England are the World Cup T20 Champions

England have finally showed the world that they are the "World T20 Champions".Australia had a very bad early set back with 9/3 in 2.2 overs.They lost star batsman David Warner and Shane Watson by that time.Michael Clarke played a cautious innings where he scored 27 runs of 27 balls.Australia scored 147/6 in 20 overs with the help of Hussey brothers and Cameron White. David Hussey was the top scorer for Australia with a half century.

England in reply had to play sensible cricket and not panic under pressure. Well we have to admit that they played flawless cricket and won the match in style with three overs to spare.Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pieterson where the star performers for England and Craig Kieswetter was the right choice for the Man of the Match ,and Kevin Pieterson was given the Man of the series award.

Well finally the people who found cricket have won finally a major tournament. England have finally become the "World T20 Champions". Paul Collingwood told that this win his something like beating Australia in the Ashes.

Live update England regain the Ashes

Andrew Strauss looks to be a very calculative and thoughtful captain. Andrew Strauss is a very delightful captain since he is able to claim the most prestigious tournament wins which is none other than the Ashes. Andrew Strauss after being elected as the England Captain showed more responsibility towards his bating too. The prime example for this would be he never played any balls for outside the off stump and he tried to play as straight as possible.

Andy Flower the new England Coach was instrumental for instigating this fire within the England camp which helps them regain the Ashes. The significance for this victory for England is very high with the absence of the star batsman Kevin Pieterson. This Ashes victory means a lot to the Englishmen.

Andy Flower : Flintoff and Pieterson not needed

Andy Flower the coach of England has said that Andrew Flintoff and Kevin Pieterson the two starts for England are not needed and they can win without them.This statement is lie a paradox since we are not exactly sure what the England coach Andy Flower means by this.Andy Flower was quick to clarify that he meant that both the great players are under injury ans so even if thy don't play England win in Lords would help the team to pefrom really well and in the next Test also.

Achilles problem is what has been pestering both the England superb stars.Andy Flower ruled out the speculation that Kevin Pieterson is ruled out of the next Test as the news paper reports suggests.Flower clarified that KP will consult a specialist and only then a final call will be taken about his availablity in the next match.

Ashes 2009 :Brett Lee hopeful to make a comeback in third Test

Australian speedster Brett Lee is hopeful that he can make it to the Australian squad in the Third test in Edgbaston.Brett Lee is one of the senior bowlers of this Australian line up with 310 wickets to his name.Shane Watson is also fit and Australian captain would like to pick him up since he is a very handy all rounder.

Brett Lee told that he wanted to go there and give is 100 percent.The injury has sidelined him in one of the major tournament which every Australian would love to play.The second Test looks one sided and England are on the top and so with the inclusion of Brett Lee and Shane Watson can Ponting and his men script something spectacular.One thing is for sure we cannot write off this Australian team at any situation.

Montey Panesar : I did not bat like Yuvraj Singh

Montey Panesar the Ashes Hero who played extraordinary cricket to save the first Test against Australia.The match was in such a situation that Australia were so close to win,but then came the hero to crease no other than Montey Panesar.He along with James Anderson played faced 69 balls in 40 minutes to save the Test matches. This innings of his will surely go in to the record books of Ashes as one of the greatest innings under pressure.

Montey Panesar said that he did not bat like India's swash buckling Yuvraj Singh.He told that Paul Collingwood helped him a lot for his batting and h is a very good buddy for him.He told that he is extremely happy for his effort with than bat and continue his good work with the bat.

Ashes 2009 | Ricky Ponting angry with England tactics

Australian Captain Ricky Ponting fumes and he has asked the England Team to play under the "Spirit of the Sportsmanship".The Ashes 1st Test has started really well and England players played really well to save the match.All credit goes to Paul Collingwood who played really well and the last wicket partnership James Anderson and Panesar for staging a remarkable partnership,but hold on for a second I need to mention about the awful and wicked tactics used by England to save the test.

England physiotherapist appeared on the field without players calling him.This did not happen once but twice just to while away time so that England could inch closer to a remarkable draw.This was not the only case since England 12th man made an uninvited appearance to the field just to while away the time.I feel these are cheap tactics by England.There was a huge sigh of relief and smirk in England camp after they staged a big comeback and managed to draw the first Ashes test.

Ashes 2009 : Jeff Thomson feels Ricky Ponting is a crap captain

Jeff Thomson the former Australian captain has attacked the Aussie captain Ricky Ponting badly.He has said that he feels Ponting lacks leadership qualities and so far his team has done well only because of the quality of players that they had and there is nothing so great about his captaincy.He has also termed that Ponting right now has a average team and so the performances are also below average.Jeff Thomson said that he wondered what is Ponting going to do with the captaincy when it was given to him way back in 2004,and he added that he has still not improved a bit.

Jeff Thomson also hit against Brett Lee and he felt that Lee should not be in the playing eleven and he is not fit to make it there.The final verdict that
Jeff Thomson gave was England team have a better captain and Australian team have a better side.

Jeff Thomson had a word of praise for Ponting that he is by far the best batsman and the only problem with him his the lack of leadership qualities.I feel this could even be a tactical move by the Oz great Jeff Thomson just to trigger more intensity in the Aussie camp.

Andrew Flintoff fit and ready for Ashes

Andrew Flintoff is fit and is raring to go against the Australians in the Ashes.The series is the most prestigious event for both England and Australia.Australia have been the dominating side generally but off late with the heroics of Flintoff and Kevin Pieterson England have also had the upper hand.

Mickey Arthur believes also feels that Flintoff is the real trump card for England and they should use him as a attacking option and give him some short spells so that he can go all out at the Aussies.Ricky Ponting and his men would like to make up in the Ashes for the early exit in the T20 World Cup.This sums it up and we are in for an exciting contest between to evenly matched sides.