Story The Ashes (ICC09) Australia win ODI series

[Jakester1288]

Copying the same format I used?

 

[hedger_14]

Well i was doing the same but instead of writing about the game i was doing the scores at 5 over intervals and putting down the wickets. Now i'm still putting down the wickets but not putting down the scores at intervals and writing anout the game.

 

[Jaztheman]

Could say the same to you, Jake. Lighten up, we should be helping eachother out with presentation and such instead of trying to gain rights and copyright...

Can't say I'm surprised England didn't win, what a batting performance by Australia that was duly followed up by some good all round bowling. Very nice to see Australia back to their best, even if it is against England.

Good presentation, mate. Could do with a paragraph rounding up the match at the end though.

 

[hedger_14]

yeah mate, i normally do it after the scorecards but i just cant be bothered opening the game up right now.

 

[Biggy]

Copying the same format I used?

Look at my APL comp..

Since I began that about 3 more almost identical too it have popped up, should feel complimented if he is using "your style".

 

[Jakester1288]

Could say the same to you, Jake. Lighten up, we should be helping eachother out with presentation and such instead of trying to gain rights and copyright...

Can't say I'm surprised England didn't win, what a batting performance by Australia that was duly followed up by some good all round bowling. Very nice to see Australia back to their best, even if it is against England.

Good presentation, mate. Could do with a paragraph rounding up the match at the end though.

I didn't mean it like that.

Perhaps 'using' would have been a better word than 'copying'.

 

[mattfb]

Strauss getting run out then KP going early was vital for Australia. Although I couldn't really see England chasing down that total.

Awesome work mate, great writing. kiu!

 

[hedger_14]

thanks for the comments. Now i know to post it when a lot of people are on and looking at the stories.

 

[hedger_14]

I can't be bothered doing all the innings so I'll post the scorecards of the rest of the matches and a summary of the games.

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England v Australia
5th One Day International - 15 Sep 2009
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Australia - 1st Innings
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S Katich        b Anderson                72
S Marsh         lbw b Sidebottom          33
R Ponting       lbw b Swann               55
M Hussey        c Bell b Flintoff         5
M North         b Sidebottom              50
B Haddin        not out                   7
J Hopes         not out                   15
M Johnson       
N Hauritz       
B Hilfenhaus    
D Bollinger     
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Extras: (nb1,w6)                          7
TOTAL: (5 wkts, 50 overs)                 244

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                O       M       R       W
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A Flintoff      10      1       36      1
S Broad         10      1       55      0
R Sidebottom    10      0       52      2
G Swann         10      1       43      1
J Anderson      10      0       58      1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-72  2-115  3-124  4-215  5-225  

England - 1st Innings
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A Strauss       b Hopes                   57
A Cook          c North b Hilfenhaus      13
K Pietersen     c Hauritz b Bollinger     0
I Bell          b Hopes                   11
S Patel         not out                   74
M Prior         lbw b Hauritz             19
A Flintoff      run out                   48
G Swann         not out                   15
S Broad         
R Sidebottom    
J Anderson      
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Extras: (nb5,w3)                          8
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 48.5 overs)               245

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       7       0       33      0
D Bollinger     9       1       42      1
B Hilfenhaus    9.5     0       47      1
J Hopes         10      0       47      2
N Hauritz       10      0       52      1
M North         3       0       24      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-64  2-65  3-85  4-92  5-123  
6-214  

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England won by 4 wickets
Man of the match: S Patel
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Summary:
Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Marsh and Katich got the team off to a decent start before Marsh got out. Ponting and Katich then put on a good partnership before Anderson broke it getting the wicket of Katich. North and Ponting got Australia to a reasonable total with both batsman hitting half centuries.

England went out to bat with the series already lost. Johnson was expensive early and Strauss went onto the attack while Cook played defensively before Hilfenhaus got the wicket of Cook. Bollinger then got the big wicket of Pietersen. Strauss kept going but 2 wickets in quick succession from Hopes put England in some trouble. Samit Patel and Andrew Flintoff however kept on going to guide England to a 4 wicket win, Samit Patel earning man of the match.

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England v Australia
6th One Day International - 17 Sep 2009
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England - 1st Innings
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A Strauss       c Haddin b Hilfenhaus     29
A Cook          c Ponting b North         55
K Pietersen     c Haddin b Hilfenhaus     9
I Bell          lbw b Hopes               0
S Patel         c Haddin b Hopes          103
M Prior         not out                   46
A Flintoff      not out                   16
G Swann         
S Broad         
R Sidebottom    
J Anderson      
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Extras: (nb3,w3,b4)                       10
TOTAL: (5 wkts, 50 overs)                 268

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       10      1       39      0
D Bollinger     8       1       50      0
B Hilfenhaus    10      0       55      2
J Hopes         7       0       42      2
N Hauritz       8       0       54      0
M North         7       1       24      1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-56  2-80  3-81  4-114  5-242

Australia - 1st Innings
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S Katich        c Sidebottom b Broad      25
S Marsh         c Prior b Flintoff        16
R Ponting       b Anderson                88
M Hussey        run out                   20
M North         lbw b Sidebottom          19
B Haddin        c & b Broad               19
J Hopes         not out                   48
M Johnson       c Broad b Swann           26
N Hauritz       lbw b Sidebottom          1
B Hilfenhaus    not out                   4
D Bollinger     
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Extras: (nb2,w1)                          3
TOTAL: (8 wkts, 49.4 overs)               269

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                O       M       R       W
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A Flintoff      10      0       58      1
S Broad         10      1       67      2
J Anderson      10      0       50      1
G Swann         10      0       56      1
R Sidebottom    9.4     0       38      2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-37  2-41  3-96  4-145  5-180  
6-190  7-241  8-264  

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Australia won by 2 wickets
Man of the match: S Patel
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Match Summary:

Australia won the toss but chose to bowl which was a strange decision. Strauss and Cook started well but Strauss only made 29 out to Hilfenhaus. Pietersen and Bell got out early for the second time in a row. Alastair Cook made 50 but Samit Patel kept going before getting out for a century, his second big innings in a row. Prior and Flintoff helped England to a good total of 268.

Australia went out to bat and Marsh and Katich made starts before getting out. Ponting started off slow but quickened up even though the running didn't as he ran Mike Hussey out. Ponting made 88 before being dismissed and with Hopes and Johnson at the crease with still 60 odd runs to win, it didn't look good for the Aussies. Johnson made 25 but got out and it didn't look good but back to back sixes from Hopes put them right back in it, Hilfenhaus scoring a boundary in the last over before a wide from Sidebottom wrapped it up, winning by 2 wickets. Samit Patel was given man of the match again.

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England v Australia
7th One Day International - 20 Sep 2009
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Australia - 1st Innings
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M Hussey        c Pietersen b Anderson    45
S Marsh         lbw b Anderson            37
R Ponting       lbw b Swann               2
M North         not out                   69
C Ferguson      b Anderson                39
J Hopes         run out                   12
B Haddin        lbw b Swann               6
M Johnson       not out                   10
N Bracken       
B Hilfenhaus    
D Bollinger     
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Extras: (nb3,w7,lb2)                      12
TOTAL: (6 wkts, 50 overs)                 232

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                O       M       R       W
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A Flintoff      10      0       48      0
S Broad         10      0       51      0
J Anderson      10      0       29      3
G Swann         10      3       53      2
R Sidebottom    10      0       49      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-77  2-84  3-100  4-164  5-185  
6-197

England - 1st Innings
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A Strauss       lbw b Bracken             42
A Cook          b Johnson                 5
K Pietersen     lbw b Hopes               65
I Bell          not out                   47
S Patel         c Hussey b Hopes          0
M Prior         c Hussey b Bracken        30
A Flintoff      not out                   35
G Swann         
S Broad         
R Sidebottom    
J Anderson      
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Extras: (nb3,w6)                          9
TOTAL: (5 wkts, 47.1 overs)               233

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       8       0       37      1
D Bollinger     6       0       31      0
B Hilfenhaus    6       0       40      0
N Bracken       9       0       58      2
J Hopes         8.1     0       35      2
M North         10      1       32      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-19  2-81  3-131  4-131  5-185  


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England won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: K Pietersen
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Match Summary:

Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Hussey and Marsh got the Aussies off to a good start with an opening stand of 71. Ponting went early though but North and Ferguson tried to pull the innings back together, Feguson making 39. North batted through the innings to make an unbeaten 69, Australia ending up with a below par score. Anderson was pick of the bowlers with 3 wickets.

England went out to bat, Cook going early but Pietersen and Strauss hammered the Australian bowlers. Strauss went for 42 but Bell batted well with Pietersen to put England in a top position. Very economical bowling from North however left Australia with a chance but an unbeaten 35 from Flintoff took them to victory with around 3 over's to spare. Hopes and North were Australia's best bowlers.