England vs Australia

This is fun! real fun! I need more of it.Three more to go.

No surprises as Germany absoluety hammered England in the worldcup, Germany was sublime and by far more superior than England.

Terrific game that terrific, it was so good that even Ricky Ponting said "That's the beauty of our 50 over game..." unbelievable come back by Australia but ENG held their nerve to win the game and the series 3-0 with 2 to go.


So while FIFA 2010 has disappointed it's ENG's national game that has brought smiles on the faces of the englishmen and then there is Andy Murray who might create history in a few days time.

My prediction of 4-1 looks conservative !!   A wobble in the last game , but they got there in the end. The first two matches were walks in the park - I'd like to see England bat first just to see what kind of score they can put on the board.
          As for comments on that other sport - who cares !

Yes Sam they have a very good team but the problem is KP still struggles against good spinners and Morgan even when he is inform sometimes struggles against good fast bowlers Eng might struggle against Pak in coming series.

I haven't been on the forums for a while here, but I must say I'm extremely disappointed with how long it has taken for Australia to adjust to these conditions and what not. 3 poor batting performances in a row is not good enough, the bowling has been pretty good on games 2 and 3.

Game 4, after the series is lost, Ponting FINALLY makes runs , missing out on a 100 and poor Clarke who has looked in wonderful nick has made 99*, unlucky not to get 3 figures. Harris pulls his 3rd 5wi, can you believe it!? And his first two wickets were registered at close to 150kph. Finally, a good effort from the Aussies. 3-2 will be a respectable result considering they're playing away from home , after a long time apart.

Harris' figures in ODI cricket. The Michael Hussey of fast bowling it looks like!

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	2	4	423	207	9	4/77	6/119	23.00	2.93	47.0	1	0	0
ODIs	16	15	797	623	40	5/19	5/19	15.57	4.69	19.9	0	3	0

Edited by milkman - 01 July 2010 at 2:06am

15 innings - 3 5wicket hauls. Amazing stuff. Strike Rate indicate he takes 3 wickets on average per 10 over allotment. Great start for him, he's come a long way.
I said earlier that Tait should have been included, you need that firepower, and it has worked he has been very, very handy. Harris has also looked really quick. So that firepower does work. Good to see that Australia has a long list of very competent fast men.

I'd like to see him , alongside Bollinger and Johnson in the world cup. It would even be possible to play a 4th out and out pace bowler, like Tait or Siddle because Steven Smith could most certainly bat up the order and do the spin duties. I guess that would mean less burden on Watson.

Zuhair is correct, Smith won't find it that easy in the sub-continent but the Aussies do bat quite well in the sub-continent though so their batting shouldn't be a worry.

I think both Hauritz and Smith should play in the world cup.

Edited by mystery - 01 July 2010 at 3:58pm

Atlast Aussies have won. I hope that they will loose against us

England became complecent once they won the series.They need to keep the hunger alive and should not let foot off the pedal once the series is won.

Originally posted by MalhotraRaj84 England became complecent once they won the series.They need to keep the hunger alive and should not let foot off the pedal once the series is won.   Seen India do that few times, once they win the series they take the remaining games lightly.

              I am bit surprised with 3-2 scoreline, it had to be 4-1. Anyway maybe some other good team will soon roit Aussie one day side shortly.They are on downside for sure.

Milk ignoring him is the best thing.

Edited by mystery - 05 July 2010 at 6:19am