Story The Ashes 2009 - 3rd Test Result

[Ollie_H]

BBC announce Fantasy Cricket competition!​

The BBC have kindly offered to sponsor the Fantasy Cricket for the Ashes 2009! It will coincide with the 5 Test Series starting on the 8th July. You as the reader have an opportunity to win 500,000 vCash, reps and a special mention in the story, in unexpecting circumstances. There will be a 500,000 vCash being awarded per game with the overall winner being awarded 1,500,000 million vCash. Now thats some serious prizes Ladies and Gentlemen! This is brought to you buy the BBC Fantasy Cricket Team.
Now for the rules, if you want to enter all you have to do is post a team consisting of 11 players who you think will score you most points in this 5 test series and in each test. Once you have selected your team you will be allowed 10 transfers in total for the series in between the matches. Each team must include a designated Captain and a Wicket Keeper. This WK must be a registered Wicket Keeper.

How will you score these points I here you ask? Well here is the run down.

Batsmen
Runs scored = +1 point for every run scored
Half Century = Bonus + 25 points
Century = Bonus + 50 points
Duck = -20 points for registered batsmen
Duck = -10 points for All rounder or WK

Bowlers
Wickets = + 20 points
Runs Conceded = - 1 for every 5 runs conceded.
5 Wicket Haul = + 30 points
10 Wicket in Match = +50 points.

Here are the Available players to you:

Batsmen
Ricky Ponting
Simon Katich
Philip Hughes
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
David Hussey
Shaun Marsh

Andrew Strauss
Ravinder Bopara
Kevin Pietersen
Ian Bell
Eoin Morgan
Owais Shah
Alastair Cook,

All-Rounders
James Hopes
Marcus North
Andrew McDonald
Shane Watson
Mitchell Johnson

Andrew Flintoff
Paul Collingwood
Samit Patel
Dimitri Mascharenhas
Adil Rashid
Stuart Broad
Tim Bresnan

Wicket Keepers
Brad Haddin
Graham Manou

Matt Prior
James Foster

Bowlers
Ben Hilfenhaus
Brett Lee
Nathan Hauritz
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Peter Siddle

Ryan Sidebottom
James Anderson
Graham Onions
Graeme Swann

Pick your 11 now for your chance to win!​

 

[just_cricket]

1 Phillip Hughes
2 Alastair Cook
3 Ricky Ponting Captain
4 Michael Clarke *1
5 Kevin Pietersen *2
6 Mike Hussey
7 Andrew Flintoff*3
8 Brad Haddin WK
9 Mitchell Johnson
10 Graeme Swann
11 James Anderson

Very nice presentation so far. I like the way this has started

 

[hedger_14]

1. Philip Hughes (C)
2. Kevin Pietersen*3
3. Michael Clarke
4. Alastair Cook
5. Michael Hussey
6. Paul Collingwood
7. Brad Haddin (WK)
8. Mitchell Johnson*1
9. Nathan Hauritz
10. Stuart Clark
11. James Anderson*2

 

[Gary123]

1.Simon Katich
2.Ravinder Bopara*1
3.Ricky Ponting
4.Kevin Pietersen
5.Michael Hussey*3
6.Andrew Flintoff(C)
7.Brad Haddin(WK)
8.Nathan Hauritz
9.Nathan Bracken*2
10.Ryan Sidebottom
11.James Anderson

 

[OffCutters]

1.Phil Hughes
2.Andrew Strauss (C)
3.Kevin Pietersen *1
4.Michael Clarke
5.Mike Hussey *2
6.Andrew Flintoff
7.Brad Haddin (WK)
8.Mitchell Johnson *3
9.Brett Lee
10.Stuart Clark
11.James Anderson

 

[treva]

1) Andrew Strauss
2) Phil Hughes
3) Ravi Bopara (c)
4) Kevin Pietersen
5) Ricky Ponting *3
6) Michael Clarke
7) Andrew Flintoff
8) Matt Prior (wk)
9) Stuart Broad
10) Graeme Swann *1
11) James Anderson *2

 

[Ollie_H]

you've got no bonus players Jack? Thanks for the guys who have submitted their teams and please carry on to reas this story

 

[treva]

Oops, didn't see that. Editing now! And of course I will continue to read. Not seen a story from you in ages (maybe even ever?) so I really look forward to it.

 

[Ollie_H]

Roaring Lions Defeat Convicts in Tight Game

In a game of Epic proportions the England Lions have defeated the Australians by just one single wicket. In a game where the batsmen dominated most of the game it was tiresome time for both sets of bowlers.
Ian Bell named as the captain for the England Lions game lost the toss and was made to field. At the toss he said it wouldn’t have been a hard choice to make between batting and bowling and he was happy to have lost the toss.

While the Aussies raced away to an excellent start Hughes showed his attacking intent by hammering 90 off just 70 balls. At the start of his innings he looked as if he meant to beat Lara’s record with the Lions bowlers struggling to bowl in the right places to him. Eventually it was Graham Onions who managed to snaffle Hughes. An excellent swinging delivery saw it shape away from Hughes and he tried to play across the line only managing to get a thick edge to Bell at second slip, Katich had earlier got a start only to caught behind after thin edging Rashid trying to play the ball down to 3rd man. The middle order apart from Ponting then failed as only then know how to in their recent form. Clarke who would have wished to find his feet in the English conditions was out for a single figures score and continued in his recent poor form. Ponting who was also in poor form going into the series started off looking very shaky and nervous but soon was finding his flowing himself and played a rash shot trying to get to 3 figures. The Australians finished all out for 333 with Rashid claiming 3 wickets for 47 and the pick of the Lions bowlers.

The Lions hit back strongly, Denly and Moore showing their bright futures as England’s’ leading batsmen for the future. Many called for Denly to be included in the World T20 competition and also the Ashes squad but the selectors feel he still needs time to work out his game and mature a bit more. Moore batted past his 50 and looked strong but was done by a lovely ball by part time spinner Katich. The Aussies may be looking for Katich to provide some part time spin as they seem to have little confidence in sole spinner Nathan Hauritz. Moore, Bell and Solanki all made it passed the half century mark but none managed to kick on to the big 3 figures.

The rest of the Lions batting order all made small contributions with Rashid showing how he can bat and glimpses of how good he could be in the future.
England finished on 323 all out with Clark and Johnson both picking up 4 wickets with Clark having the better figures of the two. These two places both seem set in stone for the Aussies with Lee battling for his position.

Australia then dominated the Lions bowlers all over the park and took complete control of the match. Hughes should have the England bowlers shaking in their boots after he announced his arrival with a match aggregate of 254 runs. Katich failed again but he will know that he can bounce back against the bowlers when the test matches start in just 4 days time. Unlike Katich, Ponting made up for his first innings error and complied 142 runs at over a run a ball, it was off just 126 balls showing he has the temperament to score big runs and score them quickly as well. With Hughes and Ponting both contributing big centuries big hundreds Mike Hussey chipped in with a solid 64 at over a run a ball showing the Lions how badly they wanted the win, willing to bat quickly to get a big total on the board so that not only could they bow the lions out but also treat the fans to a real stormer of a match! The Aussies declared on 389 for 2 setting the Lions the prime total of 400 to win.

With a target set for the Lions the game was on and the Lions got off to the worst possible start when Denly was dismissed for a duck caught by Clarke at slip off the bowling of Lee looking to get his place for the first test. Moore and Bell then set about chasing this target down. With the whole of England expecting Bell to bottle it once again he set about proving the whole of England wrong and showing how hungry he is to win his place back for the first test. Bell and Moore being the only people who managed to pass 50 and you could say they won the match for England.

The Aussies bowlers took wickets at crucial intervals; the wickets were spread out between all the bowlers. Brett Lee basically bowled himself to Cardiff with 3 wickets for 123. Katich and Johnson then took two wickets a piece, with Clark and North taking a solitary wicket each. Bell in the end did bottle it getting out at a crucial moment without managing to cash and make it to the 200. It was left to Bresnan to spank two sixes at the end to take the England Lions to the winning post and beat the Australians by just one wicket.

It was a match that had twists and turns and showed why the longer format of the game is still the main spectacle of the game. It was thanks to Ponting that the game came to such a dramatic close when he made a sporting declaration to give the Lions a score of 400 to win.

Wed July 1st - Sat July 4th

Australia VS England Lions at New Road
 
Australia won toss and elect to bat.

AUSTRALIA 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Phillip Hughes      c. Bell        b. Onions       90    71   17    2  126.8%
Simon Katich        c. Davies      b. Rashid       34    54    7    0   63.0%
Ricky Ponting       c. Harmison    b. Bresnan      99    94   21    2  105.3%
Michael Hussey      c. Harmison    b. Panesar      23    28    5    0   82.1%
Michael Clarke      c. Davies      b. Bresnan       7    12    1    0   58.3%
Marcus North        c. Rashid      b. Panesar      10    14    2    0   71.4%
Brad Haddin         c. Morgan      b. Onions       11    19    2    0   57.9%
Mitchell Johnson                   b. Rashid       19    40    4    0   47.5%
Nathan Hauritz      c. Panesar     b. Harmison     24    50    3    1   48.0%
Brett Lee                          b. Rashid        1     6    0    0   16.7%
Stuart Clark        not out                         0     1    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  333/10       Overs:  64.5         Run Rate:  5.14     Extras:  15 
 

ENGLAND LIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Graham Onions        17.0      3      65      2      3.82     1      1 
Steve Harmison       11.0      0      68      1      6.18     0      2 
Tim Bresnan           8.0      0      45      2      5.63     0      0 
Joe Denly             5.0      0      30      0      6.00     0      1 
Adil Rashid          13.5      6      47      3      3.40     0      2 
Monty Panesar        10.0      1      70      2      7.00     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 6      Leg Byes: 4      Byes: 4 

 Total:  333/10       Overs:  64.5         Run Rate:  5.14    Extras:  15   
                                     

 
ENGLAND LIONS 1st innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Joe Denly                      c & b. Lee          40    88    9    0   45.5%
Stephen Moore       c. North       b. Katich       77    90   15    1   85.6%
Ian Bell            c. North       b. Johnson      59    81   12    1   72.8%
Vikram Solanki                     b. Clark        57   144   11    0   39.6%
Eoin Morgan                        b. Johnson       9    29    2    0   31.0%
Steve Davies        lbw            b. Johnson      10    54    1    0   18.5%
Adil Rashid         c. Haddin      b. Johnson      35    28    7    0  125.0%
Tim Bresnan         c. Katich      b. Clark        10    28    1    1   35.7%
Steve Harmison      c. Haddin      b. Clark         9    22    1    0   40.9%
Graham Onions       not out                         4    13    0    0   30.8%
Monty Panesar       c. Ponting     b. Clark         0     3    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  323/10       Overs:  96.4         Run Rate:  3.34     Extras:  13 
   

AUSTRALIA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Stuart Clark         18.4      5      47      4      2.52     1      0 
Mitchell Johnson     19.0      6      64      4      3.37     0      2 
Brett Lee            20.0      5      50      1      2.50     0      0 
Marcus North         15.0      5      64      0      4.27     0      1 
Nathan Hauritz        3.0      2       4      0      1.33     0      0 
Simon Katich         17.0      5      71      1      4.18     0      2 
Michael Clarke        4.0      1      16      0      4.00     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 5      Leg Byes: 7      Byes: 0 

 Total:  323/10       Overs:  96.4         Run Rate:  3.34    Extras:  13   
                                     

 
AUSTRALIA 2nd innings

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Phillip Hughes      not out                       164   222   36    1   73.9%
Simon Katich        c. Moore       b. Onions        5     9    1    0   55.6%
Ricky Ponting       lbw            b. Panesar     142   126   31    0  112.7%
Michael Hussey      not out                        64    57   15    0  112.3%
Michael Clarke       
Marcus North         
Brad Haddin          
Mitchell Johnson     
Nathan Hauritz       
Brett Lee            
Stuart Clark         
 
 Total:  389/2        Overs:  69.0         Run Rate:  5.64     Extras:  14 


ENGLAND LIONS Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Graham Onions        16.0      1      80      1      5.00     0      2 
Steve Harmison       17.0      3      84      0      4.94     0      0 
Tim Bresnan          10.0      1      62      0      6.20     0      0 
Adil Rashid          14.0      2      95      0      6.79     1      3 
Monty Panesar        12.0      1      62      1      5.17     1      1 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 2      No Balls: 6      Leg Byes: 1      Byes: 5 

 Total:  389/2        Overs:  69.0         Run Rate:  5.64    Extras:  14   
                                     
 
ENGLAND LIONS 2nd innings  (Target: 400)

Player              Status                        Runs  Blls  4s   6s    S/R
Joe Denly           c. Clarke      b. Lee           0    15    0    0    0.0%
Stephen Moore       lbw            b. Katich       64    57   14    0  112.3%
Ian Bell            c. Hughes      b. Lee         188   235   42    0   80.0%
Vikram Solanki                     b. Lee          31    86    5    1   36.0%
Eoin Morgan         lbw            b. North        38    79    7    0   48.1%
Steve Davies        c. Haddin      b. Johnson      16    12    4    0  133.3%
Adil Rashid         c. Ponting     b. Katich        9     5    2    0  180.0%
Tim Bresnan         not out                        33    37    5    2   89.2%
Steve Harmison      c. Hughes      b. Johnson       0    20    0    0    0.0%
Graham Onions       c. Katich      b. Clark         4     4    0    0  100.0%
Monty Panesar       not out                         0    10    0    0    0.0%
 
 Total:  404/9        Overs:  93.2         Run Rate:  4.33     Extras:  21 


AUSTRALIA Bowling

Player               Overs   Mdns    Runs   Wkts      E/R    Wds    NBs
Stuart Clark         20.0      6      52      1      2.60     0      2 
Mitchell Johnson     13.0      3      63      2      4.85     0      2 
Brett Lee            21.2      2     123      3      5.77     0      4 
Michael Clarke        2.0      0      23      0     11.50     0      0 
Simon Katich         21.0      2      79      2      3.76     1      2 
Marcus North         13.0      2      46      1      3.54     0      0 
Nathan Hauritz        3.0      1       8      0      2.67     0      0 


 EXTRAS          Wides: 1      No Balls: 10     Leg Byes: 2      Byes: 8 

 Total:  404/9        Overs:  93.2         Run Rate:  4.33    Extras:  21   
                                     
 
  
 
Australia           333 & 389/2d
England Lions       323 & 404/9              
   
England Lions won by 1 wickets
  
Man of the match: Phillip Hughes

 

[OffCutters]

Good win by Australia, Phil Hughes is on fire lol. Good presentation mate.

 

[Ollie_H]

Good win by Australia, Phil Hughes is on fire lol. Good presentation mate.

It's always interesting to find the people who don't read it

 

[just_cricket]

Good win by Australia, Phil Hughes is on fire lol. Good presentation mate.

It's always interesting to find the people who don't read it

Lol! Anyway that is good presentation- and while Phillip Hughes is going pretty well it looks like Ian Bell was the matchwinner. Good to see him getting runs pre-Ashes.
KUTGW

 

[Akash00]

This will be mine:

1 Phil Hughes
2 Andrew Strauss
3 Kevin Pietersen *1
4 Ricky Ponting *2
5 Mike Hussey
6 Andrew Flintoff *3
7 Brad Haddin (WK)
8 Mitchell Johnson - Captain
9 Brett Lee
10 Stuart Clark
11 James Anderson

 

[CG123]

Here is mine:

1 Philip Hughes
2 Andrew Strauss
3 Ricky Ponting *2
4 Kevin Pietersen *3
5 Michael Hussey
6 Paul Collingwood
7 Matt Prior (wk)
8 Andrew Flintoff (capt)
9 Mitchell Johnson *1
10 Stuart Broad
11 Stuart Clark

 

[treva]

Quality warm-up game there. Surprised there was a result with that kind of scoring, and although a few of their batsmen will gain a lot of confidence that result will hurt a little.