The home side England has a new Ashes captain in Andrew Strauss and two match-winners in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. Wheras none of current Australia’s fast bowlers have played a Test in England, save the 1st test.
In a total of 300 Ashes Tests Australia has won 121 and England has won 95. The first test ended in a draw.
On the rankings front this is a battle between No. 1 and No. 5 reams, but for Australia and England it is much more than that. Australia must win this series to keep the No. 1 ICC Test rating.
Watch the second test of The Ashes 2009 as England vs Australia live from Lord's. Watch here live video streaming cricket tv online. 2nd The Ashes nPower Test Live Online broadcast from Thu 16 Jul to Mon 20 Jul, 2009.
The Ashes 2nd Test | England take on Australia Match Date: Thursday, 16th July, 2009
Play Time: from 10:00 until 17:30 gmt
Venue: Lord's
Location: London, England
England squad
AJ Strauss*, JM Anderson, IR Bell, RS Bopara, SCJ Broad, PD Collingwood, AN Cook, A Flintoff, SJ Harmison, G Onions, MS Panesar, KP Pietersen, MJ Prior†, GP Swann
Australia squad
RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, SR Clark, BJ Haddin†, NM Hauritz, BW Hilfenhaus, PJ Hughes, MEK Hussey, MG Johnson, SM Katich, B Lee, AB McDonald, GA Manou, MJ North, PM Siddle, SR Watson
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