Ashes Tour 2010/11

The Ashes Tour 2010/11 was the tour of the English national cricket team in Australia which included the 65th edition of the Ashes and was held between November 25, 2010 and February 6, 2011 as part of the 2010/11 international cricket season . The Ashes Series 2010/11 itself was played in the form of five test matches between England and Australia . The venues were always Australian stadiums. In addition to the test series, the tour included a number of other games between the two teams in winter 2010/11. England won the test series 3-1, Australia won the ODI series 6-1 and the Twenty20 series ended in a draw.

prehistory

classification

The series were dominated by the Cricket World Cup 2011 , whose squad had to be named after the 1st ODI on January 19th. In this, both teams were eliminated in the quarter-finals. The previous Ashes series in England in 2009 was won by the host. In the summer of 2010, England had played an ODI series against Australia that they could win. The previous series for Australia was played shortly before this tour against Sri-Lanka , both limited-over series were lost. It was the first tour of the season for England, after finishing the previous season against Pakistan , which they managed to dominate .

Technical innovations

The ODI series was the first international ODI series in which the Decision Review System was used.

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue for the tour and were set on October 7, 2009. At first it was discussed that the games in Sydney could also take place in the ANZ Stadium , but this was finally abandoned.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide	Adelaide oval		2. test; 1. T20; 4. ODI
Brisbane	The gabba		1st test; 5. ODI
Hobart	Bellerive oval		2. ODI
Melbourne	Melbourne Cricket Ground		4. test; 2. T20; 1. ODI
Perth	WACA Ground		3rd test; 7. ODI
Sydney	Sydney Cricket Ground		5. test; 3rd & 6th ODI

Squad list

England named their test squad on September 23, 2010 and the limited-overs squad on December 10, 2010. Australia named their test squad on November 20, 2010 and their limited-over squad on January 11, 2011.

test		ODI		Twenty20
Australia	England	Australia	England	Australia	England
Ricky Ponting ( K ) Michael Clarke ( UK ) Michael Beer Doug Bollinger Xavier Doherty Callum Ferguson Brad Haddin ( wk ) Ryan Harris Nathan Hauritz Ben Hilfenhaus Phillip Hughes Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Simon Katich Usman Khawaja Marcus North Peter Siddle Steven Smith Shane Watson	Andrew Strauss ( K ) Alastair Cook ( UK ) James Anderson Ian Bell Tim Bresnan Stuart Broad Paul Collingwood Steven Davies ( wk ) Steven Finn Eoin Morgan Monty Panesar Kevin Pietersen Matt Prior ( wk ) Ajmal Shahzad Graeme Swann Chris Tremlett Jonathan Trott	Michael Clarke ( K ) Cameron White ( UK ) Doug Bollinger Xavier Doherty Brad Haddin ( wk ) Nathan Hauritz David Hussey Michael Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Peter Siddle Steve Smith Shaun Tait Shane Watson	Andrew Strauss ( K ) James Anderson Ian Bell Ravi Bopara Tim Bresnan Paul Collingwood Steve Davies ( wk ) Steve Finn Eoin Morgan Kevin Pietersen Ajmal Shahzad Ryan Sidebottom Graeme Swann Chris Tredwell Chris Tremlett Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes Luke Wright Michael Yardy	Cameron White ( K ) Tim Paine ( wk and VK ) Aaron Finch David Hussey Mitchell Johnson Brett Lee Stephen O'Keefe James Pattinson Steve Smith Shaun Tait David Warner Shane Watson	Paul Collingwood ( K ) Ian Bell Tim Bresnan Steven Davies ( wk ) Steve Finn Michael Lumb Eoin Morgan Kevin Pietersen Ajmal Shahzad Graeme Swann Chris Tredwell Chris Tremlett Jonathan Trott Chris Woakes Luke Wright Michael Yardy

Tour matches

First class

November 5-7 Scorecard	Perth	Western Australia 242-8d (82) & 223 (69.5)	-	England XI 223-8d (62) & 243-4 (47.4)
		England wins with 6 wickets

November 11-13 Scorecard	Adelaide	England XI 288-8d (78.8) & 240-1d (52)	-	South Australia 221 (67.4) & 48-2 (20.2)
		draw

November 17th - 20th Scorecard	Hobart	Australia A 230 (80.1) & 301 (97)	-	England XI 523 (141) & 11-0 (1.3)
		England wins with 10 wickets

December 10-12 Scorecard	Melbourne	Victoria 216-2d (74) & 278-6d (60)	-	England XI 184-2d (45) & 211-6 (54)
		draw

List A

January 10th scorecard	Canberra	Prime Minister's XI 254-9 (43/43)	-	England XI 225-3 (33.3 / 35)
		England wins with 7 wickets ( D / L method )

Testing

First test in Brisbane

November 25-29 Scorecard	Brisbane	England 260 (76.5) & 517-1d (152)	-	Australia 481 (158.4) & 107-1 (107)
		draw

Second test in Adelaide

December 3-7 Scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 245 (85.5) & 304 (99.1)	-	England 620-5d (152)
		England wins with one innings and 71 runs

Third test in Perth

December 16-20 scorecard	Perth	Australia 268 (76) & 309 (86)	-	England 187 (62.3) & 123 (37)
		Australia wins with 267 runs

Fourth test in Melbourne

December 26th - 30th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 98 (42.5) & 258 (85.4)	-	England 513 (159.1)
		England won with one innings and 157 runs

The Australian team captain Ricky Ponting was fined due to lengthy discussions with the referees.

Fifth test in Sydney

January 3-7 Scorecard	Sydney	Australia 280 (106.1) & 281 (84.4)	-	England 644 (177.5)
		England won with one innings and 83 runs

Twenty 20 International

First Twenty20 in Adelaide

January 12th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 157-4 (20)	-	England 158-9 (20)
		England wins with 1 wicket

Second Twenty20 in Melbourne

January 14th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 147-7 (20)	-	England 143-6 (20)
		Australia wins with 4 runs

One-Day International

First ODI in Melbourne

January 16 scorecard	Melbourne	England 294 (49.4)	-	Australia 297-4 (49.1)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

Second ODI in Hobart

January 21 scorecard	Hobart	Australia 230 (48.3)	-	England 184 (45)
		Australia wins with 46 runs

Third ODI in Sydney

January 23 scorecard	Sydney	England 214 (48)	-	Australia 215-6 (46)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

Fourth ODI in Adelaide

January 26th scorecard	Adelaide	England 299-8 (50)	-	Australia 278-7 (50)
		England wins with 21 runs

Fifth ODI in Brisbane

January 30th scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 249 (49.3)	-	England 198 (45.3)
		Australia wins with 51 runs

Sixth ODI in Sydney

February 2nd scorecard	Sydney	England 333-6 (50)	-	Australia 334-8 (49.2)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets

Seventh ODI in Perth

February 6 scorecard	Perth	Australia 279-7 (50)	-	England 222 (44)
		Australia wins with 57 runs

statistics

The following cricket statistics were obtained on this tour.

Testing
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Alastair Cook	England	5	7th	766	127.66	235 *	3	2
Michael Hussey	Australia	5	9	570	63.33	195	2	3
Jonathan Trott	England	5	7th	445	89.00	168 *	2	1
Shane Watson	Australia	5	10	435	48.33	95	0	4th
Kevin Pietersen	England	5	6th	360	60.00	227	1	1
Brad Haddin	Australia	5	9	360	45.00	136	1	3
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
James Anderson	England	5	213.1	24	26.04	4/44	0	0
Chris Tremlett	England	3	122.3	17th	23.35	5/87	1	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	4th	136.3	15th	36.93	6/38	1	0
Graeme Swann	England	5	219.1	15th	39.80	5/91	1	0
Steven Finn	England	3	107.4	14th	33.14	6/125	1	0
Peter Siddle	Australia	5	147.1	14th	34.57	6/54	2	0

ODIs
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Jonathan Trott	England	7th	7th	375	62.50	137	2	1
Shane Watson	Australia	6th	6th	306	61.20	161 *	1	2
David Hussey	Australia	7th	6th	236	47.20	68 *	0	2
Michael Clarke	Australia	6th	6th	206	34.33	82	0	2
Brad Haddin	Australia	7th	7th	202	28.85	54	0	1
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Brett Lee	Australia	6th	50	11	24.00	3/27	0	0
Steven Smith	Australia	6th	30th	8th	17.25	3/33	0	0
Doug Bollinger	Australia	6th	51	8th	34.75	4/28	0	0
David Hussey	Australia	7th	23	7th	19.42	4/21	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	3	26.2	7th	21.28	6/45	1	0
James Anderson	England	4th	40	7th	34.00	3/48	0	0

Twenty20s
Batting
player	team	Games	Innings	Runs	Average	HS	100s	50s
Shane Watson	Australia	2	2	76	38.00	59	0	1
Aaron Finch	England	2	2	68		53 *	0	1
Ian Bell	England	2	2	66	33.00	39	0	0
David Warner	Australia	2	2	60	30.00	30th	0	0
Eoin Morgan	England	2	2	57	28.50	43	0	0
bowling
player	team	Games	Overs	Wickets	Average	BBI	5W	10W
Shane Watson	Australia	2	8th	6th	5.33	4/15	0	0
Michael Yardy	England	2	8th	4th	11.75	2/19	0	0
Mitchell Johnson	Australia	2	8th	4th	14.00	3/29	0	0
Tim Bresnan	England	2	8th	2	27.50	1/27	0	0
Graeme Swann	England	2	8th	2	29.50	2/19	0	0
Chris Woakes	England	2	7th	2	39.50	1/29	0	0
Shaun Tait	Australia	2	8th	2	39.50	1/39	0	0

Player of the Series

The following players were honored as Player of the Series .

series	Player of the Series
test	Alastair Cook
ODI	Shane Watson

Player of the Match

The following players were recognized as Player of the Match .

game	Player of the Match
1st test	Alastair Cook
2nd test	Kevin Pietersen
3rd test	Mitchell Johnson
4th test	Jonathan Trott
5th test	Alastair Cook
1. T20	Shane Watson
2. T20	Aaron Finch
1. ODI	Shane Watson
2. ODI	Shaun Marsh
3. ODI	Brett Lee
4. ODI	Jonathan Trott
5. ODI	Chris Woakes
6. ODI	Jonathan Trott
7. ODI	Adam Voges

Individual evidence

1. ^ Andrew McGlashan: World Cup places up for grabs . Cricinfo. January 15, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
2. ^ Brydon Coverdale: Australia-England ODIs to feature umpire reviews . Cricinfo. January 14, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
3. ^ England lock in 2010-11 Ashes schedule . Cricinfo. October 7, 2009. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
4. ^ ANZ cleared for international cricket . Cricinfo. February 11, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
5. ^ Tests and ODIs to remain at SCG . Cricinfo. July 13, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
6. ^ Tremlett and Panesar earn Ashes calls . Cricinfo. September 23, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
7. ↑ Andrew Miller: Woakes in, Bopara excluded for limited-overs leg . Cricinfo. December 10, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
8. ^ Doherty in Test Squad, Hauritz dropped . Cricinfo. November 20, 2010. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
9. ^ Brydon Coverdale: Lee, Tait and David Hussey in ODI squad . Cricinfo. January 11, 2011. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
10. ^ Peter English: Ponting fined as the match slips away . Cricinfo. December 27, 2010. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
11. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2010/11 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
12. ↑ Records / The Ashes, 2010/11 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
13. ↑ Records / England in Australia ODI Series, 2010/11 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
14. ↑ Records / England in Australia ODI Series, 2010/11 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
15. ↑ Records / England in Australia T20I Series, 2010/11 / Most runs ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
16. ↑ Records / England in Australia T20I Series, 2010/11 / Most wickets ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved January 17, 2016.