Sports Events in Cardiff - 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1996 Heineken Cup Final, 1997 Heineken Cup Final, 1999 Rugby World Cup Fin (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1996 Heineken Cup Final, 1997 Heineken Cup Final, 1999 Rugby World Cup Final, 2001 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2002 Heineken Cup Final, 2006 Heineken Cup Final, 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2008 Heineken Cup Final, 2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2009 Ashes series, 2009 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2010 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, 2011 Heineken Cup Final, 2011 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, Cardiff Half Marathon, Cardiff Marathon, The Welsh Boat Race. Excerpt: 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. The first Test was held at the SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, the first Test match ever to be held at the ground, and resulted in England saving a draw with one wicket to spare, and Ricky Ponting surpassing 11,000 Test runs, becoming Australia's leading Test run scorer as the series progressed. The second Test at Lord's was preceded by the announcement that Andrew Flintoff would be retiring from Test cricket at the end of the series. The England all-rounder then took his first Lord's five-for to seal a 115-run victory, England's first against Australia at the ground in 75 years. Rain prevented play for large amounts of the Third Test at Edgbaston, including the entire third day, making the draw an inevitable result. Australia pegged the score back to 1 1 with an innings victory at Headingley after bowling out England for 102, their lowest Ashes total since they were bowled out for 77 at Lord's in 1997. This left the Fifth Test at The Oval to decide the series. Australia began the match needing only a draw to retain the Ashes, but an inspired bowling performance from Stuart Broad to remove Australia for just 160 runs, and a maiden Test century for Jonathan Trott in England's second innings left Australia chasing 546 with two days left to play. An innings of 121 from Michael Hussey gave the Australians hope, but he gradually ran out of partners before losing his own wicket to give England a 197-run win in the match and a 2 1 series victory. Katherine Jenkins sings the Welsh national anthem before the start of the 2009 AshesThe 2009 Ashes series began with Australia leading by 31 series to 27,