Story World Cup 2007 - Australia

[crowsboy]

LEE GETS 2 IN 1 OVER

Australia have taken two wickets in one over thanks to some brilliant bolwing by Brett Lee. Lee firstly bowled a ball that Brown edged right to Ponting, the next was a shorter ball that Haq tried to block but got a nick on it. Scotland are struggling at 6/126​

Scotland 6/126 (28 Overs)
Watts C Hussey B Lee 7
Poonia NOT OUT 60*
Watson LBW Lee 3
Hamilton LBW Cullen 19
Lockhart C Symonds B Johnson 11
Brown C Pontinng B Lee 20*
Haq C Gilchrist B Lee 0
Wright NOT OUT 0*

Extras 6

McGrath 10-42-0
Lee 10-43-4
Johnson 4-22-1
Cullen 4-20-1​

 

[Left_Hander]

Australia to win by a big margin. Some good bowling by Lee.

 

[crowsboy]

CULLEN AND JOHNSON PICK UP WICKETS

Australia are just 2 wickets away from defeating Scotland in there opening Group match of the world cup. Mitchell Johnson and Dan Cullen both just picked up wickets, with Cullens coming from another wrong-un that Wright hit straight to Voges. Johnson tapped Blain LBW, using swing to get him

Scotland 8/156 (34 Overs)
Watts C Hussey B Lee 7
Poonia NOT OUT 80*
Watson LBW Lee 3
Hamilton LBW Cullen 19
Lockhart C Symonds B Johnson 11
Brown C Pontinng B Lee 20*
Haq C Gilchrist B Lee 0
Wright C Voges B Cullen 3
Blain LBW Johnson 4
Lyons NOT OUT 0*

Extras 9

McGrath 10-42-0
Lee 10-43-4
Johnson 7-40-2
Cullen 7-32-2​

 

[crowsboy]

CULLEN FINISHES INNINGS WITH TWO WICKETS IN 2 BALLS

Scotlands innings has finally come to a close with Dan Cullen taking the last 2 wickets in the space of 2 balls. The first one as a normal off-spinner which Lyons couldn't hit and went straight onto his pad for LBW. The second was dollyed up to Cullen by Nel which Cullen caught easily

Scotland 156 (34.2 Overs)
Watts C Hussey B Lee 7
Poonia NOT OUT 80*
Watson LBW Lee 3
Hamilton LBW Cullen 19
Lockhart C Symonds B Johnson 11
Brown C Pontinng B Lee 20*
Haq C Gilchrist B Lee 0
Wright C Voges B Cullen 3
Blain LBW Johnson 4
Lyons LBW Cullen 0
Nel C and B Cullen 0

Extras 9

McGrath 10-42-0
Lee 10-43-4
Johnson 7-40-2
Cullen 7.2-32-2​

 

[crowsboy]

Australia win by 150 runs​

Australia 5/306
Scotland 156​

Man of the Match​

Brett Lee​

 

[crowsboy]

Game 3 - Canada v Kenya - Group C
Canada 5/206
Kenya 3/207
Canada win by 2 wickets

Game 4 - Bermuda v Sri Lanka - Group B
Sri Lanka 4/302
Bermuda 114
Sri Lanka win by 188 runs

Game 5 - Ireland v Zimbabwe - Group D
Zimbawe 7/234
Ireland 188
Zimbawe win by 46 runs

Game 6 - Netherlands v South Africa - Group A
South Africa 6/309
Netherlands 167
South Africa win by 142 runs

Game 7 - England v New Zealand - Group C
New Zealand 3/224
England 6/225
England win by 4 wickets

Game 8 - Bangledesh v India - Group B
India 5/287
Bangledesh 202
India win by 85 runs

Game 9 - Ireland v Pakistan - Group D
Pakistan 3/254
Ireland 154
Pakistan win by 100 runs

 

[crowsboy]

TABLES

Group A (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
Australia 1-1-0-4
South Africa 1-1-0-4
Scotland 1-0-1-0
Netherlands 1-0-1-4

Group B (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
India 1-1-0-4
Sri Lanka 1-1-0-4
Bangladesh 1-0-1-0
Bermuda 1-0-1-0

Group C (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
Canada 1-1-0-4
England 1-1-0-4
Kenya 1-0-1-0
New Zealand 1-0-1-0

Group D (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
Pakistan 2-2-0-8
Zimbabwe 1-1-0-4
West Indies 1-0-1-0
Irealnd 2-0-2-0

 

[crowsboy]

LEE HAPPY WITH TEAMS PERFORMANCE​

Brett Lee at a packed pres confrence​

Australian spearhead Brett Lee has today come out and told journalists that the teams performance couldn't get any better. "When we're playing like we did against Scotland, we are unbeatable but we still have guys like Benny Hilfenhaus, Cameron White and Shaun Tait who are sitting on the sidelines so that says something about how we are going" he said. When asked if Australia could win there 3rd consecutive World Cup he said "We'll I think we will come very close if we continue this form"​

 

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA v NETHERLANDS - TEAMS​

AUSTRALIA

Hayden
Gilchrist
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Voges
Symonds
Lee
Hilfenhaus
Johnson
Cullen

SCOTLAND

Zuiderent
Szwarczynski
ten Doeschate
van Bunge
Kervezee
de Leede
Borren
van Troost
Smits
Jonkman
Mohammad Kashif​

 

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA WIN TOSS AND ELECT TO BAT​

 

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA OFF TO GOOD START​

Australia have won the toss and elected to bat first on a very good battingpitch. It turned out to be a good decision, when Mathew Hayden hit a six off the first ball of the day off Kashif. Australia are 0/68 off 10 overs, with Mathew Hayden 34 not out, alongside Adam Gilchrist who is 30 not out. Next in to bat is Ricky Ponting

Australia 0/68 off 10 overs
Hayden NOT OUT 34*
Gilchrist NOT OUT 30*

Extras 4

Mohammad Kashif 5-35-0
Jonkman 5-33-0​

 

[crowsboy]

HAYDEN FALLS FOR 40

Australias Mathew Hayden has been trapped LBW by an good inswining yorker by Jonkman. Mathew Hayden made 40 and was looking good until he got out. Adam Gilchrist is still there, on 36 alongside the new batsmen in captain Ricky Ponting

Australia 1/81 off 13.4 overs
Hayden LBW Jonkman 40
Gilchrist NOT OUT 36*
Ponting NOT OUT 0*

Extras 5

Mohammad Kashif 7-40-0
Jonkman 6.4-41-1​

 

[aussie1st]

Not a bad start by the Aussies, Hayden scoring more than Gilly not often you see that.

 

[mattfb]

Nice start for the Aussies, should get another big one

 

[Left_Hander]

Superb start. Australia just need to keep going and a 300+ score is on the cards.