Ashes 2009: Schedule

Australia will tour England during May to June 2009 to play in the famous Ashes series.

Practice Game Schedule:

Wed Jun 24-27: Sussex v. Australia at Hove at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

Wed Jul 1-4: England Lions v. Australia at Worcester at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

Fri Jul 24-26: Northamptonshire v. Australia at Northampton at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

Sat Aug 15-16: Kent v. Australia at Canterbury at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

Fri Aug 28: ODI: Scotland v. Australia at Edinburg at 09:45 GMT, 15:15 IST

Test Match Schedule:

1st Test: Wed Jul 8-12: England v. Australia at Cardiff at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

2nd Test: Thu Jul 16-29: England v. Australia at London (Lord's) at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

3rd Test: Thu Jul 30-Aug 3: England v. Australia at Birmingham at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

4th Test: Fri Aug 7-11: England v. Australia at Leeds at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

5th Test: Thu Aug 20-24: England v. Australia at London (Kensington Oval) at 10:00 GMT, 15:30 IST

T20 Schedule:

1st T20: Sun Aug 30: England v. Australia at Manchester at 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST

2nd T20: Tue Sep 1: England v. Australia at Manchester at 18:00 GMT, 23:30 IST

ODI Schedule:

1st ODI: Fri Sep 4: England v. Australia at London (Kensington Oval) at 12:00 GMT, 17:30 IST

2nd ODI: Sun Sep 6: England v. Australia at London (Lord's) at 09:15 GMT, 14:45 IST

3rd ODI: Wed Sep 9: England v. Australia at Southampton at 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST

4th ODI: Sat Sep 12: England v. Australia at London (Lord's) at 09:15 GMT, 14:45 IST

5th ODI: Tue Sep 15: England v. Australia at Nottingham at 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST

6th ODI: Thu Sep 17: England v. Australia at Nottingham at 13:30 GMT, 19:00 IST

7th ODI: Sun Sep 20: England v. Australia at Chester-le-Street at 09:15 GMT, 14:45 IST

Practice Game: Mumbai v. England XI: The Only win So Far!

The only win so far England tasted in the 2008 tour to India till the completion of the 3rd ODI was against the Mumbai team during the first practice game. It was a comfortable win for England. They scored 297 and restricted Mumbai for 175.

Scoreboard:

Match: Practice Game (ODI)
Venue: Barbourne Stadium, Mumbai
Date: November 9, 2008
Teams: Mumbai and England XI
Captains: Nilesh Kulkarni and Kevin Pietersen
Toss: Mumbai won the toss and decided to field first
Result: England won by 122 runs

England 297 for 4 in 50 overs (Bell 58, Prior 13, Shah 83, Pietersen 6, Flintoff 100 not out, Collingwood 22 not out, Extras--15 (lb 8, w 6, nb 1), Sinha 1 for 32, Prashan Bhoir 0 for 57, Valthaty 1 for 56, Yeligati 1 for 41, Kulkarni 1 for 40, Salunkhe 0 for 63) beat Mumabi 175 for 8 in 50 overs (Bagade 3, Marathe 36, Shetye 50, Valthaty 25, Shashank Singh 23, Sufiyan 2, Salunkhe 2, Poojary 15, Yeligati 2 not out, Kulkarni 1 not out, Extras--16 (b 2, lb 7, w 7), Anderson 3 for 15, Broad 0 for 21, Flintoff 1 for 22, Harmison 0 for 24, Swann 0 for 37, Patel 2 for 38, Pietersen 0 for 5, Collingwood 1 for 4)