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The England cricket team toured Australia in 1994–95 to compete in the Ashes series against their hosts. The series consisted of five Test matches, Australia winning three, England one, and the other match was drawn. Australia retained the Ashes a third consecutive time. == Overview == England's selection for the tour was predictable, with the experienced Mike Gatting being added to the squads that had toured the West Indies and enjoyed success in home series against New Zealand and South Africa. Joey Benjamin and Martin McCague were recalled to the bowling after successful county seasons. Mike Atherton again captained the team, rallying after the summer indiscretions at Lord's though it appeared he was less than happy at the selections that had been made. The tourists problems began almost immediately on arriving in Australia, as opening batsman Alec Stewart fractured a finger in a practice match and Shaun Udal broke his thumb in the official tour opener at Lilac Hill. This was followed by Devon Malcolm and Benjamin succumbing to chickenpox prior to the First Test. Malcolm's absence was a huge blow to England, whose coach Keith Fletcher had built up as a focal point of the pace attack, comparing the England seamers to the legendary Lillee and Thomson and claiming that the Australians were scared of his pace, while describing Darren Gough as "Yorkshire's fastest since Freddie Trueman".〔() comments by Keith Fletcher in report dated 21 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 Lillie and former Aussie skipper Greg Chappell poured scorn on such claims.〔() AFP report dated 24 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 Meanwhile, both David Hopps of ''The Guardian'' and Simon O'Hagan in ''The Independent'' identified Graham Thorpe as England's key batsman, and the most likely to counter the leg-spin of Shane Warne.〔() article by David Hopps in The Guardian, dated 17 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕〔() article by Simon O'Hagan in The Independent, dated 17 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 As England arrived for the series, the Australian side were still in the midst of their tour of Pakistan, their first under new captain Mark Taylor, where they lost a close series 1–0 with batsmen taking most of the plaudits. Michael Bevan, Michael Slater, Mark Waugh and Steve Waugh had provided most of the Australian runs, while Warne was the principal bowling threat, picking up 18 wickets in the series. Injuries to Steve Waugh and wicketkeeper Ian Healy stymied their approach somewhat, but they were unlucky to lose the series which effectively turned in Pakistan's favour with a last wicket partnership of 57 between Inzamam ul-Haq and Mushtaq Ahmed that sealed victory for the hosts in the First Test.,〔() Scorecard of 1st Test, Pakistan v Australia, 28 September – 2 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 Despite their tightly packed itinerary, we were reassured by Peter Fitzsimons that the Aussies would be "up for it" 〔() article by Peter Fitzsimons in The Daily Telegraph, dated 16 September 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 and that Warne would be the prime challenge for the visitors, with Australia's seamers on the decline 〔() article by Peter Roebuck in The Sunday Times on 23 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.com on 17 May 2007.〕 England were also involved in a One Day International tournament with Zimbabwe, Australia and an Australia 'A' side, which was won by Australia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「English cricket team in Australia in 1994–95」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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