England in Australia

[aussie1st]

Lee and Johnson are out of the 20/20 with Harwood and Hopes coming in.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Sport/Lee-Johnson-out-of-Twenty20-clash/2007/01/09/1168104965979.html

 

[IloveGilly]

Aww....Hopes again. Haven't the Australian selectors learn't there lesson?

I wanted Lee to play, he would've played well imo and how much did Johnson want to play for Australia? Hope they're ok for the CB series.

 

[langerrox]

what a joke, hopes is crap and so is harwood. so we are left with an amazing bracken and a young gun hilf, 2 pace bowlers :P maybo symo will chip in same with huss... we hope hopes/harwood doesnt play

 

[aussie1st]

Who knows what the selectors are thinking, Hopes isn't made for a 20/20 game. Harwood has only played 3 FRC games this season do don't really know how they picked him.

 

[cricketmad09]

Harwood is a great choice. Even though he has only played 4 20/20 games, his stats are incredible. Averages 8 and has an economy rate of 5.4. Thats magnificant for this form of game. He seems to know how to play 20/20.

And even though he has only played 3 FRC matches, his stats in each of his games have been
5/40 (10)
2/41 (10)
1/29 (10) (NSW also scored 294 that match)

 

[aussie_ben91]

Harwood is pretty good. He gets allot of pace on the ball and is hard to get away if you give yourself room or charge him.
I remember Shane Warne giving praises that he shouldn't be far away from selection not so long ago.

 

[RoboRocks]

Have to see what England select.
Hope they don't select Nixon.
I wonder who the bowlers are gonna be.

 

[The Mongrel]

I imagine Australia's lineup tonight will be;

+Gilchrist
Hayden
*Ponting
Hussey
Clarke
Symonds
White
Hogg
Bracken
Harwood
Hilf
12th: Hopes

That isn't including the re-jigging of the batting order that we'll see, wouldn't be surprised to see Punter down the order to give White or Clarke more of a go.

 

[aussie1st]

Harwood is a great choice. Even though he has only played 4 20/20 games, his stats are incredible. Averages 8 and has an economy rate of 5.4. Thats magnificant for this form of game. He seems to know how to play 20/20.

And even though he has only played 3 FRC matches, his stats in each of his games have been
5/40 (10)
2/41 (10)
1/29 (10) (NSW also scored 294 that match)

True that is a dam good 20/20 record, he is very economical just doesn't take too many wickets.

 

[andrew_nixon]

England line up: Michael Vaughan (Captain)
Ed Joyce
Andrew Flintoff
Ian Bell
Kevin Pietersen
Paul Collingwood
Paul Nixon
Jamie Dalrymple
Jon Lewis
James Anderson
Monty Panesar

 

[irottev]

5 bucks Panesar gets a hiding.

 

[aussie1st]

Oh what was that from Gilly What a start by Hayden, first ball 4.
Interesting, we have on board commentary with the players, Church was just on

 

[IloveGilly]

Ridiculous that Haydos got dropped in the first place. Makes me wonder if we would've won against SA.

 

[aussie1st]

It was the bowling that was the problem against SA
I think he needed to be dropped as he looked confused with his game, now hes looking much better.

 

[skinnywicket]

wow hayden looks great tonight...i think he's making a statement even though its still early..