Well this news has ruined my Sunday...
One-day International Series - England vs Australia
- Thread starter Sassy Colin
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Even from the replay, that didn't look out!
100/5
Could be an interesting finish...
Could be an interesting finish...
100-5 very simple catch
looking at it again it was a very poor choice of shot with the man in deep
90 runs needed from 132 balls , should be a easy for Australia
Not with 5 wickets down it won't.
fair point , these 2 are taking no chances,get one of these out and it will be more difficult.
Hastings bats a bit, doesn't he?
watching the India game, will switch over to this one if they get another 20 runs without losing a wicket..
watching the India game, will switch over to this one if they get another 20 runs without losing a wicket..
this over from Yardy is poor
sadly Hussey and Smith have got the measure of our bowling now
yup, save a momentous collapse....this looks done and dusted now.
163-6 now get anothe r quick one and game back on
that was a massive hit
Excellent innings from Hussey , playing some fine shots
How come we can bat & bowl in the Test matches but in the ODIs, we can do neither.
Maybe its because we broke up a winning team to play the ODIs, now our momentum is lost, the World Cup will be a humiliating disaster and we will go into the Test Series against India on a downer and get shafted.
Basically T20/ODI is shite...
Maybe its because we broke up a winning team to play the ODIs, now our momentum is lost, the World Cup will be a humiliating disaster and we will go into the Test Series against India on a downer and get shafted.
Basically T20/ODI is shite...
Another shower of shite...
how can you say T20/20 our is shite we have just won 8 games on the bounce , agree about one dayer's , but we will do well in the World Cup
The point is, we came out of the Ashes on an enormous high and in order to compete against India that high needs to be maintained....
Without Brett Lee, you'd have much more of a chance. He's been sensational for us. Even if he doesn't get 3-5 wickets every game, he's bowling exceptionally well with good pace. Not many bowlers can bowl as fast as he does and hit the spot almost every time.
4 on the wins required to win the series that is very hard.
Lee back on song
Lee back on song
Graeme Swann is out of the one-day series with Australia with a back injury but is expected to be fit for the start of the World Cup next month.
Bresnan is already out with a calf strain.
The whole team could do with a rest before the World Cup starts.
ECB should never have agreed to all these extra games after the Ashes.
Bresnan is already out with a calf strain.
The whole team could do with a rest before the World Cup starts.
ECB should never have agreed to all these extra games after the Ashes.
The games were necessary, but 5 would have been enough...with the WC just around the corner, the team needed to get into the flow of one day cricket again.
On the other hand, the way the groups are set up in the WC, the big nations are ALL guaranteed a passage into the next round, so the group stage matches could have been used as preparation.
On the other hand, the way the groups are set up in the WC, the big nations are ALL guaranteed a passage into the next round, so the group stage matches could have been used as preparation.
Off again tomorrow...lets hope we don't get embarrassed again...
Imagine what an ODI whitewash will do to the confidence of the squad?
Imagine what an ODI whitewash will do to the confidence of the squad?
Anderson should come back into the team and all eyes will be on Prior after his complete failure with the bat so far. Big game for Collingwood as well, if he plays.
We'll win tonight if Pietersen comes in for Collingwood and Anderson for Wright.
I have 25 quid waiting for the team news...
I have 25 quid waiting for the team news...
England batting first on a typical Adelaide road.
Not watched any of this at all today...
England 299/6
England 299/6
Finally it looks like we might actually win one of these...but lets not count our chickens eh?
Aussies are falling well behind the required run rate at the moment.
Am I alone in not being enamoured by ODI cricket? I think I may be biased being English, since we have traditionally been fairly shite at the shorter forms, but I much prefer Tests.
If there was a choice of winning a Test series in India or the World Cup in India, I would have to go for the Test series.
If there was a choice of winning a Test series in India or the World Cup in India, I would have to go for the Test series.
I agree, the short forms of the game are fairly rubbish.
I thought we were the World Twenty20 Champions!
Hence 'traditionally'.
We were the last of the big 8 to win an ODI tournament.
This mediocrity has coloured my views.
Oh, and the World Cup lasts far too long. The one in 2015 has four fewer teams but only one/two fewer matches. Go figure. It's a huge cash cow for the ICC.
It's also very short-sighted. It won't develop cricket in affliate/associate nations. Money speaks I guess.
I heard Qatar were going for the next available World Cup...
Finally won one of these ODIs, trouble is we need to win 3 more to win the series...
Go again on Sunday morning, if we can get another one back, should make for an interesting series after all...
I just turn & we loose 2 quick wickets...