An historic arch rivalry, lines in the sand, crowd packed stadiums and an adrenaline pumping display sum up the Ashes Test series between Australia and England, who fight to the last man to bring home the title.
Whenever these two teams face each other in any format, exuberant and ecstatic performances are what the audiences always witness. The very same happened in the First Ashes Test played at the Brisbane cricket ground. In the first
innings we saw an unrivalled bowling performance from Australian Bowler Peter Siddle. In addition some top batting performances from Hussey and Haddin put Australia in the driving seat giving them a lead of 221 runs.
In the final Innings we saw a burnout of the records in the history of Ashes as Alastair Cook and Jonathan Trott produced a heroic and a dazzling unbeaten batting performance which left the hosts devastated as they were sensing
a victory at one time. Bothe these batsmen put up a 329 runs stand together to force a welcome draw for the English side.
The Top batting order of England made a statement upon the Australian balling attack. It’s a statement that many consider a dictation of terms. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 failed to break through the battling line-up of England as the top three
batsmen in the English line-up each scored centuries. Cook scored his maiden double century while Strauss and Trott crossed the 100 runs mark each.
England with only one wicket falling scored a total of 517 runs to give Australia a target of 296 runs. Practically assessing the situation, England who were down and out in the first innings were sensing a chance at victory. Stuart
Broad grabbed the wicket of Simon Katich very early in the last innings on the final day just before the tea break who edged it into the slip. But this was it for the Englishman as Ricky Ponting arrived at the crease and played the role of the aggressor. After
two days of fielding, he let out his frustration on England by scoring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Watson-c96326 as the two ended the match in a draw giving Australia some moral uplifting.
At the beginning of the final hour of the fifth and final day of the first Test, both Captains agreed on a draw. The outcome might seem an ordinary and boring one, but the match was a worthwhile one as both teams played some outstanding
cricket which was a treat to watch. Morally, the fight back from the English batsman will give them a right boost and competitive edge after seeming defeat while Australia will also have something to cheer about after a consistent performance from both their
batsman and ballers. The Battle will start again, this Friday when both the teams face each other for the second Ashes Test at Adelaide.
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