Story The Southern Hemisphere Series

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Sky Bet ODDs for Southern Hemisphere Series

Australia 5/4 Favourites
South Africa 5/2
New Zealand 3/1

Australia have been named favourites

 

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South African Squad Announced​

Despite the recent injuries for South African Players in the recent tour of Australia, the South African cricket Board has named a fully Strengthed Side for the first leg of this series in Australia

Once again teams are allowed to name new sides for each leg of the series. so after the first leg in Australia has been Completed, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa will be able name new sides for the series in South Africa and New Zealand

South African Squad

G Smith (C)
M Boucher (W)
AB de Villiers
H Dippenaar
H Gibbs
A Hall
J Kemp
C Langeveldt
A Nel
M Ntini
R Peterson
S Pollock
A Prince
J van der Wath
Jacques Kallis

 

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Australia and New Zealand Announce Squads

Aussie Bowlers Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie make comebacks to the australian squad, McGrath missed the tour of South Africa to be with his wife who was affected by cancer and Gillespie returns after being dropped during last years ashes

Australia

+Adam Gilchrist
Simon Katich
*Ricky Ponting
Damien Martyn
Andrew Symonds
Michael Clarke
Michael Hussey
Shane Watson
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Brad Hodge
Jason Gillespie

New Zealand

*Stephen Fleming
Daniel Vettori
Nathan Astle
Shane Bond
James Franklin
Peter Fulton
Jamie How
Hamish Marshall
Michael Mason
+Brendon McCullum
Jeetan Patel
Scott Styris
Lou Vincent
Kyle Mills
Andre Adams
Jacob Oram

 

[langerrox]

good to see dizzy in the squad

 

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Welcome to the 1st One Day International, Leg One in Australia at the Gabba

Australia v South Africa

An Excellent crowd here at the Gabba

Ponting won the toss and elects to Bat

This pitch has a hard surface and pace bowlers Lee and Ntini should find bounce and pace here

 

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Aussies should win here...

 

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Australia 100/0 After 19 Overs

Australia make and excellent start to this match

Gilchrist has come out guns blazing

the South Africans need a wicket here

 

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Bloody hell! What has happened to my favorites - The Proteas? Good knock by Gilly.

Jazz, which team do you play with?

 

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Australia 122/1

Ntini gets Katich

Katich cuts straight to point where Gibbs is waiting for him

Katich Out 46 c Gibbs b Ntini

 

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Bloody hell! What has happened to my favorites - The Proteas? Good knock by Gilly.

Jazz, which team do you play with?

im autoplaying this match

if new zealand dont make the final then i will choose south africa or australia

 

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Australia 122/2 after 26 Overs

South Africa take sucessive wickets

Dangerous Gilchrist Goes

Gilchirst skied Kemp high in the air where Ntini took the catch

Gilchrist 72 c Ntini b Kemp

 

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South Africa Right back in this

Australia 158/3 after 31.2 Overs

Ponting Out

Nel gets ponting with a superb yorker

Ponting 22 b Nel

 

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Australia 158/4 After 33 overs

Symonds Out

Kemp Bowled him with a slower ball

 

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Australia Recover to post decent total

Australia 262/9 After 50 Overs

Gilchrist top scored with clarke and katich providing good support

South Africa Require 266 runs to win

 

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Not a big score by Australian standards.

We will still win though