LET THE CRICKET BEGIN

[doctorj]

Any guesses what we'll get?

My money is on 320.

 

[scsl]

343!! ...though this could be a big ask without Symonds. Hayden just got out, so a score of over 300 may not be so easy anymore.

 

[doctorj]

Well that performance was very England-esque.

If the Aussies come out and bowl 10 wides in the first 2 overs, I'll be convinced they just swapped kits for the day.

 

[Bomba]

My prediction is the pommies will start off well. Then they will capitulate.

Lets see how my crystal ball prediction goes.

 

[justjohn]

I hope your crystal ball goes better picking stocks pommies 3-20

 

[Bomba]

hehe they did start off well. They survived the 1st over and as predicted they capitulated, lol.

They are making a comeback as we speak. Only if McGrath caufght Bell, capitulation would have continued.

 

[2020hindsight]

poms need 134 off 138 balls , and only 3 wickets down

 

[Dukey]

Poms looking the goods now: 4/207 off 43 overs.
need 46 off 39 balls

not a bad recovery.. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :bad:

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=11&l2id=551697
aus 1.80
eng 1.90

oops england get a 4
aus 1.95
eng 1.75

oops england get another 4 (now need 16 off 15)
aus 2.50
eng 1.40

collingwood and nixon - two fighters of the winston churchill mould
(ahh you gotta assume that best of 3 finals , Aussie are still favouries surely)

 

[Knobby22]

Collingwood was great!

I am finally back into Cricket. Good to see some competition!

 

[Bomba]

Aussies had their chances. They didn't take them. Eventually paid the price.

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=11&l2id=551704
2nd ODI Final
aus 1.22
eng 4.25

For the "Cwealth Bank ODI Tri Series winner", (i.e. best of 3), sporting bet has
aus 1.42
eng 2.80
http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=11&l2id=529311

sunny day , rain last night, nice breeze this morning anyway

http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200702/s1844814.htm
Defeat to England a blessing in disguise: McGrath. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath says his side's defeat to England in the opening tri-series final at the MCG on Friday night may be a blessing in disguise. The Australians were hot favourites to win the first of the three finals and avenge their surprise loss to the tourists a week ago, but they produced one of their poorest displays of the season to suffer a four-wicket defeat.

McGrath, who was bowled for a duck, dropped a catch and failed to take a wicket, said Australia's embarrassing defeat was just the wake-up call they needed before the World Cup. "Last night was probably one of the worst performances that I've been involved in for a long, long time," McGrath told reporters at Sydney Airport on Saturday. "Sometimes you need that, especially leading into a big series like the World Cup".

these blessings sure come well disguised - but we get the picture glenn

 

[Buy low. sell high]

Who the hell is that english opener who can't hit the ball?! The commentators are laughing at him! lol

 

[Kauri]

Defeat to England a blessing in disguise: McGrath. Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath says his side's defeat to England in the opening tri-series final at the MCG on Friday night may be a blessing in disguise. The Australians were hot favourites to win the first of the three finals and avenge their surprise loss to the tourists a week ago, but they produced one of their poorest displays of the season to suffer a four-wicket defeat.

McGrath, who was bowled for a duck, dropped a catch and failed to take a wicket, said Australia's embarrassing defeat was just the wake-up call they needed before the World Cup. Last night was probably one of the worst performances that I've been involved in for a long, long time, McGrath told reporters at Sydney Airport on Saturday. Sometimes you need that, especially leading into a big series like the World Cup.

And I thought McGrath was a fast bowler, not a spin doctor...

 

[nomore4s]

Who the hell is that english opener who can't hit the ball?! The commentators are laughing at him! lol

He's hitting it alright now

 

[2020hindsight]

And I thought McGrath was a fast bowler, not a spin doctor...

the doctor of spin has sadly retired - maybe we miss him more than we realise?
Hopefully it rains with Duckworth Lewis favouring the second batting team
The following is a vain attempt to shed some light on this D/L method:-

http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/media/iccct2004mis/duckworth_lewis.html
Summary of the Duckworth Lewis method

• The D/L method sets a revised target for the side batting second (Team 2) when overs have been lost by a suspension in play. The revision is not in proportion to the numbers of overs the two sides can receive but is in accordance with the run-scoring resources the two sides have at their disposal. These resources include both overs and wickets in combination.

• A table gives the resources remaining at any stage of an innings for any number of overs left and wickets lost. The resources are expressed in terms of the percentages of the resources of a full 50-over innings. This table may be different for different Team 1 innings and can be produced by the computer software available.

• If either innings is shortened after it has started then the balance of resources of the two sides is upset and a revised target needs to be set in accordance with the resources available to the two sides. To find the resources available for either innings, you use the table to find out the resources lost from that innings and subtract this from the resources with which the innings started. If the innings started with 50 overs to be received, the resources at the start of the innings are 100%. But if the innings is shortened before it starts, or if the match is of less than 50 overs per side, then the resources at the start are less than 100%.

• To find the resources lost from an innings due to an interruption:
(i) note the numbers of overs left and wickets lost at the start of the suspension; use the table to find the resources remaining
(ii) note the same at the resumption of play and from the table read off the resources now remaining
(iii) subtract (ii) from (i) to give the resources lost.

• To find the resources available subtract the resources lost from the resources that were available when the innings started.

• When a revised target has to be set, find the resources available for both sides and calculate the revised target as follows, always rounding down to a whole number.

• If Team 1's resources are denoted by R1 and Team 2's resources by R2, then
Team 2's revised target = Team 1's actual score x R2/R1, plus one run, rounded down as necessary. (One run less than the target gives a tie.

"A table gives the resources remaining at any stage of an innings for any number of overs left and wickets lost. The resources are expressed in terms of the percentages of the resources of a full 50-over innings. This table may be different for different Team 1 innings and can be produced by the computer software available." - lol, big help

I wonder if a pom writes the software?

http://thatscricket.oneindia.in/cricket-info/rainrule1.html
"The table has been constructed from a detailed study of the scorecards from several hundreds of one-day matches, mainly internationals, played over recent years. "
yeah yeah, but was Hussey invented then !!??

you can buy a D/L calculator here (as if ) :-
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/misc/BidRequests/ShowBidRequest.asp?lngBidRequestId=620936

 

[2020hindsight]

http://www.cricbuzz.com/Cricket_Articles/Cricket_Laws/The_Duckworth_Lewis_rule/
excerpt from the table :-

(PS Gilly just caught Collingwood - maybe his honesty walking helps the credibility of his appeals ?? )

 

[chops_a_must]

Those pommy odds are looking good right about now. Lol! Will be good to see the arrogant Aussies taken down a peg.

 

[2020hindsight]

arrogant Aussies (might be) taken down a peg.

I loved Chappelli's comment ..."If the poms win, and If Flintoff was a smartass, which he isnt - but he'd be entitled to get up at the final dinner, and say "personally I was expecting more of a challenge from you aussies ""
apparently a reference to Aus coach's comments (might come back to bite him?) moral there somewhere.
But hang on - we havent lost yet .
AND if we win - we will have done well.

 

[drmb]

I loved Chappelli's comment ..."If the poms win, and If Flintoff was a smartass, which he isnt - but he'd be entitled to get up at the final dinner, and say "personally I was expecting more of a challenge from you aussies ""
apparently a reference to Aus coach's comments (might come back to bite him?) moral there somewhere.
But hang on - we havent lost yet .
AND if we win - we will have done well.

OOOPPPSSSS - just checking the score while in transit KLIA -
Resurgent England take out tri-series
A jubilant England side ended their often wretched Australian summer on a high by winning the one-day tri-series tournament with victory in tonight's second final at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

In a rain-marred match, England won by 34 runs under the Duckworth-Lewis system by restricting Australia to 8 for 152 after 27 overs chasing a revised 211 for victory from 33 overs.