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The Ashes - 5th Test

England v Australia

Match drawn

Test no. 1763 | 2005 season
Played at Kennington Oval, London
8,9,10,11,12 September 2005 (5-day match)


England 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	c Hayden b Warne	43	77	65	8	0	66.15
17.3 caught Hayden 82/1
AJ Strauss	c Katich b Warne	129	351	210	17	0	61.42
79.4 caught Katich 297/7
MP Vaughan*	c Clarke b Warne	11	26	25	2	0	44.00
23.5 caught Clarke 102/2
IR Bell	lbw b Warne	0	9	7	0	0	0.00
25.6 104/3
KP Pietersen	b Warne	14	30	25	2	0	56.00
33.3 bowled 131/4
A Flintoff	c Warne b McGrath	72	162	115	12	1	62.60
70.1 caught Warne 274/5
PD Collingwood	lbw b Tait	7	26	26	1	0	26.92
76.3 289/6
GO Jones†	b Lee	25	60	41	5	0	60.97
89.3 bowled 325/8
AF Giles	lbw b Warne	32	120	70	1	0	45.71
105.3 373/10
MJ Hoggard	c Martyn b McGrath	2	47	36	0	0	5.55
100.2 caught Martyn 345/9
SJ Harmison	not out	20	25	20	4	0	100.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 1, nb 7)	18

Total	(all out; 105.3 overs; 471 mins)	373	(3.53 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-82 (Trescothick, 17.3 ov), 2-102 (Vaughan, 23.5 ov), 3-104 (Bell, 25.6 ov), 4-131 (Pietersen, 33.3 ov), 5-274 (Flintoff, 70.1 ov), 6-289 (Collingwood, 76.3 ov), 7-297 (Strauss, 79.4 ov), 8-325 (Jones, 89.3 ov), 9-345 (Hoggard, 100.2 ov), 10-373 (Giles, 105.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	27	5	72	2	2.66	(1w)
70.1 to Flintoff, caught Warne 274/5 100.2 to Hoggard, caught Martyn 345/9
B Lee	23	3	94	1	4.08	(3nb)
89.3 to Jones, bowled 325/8
SW Tait	15	1	61	1	4.06	(3nb)
76.3 to Collingwood, 289/6
SK Warne	37.3	5	122	6	3.25
17.3 to Trescothick, caught Hayden 82/1 23.5 to Vaughan, caught Clarke 102/2 25.6 to Bell, 104/3 33.3 to Pietersen, bowled 131/4 79.4 to Strauss, caught Katich 297/7 105.3 to Giles, 373/10
SM Katich	3	0	14	0	4.66


Australia 1st innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	b Harmison	105	233	146	11	2	71.91
52.4 bowled 185/1
ML Hayden	lbw b Flintoff	138	416	303	18	0	45.54
92.3 323/4
RT Ponting*	c Strauss b Flintoff	35	81	56	3	0	62.50
72.2 caught Strauss 264/2
DR Martyn	c Collingwood b Flintoff	10	36	29	1	0	34.48
80.4 caught Collingwood 281/3
MJ Clarke	lbw b Hoggard	25	119	59	2	0	42.37
103.3 359/7
SM Katich	lbw b Flintoff	1	12	11	0	0	9.09
94.6 329/5
AC Gilchrist†	lbw b Hoggard	23	32	20	4	0	115.00
101.1 356/6
SK Warne	c Vaughan b Flintoff	0	18	10	0	0	0.00
104.5 caught Vaughan 363/8
B Lee	c Giles b Hoggard	6	22	10	0	0	60.00
107.1 caught Giles 367/10
GD McGrath	c Strauss b Hoggard	0	6	6	0	0	0.00
105.6 caught Strauss 363/9
SW Tait	not out	1	7	2	0	0	50.00

Extras	(b 4, lb 8, w 2, nb 9)	23

Total	(all out; 107.1 overs; 494 mins)	367	(3.42 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-185 (Langer, 52.4 ov), 2-264 (Ponting, 72.2 ov), 3-281 (Martyn, 80.4 ov), 4-323 (Hayden, 92.3 ov), 5-329 (Katich, 94.6 ov), 6-356 (Gilchrist, 101.1 ov), 7-359 (Clarke, 103.3 ov), 8-363 (Warne, 104.5 ov), 9-363 (McGrath, 105.6 ov), 10-367 (Lee, 107.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	22	2	87	1	3.95	(2nb, 2w)
52.4 to Langer, bowled 185/1
MJ Hoggard	24.1	2	97	4	4.01	(1nb)
101.1 to Gilchrist, 356/6 103.3 to Clarke, 359/7 105.6 to McGrath, caught Strauss 363/9 107.1 to Lee, caught Giles 367/10
A Flintoff	34	10	78	5	2.29	(6nb)
72.2 to Ponting, caught Strauss 264/2 80.4 to Martyn, caught Collingwood 281/3 92.3 to Hayden, 323/4 94.6 to Katich, 329/5 104.5 to Warne, caught Vaughan 363/8
AF Giles	23	1	76	0	3.30

PD Collingwood	4	0	17	0	4.25


England 2nd innings		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Trescothick	lbw b Warne	33	150	84	1	0	39.28
33.1 109/4
AJ Strauss	c Katich b Warne	1	16	7	0	0	14.28
3.4 caught Katich 2/1
MP Vaughan*	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	45	80	65	6	0	69.23
22.4 caught †Gilchrist 67/2
IR Bell	c Warne b McGrath	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
22.5 caught Warne 67/3
KP Pietersen	b McGrath	158	285	187	15	7	84.49
82.5 bowled 308/8
A Flintoff	c & b Warne	8	20	13	1	0	61.53
37.5 caught & 126/5
PD Collingwood	c Ponting b Warne	10	72	51	1	0	19.60
51.5 caught Ponting 186/6
GO Jones†	b Tait	1	24	12	0	0	8.33
56.5 bowled 199/7
AF Giles	b Warne	59	159	97	7	0	60.82
91.1 bowled 335/9
MJ Hoggard	not out	4	45	35	0	0	11.42

SJ Harmison	c Hayden b Warne	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
91.3 caught Hayden 335/10
Extras	(b 4, w 7, nb 5)	16

Total	(all out; 91.3 overs; 432 mins)	335	(3.66 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-2 (Strauss, 3.4 ov), 2-67 (Vaughan, 22.4 ov), 3-67 (Bell, 22.5 ov), 4-109 (Trescothick, 33.1 ov), 5-126 (Flintoff, 37.5 ov), 6-186 (Collingwood, 51.5 ov), 7-199 (Jones, 56.5 ov), 8-308 (Pietersen, 82.5 ov), 9-335 (Giles, 91.1 ov), 10-335 (Harmison, 91.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	26	3	85	3	3.26	(1nb)
22.4 to Vaughan, caught †Gilchrist 67/2 22.5 to Bell, caught Warne 67/3 82.5 to Pietersen, bowled 308/8
B Lee	20	4	88	0	4.40	(4nb, 1w)

SK Warne	38.3	3	124	6	3.22	(1w)
3.4 to Strauss, caught Katich 2/1 33.1 to Trescothick, 109/4 37.5 to Flintoff, caught & 126/5 51.5 to Collingwood, caught Ponting 186/6 91.1 to Giles, bowled 335/9 91.3 to Harmison, caught Hayden 335/10
MJ Clarke	2	0	6	0	3.00

SW Tait	5	0	28	1	5.60	(1w)
56.5 to Jones, bowled 199/7


Australia 2nd innings (target: 342 runs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
JL Langer	not out	0	3	4	0	0	0.00

ML Hayden	not out	0	3	0	0	0	-

Extras	(lb 4)	4

Total	(0 wickets; 0.4 overs; 3 mins)	4	(6.00 runs per over)

Did not bat RT Ponting*, DR Martyn, MJ Clarke, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist†, SK Warne, B Lee, GD McGrath, SW Tait


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SJ Harmison	0.4	0	0	0	0.00

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat
Series England won the 5-match series 2-1

Player of the match KP Pietersen (England)
Players of the series A Flintoff (England) and SK Warne (Australia)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire JW Lloyds
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Close of play
8 Sep day 1 - England 1st innings 319/7 (GO Jones 21*, AF Giles 5*, 88 ov)
9 Sep day 2 - Australia 1st innings 112/0 (JL Langer 75*, ML Hayden 32*, 33 ov)
10 Sep day 3 - Australia 1st innings 277/2 (ML Hayden 110*, DR Martyn 9*, 78.4 ov)
11 Sep day 4 - England 2nd innings 34/1 (ME Trescothick 14*, MP Vaughan 19*, 13.2 ov)
12 Sep day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 4/0 (0.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes