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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series
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Slow Love™
International Captain
This game is O, V, E, R, girlfriend, unless Symmo somehow comes back out.
Had to happen eventually, I guess, and this was their last chance. Had the Poms gone down in this one, I'd have been curious as to when the last time an English side left an Aussie tour without a single victory over the home team (at least, from when one dayers were a regular part of the itinerary). Actually I'm curious anyway, does anybody know this?
Good innings from Hayden tonight, reckon that given the uncertainty of Watson's position (and stability) he's done enough to go to the WC. That'll shut down the naysayers, never doubted him to be honest.
Joyce MOTM for mine, even if he was dropped early. Fine innings, and he helped England finally post a competitive total batting first, after all the frustration cricket fans have had with the games being for all intents and purposes over before Australia batted. And the fact that he's Irish eases the pain of finally losing to this mob just a bit, as well.
Had to happen eventually, I guess, and this was their last chance. Had the Poms gone down in this one, I'd have been curious as to when the last time an English side left an Aussie tour without a single victory over the home team (at least, from when one dayers were a regular part of the itinerary). Actually I'm curious anyway, does anybody know this?
Good innings from Hayden tonight, reckon that given the uncertainty of Watson's position (and stability) he's done enough to go to the WC. That'll shut down the naysayers, never doubted him to be honest.
Joyce MOTM for mine, even if he was dropped early. Fine innings, and he helped England finally post a competitive total batting first, after all the frustration cricket fans have had with the games being for all intents and purposes over before Australia batted. And the fact that he's Irish eases the pain of finally losing to this mob just a bit, as well.
adharcric
International Coach
Glad to be wrong.
England's NRR will be -0.738836972 if they dismiess Australia for 200. New Zealand is +0.069 and will improve when they beat Australia. Meaning England would have to beat New Zealand with a bonus point to get through to the finals.
If New Zealand looses then Tuesday's game is effectively a semi-final.
If New Zealand looses then Tuesday's game is effectively a semi-final.
KiWiNiNjA
International Coach
arrogance (noun)
offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
emphasis on the word in bold
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
You have to restrict the opposition to 80% of your score, which is under 233 in this case. So yes, there's a chance.So I haven't really studied the mathematics of this tournament...what do you have to do to get a bonus point/any chance of it happening?
Shouldn't matter much though, provided Australia win on sunday. If New Zealand beat Australia on sunday with a bonus point and England don't get the bonus point here, England are out. If New Zealand win without a bonus point, England will need a bonus point in either this game or the next and a good NRR, or a bonus point in both. If New Zealand lose to Australia, all England need to do is win the next match, and bonus points are irrelevant. However, they become relevant again along with NRR if the final match is a tie or a no result.
Make sense?
DJellett
International Debutant
Fiery
Banned
Don't you hate guys like that? You just want to say to them "what country are you in?...ya moron!" (Actually, I have said that). I bet he's spent all his adult life bludging the dole in Bondi.
wpdavid
Hall of Fame Member
tbf Tufnell had probably given him a fair bit of lip before then.Thanks for that - I'd hoped someone would know which umpire it was.
If you get the chance, have a read of Tufnells' account of that tour, which is a hoot.
FaaipDeOiad
Hall of Fame Member
I actually found him kind of funny because his girlfriend was utterly mortified by his behaviour and kept telling him to shut up. Plus New Zealand lost, so he got increasingly angry as the game went on and tried to start up an "aussie aussie aussie, cheat cheat cheat" chant. The Symonds stuff was a bit over the top though.
Fiery
Banned
Haha, and I bet his girlfriend dumped him after the game and he still can't understand why
GIMH
Norwood's on Fire
It does actually, LOL.You have to restrict the opposition to 80% of your score, which is under 233 in this case. So yes, there's a chance.
Shouldn't matter much though, provided Australia win on sunday. If New Zealand beat Australia on sunday with a bonus point and England don't get the bonus point here, England are out. If New Zealand win without a bonus point, England will need a bonus point in either this game or the next and a good NRR, or a bonus point in both. If New Zealand lose to Australia, all England need to do is win the next match, and bonus points are irrelevant. However, they become relevant again along with NRR if the final match is a tie or a no result.
Make sense?
I hate the idea of settling the final based on previous matches, and always have done. Should just do what happened in the NWS 05 and share the trophy.
Craig
World Traveller
Sounds like a great bloke
Slow Love™
International Captain
Yeah, many people seem to have an understanding that arrogance is simply acting with confidence, rather than acting like an ass. And the idea that somebody would earn the right to act like an ass is pretty stupid, if people take the time to think about it.