*Official* England in Australia (2 T20 & 7 ODIs)

[vcs]

This will be a great series I think. Teams are pretty evenly matched, by virtue of having Clarke as an extra man for England..

 

[Spark]

True, but England lived by the sword and died by it in the end.

They didn't even accelerate though, just kept going at just under 6 runs an over and tossing away wickets. It was just stupid.

"An outstanding effort from Shane Watson, one of the great one-day innings," concedes Strauss.

Can't say fairer than that.

 

[benchmark00]

Jeez, some of the people running down Clarke have nfi about cricket.

Perfectly timed chase.

Watson played reasonably well I spose...

 

[pup11]

Oh no, 7 RPO with 12 overs to go!

Mate, that's a cakewalk. You'd back yourself to win 19 times out of 20 from there. When I saw 294 on the board I would've killed to be 7 RPO required at that stage.

FFS, that was becuase of Watto and not CLARKE!!! Clarke was like dead weight out their, playing dot after dot and he was just adding more pressure on Watto. If someone like Mussey or White would have batted at 3 for that long along with Watto, then we would have sealed the game a long time ago.

 

[Blaze 18]

This is why I fear Australia the most; you can never write them off. Despite all the issues they have had of late, they have managed to beat a quality England side with consummate ease. I guess that is precisely why they are the World Champions Well done Australia and congrats to all the Australian posters here.

Shane Watson

 

[Spark]

FFS, that was becuase of Watto and not CLARKE!!! Clarke was like dead weight out their, playing dot after dot and he was just adding more pressure on Watto. If someone like Mussey or White would have batted at 3 for that long along with Watto, then we would have sealed the game a long time ago.

I realise that, and if you look back on the thread you'll see that I didn't think this was a good innings. Just not the work of the devil as has been made out here.

His job was to get singles and in the latter half of the innings he did that OK - not superbly, but adequately. His SR actually looks much worse than it ends up being because he was appalling for 15-20 balls or so, but then once set started to work the singles properly.

You will note that Watson wasn't exactly steaming ahead during that period either when he did get the strike.

 

[wellAlbidarned]

Jeez, some of the people running down Clarke have nfi about cricket.

Perfectly timed chase.

Watson played reasonably well I spose...

Watson was unfairly pressuring Clarke through those middle overs. Should've sat back and let him move at his own pace.

 

[TumTum]

FFS, that was becuase of Watto and not CLARKE!!! Clarke was like dead weight out their, playing dot after dot and he was just adding more pressure on Watto. If someone like Mussey or White would have batted at 3 for that long along with Watto, then we would have sealed the game a long time ago.

AWTA

Clarke's problem is that he's too preoccupied with rotating the strike and doesn't bat normally. He's certainly capable of scoring boundaries but has a mental block atm.

TBH I was very pleased he got out when he did.

 

[MW1304]

Have to admit I got much perverse pleasure out of that Watson innings, especially that six at the end. Soupherb.

Difficult to say too much about the bowling effort when Watto played as well as he did. I actually thought we did pretty well to take it to the last over, considering they needed about 100 from 15 overs, and once Jimmy and Broady are back for the World Cup I still think its probably the best in the world. In the end Watto was the difference between the two sides, I guess.

 

[pup11]

They didn't even accelerate though, just kept going at just under 6 runs an over and tossing away wickets. It was just stupid.



Can't say fairer than that.

After Morgan there isn't much batting there for England, so it was hardly a surprise to see them crawl in the last cluster of overs. It could have been a lot worse for them has Haddin been not so messy behind the sticks.

 

[Jayzamann]

Love you Watson, hate you Clarke.

awta, game in a nutshell

 

[Spark]

After Morgan there isn't much batting there for England, so it was hardly a surprise to see them crawl in the last cluster of overs. It could have been a lot worse for them has Haddin been not so messy behind the sticks.

And if we got that easy run out, and had Lee not got a wicket off a overstep (again).

We really did **** around in the field something horrible.

Anyway, I thought England was boasting about their "huge batting depth"?

Was a really odd game for that. Each team was trying to **** up more than the other.

Haddin, though, wow. Dreadful game for him.

 

[Athlai]

Clarke was hardly eating up dot balls. It was the lack of boundaries that made his innings seem incredibly dire. Worked the singles to a decent standard.

Average innings but it was hardly as bad as some are making it out to be. Formed an incredibly valuable partnership.

 

[MW1304]

After Morgan there isn't much batting there for England, so it was hardly a surprise to see them crawl in the last cluster of overs. It could have been a lot worse for them has Haddin been not so messy behind the sticks.

Yeah, apart from Yardy, Bresnan, Swann and Shahzad, who have all proven they can get some runs, there isn't much batting there at all.

But tbh it was down to KP to push on, and for Bell and Morgan to support him.

 

[Noble One]

On raw statistics alone, Shane Watson is a more impressive allrounder than Dev, Khan and Botham. Tonights innings has surely won over a lot of fans. To think 8 years back when he fell injured prior to the world cup just what a fragile talent he was. Nobody could imagine how much of a great he would become. He is without doubt an Australian ATG in limited overs cricket now.

 

[Spark]

Clarke was hardly eating up dot balls. It was the lack of boundaries that made his innings seem incredibly dire. Worked the singles to a decent standard.

Which was his job.

The start of his innings was incredibly dire though. Something like 6 off 20 at one stage.

 

[Redbacks]

North is to test cricket as Clarke is to .......

 

[robelinda]

Which was his job.

The start of his innings was incredibly dire though. Something like 6 off 20 at one stage.

Different match, same stupid Clarke batting. The crowd werent stupid at least, booing the crap out of him, god that was good.

 

[TumTum]

Random thought occurred to me, I reckon Australia is one of the easiest places in the world to chase in ODIs. Unless it is played on a lively track such as the WACA, you never feel confident even if you post 290.

 

[Athlai]

twenty twenty cricket.

Pretty sure cricinfo did a recent analysis that suggested Clarke was one of the best ODI batsman of all time.