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The Ashes - England v Australia 2009

England's turn to host the Ashes always results in an extended build-up and after 31 months the talk stops on Wednesday and a pair of teams with many fresh faces continue a 122-year rivalry. Both sides have changed line-ups considerably since the past two series and the chest injury to Brett Lee, who is out of the Cardiff and Lord's games, takes further experience away from Australia while increasing the comfort of the local batsmen.

The home side has a new Ashes captain in Andrew Strauss and two match-winners in Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff. All three have beaten Australia and lost heavily to them. In the baggy green corner sits Ricky Ponting, a leader on his fourth tour of England, and he is in charge of an outfit that can no longer rely on Shane Warne, Glenn McGrath, Adam Gilchrist et al. After losing to India and South Africa, they crossed the Indian Ocean and beat the Proteas to retain the game's top spot earlier this year, but doubt remains over their status.

On the rankings page this is a battle between No. 1 and No. 5, but for Australia and England it is much more than that. The history of the competition is so detailed that the players will be told to break it down to a simple, clutter-free contest. It will be impossible for the Ashes debutants and how they cope with the initial stages could determine the result of the first Test.

Instead of Lord's or Edgbaston or Old Trafford staging the opening game, the players have stepped into Wales for the series welcome in Cardiff. It is the city's first Test match and there are still rumblings that it has been given a chapter of Ashes history. Australian supporters have tried to move on from the gripping 2005 defeat and England fans seem to have slept through the 2006-07 whitewash. Both sides want this version to be unforgettable.

Watch out for ...

Kevin Pietersen is the player Australia feared most when they had Warne and McGrath, a world-beating pair which could not stop him from taking 963 runs at 53.50 in the two previous series. An Achilles injury threatens to be Pietersen's Achilles and he has only started running in the past week. A hobbling Pietersen could derail England's hopes, but his swagger is the most pronounced during the biggest contests and he will do anything to make it through to The Oval.

In South Africa Mitchell Johnson turned from a sometimes meek and wayward operator into the most frightening bowler in the game. He forced Graeme Smith and Jacques Kallis to retire hurt while taking two wickets in the same opening spell in Durban, his potent short deliveries backed up by a new-found ability to swing the ball in as well as moving it away. Throw in his silky yet powerful batting and his performances could determine the series.

Team news

All of England's players are fit so they have to trim two men from their squad. Ian Bell has returned to play for Warwickshire so the final choice will be between Monty Panesar and Graham Onions. Panesar had a much longer workout in the nets than Onions on Tuesday.

England (possible) 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Alastair Cook, 3 Ravi Bopara, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Paul Collingwood, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Andrew Flintoff, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 James Anderson, 11 Graham Onions.

Lee's stomach injury has seriously disrupted Australia's plans and leaves a delicate choice for the tourists. Picking Nathan Hauritz alongside Johnson, Siddle and Clark is the most orthodox option, even though the offspinner has found county batsmen a challenge in the two warm-ups. Ben Hilfenhaus and Andrew McDonald will also have their cases pushed and all the combinations carry an element of risk.

Australia (possible) 1 Simon Katich, 2 Phillip Hughes, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Michael Clarke, 6 Marcus North, 7 Brad Haddin (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Stuart Clark, 11 Peter Siddle.

Pitch and conditions

Ponting expects the pitch to have some moisture at the start, providing "slow-ish seam and trampoline" bounce, but he believes it will turn. The pitch spent most of Monday morning under the covers and when it was revealed in the afternoon there was not much green on the strip. Less colour was on show on Tuesday.

Andrew Strauss said it looked like a good pitch, but one that would not offer much pace or bounce. "There will be a little bit in it for everyone," he said, "and that's the sort of wicket we were hoping to see." The weather has been unpredictable, with rain and sun fighting for attention, and more wet conditions are predicted for the end of the week.

Wimbledon 2009 Championships

Serena, Venus Williams to meet in Wimbledon final

America's star Serena Williams to face the 1-1 score after last year's third place in the final of Wimbledon Grad Slam made. Their battle for the title will be a big sister Venus. Venus in the other semifinal against Russia's top female player to easily defeat by Dinara Sfina of pride in the final entry. This time last year as the Wimbledon women's singles final of the Williams show, as will be seen. Men's doubles semi-finals of the class than Mike and Brian in the chapter Bngu also been able to win. Women's singles in the first semifinal against Serena Williams in the semi-Sngrshpuarn elena Dimetiawa the defeat of Russia was given.
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Paes-Black Enter Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Semi-finals

India's Leander Paes and Zimbabwe's Black CARA couple of Wimbledon in the doubles semi-Micsd has reached. Thursday's match in the fourth round by the Paes and Black CARA 11th seed Andre Sa of Brazil and Japan to come to Sugiama couple of sets in Sige 6-3, 6-3 to beat given. Initiative to set the pace on the court, and black-dominated was established. They easily break in service and won the first set from 6-3. Second set in the same position is Kamobesh. Paes and Black in the second set 6-3 with the win. Paes in semis, and black, when the 12th seed Stephen Asterlia of Spain and the couple will be at the Virginia Ruana Pascal

Pakistan are ICC World T20 Champions

Pakistan power to T20 title

ICC World Twenty20 2009 - Final Lord's

Sri Lanka 138-6 (K C Sangakkara 64 no) v Pakistan 139-2 (Shahid Afridi 54 no)

Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 8 wkts

Pakistan were crowned ICC World Twenty20 champions after clinching an eight-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the final at Lord's.
Shahid Afridi hit an unbeaten 54 to steer his side home along with Shoaib Malik, who made 24 not out in a match-winning stand of 76.
Having been behind the rate for long periods of their reply Pakistan coasted home in the end, crossed the finishing line with eight balls to spare.
Their victory, which had looked so unlikely after they made a slow start to the tournament, losing three of their first four games on English soil, helps erase the memory of their final defeat to rivals India back in 2007.

Favourites reeling

Sri Lanka had earlier been restricted to 138-6 from their 20 overs, Kumar Sangakkara hitting 64 not out to hold the innings together.
The left-hander had little hesitation in choosing to bat first after winning the toss but soon found himself at the crease with his side reeling on 2-2 after just nine deliveries.
Having come into the contest as the tournament's leading run-scorer, Tillekeratne Dilshan failed to add to his tally of 317 when he fell for a fifth-ball duck in the opening over.
Teenager Mohammad Aamir removed the in-form opener when he had him caught at short fine leg trying to play his famed paddle shot, though it was the experienced Abdul Razzaq who did most of the early damage.
The all-rounder removed Jehan Mubarak without troubling the scorers with his third ball on his way to figures of 3-20 from his three overs.
Sanath Jayasuriya became his second victim when he played on having made 17 off 10 balls, while former captain Mahela Jayawardene (one) guided a short ball straight into the hands of Misbah-ul-Haq stationed at slip.
With his side struggling at 32-4, Sangakkara finally found a reliable ally in Chamara Silva, who contributed a patient 14 before becoming Umar Gul's 14th victim in the event.
Isuru Udana departed quickly but Angelo Mathews provided some all-important late impetus with 35 from just 24 balls during an unbeaten seventh-wicket stand of 68, of which 17 came off the last over of the innings.

Slow But Steady start

The late burst gave the Sri Lankans' much-vaunted bowling attack something to defend as they bid to maintain their perfect record in the event, a run of wins that included a victory over the same opponents in the Super Eights.
Although it took them until the eighth over to make a breakthrough, they did make sure Pakistan never managed to get on top of the run rate.
Kamran Akmal was his usual positive self, though, contributing 37 out of a first-wicket alliance worth 48 before being stumped off Jayasuriya's bowling.
Opening partner Shahzaib Hasan fell 12 balls later, his attempt to launch Muttiah Muralitharan into the stands only resulting in an easy catch for Jayasuriya at short fine leg.
However, Afridi's second successive 50 made sure Pakistan did not slip up in the final again to claim their first ICC silverware since Imran Khan's side triumphed in the World Cup Down Under back in 1992.
The 29-year-old's second six - the 166th of the event - in the 18th over proved the telling blow, as it dragged the requirement down to a run-a-ball rate.

When Udana followed up with a hip-high no ball that was flicked away fine for four, the Sri Lankans knew their hopes were gone.

And The Final Moment

In the end a leg bye off Afridi's boot clinched Pakistan victory, allowing the celebrations to get underway inside the ground and back in their homeland.

"We need him at the top of the order, especially in the one-day game. He knows that he's a match-winner for us" - Younus on Afridi

Younis dedicated Pakistan's World Twenty20 triumph to his former coach Bob Woolmer
The last act:

Younis Khan lifts the World Twenty20 trophy and a short while later announced his retirement from the format.This is my last Twenty20 game," he said at the conclusion of his press conference. "I'm old now for this kind of cricket."

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