Story Natwest Series (Shailesh and Crick4life)

[crick4life]

England win the first ODI by 185 runs

It really was a very disappointing effort by the Aussies. Australia was overwhelmed by the massive target England set and could never make up their mind to either go at the target aggressively from ball one or to approach like any other game. In the end the massive target England set syched out Australia into submission. Although the pitch wore a green look batting was easy enough and Australia have to blame themselves for having thrown away many of their wickets. Only Ponting, Gilchrist and S.Watson showed any sense out in the middle but were undone by some very good balls. For England it was an inspired captaincy with the field settings and the bowling changes. Almost all of the bowling changes paid off and Vaughan was happy to risk using spinners on a pitch like this. England true to their form played good cricket first by batting their full 50 overs, Trescothick carrying on almost to the end, aggressive bowling and excellent captaincy. The campaign for the Natwest and Ashes would not have begin any better for England.

Australia will need to rethink strategies in the upcoming game. Calling the toss right but not opting to bat may seem a tad disappointing but it was no cause for loss. Improvement in both bowling and batting department is need to come back strongly in the Natwest series. Not all is lost and for a champion team like Australia losing earlier is better to shrug off any complacency.

Some of the happy England cricket fans

 

[crick4life]

S, I guess we need to tweak the aerial shots and field set up as well. Ease of batting is great though we don't want to end up getting out to yorkers. We would rather have the same kind of batting ease but be able to score less. It is not impossible to achieve really, will do some tweaking right away.

 

[T20]

:happy Good one Ravi (nice pics too) stage is set for some exciting contests ahead. I'll get one ale myself for this win Let me know when th cfgs are ready and we'll move ahead to the 2nd odi.

 

[crick4life]

No worries mate, will do. I have started to work on the configs already, it may take a while. I want to have a trial game myself against the CPU to ensure there's nothing odd in the configs. Meanwhile I propose the game be played on Normal pitch and overcast conditions. You win the toss now, let me know what do you choose to do.

 

[T20]

A happy looking England Captain appeared at the press conference after the game:

On the pitch
Probably it was a good toss to lose. Before the game we were aiming at a score of around 225 considering the previous low scores on this ground. But Tresco and Fred batted beautifully and we were more than happy to get that kind of score.

On the next game
We need to forget everything that happened here and start fresh. They are a strong team and will look to make a comeback. We will take it as a new game.

On any changes in the team
we will be playing the same XI.

On strategy for next match
The pitch looks normal but weather is a worry. We will look to field first if we win the toss.

On Trescothick
He was over the moon considering we finally won an odi in which he scored a 100 (laughter). He is looking forward to keep this form going in the remaining odi games and beyond.

On Flintoff
It's always difficult to come back after an injury. But Fred looked in great touch from ball one. He will be a big threat to them in coming matches.

 

[T20]

Guys, you can watch highlights from England innings here :

http://www.overthewicket.com/Cricket2004/

Pl. post your comments.

Suggest a soundtrack

England fans can suggest a soundtrack for next highlights..I will include if I have that song else you can send it to me using yousendit.com to [email protected]

 

[qwert]

great story thread mate, cheers

 

[The Champ]

Guys, you can watch highlights from England innings here :

http://www.overthewicket.com/Cricket2004/

Pl. post your comments.

Suggest a soundtrack

England fans can suggest a soundtrack for next highlights..I will include if I have that song else you can send it to me using yousendit.com to [email protected]

great to see video coverage buddy,awesome work

 

[crick4life]

Excellent video and the background music too Shailesh. Top work mate.

 

[vibs89]

Great series going on far. Now its time for England to win.

 

[jazz]

great video mate

hey shailesh what software do you use to take your videos with?

 

[barmyarmy]

Fantastic video highlights. Massively impressed...

 

[T20]

Glad you guys liked the video highlights thanks for your comments and reps. :happy Do let me know any songs you'd like me to include

Jazz, the video clips were captured using fraps and I edited using Windows movie maker.

 

[crick4life]

Nice banner S. I am done with patching, it is looking good at the moment. Sixers are possible to be hit but the risk attached with it is pretty high and also not easy to score sixes. Batting feel is the same as before apart from only well timed shots fetching decent runs. The fours and sixes are far reduced but hopefully the scores are realistic based on the pitch types. The patch still is fun to bat and now it is a tad fun to bowl as well.

Currently testing it in CPU v/s CPU mode. West Indies have scored 24/0 on a hard pitch after 4 overs so I guess it is looking pretty good. I will upload the patch and the field set up once finished testing.

 

[T20]

sounds good