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***Official*** Commonwealth Bank Tri-Series

Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
KiWiNiNjA said:
In his first match he bowled beautifully. 7 overs for 17 i think.

The Aussies will target him. He has to be at his best
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That first match was the match England got bowled out for 120 in, I believe, so I wouldn't read anything into that bowling performance. The batting was just horrible. Decent start this over though.
 
KiWiNiNjA

KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
Prince EWS said:
That first match was the match England got bowled out for 120 in, I believe, so I wouldn't read anything into that bowling performance. The batting was just horrible. Decent start this over though.
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Yeah, true.
7 off his first. Hes gotta tighten it up here.

Vettori will be key.
And because of that i think it is important that Oram DOES bowl well. Somebody is needed to keep up the pressure at the other end while Vettori bowls
 
Fiery

Fiery

Banned
Prince EWS said:
And Sean said something very similar. So how is my view in contrast to his?

He mentioned that people continued to call for his head immediately after his ton - which they did. But little has been said after that due to the fact that he has continued that form and looked more assured.
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The contrast I saw in them was that you seem to be happy that he's there now and FaaipDeOiad is not. See below:
FaaipDeOiad said:
I'd still feel more comfortable in the WC with someone else partnering Gilchrist at the top of the order.
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Prince EWS said:
done wonders for his confidence and his form and he's going on with it.
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I may be reading between the lines though
 
JBH001

JBH001

International Regular
Fiery said:
THE most depressing night of my life
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Yeah, it was pretty bad for me too, though perhaps not that bad.

Luckily I made an easy escape from the pub (the Toxteth in Glebe), by about the 65th minute I saw the writing on the wall and began edging towards the exit. Waited for full time and was out of there quick with the Aussie cheers ringing in my ears.

Went home, sat on my bed and held my head in my hands for a long time. Tried to get to bed but could not, so went outside with some tea and sat there for a couple of hours moping - Australians in cars flashing by occassionally with shouts of "Aussie, aussie, aussie, oi, oi, oi" kept me company until I finally went to bed at about 4am.
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Agree with everyone about Oram. He and Styris will be targets, so they will be crucial overs. You won't normally get any more than 50 or so from Vettori on a wicket like this, so Australia will need more from the fill in bowlers.

Ponting looking great here, incidentally.
 
Bahnz

Bahnz

Hall of Fame Member
JBH001 said:
Errr no need to remind us of that.
One of the more depressing nights of my life - made more so by the fact that I was living in Australia at the time. I could not get out of the pub fast enough...
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I actually thought it was one of the funniest nights of my life. Mind you, I hate rugby, and think the all blacks are a bunch of arrogant tossers.
 
JBH001

JBH001

International Regular
Bahnz said:
I actually thought it was one of the funniest nights of my life. Mind you, I hate rugby, and think the all blacks are a bunch of arrogant tossers.
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Well, I imagine the AB's are arrogant tossers and probably are - though a mate of mine said that McCaw and Carter were nice blokes having met them in ChCh. But yeah, I probably would not want to meet the All Blacks in person, as most likely they are up themselves, and though I really like my rugby (I love cricket first being a Sri Lankan by birth) I do think far too much is made of it in this country.

On a related note, I am more than a little pissed off by the ridiculous snoozefest that is Super 14 starting during summer and the cricket season. Bloody encroachment!
 
MoxPearl

MoxPearl

State Vice-Captain
JBH001 said:
Well, I imagine the AB's are arrogant tossers and probably are - though a mate of mine said that McCaw and Carter were nice blokes having met them in ChCh. But yeah, I probably would not want to meet the All Blacks in person, as most likely they are up themselves, and though I really like my rugby (I love cricket first being a Sri Lankan by birth) I do think far too much is made of it in this country.

On a related note, I am more than a little pissed off by the ridiculous snoozefest that is Super 14 starting during summer and the cricket season. Bloody encroachment!
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That was a bit of a ******** statement all around really. 8-) 8-)
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
Clarke is looking stuck and really needs to get a move on, but the good thing when he gets off to such a start he plays a much better innings. What the hell was clarke trying to do there against gillespie?
 
KiWiNiNjA

KiWiNiNjA

International Coach
Poor end to the over there by Gillespie.

Vettori into the attack. Absolutely the crucial part of the innings
 
Fiery

Fiery

Banned
JBH001 said:
Yeah, it was pretty bad for me too, though perhaps not that bad.

Luckily I made an easy escape from the pub (the Toxteth in Glebe), by about the 65th minute I saw the writing on the wall and began edging towards the exit. Waited for full time and was out of there quick with the Aussie cheers ringing in my ears.

Went home, sat on my bed and held my head in my hands for a long time. Tried to get to bed but could not, so went outside with some tea and sat there for a couple of hours moping - Australians in cars flashing by occassionally with shouts of "Aussie, aussie, aussie, oi, oi, oi" kept me company until I finally went to bed at about 4am.
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I had a sleepless night too and was cursing John Mitchell for months afterwards, in fact, still am. The '95 result was gut-wrenching too but that was just disppointment. In 2003 I was just angry with Mitchell mainly for the way he had treated some of our great players, particularly my all-time favourite player Christian Cullen and then didn't win the World Cup
 
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