Story Australian Journey to WT20|AUS VS WI|Sebastain Performs, but not Gayle

[Varun]

Absolutely mindblowing presentation and graphics!!!
It seems a little new that a team has made 157 ALL OUT in 15 overs but the presentation completely overshadows it. KIU mate!

 

[Prithvi]

Update coming this sunday! I've played total match!
Thanks for your support guys.

 

[surendar]

Bollinger is other way here compared to his real life role in CSK. But a poor thing for Pakistan is, they failed to utilize the 30 balls which would have made the score to look MIGHTY! Nice presentation.

 

[Prithvi]

Well, the Australian Openers David Warner and Shane Watson walk in for chasing a good total here. David Warner and Shane Watson provide a brisk start! They go on after the Pakistani bowlers, and hopelessly, Umar Gul and Mohd. Aamir start off being costly. In the first two overs, they scored about 30 runs. Then, they started scoring slowly as Australians looked as if they din't want to take chances like what Pakistan did. They both played normal cricket from there on, not by taking any risks off getting out.

Pakistani Skipper Shoaib Malik din't change the bowling frequently, but he followed order wise spells as that was a successful one in World T20. The bowlers started off well but they failed to pick up those important "early wickets", which played a major role here. Watson and Warner started going aggressive for the new bowlers (Asif and Naveed- ul- Hasan) but in that process, David Warner fell in the trap of Mohd. Asif.Asif bowled a short pitched delivery, which Warner wanted to pull, that resulted in a think inside edge and the ball hit the stumps! Micheal Clarke Joined Watson! But on the other hand, Watson continued his play and he reached his fifty. He received a standing ovation from Might crowd of Melbourne Cricket Ground, which is a thing to be appreciated.

Even Watson, after hitting couple of boundaries and a six, took the path of Warner! The new bowler Sohail Tanveer came in and struck! It was a fuller and Watson mis judged the pace and tried to flick the ball of the leg. But the ball being a slower one, kissed the pads. It was a plumb!

With about 40 runs required for a win, Cameron White, the King of MCG in T20's walked in! He and Clarke took no risk as the required rate was far below 6. They managed to get to the target by 18.5 overs, ensuring their fifth consecutive KFC T20 International extravaganza win!

Nathan Hauritz was Awarded Man of the Match for his 4 wickets, which broke Pakistani Middle order.

He Spoke ,"Well, its a great achievement to me and I'd like to continue the same form through out the career, but its not practically possible. The situation when I got onto ball was bit tougher task, and they even banged me initially, but those two wickets gave me some confidence. But my last over was the one which I can't forget in my life time. I'm on a hat trick and hopefully, if I can pick up wicket of first ball in the match against Windies or the net T20i I play, it'd my hat trick:laugh."

The next T20 Match for Australia is against West Indies at Hobart.


Binnu added 6 Minutes and 30 Seconds later...

Guys, I've decided to stick on with PCCS as C07 is too hot to handle while making a Mega Patch!

The match file got deleted, but I auto played the Australian innings with same line ups and thankfully, my tricks worked for now!
And from now on, I'm not going to touch C07 for stories!
I'll do it just for screenshots, and that too, if its unavoidable!

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Nice Presenatation!!

 

[Prithvi]

Tim Paine & Steven Smith In, Brad Haddin & Doug Bollinger Out.

19th Feb, 2010.


The Australian squad for the Two Match T20i series between Australia and West Indies, has been announced by James Sutherland. He said that Doug Bollinger, even after terrific performance in the ODI series against Pakistan, was left out for T20i's. In his place, a New South Welsh all round spinner Steven Smith got in. On the other hand, Brad Haddin wanted a small holiday to have a stay with his family, for which Cricket Australia decided to select Tim Paine as keeper.

James Sutherland announcing the squad.​

"We've decided to select Steven smith in place of Bollinger, despite his good performance in ODI series against Pakistan. And We've decided to add up one more player to make it a 13 man squad, as its a 2 match series. Clarke will be the skip and White will be his deputy. The extra man who got selected is Ryan Harris for his terrific performance against Pakistan, by taking 13 wickets in 3 matches. All the others remain the same from the match against Pakistan.

This time, we've come up with a new initiative to help the Haiti victims, for which we're arranging a live performance by Guy Sebastian, and all the money collected from the spectators (in from of tickets, their donations) will be given to the victims of Haiti quake. McGrath Foundation & KFC will be donation a sum of 1,000AUD for every six hit in Sydney for the Second T20i. So this can be called as a tournament of charity. On the other hand we've got helping hands from WICB, as they're donating 50,000AUD for the victims. Digicel will be donating 1,000AUD for every six hit in the second T20i. James Sutherland Said. This tournament, being named the tournament of charity, grabbed the attention of all the people and made all the people (including the people who don't like cricket) buy tickets for the matches.

The Squad: Michael Clarke, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White(VC), David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Tim Paine, Nathan Haurtiz, Steven Smith, Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait, James Hopes, Ryan Harris.

 

[ShamiLoverGlipGlops]

Nice Use Of Website Template Mate.. KIU

 

[Aussie Team]

Why was Lee dropped?

 

[Prithvi]

^^ Injury!

 

[yashwanth kumar]

Looks ok BTW Bolinger miss will have a great effect :sarcasm updates good

 

[Gorro_124]

Was following your story as a guest and I loved to do so...Good presentation..KIU!!

 

[Prithvi]

West Indies Preview.​

Well, we've got the guests West Indies, who are yet to have a victory at Australia. They ended their test series by losing to Australia 2-0. They wanted to win the ODI's and T20i's to compensate it.


Bowling Attack looks bit weak. They don't have proper bowlers, who are experienced. Inclusion of Ravi Rampaul is bit advantage to them, but others are pretty young. With a star studded batting line up of Australia, with players like David Warner, Shane Watson, Michael Clarke, Cameron White, Hussey Brothers, their bowling looks on back foot. So this is the area, which the guests have to control inorder to win! The most interesting part of the match will be "West Indies Bowling- Australia Batting". The result depends on this area. The experienced bowlers they've got are Ravi Rampaul, Dwayne Bravo (Played atleast 20 ODI's).

Their Batting looks pretty strong. They have the players like Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Wavell Hinds, Dwayne Smith, who can smash the ball single handedly. So West Indian batting looks pretty fair but bowling looks weak!

Now, lets have a look at their main players, who are to watch out for.

Chris Gayle:
They've got one of the most dangerous T20 opener in the world, Chris Gayle, who hit quickfire 102 just off 72 balls, making Australians smell what actually he can do. He blasted against Australia in the World T20 group stage match with 88 runs of some 40 odd balls, which decided the result of that match. Not only that, Gayle has a record of hitting first and the foremost T20i century against South Africa at Johannesburg.

Kieron Pollard:
The next gun in their side to watch out for is KP!
Not Kevin Pietersen, but the latest one, Kieron Pollard! His innings against New South Wales Blues at Hyderabad in Champions League Twenty20 League stage match made the the total world's concentration on him straight away. And looking at the Australian Bowling line up, it looks bit similar to the New South Wales Blues Bowling, on which he blasted. Luckily, Bollinger is not playing, Brett Lee and Stuart Clark are injured, to make the odds bit even towards Australia. Steven Smith was a victim, who bowled him an over in that CLT20 League Stage match and Nathan Hauritz luckily din't play that CLT20 game. So, the odds look even, but this big man can create upset to Australia straight away.

Dwayne Bravo:
This guy is a kind of person who can play all the time! He generally comes out to bat at no.4, but whenever he blasts, the opponent will have to give up. These types of players are the key players in T20 matches. He even bowls formidably, but his recent performance in CLT20 will make Australia sleepless. He took about 12 wickets in 6 matches, averaging about 2 wickets per match. His batting form in CLT20 was poor in initial stages, but later on, he even batted well, which makes the guests more confident.

Next Coming up:

Australia Preview.

 

[just_cricket]

Nice writing mate, it has improved dramatically. Pretty informal but I guess that's the feel of the story.
West Indies look OK here...

 

[Prithvi]

Australia- Preview.​

On the other hand, hosts Australia are looking confident on their win. Their batting line up makes West Indies Bowling department sleepless. They have perfect shaped squad, with many T20 specialists.

Their bowling attack is deadly. They've got the players like Dirk Nannes, Shaun Tait, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Steven Smith, who are perfrct T20 set of bowlers. They can be named as perfect bowling attack for the batsmen in the opponent like Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Dwayne Bravo, Dwayne Smith etc. "It'll be a pleasure to see Australia Bowling- West Indies Batting" says the Former Australian Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Many experts say that Australia are undoubtedly the favorites of the matches but they'll have to give out their best to prove it.

The batting attack is a specialist T20 batting line up. They've got players like David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Michael Clarke, who can bang the ball single handedly. If David Warner and Shane Watson get going, Australian win is as easy as putting a garland to your spouse when getting married.

Players To watch out for.

1) Shane Watson:
Well, Shane Watson in the recent past was pretty good. He played some good innings' in ODI series against Pakistan. His three consecutive centuries against Pakistan and those being in the last three games makes him feel confident. Getting a century in t20i is not easy but if he gets it, he'll be having 4 consecutive centuries in a row. But the bowling section in opponent is weak, so he may get it, if the others even support him.

2) David Warner:
The other nailing opener, who can hit the ball hard outta Bellerive, if required, is the one man to watch out for in the matches. He has terrific records in T20 cricket for banging the ball. His form in the previous T20i against Pakistan was not upto mark, but he's sure that he'll compensate it up with a good knock.

3) Shaun Tait:
Well, this guy can make the opposition go blind with his strong and powerful pace, but even can be bit costly as its T20 format of the game. He had a fine KFC T20 Bigbash season, but he was inconsistent. Some night, he made the opposition win by gifting them 20 odd runs in an over, but other night, he won the match for South Australia single handedly. He has duty of getting the economy rate if Nannes is playing. If They play Harris, he has duty of picking wickets.

4) Dirk Nannes:
A name, which make the water in the opponent mouth evaporate. In the previous T20 game, he cleaned the Pakistani tail by picking up three wickets in just 1.5 overs. He is the most likely one to play over Ryan Harris because he has got more power to bowl economically and pick wickets at the correct intervals.

Next coming: Performance of Guy Sebastian for charity, Live from Bellerive oval.

 

[just_cricket]

Next coming: Performance of Guy Sebastian for charity, Live from Bellerive oval.

Wtf? Count me out of the people listening to that!

Terrible singers aside, nice update with nice writing. Font is quite big but that's okay, Australia do look a lot stronger than the Windies at this stage.