Australian cricket team in England and Scotland in 2009 ever Test match – finished in a draw, while the second Test at London's Lord's Cricket Ground resulted in a 115-run victory for England after they had bowled Australia out for 215 in their first innings. Andrew Flintoff, who had announced his impending retirement from Test cricket prior to the Lord's Test, took five wickets in the second innings to secure the victory. The rain-affected third Test at Edgbaston in Birmingham also finished in a draw, but a batting collapse brought about by immaculate bowling in the fourth Test at Headingley in Leeds meant that England were dismissed for 102
Edgbaston Cricket Ground at the redeveloped venue was the third Test vs India on 10 August 2011, which saw England reach the number 1 position in the ICC Test Championship for the first time with victory by an innings and 242 runs on the fourth day of the match. Edgbaston is considered to be one of England's leading cricket grounds. "Wisden"'s guide to cricket grounds in 1992 commented that "Lord's is really its only superior in the United Kingdom" with "The Daily Telegraph" agreeing in 2009 that "taken all in all, it is now the best ground outside Lord's." After the opening of