Australia in South Africa
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Why do people continually call Hogg a part timer? A better question would be why does he continually get dropped for no reason at allcricket_lover said:
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Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
ODIs 82 3810 2880 98 5/32 5/32 29.38 4.53 38.87 0 2 0
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct st
ODIs 82 47 21 549 71* 21.11 698 78.65 0 2 28 1 24 0
genghis_khan
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warne wont be back im tellin ya now
yeh i know wtf is with ponting continually bowling lee at the death? hes done it so often and failed...
hogg could bat at 3 if u gave him the opportunity and hes a dynamite fielder
yeh i know wtf is with ponting continually bowling lee at the death? hes done it so often and failed...
hogg could bat at 3 if u gave him the opportunity and hes a dynamite fielder
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ZexyZahid
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genghis_khan said:
Previous match it worked. So must have thinking why not trying him again.
: But if I would be the captain of Australia I wouldn't even let him bowl in the last five-six overs, seeing from past experience. Lewis also had one 'magic' over previous year (against New Zealand I think), so maybe that's why Ponting let him bowl.
After watching that match going to bed getting 4 hours sleep.
Then going to work im back home and still in absolute shock.
Its not great for the future of cricket but it was still one of the most awesome mathes to watch full of twists and turns and a nail biting finish.
SA would lose a wicket and slow down and you would think ok Aussies are looking good now but then smack,bang,wallop a high scoring over and SA are looking good.
Then another wicket would fall and it was the same again.
Although the pitch was a road the boundaries werent the shortest.
So we cant blame the pitch for this massacre of the bowlers.
The bowling was also not much worse than you would see in any other match every day of the week.
What happened was the batsmen were playing aggresively like they would in 20/20's.
As we have seen in the past when batsmen play super aggresively they get full reward and when they miss hit it somehow falls safely.
Every batsmen after Gilchrist and Katich went out there with that attitude.
Due to the high altitude balls travel further so that gives the chasing team with nothing to lose confidence to go for the biggies.
SA started the chase perfectly and were chasing it down with ease, all they were doing was making sure they hit a boundary every over, then got 1s an 2s of the rest.
Some batsmen got abit carried away with the big hitting and paid the price.
Unfortunately with the decline in bowling ranks around the world and the game and pitches becoming more batsmen friendly this will happen more an more.
Ofcourse i doubt there will be any as exciting as this since it was a first and a thrilling finish.
Some very poor decision making by Ponting towards the end why would you continue with lewis who struggled all day and when he came back was still getting spanked.
Why didnt he bowl Clark at the end, Although his figures didnt look great he was the one bowling while Gibbs was going crazy trying to smack everything out of the park.
He is supposed to be our mcgrath replacement yet he didnt even try 1 over with him towards the end of match?????.
No one could bowl consistnt yorkers but thats no different to any other game without Pollock and Mcgrath.
So once again cant really blame bowlers or pitch.
Just shows what can be achieved when batsmen back themselves and play super aggresively.
If i was a kid who loved cricket you can bet none of them will want to be bowlers if we see any more matches like this.
20/20 the decline of cricket as we know it.
Australias dominance has been over for a little while now.
We are still the best in the world but only just.
We can now be challenged by the top4 teams and the series could go either way.
I think thats great for the game.
2-3 more years and we will be around the 4th best team in the world.
ps wheres my hat and webcam gone.
Then going to work im back home and still in absolute shock.
Its not great for the future of cricket but it was still one of the most awesome mathes to watch full of twists and turns and a nail biting finish.
SA would lose a wicket and slow down and you would think ok Aussies are looking good now but then smack,bang,wallop a high scoring over and SA are looking good.
Then another wicket would fall and it was the same again.
Although the pitch was a road the boundaries werent the shortest.
So we cant blame the pitch for this massacre of the bowlers.
The bowling was also not much worse than you would see in any other match every day of the week.
What happened was the batsmen were playing aggresively like they would in 20/20's.
As we have seen in the past when batsmen play super aggresively they get full reward and when they miss hit it somehow falls safely.
Every batsmen after Gilchrist and Katich went out there with that attitude.
Due to the high altitude balls travel further so that gives the chasing team with nothing to lose confidence to go for the biggies.
SA started the chase perfectly and were chasing it down with ease, all they were doing was making sure they hit a boundary every over, then got 1s an 2s of the rest.
Some batsmen got abit carried away with the big hitting and paid the price.
Unfortunately with the decline in bowling ranks around the world and the game and pitches becoming more batsmen friendly this will happen more an more.
Ofcourse i doubt there will be any as exciting as this since it was a first and a thrilling finish.
Some very poor decision making by Ponting towards the end why would you continue with lewis who struggled all day and when he came back was still getting spanked.
Why didnt he bowl Clark at the end, Although his figures didnt look great he was the one bowling while Gibbs was going crazy trying to smack everything out of the park.
He is supposed to be our mcgrath replacement yet he didnt even try 1 over with him towards the end of match?????.
No one could bowl consistnt yorkers but thats no different to any other game without Pollock and Mcgrath.
So once again cant really blame bowlers or pitch.
Just shows what can be achieved when batsmen back themselves and play super aggresively.
If i was a kid who loved cricket you can bet none of them will want to be bowlers if we see any more matches like this.
20/20 the decline of cricket as we know it.
Australias dominance has been over for a little while now.
We are still the best in the world but only just.
We can now be challenged by the top4 teams and the series could go either way.
I think thats great for the game.
2-3 more years and we will be around the 4th best team in the world.
ps wheres my hat and webcam gone.
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Geez Ponting has done it again. First Edgbaston, second Chappel-Hadlee series and now this. Captaincy will have to be reviewed and the bowling attack really does look pathetic. Looks like Smith has the last laugh on this occassion 
To lose after scoring 438 is an absolute disgrace. As I said before the match I expected a twist in this match and something thrilling (except that I anticpated a drawn match ) Gibbs does it again and Smith played a gem of a knock as well. This should set up a fantastic Test series and both teams are even atm, if Pollock doesn't play in the first test then Aus would be the favourites.
Without doubt this is the greatest choke of all time
To lose after scoring 438 is an absolute disgrace. As I said before the match I expected a twist in this match and something thrilling (except that I anticpated a drawn match ) Gibbs does it again and Smith played a gem of a knock as well. This should set up a fantastic Test series and both teams are even atm, if Pollock doesn't play in the first test then Aus would be the favourites.Without doubt this is the greatest choke of all time
ZexyZahid
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Australia lost their first series within 3 and a quarter years. Last time it was against Pakistan. 
Didn't know that.
Australia have lost a bilateral ODI series for the first time since June 2002, when they lost a three-match series to Pakistan 1-2.
Didn't know that.Australia have lost a bilateral ODI series for the first time since June 2002, when they lost a three-match series to Pakistan 1-2.
moza1
Club Cricketer
Great innings by Ponting and Gibbs.
That would of been an awesome game to go to.
That would of been an awesome game to go to.
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