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Clobber 
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Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838 |
 Topic: The Ashes 2010/11 in AustraliaPosted: 12 January 2011 at 9:34am |
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T20 is underway, Australia 105-2 off 14 overs. Watson managed to keep up his "50 and out" record, notable for taking 26 off Swann's first over, including 6's off the first 3 balls.
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zuhair_abbasi
Number 3 Batsman
Joined: 19 December 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 6202 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 10:00am |
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And a familiar middle order slump followed - brilliant T20 bowling from Bresnan and Shehzad. Swann too came back nicely and conceded just 14 off his last three overs. this should be an easy chase for the Poms.
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Clobber
Captain
Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 10:19am |
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Depends if Tait blows the top order away really
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zuhair_abbasi
Number 3 Batsman
Joined: 19 December 2006 Location: Pakistan Posts: 6202 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 10:24am |
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Bell blows Tait in the first over - three cracking boundaries and a drop catch. Surely England will win this
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Clobber
Captain
Joined: 03 January 2006 Posts: 8838 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 11:54am |
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England did their best to make a hash of a game they were always in control of, but even then still had too much for the poor old Aussies. I was dubious about Woakes coming in to bat ahead of Swann and Shahzad, but he certainly did the business.
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spin wizard
Opening Bowler
The world’s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 12:59pm |
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Poor Australia, they can't seem to win anything. Gosh, now they know how it is to be a West Indian fan for this last decade or so.
Good to see Lee back though, if he gets back some form, Australia might just start to edge closer to games.
Hammond, what's the latest with Bracken, any chances of an Aussie comeback? While Aussie have some fast bowlers that have use, Lee and Bracken are surely a country mile ahead of them in this format. They've both been injured lately, the World Cup is nearing closer, things not looking up well for Australia.
About England, well, just picture this, they're performing very good in the shorter format of the game, that alone will tell you how good they are playing at the moment. England have really come a long way this decade. They were a complete roll over in the Ashes and was quite poor in the shorter format. You can't say that now, since 2003, they started to get better in Tests and probably the last year or 2, the ODI outfit took a better look.
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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flipper
Square Leg
Joined: 27 August 2005 Location: England Posts: 488 |
Posted: 12 January 2011 at 1:58pm |
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Great game really enjoyed it. Fair play to One slightly embarrassing moment in the game, Half way through the Australian innings the public address played : If your happy and you know it clap your hands, If you happy and you know it and you really want to show it clap your hands. And the crowd clapped! I was half expecting jelly and ice cream, musical chairs and a clown making amusing animals out of balloons. |
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Warwickshire County Cricket, Edgbaston Birmingham England. County Champions 2012
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 13 January 2011 at 5:35am |
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Another thrashing !! Well , not quite but a world record setting 8th straight win in this format. Woakes's promotion was Flower's call and whilst it put Swann's nose out of joint , he was spot on yet again. The lad's only 21 but showed great maturity and seemed to thoroughly enjoy the pressure situation. I think Flower and Strauss look at a players attitude almost as much as their talent - the whole squad look tough customers. Good sides , no matter what the sport , win tight encounters more often than they lose them - this win will give the side even greater belief and whilst I don't see a clean sweep , I do see England winning the one day series. As for the T20 tomorrow , they'll bust a gut to make it 9 in a row , but at some point they will lose one and that might be tomorrow.
I won't bet on it though! |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Hammond
3rd Man
Joined: 21 August 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 213 |
Posted: 13 January 2011 at 6:39am |
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England haven't lost an odi series since mid 2009 (and that was because they were exhausted after winning the ashes
 ). They are underrated (when are they not!) in this form of the game.
Bracken has had it his stock bowling is now 115 kmh cutters- too many knee operations.
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"I never knew what colour the ball was only it's size" Colour blind Bill Ponsford..
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 13 January 2011 at 6:54am |
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Blimey 115kph - I think I can still send 'em down at that pace !
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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flipper
Square Leg
Joined: 27 August 2005 Location: England Posts: 488 |
Posted: 13 January 2011 at 11:09am |
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Whats 115kph in English?
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Warwickshire County Cricket, Edgbaston Birmingham England. County Champions 2012
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spin wizard
Opening Bowler
The world’s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453 |
Posted: 13 January 2011 at 12:49pm |
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Oh well, Bracken can count his days over then, anyhow, had a very good limited overs career so could bow out in peace!
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 14 January 2011 at 4:32am |
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That'll be 72mph flipper ! |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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bladescape
Wicket-Keeper
Excellence in the making Joined: 14 June 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1809 |
Posted: 15 January 2011 at 2:19am |
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And Finch brings the second T20 home!
Englands winning run is over, and not bad a performance by Watson and Johnson! |
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You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not...
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spin wizard
Opening Bowler
The world’s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453 |
Posted: 16 January 2011 at 8:12pm |
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Shane Watson, my lookalike cricketer has made 161 not out. That's unbelievable really, who knows Watson would get that far! Hope it's the start for him as far as converting is concerned (ofcourse, except against the West Indies).
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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Hammond
3rd Man
Joined: 21 August 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 213 |
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 1:50am |
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On the flattest track in the history of the world. England would have thought they were unlucky not to get 370 on that track.
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"I never knew what colour the ball was only it's size" Colour blind Bill Ponsford..
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 5:02am |
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Credit where credit's due Hammond , Watson's knock was pretty special. I was quite surprised to hear that England have never got past 300 against Australia in one dayers - they can't have had a better chance than yesterday. KP was unlucky , but Strauss played a wimpy shot and the rest didn't look anywhere near as comfortable. The total was still competitive though but Yardy went for plenty for a change and they always looked like getting up what with having so many wickets in hand.
So 1-0 , well done Watson , something for you to smile about after a pretty grim two months. Not many people bat through an entire 50 overs and attack from the first ball - well done again. |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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Hammond
3rd Man
Joined: 21 August 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 213 |
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 5:26am |
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Mate I'll start giving credit to the Aussie team when Aussies give some credit to the English one. Which is never. I thought it was a boring game because the pitch was so flat and there was next to no swing.
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"I never knew what colour the ball was only it's size" Colour blind Bill Ponsford..
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bladescape
Wicket-Keeper
Excellence in the making Joined: 14 June 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1809 |
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 5:52am |
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And I'm what? Indian? 
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You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not...
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Hammond
3rd Man
Joined: 21 August 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 213 |
Posted: 17 January 2011 at 8:18am |
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"I never knew what colour the ball was only it's size" Colour blind Bill Ponsford..
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spin wizard
Opening Bowler
The world’s next great spinner Joined: 21 January 2006 Location: Saint Vincent Posts: 9453 |
Posted: 18 January 2011 at 12:11am |
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Hammond, doesn't matter if the track is flat or not, you got to take advantage of it. I remember in 2002, west Indies vs India at the best batting deck in the world, the Antigua Recreation Ground. Between Lara and Tendulkar, they only managed 4 runs, and loads of runs were scored that day.
The Aussie team probably wasn't convincing (and they weren't, when was the last time an Australian team let go so much in the field?).
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In troubled times, being philosophical helps a great deal, it helps you to remain sane and not do any further damage.
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 18 January 2011 at 5:39am |
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They were very scruffy all round - Haddin missed three stumpings !! Blimey , Kamran Akmal can't better (or worsen) that ! |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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bladescape
Wicket-Keeper
Excellence in the making Joined: 14 June 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 1809 |
Posted: 18 January 2011 at 5:48am |
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I mentioned it before, so many people generalize, there are almost always exceptions. |
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You know, I'm trying to decide whether to change my siggy or not...
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sam_ahmed
Middle-Order Batsman
Joined: 27 November 2007 Location: India Posts: 4363 |
Posted: 18 January 2011 at 5:20pm |
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terrific innings that by watson! one of the best! AUS are returning to form.
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God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you!
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 19 January 2011 at 6:44am |
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No Sam , it was Watson and practically nothing else - miraculous innings like that is a freak and he won't do it again in this series. I still think England will win this series , especially when Anderson comes back. |
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Mental disintegration works for me !!
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sam_ahmed
Middle-Order Batsman
Joined: 27 November 2007 Location: India Posts: 4363 |
Posted: 19 January 2011 at 4:28pm |
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you never know sledge, we all know they rise to the occasion, let us not forget that they Ponting is still undefeated in a WC game as captain and AUS are not just three time defending WC champions but also winners of the champions trophy since last two times... so cometh an ICC event and you know who the winner is! |
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God is a better planner... so whenever u'r plan fails, cheer up... God has a better plan for you!
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MalhotraRaj84
Opener
Joined: 13 April 2009 Location: India1 Posts: 2204 |
Posted: 19 January 2011 at 8:53pm |
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Aus will perform very good , but to say that "we konw who the winner is this time" is going bit too far. Actually winning progressoin never holds good for long term, if it had then after '75 & '79 , West Indies would have won all the titles till now and eyeing 10th by now. |
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Race to No 1 again ... started!
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Hammond
3rd Man
Joined: 21 August 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 213 |
Posted: 20 January 2011 at 2:09am |
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The reason why Australia won the world cup in 2007
GD McGrath (Aus) 11 80.5 5 357 26 3/14 13.73 4.41 18.6 0 0
Highest aggregrate wickets and lowest average in the competition. That was it nothing else.
Australia are dead. They won't even reach the semis.
England on the other hand with their depth are a chance for the final. Might be too big a hurdle in the end, but as we are talking about rolls, England haven't lost a single ODI series since mid-2009. They've played 7 series since then. In fact, they've only lost two odi series since August 2008. Australia have lost 5. I would (again) be putting my money on England for a final berth.
Edited by Hammond - 20 January 2011 at 2:10am |
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MalhotraRaj84
Opener
Joined: 13 April 2009 Location: India1 Posts: 2204 |
Posted: 20 January 2011 at 3:45am |
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Yes, this is the first time since '99,Aussies will be going into a WC with hardly any legends left. I have not tipped them to proceed to Semi Final either.
Yes regarding England for Final berth, you seem to spot on. It is very difficult to predict Semis lineup still I bet IND,ENG and SA seem to be there with fourth spot a question mark. SL deserves to fill that first , but you never know, toss will be very crucial with the matches under lights in SL.
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Race to No 1 again ... started!
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Sledger
Captain
Dickenson can marry my mother-in-law ! Joined: 08 August 2005 Location: South Africa Posts: 15694 |
Posted: 20 January 2011 at 6:27am |
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50 over cricket isn't the lottery that T20 is , lose a few wickets early on and good sides can still post a fine score - that rarely happens in T20. Batsmen have time to settle and bowlers can get into some sort of rhythm. Still , games can turn on a brilliant catch or fantastic run out - but it's rare that the winning side has been lucky.
The round robin matches are important only in the sense that the fancied sides want to progress into the knock out stages. The performances to make that stage aren't that important , remember when Pakistan won in 1991-2 , they qualified by the skin of their teeth. The sides that finish 4th in their group could well lose 3 matches and go on to win the competition - just a run of 3 straight wins will be enough! |
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