Australia in England

[m_vaughan]

These rules (subs) only work for the lucky captain/team who wins the toss.

So if you win the toss you have 12 players and your opponent has 11. Unless of ocurse you choose a bowler.

The captain should name 12 before the toss then choose the starting 11 after the toss.

england collapse again!!!

Our Ashes team will be different, and more reliable.

The Powerplays should be set imo. ODI cricket is a batsmens game so the fielding team shouldn't choose when they bowl them imo.

1-10 and then 20-25 and 35-40 for the Powerplays.

These rules will benefit the strongest team (Australia) whereas the ICC should be making it harder for Australia so the cricket scene is tighter.

Yes another disappointing collapse by England. But they are playing well below their best. I would say about 60-70%. Infact I think the England batting has flopped all summer (apart from the Headingley match and some of the games against Bangladesh), and they need to get things back into place before the 21st.

I am not giving up hope in this match just as yet, but England will have bowl exceptionally well (with one less bowler thanks to the stupid subersub rule got to be named before the toss) to get back into this game.

I do not agree about the Powerplay with Sureshot. I think its okay the way it is atm. To be honest it hasnt made ODI cricket any different from before.

One thing is certain. England have to play Graham Thorpe in the first test, even if Pietersen scores a hundred today. Thorpe is crucial, especially after looking at these frequent England batting collapses.

 

[Sureshot]

Play both imo. Never spins at Lords. play Hoggard, harmison, Jones and Flintoff as the bowlers with Vaughan Pietersen and bell bowling a bit

 

[ZoraxDoom]

228/7. Solanki has come useful...and we now know that Gilo can bat...but Pieterson! He did it again!

 

[Sureshot]

it's always been known the Giles is handy with the bat that's why he play over Brown.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Gilchrist is on fire!!!!

 

[m_vaughan]

Yeah the Aussies are cruising to a well deserved win here. Gilchrist doing a good job. England have played poorly today, nowhere near their best.
But I think at the start of the summer if you had given me a 2-3 against the aussies, I would have taken it.

 

[trinidevil69]

what a shot to bring up his hundred



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there goes ponting... unlucky.. came down the wicket.. played onto pads... rolls to jones... ez stumping

 

[jonah]

Well that was a p*sstake. Well played Aus.

 

[muhammad_inzi]

i think aus proved that still they r the best and good 100 by adam gilchrist

 

[Sureshot]

Yeah the Aussies are cruising to a well deserved win here. Gilchrist doing a good job. England have played poorly today, nowhere near their best.
But I think at the start of the summer if you had given me a 2-3 against the aussies, I would have taken it.

3-3 including the 20/20.

Hardly a friendly was it? Full strength teams by both.

 

[m_vaughan]

3-3 including the 20/20.

Hardly a friendly was it? Full strength teams by both.

I would say 3-2 to the Aussies in the ODIs
and 1-0 to England in the 20:20

 

[sachin]

Well,i was impressed by englands performance at the end of their inning,Pieterson,and Solanki (as well as a handy knock by giles.I was supprised at how good he was.)really plaed well to give aus any sort od target.

 

[BarmyUK]

I was there!! It was a good match but sadly England did not perform, i vote 100% to get rid of Vaughen from the ODI side, he averages 28 and his highest score is 90*. Well batted Pietersen and Solanki, the 6 KP hit which kasprowicz caught over the boundary was just near me

What was Gilchrist doing when he got a century??? He looked like some immature kid scoring a century for the first time, same when they won...

 

[angryangy]

As soon as I walked into the room and saw that smooth cardboard coloured pitch, I immediately thought 300. There was no hope for England's pacemen if they didn't have a glut of runs on the board. The English top order allowed Australia to carry out it's plans freely (like McGrath's 4 maidens), and thus Australia were successful. Any batman of quality can put 10 on the board, but 10 from an over will have the fielding side worried.

The real winner of this game was Dave Sheppard. Farewell, crazy dancing umpire.

 

[jmcdonald]

Gillespie bowled a bit better today, 3 wickets!