The Daily Telegraph - 01.08.2019

The Daily Telegraph Thursday 1 August 2019 *** 3

OUT AT THE TOP

It will take Joe Root

and Ben Stokes to

have monumental

series but they know

this summer will go a

long way to securing

I think England will pip

it in home conditions

with the likes of Chris

Woakes, and hopefully

a fit Anderson.

Australia will get close

There is a curious

asymmetry. For

England, this is the

second-biggest event

of the summer; for

Australia, it is No 1,

A home series,

champions of the

one-day world and a

middle order to dig

them out of trouble.

The Ireland blip aside,

Nick Hoult

3-2

Ebony Rainford-Brent

3-2

Tim Wigmore

2-3

Isabelle Westbury

3-1

their legacy. England’s

attack has depth with

Archer and if Wood

can make the final two

Tests it could be the

boost England need.

because of our top

order issues but

looking historically,

England have home

advantage so the

series goes to them.

which is shown in how

Australia have

managed their quick

bowlers. Expect a

tense, gripping series,

with low-scoring Tests.

England’s batters know

better than Australia’s

what they have to do

to dig in in these

conditions and that

will be the difference.

AUST R A L I A’S DI R E

RUN ON THE ROAD

2005 England 2 Australia 1

The series widely regarded as the

greatest of them all was almost a

damp squib: had Australia scraped the

extra three runs they needed to win at

Edgbaston, they would have been 2-0

up with three to play. Instead, Geraint

Jones’s sprawling catch set up a

grandstand finish: Old Trafford was

another classic, going down to the last

ball as Australia clung on for a draw; at

Trent Bridge, England edged home

after a major wobble chasing 129;

and the Oval was in the balance until

Kevin Pietersen defied Brett Lee’s

bouncers and the suffocating tension

to announce himself as a Test star and

end England’s 18-year wait for an

Ashes series win.

2009 England 2 Australia 1

After a dramatic draw at Cardiff – where

Monty Panesar and James Anderson

survived more than 11 overs to deny the

visitors – England turned the tide

at Lord’s, with Andrew

Strauss’s century (right)

earning a first win over

Australia at the ground

since 1934. An inspired

display by Mitchell

Johnson at Headingley

set up an Oval decider,

where the game was in

the balance until a brilliant

spell from Stuart Broad and

Graeme Swann’s off-spin

knocked the stuffing out

of Australia.

2013 England 3 Australia 0

A scoreline which did not quite reflect

the competitiveness of the series.

Australia were 15 runs away from

completing an epic run chase in the

first Test until James Anderson nicked

out Brad Haddin, and while the second

at Lord’s was a mismatch – England

winning by 347 runs – the visitors

would have taken the third at Old

Trafford had rain not intervened. Even

England’s decisive fourth Test win at

Chester-le-Street could have gone the

other way: Australia reached 109

without loss in pursuit of 299, before

collapsing.

2015 England 3 Australia 2

An eccentric series saw all five games

won by huge margins, the arrival of

new talent in Joe Root and Steve Smith

and some veterans

underlining their class,

in particular Stuart

Broad (right). A bowler

who delivers in spurts,

Broad took eight

for 15 in the

fourth Test at

Trent Bridge, as

Australia were

dismissed for

60 in the first

session, sealing

England’s win.

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