Grounds in England

England Won the Ashes series in 2009 at home. Some critics also posted that grounds are created in favor of England to win the series. But whatever happens finally England won by 2-1 against Australia. The Lords and The Oval are famous among these grounds.

Sophia Gardens

 

Lord's Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Headingley Stadium

The Oval

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Grounds in Australia

Australian grounds are famous for 'Pace' bowling and are big grounds also. The Ashes 2010-11 season is carried out in top 5 grounds in Australia. Some of them are moisty in nature and hence fast bowlers has an advantage to dominate. Its quite hard to hit boundaries in these grounds but the experts can maintain stable run-rate. Here are the sanp of those grounds in Australia.
 

Brisbane Cricket Ground

Adelaide Oval

Western Australian Cricket Association [WACA]

Melbourne Cricket Ground [MCG]

Sydney Cricket Ground [SCG]

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England Team Practising ahead of the first Ashes Test

The skippers Ricky Ponting and Andrew Strauss are posing with "The Ashes Urn" ahead of the first test. Both the teams has more efficient and emerging players and at the same time both teams have the chance of winning "The Ashes" as well. Ricky Ponting is confident that, he and his team are capable to regain the Ashes. And Andrew Strauss is hoping to continue the same pace by winning the Ashes in a row.

 

Andrew Strauss and Ricky Ponting with a replica Ashes urn

 

Andrew Strauss and Ricky Ponting with a replica Ashes urn

 

Jonathan Trott heads out to bat

Andrew Strauss takes a break during training

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Australians Practising ahead of the first Ashes Test

This time Australians are seeking a perfect comeback. The selection committee had taken good decisions in selecting emerging players like Usman Khawaja and Xavier Doherty. Hope these things work well to help Australia regain "The Ashes Urn".

 

The Australian squad for the first Ashes Test

Xavier Doherty

 

Peter Siddle

 

Usman Khawaja

 

Michael Hussey

Steven Smith

 Ricky Ponting

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England Squad For 1st Test at Brisbabne

Andrew Strauss captain Age: 33 years 205 days Playing role: Opening batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm medium	Alastair Cook vice-captain Age: 25 years 272 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm slow
James Anderson Age: 28 years 55 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Ian Bell Age: 28 years 165 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Tim Bresnan Age: 25 years 207 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast	Stuart Broad Age: 24 years 91 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Paul Collingwood Age: 34 years 120 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Steve Davies wicketkeeper Age: 24 years 98 days Batting: Left-hand bat
Steven Finn Age: 21 years 172 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Eoin Morgan Age: 24 years 13 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Monty Panesar Age: 28 years 151 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox	Kevin Pietersen Age: 30 years 88 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Matt Prior wicketkeeper Age: 28 years 209 days Batting: Right-hand bat	Graeme Swann Age: 31 years 183 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Chris Tremlett Age: 29 years 21 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium-fast	Jonathan Trott Age: 29 years 154 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium

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Australia Squad For 1st Test at Brisbabne

Ricky Ponting captain Age: 35 years 337 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Michael Clarke vice-captain Age: 29 years 233 days Playing role: Lower middle order batsman Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Doug Bollinger Age: 29 years 120 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm fast-medium	Xavier Doherty Age: 27 years 364 days Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox
Brad Haddin wicketkeeper Age: 33 years 29 days Playing role: Wicketkeeper batsman Batting: Right-hand bat	Ben Hilfenhaus Age: 27 years 251 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Michael Hussey Age: 35 years 178 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium	Mitchell Johnson Age: 29 years 19 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Left-arm fast
Simon Katich Age: 35 years 92 days Playing role: Batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Slow left-arm chinaman	Usman Khawaja Age: 23 years 338 days Playing role: Higher middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Marcus North Age: 31 years 116 days Playing role: Lower middle order batsman Batting: Left-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak	Peter Siddle Age: 25 years 361 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium
Shane Watson Age: 29 years 157 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast-medium	Callum Ferguson withdrawn player Age: 26 years 0 days Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm medium
Ryan Harris withdrawn player Age: 31 years 41 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm fast	Nathan Hauritz withdrawn player Age: 29 years 34 days Playing role: Bowler Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Right-arm offbreak
Steven Smith withdrawn player Age: 21 years 172 days Playing role: All-rounder Batting: Right-hand bat Bowling: Legbreak googly

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