1/38	0	0
Darren Gough	England	3	20.2	2	65.00	1/37	0	0
Andrew Flintoff	England	3	27	2	66.00	1/44	0	0
Steve Harmison	England	3	29.5	2	84.00	2/39	0	0

Twenty20
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Paul Collingwood	England	1	1	46	46.00	46	0	0
Marcus Trescothick	England	1	1	41	41.00	41	0	0
Kevin Pietersen	England	1	1	34	34.00	34	0	0
Jason Gillespie	Australia	1	1	24	24.00	24	0	0
Geraint Jones	England	1	1	19th	19.00	19th	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Jon Lewis	England	1	4th	4th	6.00	4/24	0	0
Darren Gough	England	1	3	3	5.33	3/16	0	0
Glenn McGrath	Australia	1	4th	3	10.33	3/31	0	0
Paul Collingwood	England	1	2	2	4.00	2/8	0	0
Andrew Symonds	Australia	1	3	2	7.00	2/14	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Andrew Flintoff Shane Warne
ODI	Ricky Ponting

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1. T20	Kevin Pietersen
1. ODI	Marcus Trescothick
2. ODI	Brett Lee
3. ODI	Adam Gilchrist
1st test	Glenn McGrath
2nd test	Andrew Flintoff
3rd test	Ricky Ponting
4th test	Andrew Flintoff
5th test	Kevin Pietersen

Web links

• Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Twenty20 international confirmed for 2005 Ashes ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2004. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
2. ^ Lehmann out of Ashes squad ( English ) Cricinfo. April 5, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
3. ↑ Prior included in one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 4, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
4. ^ Pietersen edges out Thorpe in Ashes squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 14, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
5. ^ Andrew Miller: Living the dream ( English ) Cricinfo. September 12, 2005. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
6. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2005 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
7. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2005 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
8. ^ NatWest Challenge, 2005 / Records / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
9. ↑ NatWest Challenge, 2005 / Records / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
10. ↑ Records / Australia in England T20I Match, 2005 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
11. ↑ Records / Australia in England T20I Match, 2005 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved December 20, 2016.