Warmups

[FaaipDeOiad]

Nice. Fairly important that Clarke got a good innings in. Nice to see Watson in the runs again too.

 

[rodzilla1010]

anyone has any clue what afridi did?

 

[Rich2001]

Here you guy fellers.

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent, March 6 (Reuters) - World champions Australia struggled to impose themselves on an enthusiastic but limited Zimbabwe attack and a slow, low pitch in the first of their two World Cup warm-up matches on Tuesday.

All-rounder Shane Watson, opening the innings with reserve wicketkeeper Brad Haddin, struck 81 and Michael Clarke looked in good touch, surviving a catching chance to reach 82 to take Australia to 290 for seven from their 50 overs.

After a slow start, Australia began to come to terms with a pitch which demanded late stroke adjustment to reach 105 for one.

But the middle-order then faltered with captain Ricky Ponting (2), Brad Hodge (17), Mike Hussey (15) and Brad Hogg (5) departing in quick succession.

Haddin (47), who was dropped by Sean Williams for two at point as the fielder stared directly into the sun, flourished briefly, hitting opening bowler Anthony Ireland for three fours off four balls then lofting a straight six.

Watson also profited from a dropped catch by Ireland off Williams before he was caught off the slow left-armer.

Australia fielded only 12 men in the 13-a-side match with opener Matthew Hayden and all-rounder Andrew Symonds recovering from injuries.

Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was not considered for selection after delaying his arrival to the Caribbean until Monday because of the birth of his third child.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/cricketNews/idUKL0656792820070306

 

[Evermind]

What's with the pitches at this WC? They're all so slow and low. None of the teams got over 300 against the minnows - that's really worrying. Are we in for a boring WC?

 

[rodzilla1010]

none of the teams were able to cross 300 against minows

we are loking at a very exciting world cup ahaed

 

[Rich2001]

What's with the pitches at this WC? They're all so slow and low. None of the teams got over 300 against the minnows - that's really worrying. Are we in for a boring WC?

It's the first match for alot of the teams, give them a game to get use to the conditions and I am sure your see the scores shoot up.

Surely it's better if the games are close, the odd game of 350+ is great but it will be much better viewing and better for the games if the minnows can put up a fight.

 

[rodzilla1010]

It's the first match for alot of the teams, give them a game to get use to the conditions and I am sure your see the scores shoot up.

Surely it's better if the games are close, the odd game of 350+ is great but it will be much better viewing and better for the games if the minnows can put up a fight.

agreed..i actually like the low scoring ones better

BTW Pak 222/7 with 6 overs to go...did better than what saffers that on this wicket

 

[rodzilla1010]

Game On
Bangladesh Might Pull This One Off

 

[Nishant]

dhoni looking to launch.....dont know what to say abt the indian performance....its okay i guess....a few players still need to prove their worth IMO!

 

[rodzilla1010]

dhoni looking to launch.....dont know what to say abt the indian performance....its okay i guess....a few players still need to prove their worth IMO!

i think the trick in this tournament will be playing ld school cricket...save wickets in the begining when the ball is new and then slog in the final overs

 

[Nishant]

i think the trick in this tournament will be playing ld school cricket...save wickets in the begining when the ball is new and then slog in the final overs

Good call....the latter overs will be key in this world cup...i think tendulkar and dravid did a fair job...and they need to do it throughout the WC if india are to win...but i would like to see at least one of them to go on a bit more!

 

[rodzilla1010]

dhoni looking to launch.....

21 off 15 gone

Akmal 46 run a ball

 

[Raghav]

Any update on BAN score?

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

What's with the pitches at this WC? They're all so slow and low. None of the teams got over 300 against the minnows - that's really worrying. Are we in for a boring WC?

I'd rather see competitive, low scoring games than 350+ slogfests really. It'll make for a great WC if the pitches remain like we've seen so far. Ideally there'll be some variation.

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

New Zealand Innings

Runs Balls 4s 6s

L Vincent b Mashrafe Mortaza 4 3 1 0
S P Fleming c Abdur Razzak b Syed Rasel 0 8 0 0
R L Taylor c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 11 19 2 0
S B Styris c Mohammad Ashraful b Abdur Razzak 26 49 3 0
P G Fulton lbw b Mashrafe Mortaza 3 18 1 0
J D P Oram c Syed Rasel b Abdur Razzak 88 107 1 0
C D McMillan c and b Abdur Razzak 5 15 0 0
B B McCullum run out 46 54 0 0
D L Vettori c Javed Omar b Abdur Razzak 8 9 0 0
J E C Franklin not out 12 14 0 0
S E Bond b Mashrafe Mortaza 4 4 0 0

Extras 6nb 3w 8lb 17

Total all out 224 (45.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W
Mashrafe Mortaza 7.0 2 22 4
Syed Rasel 8.0 1 17 1
Abdur Razzak 10.0 1 26 4
Shahadat Hossain 1.0 0 12 0
Saqibul Hasan 10.0 0 49 0
Tapash Baisya 6.0 0 42 0
Rajin Saleh 3.0 0 14 0

Innings Total: 224 all out (45.0 overs)

There you go!

 

[Raghav]

BAN score?

 

[rodzilla1010]

Akmal scores 56 off 48...2 overs more to go...go chutu

 

[Trigger_Tiger]

.....

BAN score?

They haven't started batting yet I think.

Cficinfo seems to have stopped following this match, so I got the info from bbc.

 

[silentstriker]

What's with the pitches at this WC? They're all so slow and low. None of the teams got over 300 against the minnows - that's really worrying. Are we in for a boring WC?

India scored exactly 300, I think thats the highest so far.

 

[silentstriker]

What's with the pitches at this WC? They're all so slow and low. None of the teams got over 300 against the minnows - that's really worrying. Are we in for a boring WC?

India scored exactly 300, I think thats the highest so far.