a seven match series was contested in september 2009 versus australia after the home team's ashes series win. the australians won the first six, at the oval, two at lords, southampton and two at nottingham, and england won the final match at the chester-le-street. the top run scorer in the series was andrew strauss, 267 runs for england, who also scored most in the ashes test match series. top wicket taker was brett lee, 12 wickets for australia, who did not appear in the summer's test series.