8th 2020
verses
ThandaMilk
ThandaMilk won the toss and chose to bat.
(ThandaMilk)
Australia 83 all out 20 overs
Watson 21(36)
Warner 20(13)
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I O'Brien 3/8
J Franklin 3/20
An unusual decison to open the batting with Mitchell Johnson led to a slow start for Australia. Johnson himself took 8 balls to get off the mark and fell for 2(10).
Australia 28/1 at the end of the powerplay.
Watson 16*(25) playing sensibly as Warner 20(13) and Ponting 3(8) fall before the 10th over. Australia 45/3 in 10 overs.
Clarke's 3(8) nervy innings ends with the first big shot he plays. 46/4 in 11 overs.
Watson 21(36) finally falls to a slower ball from Franklin after an over of blistering pace by Butler . A very patient innings and a shame he could not add more, was timing everything perfectly. 52/5 in 13.1 overs
Wickets tumbled with no big contribution from the 13th over onwards.
(LeftArmFast)
New Zealand 86/6 in 16 overs
Oram 28*(21)
A very tight field (only 1 man on boundry, 2 short covers/midwickets) saw McCullum fall for 0 in the 2nd over.
2/1 in 3.0 overs. A very tight field and Brett Lee and Siddle bowling that nagging offstump line. Too hard to get anything away, and not worth risking anything at this stage. Going to try to suvive these tactics until he runs out of fast bowlers.
5/2 in 4.2 as Ryder falls to another close fielder on a perfect shot.
Guptil 1*(13)
Field is now relaxed all of a sudden, singles at cover, fine leg and mid wicket.
13/2 after 6 overs, New Zealand struggling against the Aussie quicks.
25/4 in 9.3 and the Kiwis are collapsing chasing a small total. No boundries hit yet!
27/5 as Fulman goes as well to another perfect shot.
Great bowling with a fair field as well now, NZ just crumbling on their own incompetence.
Oram and Taylor at the crease, 57 runs needed in 10 overs.
Taylor gone to a perfect drive at short cover.
39/6 in 12 overs pressure on NZ.
71/6 in 14 overs as C White takes a pasting and NZ slowly crawl back on top.
Oram 28*(21) leads NZ to a very nervy win.
LeftArmFast wins by 4 wickets.
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Match Thoughts
ThandaMilk has improved notably as a player. Had a brief chat with him about the tight field and he was very open to suggestions. Look forward to playing him again in the near future as he is slowly becoming one of the better players on PC.
MOM Jacob Oram 28*(21) held New Zealand together during an epic collapse
Stats so far
Played : 8
Won : 4
Lost : 0
Quit/Disconnect: 4
