Struggling at 20 for 2 when play resumed on Day 5, England had to minimum of 95 overs. Australia had the chance of bringing the 2nd ball during the end of the day.
Pietersen fell in the morning for 8, bowled by Hilfenhaus. Six overs later, captain Strauss followed him. At one stage, England were 70 for 5, with Collingwood and Flintoff in the crease. England needed another 99 runs to avoid the follow on.
They added 57 for the 6th wicket, but the important aspect was that they played 23.1 overs. With 112 more runs needed to make Australia play again, the chances were dim as the tail had to play minimum of 52 overs.
Collingwood and Broad played 17 overs, added 32 to the total. Swann consumed 63 balls from his side playing along with Collingwood. Swann was trapped leg before off Hilfenhaus.
Anderson joined Collingwood and they played under tremendous pressure as the overs were reducing. They added 12 runs for the 9th wicket but eliminated 7.2 overs from the balance overs. Collingwood after playing for 344 minutes and 245 deliveries, got out at the crucial stage. He was caught by Hussey at point off Siddle.
Anderson and Panesar had the responsibility but no one expected them to play 10 overs, especially against Australia.
In the 98th over, Anderson hit two continuous boundaries which took England past the innings defeat mark.
England were 7 runs ahead but had to play 10 more minutes. The 12th man came in and gave a word to both the batsmen. With 4 more overs to be bowled and 11 minutes remaining, time was constraint for Australia.
In the next over, both Physio and the 12th man came into the ground again. Ricky Ponting was not happy. England were wasting time here!
At the end of 105th over, batsmen shook hands and England have successfully drawn the first test.
Earlier, England made 435 with Pietersen top scoring with 69. Collingwood and Prior scored half-centuries to give England a good total on the board.
Ponting scored 150 and Katich scored 122. They both added 239 for the 2nd wicket which gave Australia the solid foundation.
Later, North and Haddin scored centuries and took Australia past 600. With Haddin dismissed for 121, Australia declared the innings at 674.
Ponting was delcared man of the match and he rightly said that he would have exchanged it for a wicket.
Scoreboard:
Match: Ashes 2009: Test Match 1
Date: July 8-12, 2009
Teams: Australia v. England
Captains: Ponting and Strauss
Toss: England, decided to bat
Venue: Sophia Garderns, Cardiff
Result: Match Drawn
Series Result: 0-0
Man of the Match: Ponting off Australia
England 1st Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Strauss | c M Clarke b Johnson | 30 | 60 | 4 | 0 |
| Cook | c Hussey b Hilfenhaus | 10 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Bopara | c Hughes b Johnson | 35 | 52 | 6 | 0 |
| Pietersen | c Katich b Hauritz | 69 | 141 | 4 | 0 |
| Collingwood | c Haddin b Hilfenhaus | 64 | 145 | 6 | 0 |
| Prior | b Siddle | 56 | 62 | 6 | 0 |
| Flintoff | b Siddle | 37 | 51 | 6 | 0 |
| Anderson | c M Hussey b Hauritz | 26 | 40 | 2 | 0 |
| Broad | b Johnson | 19 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| Swann | not out | 47 | 40 | 6 | 0 |
| Panesar | c Ponting b Hauritz | 4 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 13, lb 11, w 2, nb 12) | 38 | - | - | - |
| Total | all out in 106.5 overs | 435 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-21 (Cook, 7.6 ov), 2-67 (Strauss, 19.6 ov), 3-90 (Bopara, 24.4 ov), 4-228 (Collingwood, 65.3 ov), 5-241 (Pietersen, 70.5 ov), 6-327 (Flintoff, 86.4 ov), 7-329 (Prior, 88.3 ov), 8-355 (Broad, 93.5 ov), 9-423 (Anderson, 102.4 ov), 10-435 (Panesar, 106.5 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Johnson | 22 | 2 | 87 | 3 |
| Hilfenhaus | 27 | 5 | 77 | 2 |
| Siddle | 27 | 3 | 121 | 2 |
| Hauritz | 23.5 | 1 | 95 | 3 |
| M Clarke | 5 | 0 | 20 | 0 |
| Katich | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
Australia 1st Innings:
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Hughes | c Prior b Flintoff | 36 | 54 | 5 | 0 |
| Katich | lbw b Anderson | 122 | 261 | 12 | 0 |
| Ponting | b Panesar | 150 | 224 | 14 | 1 |
| Hussey | c Prior b Anderson | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| M Clarke | c Prior b Broad | 83 | 145 | 9 | 1 |
| North | not out | 125 | 242 | 13 | 0 |
| Haddin | c Bopara b Collingwood | 121 | 151 | 11 | 3 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 14, w 4, nb 7) | 34 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 6 wkts decl in 181 overs | 674 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-60 (Hughes, 14.6 ov), 2-299 (Katich, 84.6 ov), 3-325 (Hussey, 90.1 ov), 4-331 (Ponting, 94.5 ov), 5-474 (Clarke, 136.5 ov), 6-674 (Haddin, 180.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Anderson | 32 | 6 | 110 | 2 |
| Broad | 32 | 6 | 129 | 1 |
| Swann | 38 | 8 | 131 | 0 |
| Flintoff | 35 | 3 | 128 | 1 |
| Panesar | 35 | 4 | 115 | 1 |
| Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
England 2nd Innings: (trail by 239 runs)
| Batsman | How Out | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s |
| Strauss | c Haddin b Hauritz | 17 | 54 | 1 | 0 |
| Cook | lbw b Johnson | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Bopara | lbw b Hilfenhaus | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pietersen | b Hilfenhaus | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Collingwood | c Hussey b Siddle | 74 | 245 | 6 | 0 |
| Prior | c M Clarke b Hauritz | 14 | 32 | 1 | 0 |
| Flintoff | c Ponting b Johnson | 26 | 71 | 3 | 0 |
| Anderson | lbw b Hauritz | 14 | 47 | 1 | 0 |
| Broad | lbw b Hilfenhaus | 31 | 63 | 4 | 0 |
| Swann | not out | 21 | 53 | 3 | 0 |
| Panesar | not out | 7 | 35 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | (b 9, lb 9, w 4, nb 11) | 33 | - | - | - |
| Total | for 9 wkts in 105 overs | 252 | - | - | - |
Fall of Wickets: 1-13 (Cook, 4.3 ov), 2-17 (Bopara, 5.3 ov), 3-31 (Pietersen, 10.4 ov), 4-46 (Strauss, 16.6 ov), 5-70 (Prior, 26.3 ov), 6-127 (Flintoff, 49.4 ov), 7-159 (Broad, 66.4 ov), 8-221 (Swann, 86.1 ov), 9-233 (Collingwood, 93.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W |
| Johnson | 22 | 4 | 44 | 2 |
| Hilfenhaus | 15 | 3 | 47 | 3 |
| Siddle | 18 | 2 | 51 | 1 |
| Hauritz | 37 | 12 | 63 | 3 |
| M Clarke | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| North | 7 | 4 | 14 | 0 |
| Katich | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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