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I cant believe we failed to defend a 400+ total last year! Especially when they were scoring at only 5-6 an over after 20 overs!
 
Hopefully all that translates into some competitiveness during the worldcup. I saw RSA on two occasions last year and they were dismal on both.
 
as for going for 500runs, I supose you could put in 11 batsmen (and who cares if their are no bowlers) ;) (maybe that's what effectively happened in that game in sth africa?)

totally off topic, but it reminds me - I coached the kids soccer u11 one year (taught em everything I knew - took me all of 10 minutes). You had the choice of putting the better kids (usually the biggest and fastest etc) in attack or in defence.

If in defence, (with your small kids attacking their defensive giants) then the score would be 0-0 or maybe 1-1. This incidentally is what most teams seem to do, in my experience. - can be as boring as hell.

BUT if you put your better kids in attack, (and let the smaller kids look after the back - including goalie etc), then the score would be more like 6-6 lol.

We all found it much more fun to take the second path, (at least for one half) - and the smaller kids were subjected to the character-building stuff of frequently being beaten, BUT occasionally beating the opposition. :2twocents
 
Well, I'm off to the 'G' to watch the poms inevitably get smashed by the Australia B team.

Perhaps the Poms are due for a win, I'm feeling a little sorry for the chaps at the moment actually.

Wait, hang on, it's England! Stuff them, GO AUSSIES!!!!

Lets go white wash in the pajama game too!!!!!!!!!
 
England were out classed once again. Ponting batted 99% flawlessly. I don't like their hopes for a respectable showing at the World Cup either. If only they could clone Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Flintoff an Monty.
 
theasxgorilla said:
England were out classed once again. Ponting batted 99% flawlessly. I don't like their hopes for a respectable showing at the World Cup either. If only they could clone Vaughan, Strauss, Pietersen, Flintoff an Monty.
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Was embarrasing really. I left at 9.00ish because England were just bending over and saying.........well, whatever you say.... Poor form England, put up a fight! There were more fights in the stands than on the field tonight because we were so bored!

(I was watching from the members of course!)
 
http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200701/s1826229.htm Pietersen 'distraught' at tour exit
England batsman Kevin Pietersen has been ruled out of the rest of the one-day tri-series after breaking a rib when he was struck by a Glenn McGrath delivery in the first match against Australia on Friday.
The South African-born batsman is to return home after he received an agonising blow from the Australian paceman at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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Gee they can't take a trick can they !! Pietersen was their best batsman. I thought the Aussie press gave him a hard time - "150 odd reasons what this man is a joke etc" - all over a simple sledge or two - but he was stronger than that. I mean he wasn't in the team because he smiles whenever they lose. He was just professional and determined imho. Anyway, that's that for his aussie tour.
 
poms want warne
shame we didnt patent shane!! shame that the fine print of his contract doesnt say "when you retire you can help anyone win anything - EXCEPT the poms winning back the ashes!! ;)
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21028102-5003413,00.html
SHANE Warne could be on the verge of taking a job to help England regain the Ashes. Warne's willingness to help the Poms emerged a day after England coach Duncan Fletcher revealed his intention to have Warne assist the country's young spinners.
In his London newspaper column yesterday, Warne confirmed his interest in a role with England's team – as spin rival Monty Panesar revealed in his column that rumours persist "about England wanting to offer Warne a coaching job".
Panesar's veiled confirmation, along with Fletcher's stated interest and Warne's willingness, add up to bad news for Australian cricket fans.
As well as being the greatest spinner the world has seen, Warne has a smart tactical brain and would prove an invaluable asset to England.

His willingness to help England was made clear, although he kept the details vague. He said he was interested to read Fletcher's comments and was also emboldened by a dressingroom chat with Panesar following the last day's play in Sydney.
"Of course, there is a big difference between an informal chat, where you wouldn't dream of asking for a cent, and actually being employed," Warne wrote. "I am not sure what Duncan has in mind, whether it is for me to go around the counties or for bowlers to come to see me at Hampshire."

Warne's management company in England said the spinner wanted to take the next three months off to rest, spend some time with his family and consider his future. TV deals with major English networks have landed on the company's desk, as well as roles in Australia, but Warne still has two more years on his Hampshire playing contract.

"The fact is I haven't heard anything from the ECB, so I can't say yes or no," Warne wrote. "I have an affection for England and a house in Southampton. "And I've helped out England bowlers in the past. I am a big believer in players learning from each other. "That is what happens – or should happen – at the end of every match or series."

Panesar and Warne chatted for more than 30 minutes after the Sydney Test about the intricacies of spin bowling. "He is pure gold so I am sure the Australians will want to keep hold of him, but the idea of working with him is so exciting," Panesar said. "He could be an incredible inspiration to me."

Warne said his Australian manager James Erskine was talking to Cricket Australia about ways for him to stay involved with Australia and that "Australian cricket is my priority". "Beyond that, I also want to make sure that cricket stays healthy worldwide," he said. "So I would not have any problem helping in England, New Zealand, South Africa or anywhere else."
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Best sledge of the night goes to the yobs in the crowd winding up Freddie Flintoff to the tune of "You lost the Ashes!"

m.
 
marklar said:
Best sledge of the night goes to the yobs in the crowd winding up Freddie Flintoff to the tune of "You lost the Ashes!"

m.
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LOL, that was a classic. I was actually feeling sorry for him. Really I was. He seems to be a nice bloke. For a Pom. :D
 
Bowling 11 wides in his first over on top of losing the ashes (and being reminded by 78,000 Aussies) I think it's fair to say poor Freddie is in a bit of a down trend .
 
http://www.sportingbet.com.au/uipub/sport.aspx?l1id=11&l2id=534175 after 7 overs aus are 0/44, ODI#2, one dayer aus/nz, hobart
Aus 1.11
NZ 6.50

question is , do I bet on aus winning the final - or get brave, EVERY match , compounding all the way - put the house on!! ;) RETIRE RICH! RICH BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS! ;)

ps Anti-ramping disclaimer. I am not a cricketer, I get out on the first ball usually - trying to hit the ball over a particular paling of the perimeter fence like I saw Babe Ruth do once - cept that was baseball - DYOR.
 
Aus went down to 1.08 - now up to 1.18 (after 26 overs aus are 3/138). Surely we're heading for 280 at least?
The bookies seem to have more faith in the kiwi batsmen than the poms.(?)
Kiwis at 4.85. (only).

As the Kiwis would say, score:-
NZ three hundred and seven,
Australia three hundred - and sucks.
 
I think it's fair to say that Kiwi's like beating Aussies as much as Aussies like thrashing the English...so any time there is a Aust v NZ game the Kiwi's bring out their BMT (Big Match Temperament) and try to make a show of it...that might explain the shorter odds.
 
theasxgorilla said:
I think it's fair to say that Kiwi's like beating Aussies as much as Aussies like thrashing the English...so any time there is a Aust v NZ game the Kiwi's bring out their BMT (Big Match Temperament)
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1. as much as the English like beating ..? Vanuatu? lol.
2. we made 289 - odds back to aus 1.08 / nz 8.00
3. if we win it'll teach the kiwis to make fools of us over Bledisloe
4. if we lose, it'll teach us to get cocky ;) - and cricket will be the other winner.
5. I always thought that BMT meant big Maori toughguys?

Abc says :- "New Zealand paceman Shane Bond took a hat-trick in the last over as Australia racked up 8 for 289 in today's one-day international at Bellerive Oval in Hobart. Australia took just five runs off the final over as Bond dismissed Cameron White, Andrew Symonds and Nathan Bracken with successive balls to claim the 23rd hat-trick in one-day international cricket."

Mind you, I think Bond gave up 22 runs off the over before that. ;)
 
2020hindsight said:
Aus went down to 1.08 - now up to 1.18 (after 26 overs aus are 3/138). Surely we're heading for 280 at least?
The bookies seem to have more faith in the kiwi batsmen than the poms.(?)
Kiwis at 4.85. (only).

As the Kiwis would say, score:-
NZ three hundred and seven,
Australia three hundred - and sucks.
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equiv position kiwis are 3/124 after 26. (we were 3/138)
Interesting that Chappeli etc claim you can double the 30 over score to get the 50 over final score. yet we did well and only doubled the 26 over score. :2twocents

the odds for aus have gone out from 1.08 to 1.09 (and just now 1.11),
the channel 9 announcers are saying "anything could happen" ;)
 
what are the odds that the aussies will go undefeated in the one dayers aswell?

I cant see England beating them now that Pietersen is gone and the kiwis also look understrength with a couple of injuries.
 
We have just got back from Melbourne after going to the one dayer on Saturday. My gosh, one day cricket is really boring....zzzz.....zzzz. Bring on the twenty20! No wonder the crowd went ballistic with the Mexican wave - think it went around about 10 times the only thing stopping it was when Ponting got his 50! Bay 13 was amazing to see. The best one I have ever seen! Only problem with it was the people throwing full bottles of coke and water into the crowd. Lady behind us was hit on the head and was injured.

And the streaker got a standing ovation coz there was nothing else worth watching!

NZ might be competitive in a couple of games with Australia. Depends on conditions, who bats first etc etc.
 

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