Late City Edition Monday 24th August, 2009 England’s Andrew Strauss holds The Ashes as his team-mates celebrate after they won The Ashes Series against Australia by 2 Test matches to 1, on the fourth day of the fifth cricket Test Match between England and Australia at The Oval cricket ground in London, Sunday, Aug. 23, 2009. (AP) Ashes belong to England LONDON (AP) - England regained Stuart Broad took an inspired 5-37 and and set off for a run not expecting the the Ashes after beating Australia by 197 Swann 4-38. SCOREBOARD ball to hit the ankle of short leg fielder runs Sunday on the fourth day of the The tourists would also regret not Alastair Cook and dribble back towards deciding fifth Test to take the five-match being able to win the first Test in Cardiff England 1st innings 332 Overs: 102.2. him. series 2-1. when they failed to take England’s final Australia 1st innings 160 Fall of wickets: 1-86, 2-90, 3-217, 4-220, England captain Andrew Strauss Michael Hussey was the last man out wicket. That match was drawn, England England 2nd innings 373-9 decl. 5-236, 6-327, 7-327, 8-343, 9-343. reacted quickly and threw at the stumps, after tea at The Oval, caught for 121 by won the second Test at Lord’s, the third Australia 2nd innings Bowling: Anderson 12-2-46-0 (1nb), before the third umpire gave him out Alastair Cook off Graeme Swann as Test was drawn before Australia levelled (Overnight 80-0) Flintoff 11-1-42-0 (1nb), Harmison 16-5- with Clarke’s bat only on the line. Australia were dismissed for 348, falling the series in Leeds. S. Katich lbw b Swann 43 54-3 (4nb), Swann 40.2-8-120-4, Broad Australia had gone from 217-2 and well short of the 546 victory target set by There had been periods in the day S. Watson lbw b Broad 40 22-4-71-1, Collingwood 1-0-1-0. looking relatively comfortable despite a England. when it looked like Australia might crumbling pitch to 220-4. R. Ponting run out (Flintoff) 66 Toss: England Swann claimed 4-120 and Steve achieve a spectacular rearguard action M. Hussey c Cook b Swann 121 That became 236-5 shortly after when Umpires: A. Rauf (Pak), B. Bowden (NZ) Harmison picked up 3-54 but it was two to stave off defeat or claim the win. M. Clarke run out (Strauss) 0 Marcus North was stumped by Matt Third umpire: P. Hartley (Eng) run outs in six balls - including that of Hussey, who survived two drops by M. North st Prior b Swann 10 Prior off Swann. He attempted a sweep Match Referee: R. Madugalle (SL) captain Ricky Ponting - that put England Paul Collingwood at slip to Swann on 21 B. Haddin c Strauss 34 shot only for the ball to bounce up to on the way to victory and sent allrounder and 55, put on partnerships of 127 with M. Johnson c C’wood b Harmison 0 Result: England won by 197 runs Prior, who grabbed it and dislodged the Andrew Flintoff into Test cricket retire- Ponting and 91 with Haddin but neither P. Siddle c Flintoff b Harmison 10 Series: 2-1 (England) bails before North could place his back ment as a winner. were significant enough to deny S. Clark c Cook b Harmison 0 Man of the Match: Stuart Broad (Eng) foot behind the line. Hussey scored his first Test century England. B.Hilfenhaus not out 4 Man of the Series: Andrew Strauss (Eng) Before lunch, Simon Katich offered since last October but his 330-minute The pivotal sequence came after Extras: (7b, 7lb, 6nb) 20 Michael Clarke (Aus) no stroke to Swann, expecting more fighting effort that may have saved his lunch when Ponting and his vice-captain TOTAL: (all out) 348 Series: England win 2-1 sharp turn but was out lbw by a straight Test career was in a losing cause. Michael Clarke were run out. delivery. He made 43 in 68 balls. Shane England’s talismanic all-rounder Ponting, who received a standing direct throw at the stumps that left 2013 on the next tour. Watson departed three balls later for 40, Andrew Flintoff was able to bow of Test ovation from the sold-out crowd after Ponting a metre short of his ground. The England team was jumping with trapped lbw by Stuart Broad. cricket with the fairytale ending he had having been booed to the crease in previ- Ponting was disconsolate as England joy again next over when Australia’s top England was also thankful to its hoped for. ous Tests, was out for 66 after Hussey celebrated wildly at the key break- run-scorer Clarke departed the same debutant Jonathan Trott for his com- Australia was always behind the called him for a quick single. through. It might yet be Ponting’s last way. posed innings of 119 on Saturday that game once it replied to England’s first Mid-on fielder Flintoff picked the Ashes Test in England. He would be 38 in He clipped Swann towards square leg allowed his side to set Australia such an innings 332 with a below-par 160 when ball up cleanly and unleashed a powerful intimidating target. Junior Tennis Nationals 2009 Barrichello wins Chehan wins Boys’ SL upstage Lebanon 4-3 NEW DELHI - Mohamed Issadeen European GP scored a hat-trick to power Sri U-12 title Lanka to an upset 4-3 win over VALENCIA, Spain by Revata S. Silva Girls’ U-14 Singles: Lebanon in a league game of the (AP) - Brawn GP's Semi-finals – D. five-nation Nehru Cup on Saturday. Rubens Barrichello won Issadeen put Sri Lanka ahead in Top seed Chehan Ranasinghe (seed 1) bt the European Grand Fernando easily ousted the seventh minute but Lebanon, Prix on Sunday to claim Vinuri Wickremaratne (3) who beat hosts India 1-0 in the Akila Vimuktha, the his first Formula One opening game, equalised two min- third seed, 6-2, 6-1 in 6-2, 6-1, S. Thayakaran (4) victory in five years. bt Thisuri Molligoda 6-0, 6- utes later through Akram Rubens The 37-year-old the first age group final Moghrabi's header. Barrichello Brazilian took advantage played at this year’s Sri 2 Lebanon were reduced to 10 of a costly pit-stop error Lanka Junior Tennis Boys’ U-16 Singles: men in the 41st minute when by Lewis Hamilton's Nationals which con- Semi-finals – Vimuktha de Moghrabi was sent off for kicking McLaren team to record a 10th career tinued at the SLTA an opponent, but Ali Al Saadi Alwis (1) bt Chinthaka win - his first since the 2004 Chinese hard courts in scored to give the halftime lead in GP - and boost his championship Colombo on Sunday Shaveen (3) 6-1, 6-1, the match postponed from Friday hopes. (23). Thuruna Eshwarage bt due to a rainstorm. Hamilton finished second ahead of However, a determined Sri The Girls’ Under-14 Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen after having Sharmal Dissanayake (2) Lanka pumped in three goals in final is scheduled to be started the Valencia street race from 7-6(6), 6-3 seven minutes in the final stages, pole position. played today between Girls’ U-18 Singles: Issadeen equalising in the 81st Jenson Button finished seventh to Dinushki Ranasinghe Semi-finals – Nilupul minute and making it 4-2 with have his championship lead cut to 18 and Shankari Chathura Maduranga scoring in points over teammate Barrichello. Red Thayakaran who won Goonasekera bt Shenelle between. Bull's Mark Webber finished ninth and their respective semi- Abeysekera (1) 6-2, 5-7, 6- Lebanon narrowed the margin is 20.5 points behind Button. finals on Sunday. 1, Amritha Muttiah (4) bt when Mohamad Korhani converted Lebanon's captain Bilal C. El Najjarine, right, and Sri Lanka's E.B. Channa vie for the ball at the Luca Badoer, who is filling in for a penalty in injury time, after Sri Results (Sunday, Aug. Roshenka Fernando (2) 6- Nehru Cup soccer match in New Delhi, India, Saturday, Aug. 22, 2009. Sri Lanka won 4-3. injured Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, Lanka's Hettiarachchi was sent off (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi) finished 17th after starting last. 23): 2, 6-0. for a foul inside the area. Monday 24th August, 2009.