England vs Australia - Ashes 2009 First Test - Day 4

England 435 & 20/2 (7 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(20), Kevin Pietersen 3*(9)
Australia: 674/6d

Day 4 Updates

Rain delay: Match is delayed due to rain
England 435 & 20/2 (7 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(20), Kevin Pietersen 3*(9); Match delayed due to rain

Tea break: Players take a short tea break.
England 435 & 20/2 (7 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(20), Kevin Pietersen 3*(9); Tea break

Over 7: Johnson bowled the over. England adds 2 runs with Pietersen taking a full length.
England 435 & 20/2 (7 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(20), Kevin Pietersen 3*(9)

Over 6: Hilfenhaus is the bowling. Lights are up now. Looks like we are going to cover up all the play that we missed yesterday due to rain. Never the less, a nice inning by Australian batsmen and now with the bowlers. Looks like a perfect play promised by the Australians. Strauss makes a quick 2. Hilfenhaus takes the wicket of Bopara. So England loses its second wicket. Pietersen is the new batsman. He makes a quick single.
England 18/2 (6 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(20), Kevin Pietersen 1*(3)

Over 5: Johnson takes the wicket of Cook. Cook lbw - 6 runs off 12 balls. So, England loses the first wicket of their second innings. Ravi Bopara is the new man in. Makes a single off the first ball. Strauss gets the strike, makes a quick single.
England 15/1 (5 Overs); Andrew Strauss 6*(17), Ravi Bopara 1*(2)

Over 4: Hilfenhaus is bowling this over. 2 runs added.
England 13/0 (4 Overs); AJ Strauss 5*(16), AN Cook 6*(9)

Over 3: 4 runs from this over.
England 11/0 (3 Overs); AJ Strauss 3*(10), AN Cook 6*(9)

Over 2: Hilfenhaus is bowling now. Cook on strike. Hits a four in the 5th ball. So just 4 runs in this over.
England 7/0 (2 Overs); AJ Strauss 5*(7), AN Cook 1*(5)

Over 1: So the Australia team has finally declared the innings at 674/6 (181 overs). Strauss and Cook contributes 1 run each and 1 wide called up in the 2nd ball. So 3 runs for England at the end of the first over.
England 3/0; AJ Strauss 1(5), AN Cook 1(1)

Over 181: Collingwood is bowling his 9th over of the innings now. Haddin clips through the leg side to make a single. North takes the 2nd ball. Makes a single too and gives back Haddin the strike. Haddin hits the ball harder, in the air but bounces on the ground before it reaches the boundary line. Bopara runs hard but only to fetch it. Haddin and North two more singles in the 4th and 5th balls and there by bringing 200 run partnership by them. The 200 runs came off 266 deliveries. So we can imagine how fast the duo are running to get the Australian lead get stronger. Collingwood takes Haddin wicket off the last ball. Haddin is caught by Bopara. Haddin made 121 runs off 151 balls.
Australia 674/6 (181 overs) Marcus North 125*(242) Brad Haddin 121 (151).

Over 180: Swann to bowl. His 38th over of the inning. North faces the first ball. He makes a single. Haddin gets time to adjust and gets 2 runs off the 5th ball. Haddin adds 1 more run in the last ball. So 4 runs added to the Australian card. North is on the 123 runs mark
Australia 666/5 (180 overs) Marcus North 123*(240) Brad Haddin 115*(147).

Over 179: Collingwood is bowling to Haddin and the later makes no mistake. Converts it into a single and there by Haddin scored his 100th run in this inning!!. Australia is now leading by 214 runs. North gets the strike and he makes a single too. That brings 650 for Australia!! Excellent partnership by these two players. The duo partnered to make 176 runs. Haddin is on strike. He hits a four in the 3rd ball and a six from the 4th ball. Just for updating statistics, this is Australia's highest score against England since 1934. Haddin makes 2 runs off the 5th ball.
Australia 662/5 (179 overs) Marcus North 122*(239) Brad Haddin 112*(142).

Over 178: Swann is with the ball. Haddin on strike. Makes a single off the 3rd ball. Gives North the strike. By the way, North's current score of 120 not out is his best in test cricket career. North adds a single off the 5th ball. Haddin makes a single. Haddin reports 1000 runs of test cricket!!. By the way he is on 99 in this inning.

Australia 648/5 (178 overs) Marcus North 121*(238) Brad Haddin 99*(137).

Over 177: Collingwood is bowling now. Haddin makes a single. Haddin is on 97 now. Haddin is just 2 runs short of his 1000 runs in test cricket. Just 1 run from this over.

Australia 645/5 (177 overs) Marcus North 120*(236) Brad Haddin 97*(133).

Over 176: Swann to Haddin. Haddin gets 2 off the first ball. The 2nd ball, he gets a single. North adds one more single when he nudged the ball along the corner. Another single is made off the last ball. Will Haddin register his century in the next over. We have to wait and watch. Good piece of cricket here.

Australia 644/5 (176 overs) Marcus North 120*(231) Brad Haddin 96*(132).

Over 175: Paul Collingwood comes in. Haddin starts the over. Gets a single after flicking through the midwicket. Australia is now leading by 200 runs!. North takes a single in the 4th ball. Haddin too gets the same number of runs off the 5th ball. North makes a good run and adds 2 runs to the scoreboard.

Australia 639/5 (175 overs) Marcus North 119*(229) Brad Haddin 92*(128).

Over 174: Swann begins the over. North takes a single from the first ball itself. Haddin takes the strike in the second ball. Makes 2 runs and retains the strike. The 3rd ball, he makes a single again. On the 5th ball, a leg bye is called. Haddin closes the over making a yet another single. So 6 runs from the over.

Australia 634/5 (174 overs) Marcus North 116*(227) Brad Haddin 90*(124).

Over 173: Panesar is bowling this over. He makes two quick doubles. Yes. Pretty quick running. Haddin hits a Six!! The second six since and both the 6's have come post lunch! 10 runs from this over.

Australia 620/5 (172 overs) Marcus North 115*(224) Brad Haddin 86*(121).

Over 172: 8 runs added in this over.

Australia 618/5 (172 overs) Marcus North 115*(224) Brad Haddin 76*(115).

Over 171: Panesar is bowling this over. North began to face it. Hits the ball towards the off side and makes a single. Haddin got comfortable with the ball and on the 4th one, he makes a single. The 5th ball, North hits a four and later makes a single. 7 runs from this over.

Australia 610/5 (171 overs) Marcus North 110*(220) Brad Haddin 73*(113).

Over 170: Swann began to bowl to Haddin. A quick single there. North who faced the second ball made a quick single from the second ball. Haddin has hit the 4th ball to a 6! A big six there. Here comes Australia's 600 mark!! It seems Australia wants to make runs really fast. Surely some strategy is chalked out and the two batsmen are implementing that promptly. 8 runs from this over. Australia is now leading by 168 runs.

Australia 603/5 (170 overs) Marcus North 104*(217) Brad Haddin 72*(110).

Over 169: Anderson comes in. Haddin faces the first two ball and makes no runs. The third one however is hit hard and Haddin gets a Four! The following ball, Haddin has hit another 4. And another in the 5th ball too! The last ball too brings the Australian team a single. So 13 runs from the over. A very expensive one.

Australia 595/5 (169 overs) Marcus North 103*(216) Brad Haddin 65*(105).

Over 168: Flintoff bowls the second over after the lunch. Haddin faces it. Umpire signals it to be a bye. North gets a single off the 2nd ball. Another single on the 5th ball by Haddin. So 3 runs from this over.

Australia 568/5 (168 overs) Marcus North 103*(216) Brad Haddin 52*(99).

Over 167: Anderson starts the bowling attack. North is on the batting side. Makes a quick single from the first ball. Haddin gets a single off the 3rd ball. So 2 runs from the over.

Australia 579/5 (167 overs) Marcus North 102*(214) Brad Haddin 51*(95).

Lunch time: A 40-minute lunch break. The play will resume at 12:40 GMT

Australia 577/5 (166 overs) Marcus North 101*(210) Brad Haddin 50*(93). Match will resume after lunch

Over 166: Flintoff is with the ball now. Haddin is facing him. Haddin gets a single from the 2nd ball. That brings Haddin's FIFTY!. North who got the strike in the 3rd ball didnt waste hit. He makes a single driving the ball towards the fine leg.

Australia 577/5 (166 overs) Marcus North 101*(210) Brad Haddin 50*(93).

Over 165: Anderson comes in with the ball. North faces it and gets 2 runs. Another 2 runs are added in the very next ball. All eyes on North's score card. He is on 98. Just 2 runs away from the century mark! The 3rd ball he gets 2 more runs. That's century for North!!. He took 207 balls and has hit 12 4's to reach the century mark. Haddin would register his half-century in the next over. He is just 1 run away from that mark.

Australia 575/5 (165 overs) Marcus North 100*(209) Brad Haddin 49*(88).

Over 164: Flintoff is bowling the 164th over of this innings. Haddin is on strike for the first ball. He makes a single. North takes the 2nd ball and hits it to the boundary. 4 runs there. North crosses his 250 runs of his test career. North guides the 4th ball towards the deep point and gets a single. Haddin attempts the 5th ball of the over and gets a 4! So 10 runs from this over. Haddin registers 950 runs in his test career

Australia 564/5 (164 overs) Marcus North 94*(203) Brad Haddin 49*(88).

Over 163: Panesar is bowling the over. North faces the first ball, cuts the ball away behind point. Gets 3 runs out of it. Haddin attempted the second ball and makes a single.

Australia 559/5 (163 overs) Marcus North 89*(200) Brad Haddin 44*(85).

Over 162: Swann is with the ball. North hits a 4 in the 2nd ball. The 4th ball, he drives the ball to deep cover and takes a single. 5 runs from the over. Australia's score is now 555.

Australia 555/5 (162 overs) Marcus North 86*(195) Brad Haddin 43*(84).

Over 161: Panesar is with the ball now. North makes a quick single off the first ball. Haddin gets the strike, defends the 2nd ball. On the 3rd ball, the due makes quick running between the wickets to get 3 runs. 5 runs added in this over.

Australia 550/5 (161 overs) Marcus North 81*(191) Brad Haddin 43*(82).

Over 160: Swann is bowling the 160th over of the inning. Haddin hits a four in the 4th ball. Temperature is now 20 and the sky is little bright and sunny than earlier. 4 runs added in this over.

Australia 545/5 (160 overs) Marcus North 79*(189) Brad Haddin 40*(78).

Over 159: Panesar is with the ball. North makes a single off the 2nd ball when he guides the ball towards midwicket boundary. Bopara chases the ball. The 4th ball also reported a single when Haddin who took the strike in the previous ball drifted it towards square. North faced the 6th ball and made 2 runs. So 4 runs from this over.

Australia 541/5 (159 overs) Marcus North 79*(189) Brad Haddin 36*(72).

Over 158: Swann is with the ball now. North takes a single from the 2nd ball. So only 1 run from this over. Good economic bowling by Swann there.

Australia 537/5 (158 overs) Marcus North 76*(185) Brad Haddin 35*(70).

Over 157: Panesar comes in with the ball. This is his 30th over. Haddin makes 2 runs from the 3rd ball. Only 2 runs from this over.

Australia 536/5 (157 overs) Marcus North 75*(183) Brad Haddin 35*(66).

Over 156: Swann is the new bowler in. Swann has so far bowled 28 overs. He gave 87 runs so far and is yet to take a wicket. North drives the first ball towards long-off and gets a single. The 2nd and 4th balls show some good spin. Haddin faced the last ball, drives it to long-on and makes a single. So 2 runs from this over.

Australia 534/5 (156 overs) Marcus North 75*(183) Brad Haddin 33*(60).

Over 155: Panesar is bowling his 29th over. Haddin makes 2 runs when the ball makes way through the slip. 2 runs added.

Australia 532/5 (155 overs) Marcus North 74*(182) Brad Haddin 32*(55).

Over 154: Flintoff is with the ball now. Haddin starts to bat. He makes a quick single off the 4th ball. A no ball is called for the 5th ball. A leg bye is called for the 5th ball. 4 runs added in this over.

Australia 530/5 (154 overs) Marcus North 74*(182) Brad Haddin 30*(49).

Drinks Break: A short drinks break now.

Australia 526/5 (153 overs) Marcus North 73*(180) Brad Haddin 29*(44). Drinks break

Over 153: Panesar is the new bowler. He is bowling his 28th over now. Panesar has earlier claimed a wicket and has an impressive economy rate - 2.87. Haddin took the first ball. Drives it towards the mid-on and gets a single. This brings the 50 run partnership between North and Haddin. North takes a single off the 4th ball when he hit the ball to the deep square leg. Haddin gets the strike, leave the 5th ball but makes a single off the last. So 3 runs added in this over.

Australia 526/5 (153 overs) Marcus North 73*(180) Brad Haddin 29*(44)

Over 152: Flintoff is bowling now. Haddin takes took the first two balls. The 2nd one is noted as a no-ball. North took the next 5 balls but didn't any run. Good over from Flintoff. Just 1 run off this over.

Australia 522/5 (152 overs) Marcus North 72*(177) Brad Haddin 27*(41)

Over 151: Broad starts his 32nd over with Haddin facing the first ball. Haddin hits the ball towards the square leg and gets a single. North hits a four in the 2nd ball. Collingwood chased but could not stop the ball. North again takes advantage of the fielding position. Gets 2 runs from the 5th ball. In the last ball, North attempts a short ball that went outside off towards teh boundary. 4 more runs added to the Australian score card. 11 runs from the over. An expensive one from Broad.

Australia 521/5 (151 overs) Marcus North 72*(172) Brad Haddin 26*(39)

Over 150: Flintoff is bowling now. This is his 30th over in this innings. Haddin hits the third ball between the bowler and mid-off and takes 4 runs. He takes a single off the last ball. So 5 runs from this over

Australia 510/5 (150 overs) Marcus North 62*(167) Brad Haddin 25*(38)

Over 149: Broad to continue. 7:2 field for North. Just one run from the over.

Australia 505/5 (149 overs) Marcus North 62*(167) Brad Haddin 20*(32)

Over 148: Anderson returns to continue his spell. And Australia gets a few runs in the over after 3 consecutive maidens. 2 runs from the over. The lead is now 69 runs and Aussies have 5 wickets in hand.

Australia 504/5 (148 overs) Marcus North 62*(162) Brad Haddin 19*(31)

Over 147: That's another maiden over from Broad. That's 3 in a row for England.

Australia 502/5 (147 overs) Marcus North 60*(156) Brad Haddin 19*(31)

Over 146: Umpires inspecting the ball there. Anderson to continue. Good bowling by Anderson, as the Marcus North plays and misses a few times in that over. That keeps the crowd going. A maiden from Anderson.

Australia 502/5 (146 overs) Marcus North 60*(156) Brad Haddin 19*(25)

Over 145: Broad to continue. He has given 8 runs in his previous over. Australians are having a nice morning so far. Good comeback by Stuart Broad. It's a maiden over.

Australia 502/5 (145 overs) Marcus North 60*(150) Brad Haddin 19*(25)

Over 144: 4 runs from James Anderson's over. And that brings 500 runs for Australia in the first innings. They lead by 67 runs.

Australia 502/5 (144 overs) Marcus North 60*(150) Brad Haddin 19*(19)

Over 143: It's not going England's way at the moment. An expensive over from Broad. 8 runs from it.

Australia 498/5 (143 overs) Marcus North 56*(144) Brad Haddin 19*(19)

Over 142: James Anderson will continue. 2 runs from the over.

Australia 490/5 (142 overs) Marcus North 55*(141) Brad Haddin 14*(16)

Over 141: Stuart Broad to bowl from the other end. And there's the first four of the day. Haddin clips it to fine leg. Broad sends in a bouncer later, and Haddin hits it to the boundary as well. 8 runs from the over.

Australia 488/5 (141 overs) Marcus North 54*(136) Brad Haddin 13*(14)

Over 140: James Anderson bowls the first over of the day. Marcus North is playing very patiently. Just 1 run from the over. Lead is now 45.

Australia 480/5 (140 overs) Marcus North 54*(136) Brad Haddin 5*(9)

The match is scheduled to start at 10:30 BST. The weather today will be mostly cloudy and the current temperature is 18°C. The umpires are out in the middle and so are the players. The match will be on in a few moments.

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