Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff is an English television and radio presenter,former international cricketer,and coach for the England cricket squad. Flintoff played all forms of the game and was one of the sport's leading all-rounders,a fast bowler,middle-order batsman,and slip fielder. He was consistently rated by the ICC as being among the top international all-rounders in both ODI and Test cricket.
Brett Lee is an Australian former international cricketer,who played all three formats of the game. During his international career,Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. With his time representing Australia,Lee won multiple ICC titles with the team:the 2003 Cricket World Cup,the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy,and the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy. Lee was the first bowler to take a hat-trick in the T20 format of the game which he did in 2007 ICC World Twenty20 in the inaugural tournament against Bangladesh,subsequently being the first bowler to do so at an ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Lee was also the first Australian bowler to take a hat-trick at a Cricket World Cup which he did in the 2003 Cricket World Cup Super Match game against Kenya.
Simon Philip Jones is a Welsh former cricketer,and data analytics head. He played international cricket for England,and county cricket for Glamorgan,Worcestershire and Hampshire,before retiring in 2013. His father,Jeff Jones,played cricket for Glamorgan and England in the 1960s.
Paul David Collingwood is an English cricket coach and former player,who played in all three formats of the game internationally for England. He played for Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood was a regular member of the England Test side and captain of the One Day International (ODI) team (2007–2008). He was the first T20I captain for England. As captain,he led the England team to win their first ICC trophy,the 2010 World Twenty20,and scored the winning run in the final.
The Bangladesh National Cricket Team toured England for the first time in 2005. Coming into the tour,Bangladesh had clinched their first ever test series win,against Zimbabwe but were still last in the ICC Test Championship table. England,under Michael Vaughan's captaincy,had moved to second in the Test points table.
James Michael Anderson is an English cricketer who plays for the England Test cricket team and Lancashire,and previously played for England's limited overs cricket teams. Anderson is widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He holds the record for most wickets by a pace bowler in Test cricket history,having taken over 650 wickets. Anderson was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
The Australia national cricket team landed in England on 6 June 2005. Over the course of the summer,they played one Twenty20 International,a triangular ODI tournament with both Bangladesh and England,a one-day tournament with England,and five Test matches,the outcome of which would decide The Ashes. With Australia the top-ranked team in the World Test table,and England the second-ranked,this was the most eagerly anticipated Ashes series since the 1980s.
Thirteen One Day Internationals were played in England in 2005 - 10 in the NatWest Series between England,Bangladesh and Australia,and three between England and Australia in the NatWest Challenge immediately following the Series.
The 2005 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing cricket rivalry between England and Australia. Starting on 21 July 2005,England and Australia played five Tests,with the Ashes held by Australia as the most recent victors. The final result was a 2–1 series win for England,who succeeded in their biennial attempt to win the urn.
Liam Edward Plunkett is an English cricketer who bowls right-arm fast medium. He was an England international until 2019,and was part of the squad that won the 2019 Cricket World Cup. He most recently played domestic cricket for Surrey County Cricket Club and Welsh Fire. He currently plays for Minor League Cricket side The Philadelphians.
Sajid Iqbal Mahmood is a former English cricketer,who played all formats of the game. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who played international cricket for England and county cricket for Lancashire and Essex.
The England cricket team toured Pakistan from October to December 2005. England were looking to maintain the form that had taken them to second place in the ICC Test Championship,and to victory in the 2005 Ashes series at home to Australia,but they suffered a sharp reversal of fortune,losing the Test series 2–0 to Pakistan. Pakistan also won the one day series by 3–2. This would be England's last tour of Pakistan until 2022.
Ottis Delroy Gibson is a Barbadian cricket coach and former cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team. From 2010 to 2014,Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies,where he led the team to be champions of the 2012 T20 World Cup. He has been appointed as Bangladesh bowling head coach and previously twice worked as bowling coach for England,from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2015 to 2017. Gibson also coached the South African cricket team from 2017 to 2019. He is currently the pace bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Multan Sultans. In January 2022 Gibson was appointed the head coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club,he is set to join the team after the conclusion of the 2022 Pakistan Super League season.
Graeme Peter Swann is an English former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Born in Northampton,he attended Sponne School in Towcester,Northamptonshire. He was primarily a right-arm off-spinner,and also a capable late-order batsman with four first-class centuries,and often fielded at second slip. Swann could score quickly;his test strike rate is the third highest of any male English batter to have scored at least 1000 runs after Harry Brook and Ben Duckett. Swann was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20.
Stuart Christopher John Broad is a former English cricketer who played Test cricket for the England cricket team and was One Day and Twenty20 International captain. Broad was a member of the England team that won the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. His longevity,and highly successful partnership with fellow fast bowler James Anderson has resulted in him cementing himself as one of England's greatest Test bowlers of all time.
The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for The Ashes was played in Australia from 23 November 2006 to 5 January 2007. Australia won the series and regained the Ashes that had been lost to England in the 2005 series. The five Tests of the series were played at Brisbane,Adelaide,Perth,Melbourne and Sydney. In winning,Australia completed a 5–0 "whitewash",the first time this had happened in an Ashes series since 1920–21. The series was also notable for the retirement of four significant Australian players,namely Justin Langer,Damien Martyn,Glenn McGrath and Shane Warne. Ricky Ponting was named Player of the Series.
Graham Onions is an English former cricketer. He played for Durham,Lancashire and England as a right arm fast-medium bowler and a right-hand tail-end batsman. After a successful start to the 2009 cricket season,Onions was selected to face the West Indies in Test cricket,and following success in the series,was retained for the 2009 Ashes series. In April 2010,Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named him as one of its five cricketers of the year for 2009. A back injury in March 2010 prevented Onions from playing cricket until 2011. He returned to competitive cricket that season,taking 50 wickets in the County Championship,and towards the end of the year was called up to England's Test squad. However,in September 2020,Onions announced his retirement from cricket after his back injury returned.
The 2009 Ashes series was that year's edition of the long-standing and storied cricket rivalry between England and Australia,and was part of the Australian cricket tour of England in 2009. Starting on 8 July 2009,England and Australia played five Tests,with England winning the series 2–1. England thus reclaimed The Ashes from Australia,who had won the previous series in 2006–07. Andrew Strauss became just the second England captain in 20 years,alongside Michael Vaughan in 2005,to win the Ashes.
Adil Usman Rashid is an English cricketer who plays for England in One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket,and previously played for the Test team. In domestic cricket,he represents Yorkshire,and has played in multiple Twenty20 leagues,he was bought by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.2 Crore,in the 2023 Indian Premier League auction. He is regarded as one of the best English spinners of all-time
The West Indian cricket team toured England from 12 May to 7 July 2007 as part of the 2007 English cricket season. The tour included four Tests,two Twenty20 international matches and three One Day Internationals. While England dominated the Test series 3–0,including a record victory over the West Indies,the latter took the ODI series 2:1.
