Andrew Flintoff unleashed a beast on the match field and led England to a much-anticipated victory.
Flintoff destabilized the opposition team’s batting order by taking five wickets in the previous innings. Graeme Swann backed him as the spinner took four wickets.
Over the years, England used the . Have registered many memorable victories while playing in the home of CricketLord’s Stadium in London. However, the English nation was always gasping for breath to beat Australia in the Ashes Test in the Mecca of cricket. After a long wait of 75 years, England finally won the much-awaited victory on 20 July 2009, registering a 115-run victory in the second Ashes Test.
It was all-rounder Andrew Flintoff who made the victory possible for the hosts. The second Ashes Test between Australia and England at Lord’s began when home captain Andrew Strauss chose to bat first. In the first innings, Strauss had remanded the Australian bowlers along with Alastair Cook.
While Cook returned to the pavilion after scoring 95, Strauss held his fort and played a remarkable innings of 161 runs. In this way England scored 425 runs on the scoreboard. The second innings saw the England bowlers rule the show as James Anderson and Graham Onions dodged the opposition batsmen.
Anderson came back with four wickets while bowling at an economy rate of 2.62. On the other hand, Onion picked up three wickets in his 11 overs as the duo restricted Australia to a total of 215. Batting with 210 runs in the third innings, England added 311 runs to present Australia with a target of 522 runs. .
Another draw was on the cards as many did not believe that England would be able to take all ten wickets in the previous innings in less than two days. However, Flintoff brought down a beast on the field of the match as he led England to a much-anticipated victory. The all-rounder destabilized the opposition batting order after taking five wickets in the previous innings.
Flintoff was backed by Graeme Swann as the spinner took four wickets. England finally managed to restrict Australia to 406 to register a 115-run win at Lord’s.
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