Australian cricket team in England in 2001

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2001 Ashes Series

Date	July 5, 2001 - August 27, 2001
Location	England
Result	Australia won the 5-Test series 4-1

Teams

England

Australia

Captains

Nasser Hussain

Steve Waugh

Most Runs

Mark Butcher (456)
Marcus Trescothick (321)
Mark Ramprakash (318)

Mark Waugh (430)
Damien Martyn (382)
Adam Gilchrist (340)

Most Wickets

Darren Gough (17)
Andrew Caddick (15)
Alex Tudor (7)

Glenn McGrath (32)
Shane Warne (31)
Jason Gillespie (19)

The 2001 cricket series between England and Australia for the Ashes was played in England from 5 July to 27 August 2001. Australia won the series and retained the Ashes that had been been in their possession since the 1989 Ashes series.

Shane Warne and Mark Butcher were named Players of the Series. The series also marked the retirement of former England captain Mike Atherton, who finished his international career after the Fifth and final Test.

1 First Test, July 5 2001 – July 8 2001
2 Second Test: July 19 2001 - July 23 2001
3 Third Test: August 2 2001 - August 6 2001
4 Fourth Test: August 16 2001 - August 20 2001
5 Fifth Test August 23 - August 27 2001
6 External sources
7 Annual reviews
8 References

First Test, July 5 2001 – July 8 2001

The First Test was a comprehensive victory for Australia.

Adam Gilchrist was awarded man of the match for his 152, hit from just 143 balls, but it was Shane Warne who took the bowling plaudits. Warne's eight wickets for exactly 100 runs saw England dismissed for less than 300 in the first innnings, despite a 103 run 10th wicket partnership between Alec Stewart and last man Andy Caddick. Australia were on the back foot in their innings, with three wickets down and still considerably in arrears, but they recovered to compile a 270 run lead, on the back of Gilchrist's counter-attacking and hundreds for Steve Waugh and Damien Martyn. England subsided in their second innings from 142-2 to be all out for just 164 runs.

England	294	&	164	Australia won by an innings and 118 runs
England	AJ Stewart 65 (82) SK Warne 5-71		ME Trescothick 76 (113) SK Warne 3-29	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and G Sharp (ENG) Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist (AUS)
Australia	576
Australia	AC Gilchrist 152 (143) MA Butcher 4-42

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Second Test: July 19 2001 - July 23 2001

England	187 (63.3 overs) MA Atherton 37 (92) GD McGrath 5-54	&	227 (66 overs) MA Butcher 83 (159) JN Gillespie 5-53	Australia won by 8 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and JW Holder (ENG) Man of the Match: GD McGrath (AUS)
Australia	401 (101.1 overs) ME Waugh 108 (170) AR Caddick 5-101	&	14/2 (3.1 overs) ML Hayden 6* (8) D Gough 1-5

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Third Test: August 2 2001 - August 6 2001

England	185 (52.5 overs) ME Trescothick 69 (93) GD McGrath 5-49	&	162 (57 overs) MA Atherton 51 (104) SK Warne 6-33	Australia won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: JH Hampshire (ENG) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Man of the Match: SK Warne (AUS)
Australia	190 (54.5 overs) AC Gilchrist 54 (59) AJ Tudor 5-44	&	158/3 (29.2 overs) ME Waugh 42* (45) RDB Croft 1-8

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Fourth Test: August 16 2001 - August 20 2001

Australia	447 (100.1 overs) RT Ponting 144 (154) D Gough 5-103	&	176/4 declared (39.3 overs) RT Ponting 72 (72) D Gough 2-68	England won by 6 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: DR Shepherd (ENG) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) Man of the Match: MA Butcher (ENG)
England	309 (94.2 overs) AJ Stewart 76* (83) GD McGrath 7-76	&	315/4 (73.2 overs) MA Butcher 173* (227) JN Gillespie 2-94

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Fifth Test August 23 - August 27 2001

Australia	641/4 declared (152 overs) SR Waugh 157* (256) D Gough 1-113	&	( overs) [[\|]] () [[\|]]	Australia won by Innings and 25 runs The Oval, London, England Umpires: P Willey (ENG) and RE Koertzen (RSA) Man of the Match: SK Warne (AUS)
England	432 (118.2 overs) MR Ramprakash 133 (232) SK Warne 7-165	&	134 (following on) (68.3 overs) D Gough 39* (57) GD McGrath 5-43