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Australia headed into their second match of their English tour, looking to shake the remaining cobwebs from their game after a scare against the Irish.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to give Australia a taste of their own medicine by opening with the devastating pair of Adam Gilchrist and David Warner. Warner’s NSW team mate, Doug Bollinger showed he knows Warner’s game very well recovering from the early boundary hit in his over to have Warner caught behind for 5.
Shane Watson started his spell well with his economy under 6 an over and he picked up the crucial wicket of Adam Gilchrist in the 16th over. Bollinger returned in the 20th over to remove Malan leaving Middlesex 3/86. Shah and Dexter ensured there would be no early tea with an 88 run partnership. Bollinger returned to give the c Paine b Bollinger its third entry.
Newman came in to put the icing on the cake with 55 from just 40 balls while Shah ended up falling short of his 100 when he holed out in the deep on 92 off the bowling of McKay. Shane Watson struggled at the death which balloned his figures back over the 6 an over mark and McKay had similar struggles after his first spell went for 5 an over.Middlesex set a competitive 273 at 5.46 runs an over.
Australia came out all guns blazing with Paine and Watson scoring 26 runs in 2.4 overs before Paine departed on 10 run out. Watson continued his assault taking Australia past 50 before he departed in the 6th over to a run out by Warner. Murtagh who claimed the run out of Paine, then grabbed 2 quick wickets in the captain and vice captain of Australia. Clarke departed for his second duck in a row while Ponting hit three boundaries before departing.
At 4/64, Australia were looking at another embarrassing loss on English soil which would have capped of the night after the English disposed of the Wallabies earlier in the day. Cameron White and Michael Hussey had different ideas as they shared a massive 176 run partnership which included White’s third 100 for Australia which came off 114 balls. Hussey scored at a more subdue rate to normal with his 50 coming from 73 balls but it was the perfect knock for the situation.
When White departed for 106, Australia needed a relatively simple 34 runs from 38 balls. Steven Smith finished off the game with a quick fire 28 from just 17 balls as Australia won by 5 wickets with 13 balls remaining. Like in the T20 World Cup, Australia once again relied on Hussey and White to dig them out of trouble while Smith continued his love affair with batting with Hussey.
The match would have given the Middlesex players a lot of confidence as they performed well with bat and ball. For Australia, Doug Bollinger found form after an off day against the Irish. Watson’s bowling was good earlier on and he showed glimpsed of returning to his best with the best. The biggest concern for Australia will be the bowling of Clint McKay and the batting of Michael Clarke.
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Australia headed into their second match of their English tour, looking to shake the remaining cobwebs from their game after a scare against the Irish.
Middlesex won the toss and elected to give Australia a taste of their own medicine by opening with the devastating pair of Adam Gilchrist and David Warner. Warner’s NSW team mate, Doug Bollinger showed he knows Warner’s game very well recovering from the early boundary hit in his over to have Warner caught behind for 5.
Shane Watson started his spell well with his economy under 6 an over and he picked up the crucial wicket of Adam Gilchrist in the 16th over. Bollinger returned in the 20th over to remove Malan leaving Middlesex 3/86. Shah and Dexter ensured there would be no early tea with an 88 run partnership. Bollinger returned to give the c Paine b Bollinger its third entry.
Newman came in to put the icing on the cake with 55 from just 40 balls while Shah ended up falling short of his 100 when he holed out in the deep on 92 off the bowling of McKay. Shane Watson struggled at the death which balloned his figures back over the 6 an over mark and McKay had similar struggles after his first spell went for 5 an over.Middlesex set a competitive 273 at 5.46 runs an over.
Australia came out all guns blazing with Paine and Watson scoring 26 runs in 2.4 overs before Paine departed on 10 run out. Watson continued his assault taking Australia past 50 before he departed in the 6th over to a run out by Warner. Murtagh who claimed the run out of Paine, then grabbed 2 quick wickets in the captain and vice captain of Australia. Clarke departed for his second duck in a row while Ponting hit three boundaries before departing.
At 4/64, Australia were looking at another embarrassing loss on English soil which would have capped of the night after the English disposed of the Wallabies earlier in the day. Cameron White and Michael Hussey had different ideas as they shared a massive 176 run partnership which included White’s third 100 for Australia which came off 114 balls. Hussey scored at a more subdue rate to normal with his 50 coming from 73 balls but it was the perfect knock for the situation.
When White departed for 106, Australia needed a relatively simple 34 runs from 38 balls. Steven Smith finished off the game with a quick fire 28 from just 17 balls as Australia won by 5 wickets with 13 balls remaining. Like in the T20 World Cup, Australia once again relied on Hussey and White to dig them out of trouble while Smith continued his love affair with batting with Hussey.
The match would have given the Middlesex players a lot of confidence as they performed well with bat and ball. For Australia, Doug Bollinger found form after an off day against the Irish. Watson’s bowling was good earlier on and he showed glimpsed of returning to his best with the best. The biggest concern for Australia will be the bowling of Clint McKay and the batting of Michael Clarke.
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