Story Australia - The New Breed [2010/2011 Ashes Series - Magnificent Melbourne]

[Left_Hander]

Good series win for Australia after going down in the first Test. 15 wickets in 3 games for Lee is a great return to form after a prolonged absence from the side.

 

[Hooper]

Yeah, he only played the final match. Took 1 wicket I think, maybe 3.

From now on I'll produce some series stats. i.e Wickets taken, hundreds scored.

Hooper added 0 Minutes and 35 Seconds later...

Good series win for Australia after going down in the first Test. 15 wickets in 3 games for Lee is a great return to form after a prolonged absence from the side.

Yeah, I was amazed he played so well after missing so much cricket! He was straight back in form. Need to get Clark fit now!

 

[Hooper]

Australia Gain 1st Innings Lead

Michael Johnson celebrates another test hundred, making 111 from 170 balls

Australia, on the back of some good bowling in the first innings, have managed a 90 run lead going into the second innings in the first test. Peter Siddle was destructive with the ball, claiming 5-96 as Pakistan made 370 on a good batting strip. Australia came out to bat looking very aggressive, with every batsman making a start except Michael Hussey who failed with 1. A century to Mitchell Johnson was the highlight from the Australian innings as him and Haddin, 93, put on 170 for the 7th wicket. Michael Clarke batted well for 84 as Australia look to bowl Pakistan out cheaply so they don't have a massive final day chase in this first and important test match.

Play resumes on Day 3 in the third session with Pakistan looking to set Australia a decent toal to chase.
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[OffCutters]

Good score by us, we nead a big lead. Nice batting by Clarkey as well.

 

[hedger_14]

Johnson and Haddin were superb, getting a lot of runs. Siddle bowled well getting a fiver and hopefully Australia can go on to win.

 

[Hooper]

Pakistan K.O'd in Boxing Day Test

Hussey finally finds joy as he reaches 100 in the second innings to steer Australia to victory


Pakistan have lost the first test match in this three test series by 6 wickets as Australia chased 260 comfortably thanks to a centuries from Phil Hughes and Michael Hussey. Pakistan, all out for 349 knew it wasn't going to be easy to bowl Australia out in one day - and to restrict them to 260 or less even harder. Hughes took to the bowlers and did a fantastic job in finishing unbeaten on 130, whilst Mike Hussey returned to form with a fantastic 103, in a 200 run partnership with Hughes. Michael Hussey will feel a sense of relief and joy after a great knock seing as he hasn't scored decent runs since the Ashes tour. Pakistan will surely make some changes to their bowling attack after failing to make any impact, apart from Umar Gul who snared a five wicket haul. The second Test from Adelaide Oval begins shortly with Australia expected to make no changes from the winning side, unless the pitch seems to offer something to the spin bowlers. In which Hauritz would be the likely inclusion. Stuart Clark also returns from injury, so Tait will definetly be making way for either Hauritz or Clark.

Man of the Match: Mitchell Johnson 111 runs from 170 balls, 3-63 & 1-69

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Australia v Pakistan
1st Test Match - 26 Dec 2009
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Pakistan - 1st Innings
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T Umar          c Ponting b Siddle        10
N Jamshed       c Ponting b Lee           52
M Khan          lbw b Tait                110
M Yousuf        c & b Lee                 51
K Manzoor       b Siddle                  44
F Alam          c Haddin b Johnson        16
K Akmal         not out                   59
Y Arafat        b Siddle                  0
U Gul           lbw b Siddle              0
D Kaneria       c Ponting b Tait          14
M Khan          lbw b Siddle              0
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Extras: (nb5,w1,b8)                       14
TOTAL: (all out, 114.2 overs)             370

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                O       M       R       W
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P Siddle        32.2    7       96      5
B Lee           34      6       93      2
M Johnson       20      0       69      1
S Tait          25      3       89      2
M Clarke        3       0       15      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-14  2-117  3-228  4-232  5-255  
6-320  7-320  8-320  9-363  10-370


Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        b Kaneria                 42
S Katich        lbw b Gul                 20
R Ponting       lbw b Gul                 43
M Hussey        c Umar b Arafat           1
M Clarke        c Akmal b Khan            84
D Hussey        lbw b Gul                 31
B Haddin        c Manzoor b Gul           93
M Johnson       c Umar b Khan             111
B Lee           not out                   13
P Siddle        b Gul                     1
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb6,w2,b13)                      21
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 140.1 overs)              460

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           39.1    4       161     5
M Khan          39      6       128     2
D Kaneria       34      3       74      1
Y Arafat        25      5       74      1
T Umar          3       0       10      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-41  2-80  3-84  4-129  5-204  
6-259  7-429  8-459  9-460  


Pakistan - 2nd Innings
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T Umar          c Ponting b Lee           14
N Jamshed       b Tait                    69
M Khan          c Hussey b Tait           56
M Yousuf        lbw b Johnson             73
K Manzoor       c Haddin b Lee            27
F Alam          lbw b Siddle              27
K Akmal         lbw b Siddle              38
Y Arafat        b Johnson                 2
U Gul           lbw b Johnson             2
D Kaneria       b Siddle                  18
M Khan          not out                   1
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Extras: (nb9,w5,b8)                       22
TOTAL: (all out, 105 overs)               349

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                O       M       R       W
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P Siddle        23      3       74      3
B Lee           28      2       84      2
M Johnson       27      3       63      3
S Tait          22      4       102     2
M Clarke        4       0       18      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-33  2-152  3-156  4-211  5-281  
6-305  7-308  8-310  9-348  10-349


Australia - 2nd Innings
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P Hughes        not out                   130
S Katich        b Gul                     2
R Ponting       b Khan                    8
M Hussey        b Arafat                  103
M Clarke        b Khan                    11
M Johnson       not out                   0
D Hussey        
B Haddin        
B Lee           
P Siddle        
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb4,w2)                          6
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 73.5 overs)               260

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                O       M       R       W
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M Khan          21      2       62      2
U Gul           20.5    1       79      1
D Kaneria       16      3       52      0
Y Arafat        14      0       62      1
T Umar          2       0       5       0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-18  2-33  3-233  4-259

The second test from the Adelaide Oval starts on Jan 3, 2010.
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[blake]

Top stuff Hooper, Mitch Johnson getting a good century there as well.

Obviously a big boxing day crowd in (as illustrated by Hussey picture).

 

[OffCutters]

Haha, biggest boxing day crowd ever, must have an electric atmosphere down there aye?

 

[Hooper]

Haha, thanks blake.

Yeah, uhh, who cares about Pakistan matches eh?

Stoked about Mitch Johnson finding some form, finally my bowlers are producing!

Don't know what I should do, who should I drop? I'm thinking of dropping Tait for Clark, but I want a spinner as well...Decisions, decisions.

Hooper added 7 Minutes and 18 Seconds later...

Added the scorecards.

 

[OffCutters]

I`ve got the perfect solution, get Warnie out of retirement since you want a spinner. It`d be good for him, just lose a lil bit of weight . Drop Tait for Hauritz if its a turning pitch, but if its more of a seamer`s pitch, i reckon go with a full-pace bowling line up and drop Tait for Clark.

 

[Hooper]

Australia Take Series

Peter Siddle roars in delight after taking the 2nd wicket in his 4-91 in the first innings

Australia has wrapped up the test series against Pakistan, 2-0 with a test to spare. Pakistan, again failed to take 20 wickets in the match as centuries from Ricky Ponting and Phil Hughes ensured Australian victory. Bowlers Mitchell Johnson, Peter Siddle and Brett Lee were all damaging with the ball as Pakistan crumbled early in both innings. David Hussey, who replaced Marcus North for this series, scored a good half century to replace the faith shown in the selectors. Man of the Match Ricky Ponting was pleased with the win:
"To win back to back test series at home is really pleasing and just shows how the team is travelling at the moment, I think Johnno, Binga and Sids all bowled well this series so far. With the dead rubber coming up, we'll probably rest Tait and bring back Stuey Clark and Hauritz will probably come in for Siddle to have a rest."

In other news, pressure is mounting on opener Simon Katich to perform after failing again with the bat, so far this year the "Katman" has averaged an abysmal 36.34 with the bat. With the series already Australia's, Katich is hoping he can find some touch to cement his ODI spot for the upcoming series.

Katich needs runs to back his selection as test opener after averaging only 36.34 this calender year

Player of the Match: Ricky Ponting 130 & 35

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Australia v Pakistan
2nd Test Match - 3 Jan 2010
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Pakistan - 1st Innings
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T Umar          c Haddin b Siddle         9
N Jamshed       c Hussey b Siddle         43
M Khan          lbw b Siddle              23
K Manzoor       c Hussey b Lee            62
M Yousuf        c Hussey b Tait           108
F Alam          lbw b Siddle              54
K Akmal         not out                   29
S Afridi        b Tait                    1
Y Arafat        b Johnson                 28
U Gul           b Johnson                 0
D Kaneria       lbw b Johnson             4
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Extras: (nb3,w4,b16)                      23
TOTAL: (all out, 94.1 overs)              384

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                O       M       R       W
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B Lee           23      2       96      1
P Siddle        27      6       91      4
M Johnson       21.1    2       85      3
S Tait          23      0       96      2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-11  2-43  3-138  4-165  5-278  
6-329  7-332  8-376  9-376  10-384


Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b Kaneria             33
S Katich        b Arafat                  11
R Ponting       c Khan b Kaneria          130
M Hussey        lbw b Arafat              40
M Clarke        b Gul                     20
B Haddin        c Kaneria b Arafat        39
D Hussey        lbw b Gul                 64
M Johnson       not out                   51
B Lee           not out                   2
P Siddle        
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb6,w1,b2,lb3)                   12
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 127 overs)                402

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           37      4       132     2
Y Arafat        28      3       123     3
D Kaneria       45      11      95      2
S Afridi        14      2       36      0
T Umar          3       0       11      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-33  2-52  3-139  4-182  5-271  
6-302  7-396  

Pakistan - 2nd Innings
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T Umar          c Ponting b Lee           0
N Jamshed       lbw b Johnson             42
M Khan          c Haddin b Lee            5
K Manzoor       b Tait                    36
M Yousuf        c & b Lee                 10
F Alam          c Ponting b Siddle        28
K Akmal         c Ponting b Johnson       39
S Afridi        c Hussey b Johnson        55
Y Arafat        lbw b Tait                19
U Gul           not out                   0
D Kaneria       b Johnson                 5
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Extras: (nb11,b4,lb1)                     16
TOTAL: (all out, 74.4 overs)              255

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                O       M       R       W
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B Lee           22      1       60      3
P Siddle        15      2       52      1
M Johnson       20.4    1       69      4
S Tait          16      1       61      2
M Clarke        1       0       8       0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-0  2-10  3-88  4-95  5-107  
6-141  7-217  8-242  9-250  10-255

Australia - 2nd Innings
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P Hughes        not out                   119
S Katich        c Akmal b Gul             10
R Ponting       c Khan b Kaneria          35
M Hussey        lbw b Kaneria             1
M Clarke        c Akmal b Arafat          58
D Hussey        not out                   8
B Haddin        
M Johnson       
B Lee           
P Siddle        
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb5,w1,lb1)                      7
TOTAL: (4 wkts, 67.2 overs)               238

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           20      1       66      1
Y Arafat        18      0       76      1
D Kaneria       21      4       67      2
S Afridi        8.2     0       28      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-29  2-106  3-108  4-218  


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Australia won by 6 wickets
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Australia win the series 2-0 with the third test starting next week.


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[Hooper]

With the end of the 2009 calendar year, the ICC has released the standings and results for the best Test team, ODI team, Test bowler/batsman and ODI bowler/batsman. Australia once again dominated the team awards with new up and coming youngster Phillip Hughes showing us how dominant he was in his first full year of international cricket.

Test Team Rankings

ODI Team Rankings

Best Test Batsman

Best Test Bowler

Best ODI Batsman

Best ODI Bowler

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[Left_Hander]

Finally, Hussey scores a hundred! Get in son! If only he could do that in real life.

A great all round performance from the Australians in the series. Hopefully Australia will win the series 3-0.

 

[Hooper]

Added fixtures to the first post. Added Ashes scorecards for stats freaks who want to look...And see what players are good and what players are crap.

ODI update coming up soon.

 

[treva]

A great year Hooper! Hughes looks unstoppable at the moment, in both forms of the game. Also good year for Johnson and Siddle.

I think the Pakistan ODI series will be more difficult than the Test series, though.