Finally England end their drought at Lord's as they beat Australia by 115 runs in the 2nd test, their first Ashes win in 75-years on Monday, 20th July, 2009 at London. Andrew Flintoff took 5/92 his final test at Lord's as England took 1-0 lead in the 5 match series.
England needed 5 wickets and Australia needed 209 runs on the final day to win the test and Flintoff took the wicket of Brad Haddin 80 in his first over of the day, then Swann bowled centurion Clarke on 136 runs. Mitchel Johnson shown some resistance with 63 runs but wickets on the other hand gives England historical 115 runs win.
Andrew Flintoff awarded Man of the Match award for his fine bowling in his last test match at famous Lord's ground as he retiring from test after current Ashes Series.
Match Summary:
England 1st Inning - 425 all out in 101.4 overs (Strauss-161, Cook-95, Hilfenhaus-4/103)
Australia 1st Inning - 215 all out in 63 overs (Katich-48, Hussey-51, Anderson-4/55)
England 2nd Inning - 311/6 dec. in 71.2 overs (Collingwood-54, Prior-61, Hauritz-3/80)
Australia 2nd Inning -406 all out in 107 overs (Clarke-136,Haddin-80, Flitoff-5/92)
Toss - England, who elected to bat first.
Man of the Match - Andrew Flintodd (England)
Result - England won by 115 runs.
Series - England led the 5 match series by 1-0.
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