![Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League. [2] Of all the founder members, Preston and Burnley F.C. (Turf Moor Stadium) are the only teams still playing at their original grounds. Since the English Football League was the first ever professional football league to form, Deepdale is the oldest continually-used site for league foot](http://web.archive.org./web/20110412081616im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/7e/0d/e49577fc26ba9bd8edea5e5dd686_grande.jpg "Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League. [2] Of all the founder members, Preston and Burnley F.C. (Turf Moor Stadium) are the only teams still playing at their original grounds. Since the English Football League was the first ever professional football league to form, Deepdale is the oldest continually-used site for league foot")
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| Caption | England cricket cap crest |
| Label1 | Test status granted |
| Data1 | 1877 |
| Label2 | First Test match |
| Data2 | v Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, 15–19 March 1877 |
| Label3 | Captain of Test and ODI teams |
| Data3 | Andrew Strauss |
| Label4 | Captain of Twenty20 |
| Data4 | Paul Collingwood |
| Label5 | Coach |
| Data5 | Andy Flower |
| Label6 | Official ICC Test and ODI ranking |
| Data6 | 3rd (Test), 5th (ODI) |
| Label7 | Test matches – This year |
| Data7 | 908 12 |
| Label8 | Last Test match |
| Data8 | v Australia |
| Label9 | Wins/losses – This year |
| Data9 | 321/261 1/0 |
| Below | As of 7 January 2011 |
The England and Wales cricket team () is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) from 1903 until the end of 1996.
England's first international Twenty20 match was played on 13 June 2005 against Australia. The England team are the current ICC World Twenty20 champions having won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20, beating Australia by seven wickets in the final.
The 1899 Ashes series was the first tour where the MCC and the counties appointed a selection committee. There were three active players: Lord Hawke, W.G. Grace and HW Bainbridge who was the captain of Warwickshire. Prior to this, England teams for home Tests had been chosen by the club on whose ground the match was to be played.
The turn of the century saw mixed results for England as they lost four of the eight Ashes series between 1900 and 1914. During this period England would lose their first series against South Africa in the 1905/06 season 4–1 as their batting faltered. The 1912 season saw England take part in a unique experiment. A nine Test triangular tournament involving England, South Africa and Australia was set-up. The series was hampered by a very wet summer and player disputes however and the tournament was considered a failure with the Daily Telegraph stating:
With Australia sending a weakened team and the South African bowlers being ineffective England dominated the tournament winning four of their six matches. The Australia v South Africa match, at Lord's, was notable for a visit by King George V, the first time a reigning monarch had watched Test cricket. England would go on one more tour against South Africa before the outbreak of World War I.
On the same year the West Indies became the fourth nation to be granted Test status and played their first game against England. England won each of these three Tests by an innings, and a view was expressed in the press that their elevation had proved a mistake although Learie Constantine did the double on the tour. In the 1929–30 season England went on two concurrent tours with one team going to New Zealand (who were granted Test status earlier that year) and the other to the West Indies. Despite sending two separate teams England won both tours beating New Zealand 1–0 and the West Indies 2–1. The 1930 Ashes series saw a young Don Bradman dominate the tour, scoring 974 runs in his seven Test innings. He scored 254 at Lord's, 334 at Headingley and 232 at the Oval. Australia regained the Ashes winning the series 3–1. As a result of Bradman's prolific run-scoring the England captain Douglas Jardine chose to develop the already existing leg theory into fast leg theory, or bodyline, as a tactic to stop Bradman. Fast leg theory involved bowling fast balls directly at the batsman's body. The batsman would need to defend himself, and if he touched the ball with the bat, he risked being caught by one of a large number of fielders placed on the leg side.
. England won the match by a record margin of 675 runs.]] Using his fast leg theory England won the next Ashes series 4–1. But complaints about the Bodyline tactic caused crowd disruption on the tour, and threats of diplomatic action from the Australian Cricket Board, which during the tour sent the following cable to the MCC in London:
Later, Jardine was removed from the captaincy and the laws of cricket changed so that no more than one fast ball aimed at the body was permitted per over, and having more than two fielders behind square leg were banned.
England's following tour of India in the 1933–34 season was the first Test match to be staged in the subcontinent. The series was also notable for Morris Nichols and Nobby Clark bowling so many bouncers that the Indian batsman wore solar topees instead of caps to protect themselves.
Australia won the 1934 Ashes series 2–1 and would keep the urn for the following 19 years. Many of the wickets of the time were friendly to batsmen resulting in a large proportion of matches ending in high scoring draws and many batting records being set.
The 1938–39 tour of South Africa saw another experiment with the deciding Test being a timeless Test that was played to a finish. England lead 1–0 going into the final timeless match at Durban. Despite the final Test being ‘timeless’ the game ended in a draw, after 10 days as England had to catch the train to catch the boat home. A record 1981 runs were scored, and the concept of timeless Tests was abandoned. England would go in one final tour of the West Indies in 1939 before the World War II, although a team for an MCC tour of India was selected more in hope than expectation of the matches being played.
Their fortunes would change in the 1953 Ashes tour as they won the series 1–0. England would not lose a series between their 1950–51 and 1958–59 tours of Australia and secured famous victory in 1954–55 thanks to Typhoon Tyson whose 6–85 at Sydney and 7–27 at Melbourne are remembered as the fastest bowling ever seen in Australia. The 1956 series was remembered for the bowling of Jim Laker who took 46 wickets at 9.62 which included bowling figures of 19/90 at Old Trafford. After drawing to South Africa, England defeated the West Indies and New Zealand comfortably. The England team would then leave for Australia in the 1958–59 season with a team that had been hailed as the strongest ever to leave on an Ashes tour but lost the series 4–0 as Richie Benaud's revitalised Australians were too strong.
The early and middle 1960s were poor periods for English cricket. Despite England's strength on paper, Australia held the Ashes and the West Indies dominated England in the early part of the decade. However, from 1968 to 1971 they played 27 consecutive Test matches without defeat, winning 9 and drawing 18 (including the abandoned Test at Melbourne in 1970–71). The sequence began when they drew with Australia at Lords in the Second Test of the 1968 Ashes series and ended in 1971 when India won the Third Test at the Oval by 4 wickets. They played 13 Tests with only one defeat immediately beforehand and so played a total of 40 consecutive Tests with only one defeat, dating from their innings victory over the West Indies at The Oval in 1966. During this period they beat New Zealand, India, the West Indies, Pakistan and, under Ray Illingworth's determined leadership, regained the The Ashes from Australia in 1970–71.
With Ian Botham and Bob Willis at their peak with the ball, Boycott and Graham Gooch opening the batting, and a young David Gower in the middle order, England had a promising team whose early results were encouraging. However, the team's lack of real quality was evidenced by a string of defeats, some heavy, against West Indies, the outstanding Test team at the time. England won the 1981 Ashes series 3–1, coming from behind after Brearley, who had retired, was reinstated as captain. The third Test at Headingley saw England win by 18 runs after following-on, only the second time in the history of England v Australia Tests that this has been achieved. After losing the Ashes in 1982–83, England recovered them in 1985 when they comfortably beat a poor Australian team. But England suffered two series "whitewashes" against the West Indies in 1984 and on the 1985–86 tour.
A shocked England team never truly recovered from this defeat and, although they managed to retain the Ashes in 1986–87, they would only win one further Test series in the 1980s against newcomers Sri Lanka. Australia meanwhile staged a recovery and easily defeated England in 1989 to begin a long period of domination.
England continued to decline through the 1990s, a situation not helped by squabbles between players and selectors. Another reason for their poor performances were the demands of County Cricket teams on their players, meaning that England could rarely field a full strength team on their tours. This would eventually lead to the ECB taking over the MCC as the governing body of England and the implementation of central contracts.
There was a string of disappointing results as England did not win a Test match for two and half years. However, England's performance in ODI cricket was still good, as they defeated Australia, the West Indies and South Africa to reach the final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Shortly after the World Cup Mike Atherton replaced Gooch as England captain but his captaincy was regarded as a failure with England winning only one Test series under his captaincy. A surprise win against South Africa in 1998 was England's first five Test series win since 1986–87, but this would be a false dawn as they were eliminated in the first round of the 1999 Cricket World Cup (which they hosted) and lost a home Test series against New Zealand 2–1, resulting in England being officially ranked as the worst Test nation at the end of the 20th century.
In 2005, England under Michael Vaughan's captaincy and aided by Kevin Pietersen's batting in his maiden series (most notably 158 at the Oval), and Andrew Flintoff's superb all-round performances, defeated Australia 2–1 to regain the Ashes for the first time in 18 years. Following the 2005 Ashes win, the team suffered from a serious spate of injuries to key players such as Vaughan, Flintoff, Ashley Giles, Steve Harmison and Simon Jones. As a result, the team underwent an enforced period of transition.
In the home Test series victory against Pakistan in July and August 2006, several promising new players emerged. Most notable were the left-arm orthodox spin bowler Monty Panesar, the first Sikh to play Test cricket for England; and left-handed opening batsman Alastair Cook. Meanwhile England's injury problems allowed previously marginal Test players such as Paul Collingwood and Ian Bell to consolidate their places in the team.
The 2006–07 Ashes series was keenly anticipated and was expected to provide a level of competition comparable to the 2005 series. In the event, England, captained by Flintoff, lost all 5 Tests to concede the first Ashes whitewash in 86 years.
England's form in ODIs had been consistently poor. They only narrowly avoided the ignominy of having to play in the qualifying rounds of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy. Despite this, in the ODI triangular in Australia, England recorded its first ODI tournament win overseas since 1997. But, in the 2007 Cricket World Cup, England lost to most of the Test playing nations they faced, beating only the West Indies and Bangladesh, although they also avoided defeat by any of the non-Test playing nations. Even so, the unimpressive nature of most of their victories in the tournament, combined with heavy defeats by New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, left many commentators criticising the manner in which the England team approached the one-day game. Coach Duncan Fletcher resigned after eight years in the job as a result and was succeeded by former Sussex coach Peter Moores.
Since then, England's Test record has been indifferent and the team has slumped to fifth in the ICC rankings. There was a convincing 3–0 Test series win over West Indies in 2007 but it was followed in the second half of the summer by a 1–0 loss to India, although England did defeat India 4–3 in the ODI series.
In 2007, England toured Sri Lanka and New Zealand, losing the first series 1–0 and winning the second 2–1. They followed up at home in May 2007 with a 2–0 win against New Zealand, these results easing the pressure on Moores, who was not at ease with his team, particularly Pietersen, who succeeded Vaughan as captain in 2008, after England had been well beaten by South Africa at home.
The poor relationship between Moores and Pietersen came to a head in India on the 2008–09 tour. England lost the series 1–0 and both men resigned their positions, although Pietersen remained a member of the England team. Against this background, England toured the West Indies and, in a disappointing performance, lost the Test series 1–0. Almost immediately, they played West Indies in a home series which they won 1–0.
The second Twenty20 World Cup was held in England in 2009 but England suffered an opening day defeat to the Netherlands. They recovered to defeat both eventual champions Pakistan and reigning champions India but were then knocked out by West Indies.
This was followed by the 2009 Ashes series which featured the first Test match played in Wales, at SWALEC Stadium, Cardiff. England drew that match thanks to a last wicket stand by bowlers James Anderson and Monty Panesar. They won the Second Test at Lords while the rain-affected Third Test at Edgbaston was drawn. In the Fourth Test at Headingley, England suffered one of their worst results for some years and were heavily beaten by an innings. The series was decided at The Oval, where England had to win to recover the Ashes. Thanks to fine bowling by Stuart Broad and Graeme Swann and a debut century by Jonathan Trott, England won by 177 runs.
This victory has left England in fifth place in the ICC rankings but it had the effect of demoting Australia from first to fourth.
After Australia won The Ashes for the first time in 1881–82 England had to fight with them for primacy and one of the fiercest rivalries in sport dominated the cricket world for seventy years. In 1963 this duopoly of cricket dominance began to fall away with the emergence of a strong West Indies team.
England failed to win a series against the West Indies between 1969 and 2000. England similarly failed to compete with Australia for a long period and the The Ashes stayed in Australian hands between 1989 and 2005. England struggled against other nations over this period as well and after a series loss to New Zealand in 1999 they were ranked at the bottom of the ICC Test cricket ratings. From 2000, English cricket had a resurgence and England reached the final of the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004 and regained The Ashes in 2005. The team was second behind Australia in the Test rankings following victory in the 2005 Ashes series, although the 2006–07 whitewash, coupled with a 2008 series defeat to South Africa, and the 2008–09 series loss to the West Indies means England are ranked 5th in the ICC Test rankings as of May 2009. ODI performances have been very poor with England falling to 7th place in the ICC rankings.
In the 2006/07 tour of Australia The Ashes were lost in a 0–5 "whitewash" (see 2006-07 Ashes series) but England did succeed in clinching victory in the Commonwealth bank ODI Tri-series against Australia and New Zealand. The loss of The Ashes prompted the announcement by the England and Wales Cricket Board of an official review of English cricket amid much criticism from the media, former players and fans. England failed to reach the semi finals of the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies after defeats against New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
In the summer of 2009 England regained The Ashes in a 2–1 series win with a 197 run victory against Australia at the Brit Oval, Kennington, London (20–23 August). Andrew Strauss was named nPower Man of the Series and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff retired from international Test cricket at the end of the 5th Test.
Prior to 1997 the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB) was the governing body for the English team. Apart from in Test matches, when touring abroad the England team officially played as MCC up to and including the 1976–77 tour of Australia, reflecting the time when MCC had been responsible for selecting the touring party. The last time the England touring team wore the bacon-and-egg colours of the MCC was on the 1996–97 tour of New Zealand.
When playing Test cricket, England's cricket whites feature red piping across the chest and trouser legs. The three lions badge is on the left of the shirt and the name and logo of the sponsor Brit Insurance is on the right. The Adidas logo features on the right sleeve. English fielders may wear a navy blue cap or sun hat with the ECB logo in the middle. Helmets are coloured similarly.
In limited overs cricket, England's ODI and Twenty20 shirts feature the Brit Insurance logo across the centre, with the three lions badge on the left of the shirt and the Adidas logo on the right. England wear a navy shirt with red trim and navy trousers. They have also used an all red kit in some Twenty20's and in the 2009 ODI series against Australia.
Until January 2010, Vodafone were the official shirt sponsor across all formats in a long-lasting deal.
Table correct 7 January 2011
Correct as up to 22 September 2010
Key
1Paul Collingwood retired from Test cricket in January 2011. 2Ryan Sidebottom retired from international duty in September 2010.
ECB regulations state that to play for England, a player must be a British or Irish citizen, and have either been born in England or Wales, or have lived in England or Wales for the last four years. This has led to players of many other nationalities becoming eligible to play for England.
Of the current squad (see above), Andrew Strauss, Matt Prior, Kevin Pietersen, Jonathan Trott, Craig Kieswetter and Michael Lumb are all South-African-born but qualify through British parentage (though they still had to fulfil residency requirements), whilst Eoin Morgan is an Irish citizen.
England have been captained by a Scot (Mike Denness), four South African-born players (Tony Greig, Allan Lamb, Andrew Strauss and Kevin Pietersen), three Indian-born players (Douglas Jardine, Colin Cowdrey and Nasser Hussain), Italian-born (Ted Dexter) and Australian-born (Gubby Allen). South African Cape Coloured player Basil D'Oliveira famously played for England during the Apartheid era, whilst other notable players of the past 20 years include Graeme Hick (Zimbabwe), Andrew Caddick (New Zealand) and Geraint Jones (Papua New Guinea/Australia).
Further, ICC regulations allow cricketers who represent associate (i.e. non-Test-playing) nations to switch to a Test-playing nation, provided nationality requirements are fulfilled. In recent years, this has seen Irish internationals Ed Joyce and Eoin Morgan switch to represent England, whilst Gavin Hamilton previously played for Scotland - though four years after his last appearance for England, he became eligible to play for Scotland again.
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| Name | Nasir Hussain |
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| Birthdate | 3 February 1931 |
| Birthplace | Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India |
| Deathdate | March 13, 2002 |
| Deathplace | Mumbai, India |
| Occupation | Director, producer, screenwriter |
| Yearsactive | 1948–1995 |
| Spouse | Ayesha Hussain |
Nasir Hussain (3 February 1931 in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh – 13 March 2002 in Mumbai) was an Indian film producer, director and screenwriter.
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| Playername | Andrew Strauss |
|---|---|
| Caption | Strauss being interviewed at the end of the Lord's Test match v Pakistan in August 2010 |
| Country | England |
| Fullname | Andrew John Strauss |
| Nickname | Lord Brocket, The General, Levi, Mareman, Straussy, Jazzer, Johann, The Strauss Mouse |
| Living | true |
| Dayofbirth | 5 |
| Monthofbirth | 3 |
| Yearofbirth | 1977 |
| Placeofbirth | Johannesburg |
| Countryofbirth | South Africa |
| Heightft | 5 |
| Heightinch | 11 |
| Batting | Left-handed |
| Bowling | Left-arm medium, left arm orthodox, left arm unorthodox |
| Role | Opening batsman, England captain |
| International | true |
| Testdebutdate | 20 May |
| Testdebutyear | 2004 |
| Testdebutagainst | New Zealand |
| Testcap | 624 |
| Lasttestdate | 26 December |
| Lasttestyear | 2010 |
| Lasttestagainst | Australia |
| Odidebutdate | 18 November |
| Odidebutyear | 2003 |
| Odidebutagainst | Sri Lanka |
| Odicap | 180 |
| Lastodidate | 12 July |
| Lastodiyear | 2010 |
| Lastodiagainst | Bangladesh |
| Odishirt | 14 |
| Club1 | Middlesex |
| Year1 | 1998–present |
| Clubnumber1 | 6 |
| Club2 | MCC |
| Year2 | 2002 |
| Club3 | Northern Districts |
| Year3 | 2007-08 |
| | columns | 4 |
| Column1 | Test |
| Matches1 | 78 |
| Runs1 | 5,887 |
| Bat avg1 | 43.28 |
| 100s/50s1 | 19/21 |
| Top score1 | 177 |
| Deliveries1 | 24 |
| Wickets1 | 1 |
| Bowl avg1 | 51 |
| Fivefor1 | – |
| Tenfor1 | – |
| Best bowling1 | – |
| Catches/stumpings1 | 88/– |
| Column2 | ODI |
| Matches2 | 113 |
| Runs2 | 3692 |
| Bat avg2 | 35.50 |
| 100s/50s2 | 5/24 |
| Top score2 | 154 |
| Deliveries2 | 6 |
| Wickets2 | – |
| Bowl avg2 | – |
| Fivefor2 | – |
| Tenfor2 | – |
| Best bowling2 | – |
| Catches/stumpings2 | 49/– |
| Column3 | FC |
| Matches3 | 203 |
| Runs3 | 14,430 |
| Bat avg3 | 42.19 |
| 100s/50s3 | 38/63 |
| Top score3 | 177 |
| Deliveries3 | 102 |
| Wickets3 | 2 |
| Bowl avg3 | 44.50 |
| Fivefor3 | – |
| Tenfor3 | – |
| Best bowling3 | 1/16 |
| Catches/stumpings3 | 180/– |
| Column4 | LA |
| Matches4 | 237 |
| Runs4 | 6,968 |
| Bat avg4 | 32.25 |
| 100s/50s4 | 9/44 |
| Top score4 | 163 |
| Deliveries4 | 6 |
| Wickets4 | – |
| Bowl avg4 | – |
| Fivefor4 | – |
| Tenfor4 | – |
| Catches/stumpings4 | 79/– |
| Date | 13 September |
| Year | 2010 |
| Source | http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/7/7005/7005.html CricketArchive |
Andrew John Strauss, MBE (born 2 March 1977, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, South Africa) is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and is captain of England. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favours scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. Strauss is also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers.
He made his first-class debut in 1998, and his One Day International (ODI) debut in Sri Lanka in 2003. He quickly rose to fame on his Test match debut replacing the injured Michael Vaughan at Lords against New Zealand in 2004. He married Australian actress Ruth McDonald in October 2003 and they have settled in Ealing, with their sons, Sam (born 4 December 2005) and Luca (14 July 2008). He was appointed captain of Middlesex in 2002, following the retirement of Angus Fraser, and retained the post until the end of the 2004 season. The performance by Strauss excelled his role as a filler for Vaughan, leading to Hussain retiring from cricket allowing for Vaughan to move down the order and Strauss retaining the role of opener opposite Marcus Trescothick. In the final match, Strauss was called on to bowl a single over, conceding three runs. Nevertheless, his Test success drew the plaudits of, among others, future Australian rival Justin Langer. with a One Day high score of 152 from 128 balls in the middle match Strauss was significantly shuffled down the order in England's inaugural Twenty20 International against Australia and made 18 in their 100 run win
In a series arguably dominated more by bowling than batting, Strauss notched up an average of 39.30 and while he was only the fourth highest scoring batsmen for England with 393, only one Australian, Justin Langer, scored more runs than him and by only one run; Strauss was also the only player to score two centuries and made six catches, the second highest fielder behind Ian Bell for England. While captain Michael Vaughan and coach Duncan Fletcher were awarded OBEs, the rest of the team, Strauss included, were given MBEs in the New Years Honours list. Despite acknowledging his batting problems, but with Flintoff requiring a break from deputising, Strauss was handed the captaincy for the fifth match which ultimately was abandoned, leading to crowd violence in Guwahati. he scored 50 in the third match though the team would still lose, but the team as a whole played disastrously with only one victory over the West Indies. with an even 50 though he will most likely remembered as Shane Warne's 700th Test victim as the Australian spin bowler reached the milestone in his penultimate Test match. By this point Strauss' poor One Day form had been highlighted, with Fletcher admitting he was mostly in the team due to shallow batting options. and only six in the second, though he did take the prized wickets of Ponting and Mike Hussey, restricting them both to single digit scores helping to manipulate the Duckworth-Lewis effected score so that England could win the match without needing the third game.
Eventually his poor year in both forms of the international form of the game, even after being allowed only to focus on Tests, saw him dropped from the team after 43 Test matches. While he continued to play in Test matches against India and the West Indies, he was dropped from the ODI side. In late 2007, Strauss was not included in the Test squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, and Michael Vaughan was selected to take his position as opening batsman. Strauss then announced that he was going to take a break from cricket after what he described as a "long, tiring and immensely frustrating 12 months." He was, however, able to travel to India as part of the backup squad if he so wished.
Strauss was thus omitted from England cricket fixtures over the winter. He returned to the Test squad for the tour of New Zealand, however made only four in the first warm up match before hitting his own wicket. His batting in the first innings was poor, and he was dismissed for 5. In the second innings, however, he was returned to the position of opener and scored 104* along with Ian Bell.
Strauss continued to play poorly through the first two matches, and was dismissed for a duck in the first innings of the third. In the second innings, however, he reached a century from 226 deliveries, his slowest but his first since August 2006, going on to make his highest score in Test cricket, 177. This innings seemed to help Strauss re-find his spark as in the first part of the English domestic season that followed he scored runs prolifically for Middlesex, smashing a 163 off 130 balls against Surrey in a domestic one day match.
His form now impressing the selectors, Strauss was allowed to keep his place for the tour against South Africa. He started on an average note being dismissed for 44 in England's only innings of the first match. He suffered in the second Test at Headlingly, however, making just 27 runs in the first innings and a duck in the second. A pair of 20s resulted as Strauss continued to struggle against the pace bowling of South Africa in the third Test. With England 2–0 down going into the last Test, a win was needed to restore pride. Strauss failed in the first innings, being dismissed for six. With the bowlers having got England into a match winning position, Strauss then came good, sharing a century opening stand with Cook and eventually being dismissed for 58. Nevertheless, his place remained under pressure again.
In his first match as regular captain, against the West Indies at Sabina Park, Strauss and his team failed, Strauss scoring 7 and 9 as England were bowled out for 51 in the second innings to lose by an innings. After the fiasco of the abandoned Test match, Strauss subsequently had an excellent series with the bat, with scores of 169, 142 and 142 in the remaining three Tests giving him a series aggregate of 541 runs at an average of 67.62, but England were unable to force a victory in any of these three matches and consequently lost the series 1–0. As captain in the subsequent one-day series, which was drawn 2–2, Strauss scored 105 in Guyana and 79 not out from 61 balls at the Kensington Oval. He also captained the Twenty20 side to a six-wicket defeat. Strauss said to the BBC that he hoped that the whole captaincy debacle would be solved in time for the 2009 Ashes Series.
Strauss atoned for the defeat by the West Indies with a 2–0 home victories over the West Indies at home in both the Test and the ODI series. After that series, Strauss had a break from the international circuit while the World Twenty20 was underway. He played two county championship matches to little effect beyond a score of 97 against Essex.
In the first Test at Sophia Gardens, Strauss failed to capitalise on two starts, scoring 30 and 17; his second-innings dismissal, caught off a top-edged cut off Nathan Hauritz, was particularly poor. On a good batting wicket Australia racked up 674 for 6 declared, with Simon Katich (122), Ricky Ponting (150), Marcus North (125 not out) and Brad Haddin (121) all scoring centuries. In the second innings, only a dogged 5¾-hour 74 from Paul Collingwood and tail-end contributions salvaged a draw for England, with final pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar left to block out the final 11½ overs of the match.
England entered the second Test at Lord's having not won an Ashes Test there since Hedley Verity's match in the 1934 Ashes. On his domestic home ground, Strauss batted through the entire first day of the match for 161 runs, sharing an opening partnership of 196 with Alastair Cook (95). Though Strauss was bowled by Ben Hilfenhaus's second ball the following day without adding to his overnight score, his innings was the highest individual score made by either side during the series, and set up a 210-run first-innings lead. Strauss contributed 32 to England's second innings, as Australia were set a target of 522 to win, a record if achieved. Though Michael Clarke (136), Brad Haddin (80) and Mitchell Johnson (63) briefly made the target seem attainable, Andrew Flintoff (5–92) and Graeme Swann (4–87) bowled England to a comfortable 115-run victory.
In the third Test at Edgbaston, Strauss responded to Australia's first innings of 263 by ending the second day 64 not out; he was removed by Ben Hilfenhaus the following morning for 69, before England's powerful lower-middle order propelled the side to a 113-run first-innings lead. Australia, however, experienced little difficulty in drawing the match, losing only five wickets in one-and-a-half days thanks to Michael Clarke (103 not out) and Marcus North (96).
In the fourth Test at Headingley, Strauss was distracted before the start of play by team selection issues, with Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff both injured, and a back spasm to Matt Prior delaying play by ten minutes as his fitness to play was ascertained. Strauss' concentration may have been affected by the fire alarm which sounded in the team's hotel at 5am, or by the media interviews he gave immediately before he opened the batting; he was lucky not to be given out lbw to the first ball of the match. and was removed shortly afterwards for three as England collapsed to 102 all out against Peter Siddle and Stuart Clark. More runs for Michael Clarke and Marcus North led Australia to a total of 445. Strauss and Alastair Cook responded with an opening partnership of 58 before Ben Hilfenhaus removed Strauss for 32; England capitulated, this time to Hilfenhaus and Mitchell Johnson en route to an innings defeat.
England therefore entered the fifth Test at the Oval with the series level at 1–1, knowing that only a victory would suffice to bring the Ashes home, as by longstanding convention the Ashes are retained by the current holders in the event of a drawn series. Strauss contributed 55 to England's first innings of 332, before Stuart Broad (5–37) and Graeme Swann (4–38) unexpectedly combined to bowl Australia out for 160. In the second innings Strauss scored 75, sharing a 128-run partnership with debutant Jonathan Trott (119) to set Australia a target of 546. On the final day of the series, Strauss produced a sharp piece of fielding from leg slip to run out Michael Clarke for a duck, and also contributed a catch, as Australia were bowled out for 348 to hand England a 197-run victory in the match, a 2–1 victory in the series, and the Ashes.
Strauss was named England's man of the series by Australian coach Tim Nielsen; he finished the series with an aggregate of 474 runs (the highest aggregate by either side; no other England player managed more than 261), at an average of 52.66 (no other England player barring Jonathan Trott, who only played in one match, averaged more than 40). Such was Strauss' dominance with the bat that Australia lost the series despite counting six of the seven leading run-scorers among their number.
During the following seven-match ODI series, Strauss' contributions led England's batting to the extent that, following the series, Andrew Miller commented on "England's guileless middle-order who, for the umpteenth time this summer, treated the loss of Andrew Strauss' wicket with the same grief and disorientation that a clutch of baby chicks might greet the devouring of their mother by a fox." He spearheaded England's batting efforts with scores of 12, 47, 63, 63, 35, zero and 47 in the series which spanned September 4 until September 20. He stated on a number of occasions that, despite his own contributions, he was disenchanted by England's poor performances during their 6:1 defeat.
After the tour to South Africa, Strauss was controversially rested for the subsequent tour of Bangladesh. In his stead, Alastair Cook was named captain and Michael Carberry selected as a replacement opener (though Jonathan Trott was promoted to opener for the second Test, replacing Carberry). England then won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies under the leadership of Paul Collingwood.
Strauss returned to the Test team in the home series against Bangladesh. He made two half-centuries as England won the two match series. Between the Tests and the ODI series, England played Australia in a five match ODI series (this was due to Bangladesh's participation in the 2010 Asia Cup during June). England won the series, with Strauss making half-centuries in the second and third games. When Bangladesh returned for the ODI series, Strauss scored a half-century in the first game and a career-best 154 in the third, in which he shared a stand of 250 with Jonathan Trott who also made a century. England won the three-match series 2-1, and Strauss was named Player of the Series. In the accompanying ODI Series Strauss made 126 in the 2nd match of a 5 match series.
A controversial series against Pakistan followed. Strauss struggled for form in the Test series, with just one half-century, as England won 3-1, bowling Pakistan out for three sub-100 scores. He found form in the five-match ODI series though, with a century and two fifties as England won 3-2 in their final series before the 2010-11 Ashes series.
In the second test match at the Adelaide Oval, Ricky Ponting won the toss and chose to bat but Strauss' bowlers skittled the Aussies for 245, thanks to James Anderson's 4-51. England then made 620-5 before declaring but Strauss was out for 1 in that innings. England then bowled Australia out again for 304, with Graeme Swann taking 5-91 and England winning by an innings and 71 runs.
In the third test match at Perth, Strauss won the toss and chose to bowl first. England bowled Australia out for 268 on day one and Strauss scored 12* to guide England to 29-0 at stumps. Strauss started well and guided England to 78-0 within the first hour of the day's play but a batting collapse saw England bowled out for 187, thanks to Mitchell Johnson's 6-38. England struck back and took three Aussie wickets but Australia got to stumps on day two on 119-3. Strauss' team then bowled the Aussies out for 309, meaning England required 391 to win but batted poorly to be bowled out for just 123, with Ryan Harris taking 6-49 and England losing by 267 runs.
Strauss won the toss at the MCG and elected to bowl on the Boxing Day Test. The decision was an inspired one as England bowled Australia out for 98. In reply, Strauss and Cook had made a 159-run opening stand with Strauss passing 6,000 Test runs before being caught for 69. After England made 513, they bowled Australia out for 258 to win by an innings and 157 runs, therefore retaining the Ashes.
In the fifth and final Test at the SCG in Sydney, Strauss lost the toss and Michael Clarke, Australian captain in the absence of the injured Ponting, elected to bat. England bowled Australia out for 280. In reply, Strauss made 60 from just 58 balls before being bowled by Ben Hilfenhaus. England continued to make a score of 644 their highest score on Australian soil, thanks to centuries from Alastair Cook, Ian Bell and Matt Prior. Australia fell for 281 in their second innings, handing England a third win by an innings in the series, and an overall 3-1 Ashes victory.
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| Playername | Alastair Cook |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Fullname | Alastair Nathan Cook |
| Nickname | Woody, Cooky, Chef, Golden Boy |
| Living | True |
| Dayofbirth | 25 |
| Monthofbirth | 12 |
| Yearofbirth | 1984 |
| Placeofbirth | Gloucester, Gloucestershire |
| Countryofbirth | England |
| Heightft | 6 |
| Heightinch | 2 |
| Batting | Left-hand |
| Bowling | Right-arm off break |
| Role | Opening Batsman |
| International | true |
| Testdebutdate | 1 March |
| Testdebutyear | 2006 |
| Testdebutagainst | India |
| Lasttestdate | 26–30 December |
| Lasttestyear | 2010 |
| Lasttestagainst | Australia |
| Odidebutdate | 28 June |
| Odidebutyear | 2006 |
| Odidebutagainst | Sri Lanka |
| Lastodidate | 5 March |
| Lastodiyear | 2010 |
| Lastodiagainst | Bangladesh |
| Odishirt | 26 |
| Club1 | Essex |
| Year1 | 2003–present |
| Clubnumber1 | 26 |
| Club2 | MCC |
| Year2 | 2004–2007 |
| Deliveries | balls |
| Columns | 4 |
| Column1 | Test |
| Matches1 | 65 |
| Runs1 | 5,130 |
| Bat avg1 | 47.50 |
| 100s/50s1 | 16/24 |
| Top score1 | 235* |
| Deliveries1 | 6 |
| Wickets1 | 0 |
| Bowl avg1 | – |
| Fivefor1 | 0 |
| Tenfor1 | 0 |
| Best bowling1 | 0/1 |
| Catches/stumpings1 | 57/– |
| Column2 | ODI |
| Matches2 | 26 |
| Runs2 | 858 |
| Bat avg2 | 33.00 |
| 100s/50s2 | 1/5 |
| Top score2 | 102 |
| Deliveries2 | – |
| Wickets2 | – |
| Bowl avg2 | – |
| Fivefor2 | – |
| Tenfor2 | – |
| Best bowling2 | – |
| Catches/stumpings2 | 10/– |
| Column3 | FC |
| Matches3 | 142 |
| Runs3 | 10,772 |
| Bat avg3 | 46.41 |
| 100s/50s3 | 30/55 |
| Top score3 | 235* |
| Deliveries3 | 270 |
| Wickets3 | 6 |
| Bowl avg3 | 34.16 |
| Fivefor3 | 0 |
| Tenfor3 | 0 |
| Best bowling3 | 3/13 |
| Catches/stumpings3 | 135/– |
| Column4 | LA |
| Matches4 | 75 |
| Runs4 | 2,486 |
| Bat avg4 | 36.55 |
| 100s/50s4 | 5/14 |
| Top score4 | 125 |
| Deliveries4 | 18 |
| Wickets4 | 0 |
| Bowl avg4 | – |
| Fivefor4 | 0 |
| Tenfor4 | n/a |
| Best bowling4 | 0/5 |
| Catches/stumpings4 | 33/– |
| Date | 27 December |
| Year | 2010 |
| Source | http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2010-11/content/current/player/11728.html}} |
Alastair Nathan Cook (born 25 December 1984) is an English international cricket player. He is a left-handed opening batsman who currently plays county cricket for Essex and Test cricket for England. Cook played for Essex's Academy and made his debut for the first XI in 2003. He played in a variety of England's youth teams from 2000 until his call up to the Test side in 2006.
While touring in the West Indies with the ECB National Academy, Cook was called up to the England national team in India as a last-minute replacement for Marcus Trescothick and debuted with a century. Debuting at 21 years of age, Cook went on to become the youngest Englishman to reach 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, 4,000 and 5,000 Test runs, making centuries in his first Test matches against India, Pakistan, the West Indies and Bangladesh. He is also the only Englishman to score seven Test centuries before his 23rd birthday.
Cook's musical flair led to him being granted a scholarship to Bedford School when he was 13, also as a boarder. However, music was soon eclipsed when the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) came to play against the Bedford XI. The visiting side were a man short and drafted the 14 year old new boy to play against his school; Cook scored a century. Over the next four years he hit 17 centuries and two double-hundreds to total 4,396 runs at an average of 87.90, captaining the cricket team in his final year as well as being president of the music society. He also gained three A-Levels and nine GCSEs in his time there. In his final year at Bedford in 2003 he scored 1,287 runs for the school including two unbeaten double-hundreds, averaging 160.87 to take the school record. After his international success, Cook returned for an Old Boys match at Bedford in 2008, playing for the HM Ultimate XI. Cook was given his first-class debut for Essex County Cricket Club coming straight out of school at the end of the 2003 season against Nottinghamshire; put in to field he aided the first dismissal with a catch before falling short at 13 runs in his first innings but pushing Essex to a nine wicket victory with 69 not out in the second. at an average of 47.80. but failed to secure promotion for the team.
in 2005]] His exploits in his single season gained him enough attention to be brought in as the opening batsmen for the MCC in 2005 season's opener against County Champions Warwickshire. With a century in the first innings and a near attempt at 97 in the second, Cook helped secure victory in a match destined for a draw. Cook played in every first-class match for Essex and also helped them clinch the Totesport League Title for the first time in 20 years. The end of the season saw Cook finish with an average of 48.03 in the County Championship, hitting four centuries.
After his England call up, Cook's appearances at Essex significantly reduced. In the County Championship he appeared in only three matches, making two hundreds and another two fifties in his five innings, topping the season averages with an inflated 141.3. After it was decided Samit Patel had enough responsibility batting and bowling, Cook was appointed captain of the team the following year, 2004.
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| Playername | Adam Hollioake |
|---|---|
| Country | England |
| Fullname | Adam John Hollioake |
| Living | true |
| Dayofbirth | 5 |
| Monthofbirth | 9 |
| Yearofbirth | 1971 |
| Placeofbirth | Melbourne |
| Countryofbirth | Australia |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right arm medium |
| Role | All-rounder |
| Family | BC Hollioake (brother) |
| International | true |
| Testdebutdate | 7 August |
| Testdebutyear | 1997 |
| Testdebutagainst | Australia |
| Testcap | 587 |
| Lasttestdate | 9 February |
| Lasttestyear | 1998 |
| Lasttestagainst | West Indies |
| Odidebutdate | 31 August |
| Odidebutyear | 1996 |
| Odidebutagainst | Pakistan |
| Odicap | 143 |
| Lastodidate | 30 May |
| Lastodiyear | 1999 |
| Lastodiagainst | India |
| Club1 | Surrey |
| Year1 | 1992–2004 |
| Club2 | Essex |
| Year2 | 2007 |
| Columns | 4 |
| Column1 | Test |
| Matches1 | 4 |
| Runs1 | 65 |
| Bat avg1 | 10.83 |
| 100s/50s1 | 0/0 |
| Top score1 | 45 |
| Deliveries1 | 144 |
| Wickets1 | 2 |
| Bowl avg1 | 33.50 |
| Fivefor1 | – |
| Tenfor1 | – |
| Best bowling1 | 2/31 |
| Catches/stumpings1 | 4/– |
| Column2 | ODI |
| Matches2 | 35 |
| Runs2 | 606 |
| Bat avg2 | 25.25 |
| 100s/50s2 | 0/3 |
| Top score2 | 83* |
| Deliveries2 | 1,208 |
| Wickets2 | 32 |
| Bowl avg2 | 31.84 |
| Fivefor2 | 0 |
| Tenfor2 | n/a |
| Best bowling2 | 4/23 |
| Catches/stumpings2 | 13/– |
| Column3 | FC |
| Matches3 | 173 |
| Runs3 | 9,376 |
| Bat avg3 | 38.74 |
| 100s/50s3 | 18/55 |
| Top score3 | 208 |
| Deliveries3 | 8,808 |
| Wickets3 | 120 |
| Bowl avg3 | 41.05 |
| Fivefor3 | 1 |
| Tenfor3 | 0 |
| Best bowling3 | 5/62 |
| Catches/stumpings3 | 157/– |
| Column4 | LA |
| Matches4 | 284 |
| Runs4 | 5,984 |
| Bat avg4 | 28.09 |
| 100s/50s4 | 2/30 |
| Top score4 | 117* |
| Deliveries4 | 9,074 |
| Wickets4 | 352 |
| Bowl avg4 | 23.25 |
| Fivefor4 | 7 |
| Tenfor4 | n/a |
| Best bowling4 | 6/17 |
| Catches/stumpings4 | 87/– |
| Date | 6 July |
| Year | 2009 |
| Source | http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14244.html Cricinfo |
Moving to England with his family in 1983, he attended Millfield School and played first-class cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club between 1993 and 2004. He captained Surrey from 1997 until 2003, and led them to victory in the County Championship in 1999, 2000 and 2002.
Hollioake had a relatively short Test match career, playing in four matches for England at the end of 1997 and the beginning of 1998. He achieved greater success in One Day Internationals, playing in 35 matches from 1996 to 1999, taking over the captaincy of the ODI side for 14 matches while Michael Atherton remained Test captain.
Hollioake's international career might well have resumed in 2003 had his brother, and Surrey and England team-mate, Ben not been killed in a car crash in 2002. At Ben's funeral, Adam stated that in a tribute to his brother and to Ben's girlfriend, Janaya Scholten, who was seriously injured in the crash, Adam and his wife (who was seven months' pregnant at the time of Ben's death) planned to name their daughter Benaya, a combination of Ben and Janaya's names. Adam and the Hollioake family established the CHASE Ben Hollioake fund in 2002 to raise funds for CHASE hospice care for children in memory of Ben.
Although Adam returned to Surrey afterwards, and even resumed his captaincy of the side, being named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2003, inevitably his priorities had been changed irrevocably by the tragedy and he retired after an injury-affected 2004 season.
He came out of retirement to play in a World XI against an Asian XI in a Twenty20 charity match in aid of the 2004 Asian tsunami, played at The Oval on 20 June 2005. On 16 June 2007 Hollioake admitted on an edition of Cricket AM that he was seriously thinking about coming out of retirement. Later on in the same show James Benning accidentally let out that it would not be for his former club Surrey. On 19 June Hollioake was signed by Essex to play in the Twenty20 Cup after being recommended by former England Captain Graham Gooch.
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![Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League. [2] Of all the founder members, Preston and Burnley F.C. (Turf Moor Stadium) are the only teams still playing at their original grounds. Since the English Football League was the first ever professional football league to form, Deepdale is the oldest continually-used site for league foot](http://web.archive.org./web/20110412081616im_/http://cdn.wn.com/pd/7e/0d/e49577fc26ba9bd8edea5e5dd686_thumb.jpg "Deepdale is a stadium in the Deepdale area of Preston, England, the home of Preston North End F.C. and England's National Football Museum. Preston North End are one of the founder members of the Football League. [2] Of all the founder members, Preston and Burnley F.C. (Turf Moor Stadium) are the only teams still playing at their original grounds. Since the English Football League was the first ever professional football league to form, Deepdale is the oldest continually-used site for league foot")
