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

[Will_NA]

Philip Hughes is an incredible fluke.

 

[Hooper]

Thanks, treva.

Yeah, Hughes is rated something ridicolous on the game, but aye, if he's there then I'm going to exploit his greatness. Sorta like how Michael Munday had been exploited on previous ICC versions.

Just realized I forgot to post the write up to the 3rd Test lol So will do that before updating about the ODI series (in which Pakistan is actually putting up a fight).

 

[hedger_14]

ok then. I might start using Hughes for ODI's soon.

 

[Cricketdude]

Go on and post it.

 

[Hooper]

Lol, I have swine flu man. No post of mine is going to be longer then 3 lines. I am a mess at the moment! I will update when I overcome my illness.

 

[Cricketdude]

Lol, I have swine flu man. No post of mine is going to be longer then 3 lines. I am a mess at the moment! I will update when I overcome my illness.

Bullcrap you do.

 

[Hooper]

Pakistan Restore Some Pride

A fighting half century from Akmal helps Pakistan win the 3rd Test


A man of the match performance from Pakistani keeper, Kamran Akmal has helped Pakistan win the 3rd and final test match in the series. Two half centuries, including an unbeaten 86 ensured Pakistan piled on enough runs to allow the bowlers to bowl Australia out comfortably. The Aussie batsman made promising starts in both innings with no batsman able to follow on with a century. Mitchell Johnson claimed series best figures however with 7/83 in what was one of very few highlights for the Aussies. The inclusing of Shane Watson was a good one, with Watson snaring 4/99 in the second innings. Australia finish the series winners however, taking the series 2-1.

Shane Watson was solid at the top of the order, replacing the out of sorts Katich

Player of the Series: Mitchell Johnson, 1 Century (111), 1 Half Century (51*), 1 5-fer w/ 19 wickets @ 23.56

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Australia v Pakistan
3rd Test Match - 14 Jan 2010
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Pakistan - 1st Innings
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T Umar          c Clarke b Johnson        38
N Jamshed       c Haddin b Johnson        67
M Khan          c Clarke b Johnson        10
K Manzoor       c Hussey b Siddle         11
M Yousuf        c & b Johnson             24
F Alam          lbw b Johnson             24
K Akmal         c Watson b Siddle         59
S Afridi        c Ponting b Lee           10
Y Arafat        b Johnson                 42
U Gul           not out                   11
D Kaneria       c Ponting b Johnson       6
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Extras: (nb8,w1,b8,lb1)                   18
TOTAL: (all out, 114.5 overs)             320

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                O       M       R       W
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P Siddle        28      5       98      2
B Lee           28      3       76      1
M Johnson       34.5    9       83      7
S Clark         24      3       54      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-69  2-91  3-119  4-159  5-162  
6-196  7-208  8-277  9-312  10-320


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Australia v Pakistan
3rd Test Match - 14 Jan 2010
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Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b Gul                 19
S Watson        lbw b Afridi              45
R Ponting       c Khan b Gul              64
M Hussey        lbw b Kaneria             48
M Clarke        lbw b Kaneria             34
D Hussey        lbw b Arafat              6
B Haddin        c Khan b Afridi           4
M Johnson       b Kaneria                 8
B Lee           lbw b Gul                 6
S Clark         c Akmal b Kaneria         2
P Siddle        not out                   22
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Extras: (nb2,w1,b1,lb3)                   7
TOTAL: (all out, 80.1 overs)              265

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           23.1    4       90      3
Y Arafat        17      1       70      1
D Kaneria       28      7       70      4
S Afridi        12      4       31      2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-50  2-88  3-182  4-182  5-197  
6-206  7-230  8-235  9-241  10-265

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Australia v Pakistan
3rd Test Match - 14 Jan 2010
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Pakistan - 2nd Innings
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T Umar          b Lee                     69
N Jamshed       c Watson b Johnson        44
M Khan          b Watson                  125
K Manzoor       lbw b Clark               79
M Yousuf        c Hussey b Watson         3
F Alam          b Watson                  0
K Akmal         not out                   86
S Afridi        c Haddin b Watson         71
Y Arafat        not out                   19
U Gul           
D Kaneria       
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Extras: (nb6,w1,b4)                       11
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 124 overs)                507

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       27      1       117     1
B Lee           19      1       69      1
P Siddle        25      3       107     0
S Clark         22      3       67      1
M Clarke        12      1       44      0
S Watson        19      2       99      4
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Fall of Wickets:
1-115  2-119  3-311  4-320  5-320  
6-339  7-476  

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Australia v Pakistan
3rd Test Match - 14 Jan 2010
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Australia - 2nd Innings
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P Hughes        c Khan b Gul              75
S Watson        c Manzoor b Gul           30
R Ponting       lbw b Arafat              42
M Hussey        c Manzoor b Umar          17
M Clarke        b Afridi                  32
D Hussey        c Manzoor b Gul           6
B Haddin        b Kaneria                 27
M Johnson       b Kaneria                 1
B Lee           lbw b Afridi              0
S Clark         c Akmal b Gul             9
P Siddle        not out                   7
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Extras: (nb2,w2,lb3)                      7
TOTAL: (all out, 81 overs)                253

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           22      3       81      4
Y Arafat        17      3       60      1
D Kaneria       28      4       84      2
S Afridi        11      2       16      2
T Umar          2       0       9       1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-68  2-135  3-162  4-181  5-196  
6-236  7-236  8-236  9-240  10-253

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Pakistan won by 309 runs
Man of the match: K Akmal
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With the conclusion of the Test series, the 5 match ODI series begins.​

 

[Biggy]

Nooooo, Johnson ownage.

 

[treva]

Surely you only beat Pakistan 2-1, which would mean your title is wrong?

Just the one hundred in that entire game. Quite surprising really considering the scores.

 

[Hooper]

Oops yeah, will change that.

Yeah, no hundreds but a lot of starts.

 

[Hooper]

Pakistan Demolish Aussies

Australia in all sorts of trouble as Clarke goes for 10, leaving the Australians at 4/37

Pakistan has taken the momentum from the last Test and cemented the ODI series victory today as they defeated the Australians by 3 wickets. The Australians, after losing the first ODI by 8 wickets and the second by 5 wickets, went into this match knowing only a win was acceptable. The top order crumbled terribly to be 4-37 after the second powerplay with Umar Gul destroying every batsman in his path. A captain's innings from Ponting, 106, made sure the score got somewhere respectable as he and Mike Hussey, 82*, got Australia to a decent total of 252. Pakistan didn't have too many troubles reaching the target, losing wickets at regular intervals but made sure they had enough batting in the lower order to steer them home. Australia now only have pride to play for as the team is surely destined for a bit of a shake up after 3 straight losses.

Umar Gul celebrates the wicket of Shane Watson for a duck

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Australia v Pakistan
3rd One Day International - 26 Jan 2010
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Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b Gul                 4
S Watson        b Gul                     0
R Ponting       lbw b Afridi              106
M Clarke        c Kaneria b Arafat        10
L Pomersbach    lbw b Arafat              1
D Hussey        c Akmal b Arafat          35
M Hussey        not out                   82
B Haddin        not out                   1
M Johnson       
B Lee           
N Bracken       
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Extras: (nb4,w4,b4,lb1)                   13
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 50 overs)                 252

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                O       M       R       W
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U Gul           10      1       46      2
Y Arafat        10      2       30      3
D Kaneria       10      1       59      0
S Afridi        10      0       57      1
M Hafeez        10      0       55      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-4  2-5  3-33  4-37  5-106  
6-247  


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Australia v Pakistan
3rd One Day International - 26 Jan 2010
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Pakistan - 1st Innings
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N Jamshed       c Ponting b Bracken       30
T Umar          b Bracken                 34
M Khan          lbw b Watson              67
K Manzoor       lbw b Bracken             41
M Yousuf        b Lee                     21
M Hafeez        lbw b Lee                 5
K Akmal         c Haddin b Johnson        12
S Afridi        not out                   13
Y Arafat        not out                   17
U Gul           
D Kaneria       
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Extras: (nb1,w4,b8)                       13
TOTAL: (7 wkts, 47.5 overs)               253

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                O       M       R       W
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B Lee           10      0       59      2
M Johnson       9.5     2       43      1
N Bracken       10      0       43      3
S Watson        10      0       49      1
M Clarke        4       0       27      0
D Hussey        4       0       24      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-66  2-85  3-163  4-202  5-209  
6-222  7-224  

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Pakistan won by 3 wickets
Man of the match: R Ponting
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The final two dead rubbers will commence shortly.
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[Hooper]

ODI Form a Worry Says Captain

A worried Ponting watches on as his troops lose another ODI


Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting says his teams ODI form is a worry but they should take this series loss on the chin and improve for the series against the West Indies coming up.

"After such a big series loss at home I know there are going to be a lot of questions raised as to how we are going to improve for the arriving West Indians - we just have to go back to the nets and I'm sure Coach Timmy Nielsen has sat down with some of the players already to address some of the problems were having at the moment"

Shane Watson, who has kept injury free, celebrates a century in the 4th ODI v Pakistan

Australia lost the ODI series just passed, 4-1, with the only victory coming in the 4th ODI when opener Shane Watson hit a magnificent unbeaten century after Mitchell Johnson rolled the Pakistanis. The series loss is a solid victory for the Pakistanis who haven't won on Australian soil for over a decade. The next ODI series, also consisting of 5 ODIs comes against the West Indies who boast batsman, Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul and Bravo. With a batting line up like this, the Australian bowlers won't be finding things any easier.

Player of the Series: Umar Gul, 13 wickets @ 26.94

Australia host the West Indies in a 5 match ODI series next.




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[OffCutters]

Watson finally did something useful, well done!

 

[Hooper]

CDM wanted this because he reckons he can do a better job then me.

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[Hooper]

Well, I can't wait till you do something "special" with my save mate, you might as well take over my story.