Final: Australia vs New Zealand

[TheGreemSim]

Came home from school disapointed to see that NZ had struggled to a mere 200 but was delighted to see Aus were 2 wickets down with Ponting out. Need another wicket before 30 runs though.

 

[Howsie]

Kyle Mills and Shane Bond are bowling so well here, one of them really deserve another wicket.

 

[SciD]

Butler will get wickets for the work done by these two.

 

[TheGreemSim]

Butler will get wickets for the work done by these two.

es but he'll do it at 5+ runs an over.

 

[angryangy]

Another interesting early period, the ball swinging from the get-go. It appears to have straightened up a bit, but still it isn't common to see such substantial swing in both innings of an ODI.

 

[Gilly Fan]

Can someone please tell me why we're on only 25 from 14 overs? I just woke up.

 

[ZexyZahid]

This match feels like a Test match. It's actually even slower then a Test match. Australia needs to make runs in this period, otherwhile the runrate will be too high.

Australia 26/2 (13.6 ov)
Australia RR 1.85

 

[angryangy]

I'm not too sure about Butler getting a wicket here, he's just banging it in. Franklin will probably try to swing it, but he's very gentle.

 

[over]

Very good bowling from the opening bowlers, got Paine and Ponting. White was almost gone also.

 

[StinkyBoHoon]

i have a horrible feeling this is going to end up very close and we might be left asking ourselves, what if vettori, the backbone of the batting and one of the best one day bowlers, was playing.

 

[aussie1st]

Can someone please tell me why we're on only 25 from 14 overs? I just woke up.

Good tight bowling by Bond and Mills and Ponting out.

 

[angryangy]

Can someone please tell me why we're on only 25 from 14 overs? I just woke up.

The new ball swung as much as if not more for NZ as it did for Aus. The batsmen are under no pressure to score quickly and they have started to set about scoring now the ball has lost its shine.

 

[TheGreemSim]

f**k you mcculum, call yourself a keeper.

 

[aussie1st]

McCullum drops White could prove costly. White wasn't the guy I thought would be doing that, Watson is the one more prone to that.

 

[Ari]

Kruger van Wyk please.