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    "editor1": "<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Cardiff (CRICKETNMORE) <\/strong>- England beat Australia by 169 runs in&nbsp;the first Ashes test to lead the series 1-0.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family:courier new,courier,monospace;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/livescores.cricketnmore.com\/livescores\/Summary\/1456\/ENG\/1st-Test-The-Ashes-England-v-Australia.html\"><strong>Scorecard of Australia vs England 1st 2015 Ashes Test<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Toss<\/strong> - Alastair Cook (Eng) won the toss&nbsp;opted to bat first.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Venue<\/strong>&nbsp;- Sophia Gardens, Cardiff<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size:16px;\"><strong>Ashes 2015 &nbsp;1st Test Match Report<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>1st Innings (England)<\/strong> - England posted 430 runs in the first innings.&nbsp;Joe Root (134),&nbsp;Moeen Ali (77),&nbsp;Gary Ballance (61) and Ben Stokes (52) were the top scorers for the home side. For Australia, M Starc was the most successful bowler with 5\/114.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>2nd Innings (Australia)<\/strong> - England bundled out Australia for 308 taking 122 runs lead. Chris Rogers &nbsp;scored 95 for his team.&nbsp;For England, James Anderson&nbsp;took 3\/43 from&nbsp;18.5 overs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>3rd Innings (England)<\/strong> - &nbsp;Ian Bell (60) and Joe Root (60) helped&nbsp;England to post 289 in the second innings.&nbsp;For Australia, Nathon Lyon&nbsp;took 4\/75. Australia were given the target of 412 to win the test match.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>4th Innings (Australia)<\/strong> - Chasing the victory target of 412, Australia were bowled out for 242 in their second innings. <span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px; text-align: justify;\">M Johnson (77) and David Warner (52) were the top scorers for Australia.<\/span>&nbsp;For England, Stuart Board&nbsp;and Moeen Ali took 3 wickets each.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Series Result<\/strong>&nbsp;- England are&nbsp;1 up&nbsp;in 5 match series<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Man of the Match<\/strong> -&nbsp;Joe Root (England)<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Quote&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&quot;It is nice to pick up few wickets. I am thrilled with the performance. It was a terrific team performance. I think it was one of the special knock. It is always good to get off to a start in the 1st match of the series.&quot; - Joe Root<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">England (Playing XI) Squad for the 1st Ashes 2015 Test<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\n\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">Alastair Cook(c), Adam Lyth, Gary Ballance, Ian Bell, Joe Root, Ben Stokes, Moeen Ali, Jos Buttler(w), Stuart Broad, Mark Wood, James Anderson<\/span><\/h3>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size:16px;\">Australia (Playing XI) squad for the&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">1st Ashes 2015 Test<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 20.7999992370605px;\">David Warner, Chris Rogers, Steven Smith, Michael Clarke(c), Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Brad Haddin(w), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Josh Hazlewood, Nathan Lyon<\/span>.<\/p>\r\n",
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