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***Official*** 2nd Test at the Adelaide Oval
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Johnners
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A Magnificent day's test cricket from Australia. Today they showed us all why they are without a shadow of a doubt why they are the no.1 team in the world. The Never say die attitude once again come to the fore.
England lost the unloseable, and imo the catalyst was a negative frame of mind whilst batting. Instead of looking to keep the runs ticking over, they seemed to be more focused on simply surviving, something which gave the phsycological advantage to Australia's bowlers, and in the end was the downfall of Englands strong position.
Warne & Lee bowled brilliantly this morning, and thoroughly deserved every wicket, despite the fact that in all honesty the Strauss decision was a shocker. Lee bowled without a doubt his best spell of the series, and in the process sure himself a place in perth.
Hayden continued his run of starts, and will want to make big runs in the next 2 tests or he might well find himself on the bench if Australia has one the series by Sydney, with Jaques coming in to replace him. That being said, he has looked in good touch, but he really needs to continue on with 1 of those starts.
Ponting & Hussey were once again simply magnificent!!!! They steadied the ship after two early wickets, whilst at the same time kept the scorecard ticking over at more than the required rate. I was a touch dissappointed to see Ponting to go just 1 run short of yet another well earned Half Century.
Clarke proved this test match that he has indeed learnt his lesson, and matured as a batsmen. I don't think he'd left as many balls go as he did in this match in all of his previous test innings. The old Clarke would've been tempted and slashed at 1 and got caught behind, but the new Clarke looked a class act, and showed all the hallmarks as to why he's touted as 1 of the future stars of Australian cricket.
Martyn did himself no favours for the Perth test match, with another splendid innings of 4. If Watson is fit, he surely must come into the team. Whilst it will be said that we should go into Perth with an unchanged line-up due to the win etc. people seem to forget that Michael Clarke & Simon Katich suffered that exact same fate during the West Indies series last summer when they were dropped from a winning side.
From an England perspective, they can take away quite a few positives from Collingwood, Hoggard & Pietersen's batting & bowling, however, the selectors must surely have learnt that at least 1(preferably 2) of Anderson, Harmison & Giles MUST go if they want to take 20 Australia wickets.
Collingwood, Hoggard, Clarke & even Hussey could probably count themselves unlucky not to have received the MOTM award, but no-one could deny that Pontings 1st innings century put Australia back in the match. If the match had petered out to a draw, i would've given it equally to Hoggard & Collingwood, but simply because Australia won, the man with the biggest impact in that win Must take it.
Not only did he score that century, but for the most part, his captaincy was once again very good, and his second innings dig helped steady the ship.
All in all, a brilliant 5 days of cricket, and bring on Perth
England lost the unloseable, and imo the catalyst was a negative frame of mind whilst batting. Instead of looking to keep the runs ticking over, they seemed to be more focused on simply surviving, something which gave the phsycological advantage to Australia's bowlers, and in the end was the downfall of Englands strong position.
Warne & Lee bowled brilliantly this morning, and thoroughly deserved every wicket, despite the fact that in all honesty the Strauss decision was a shocker. Lee bowled without a doubt his best spell of the series, and in the process sure himself a place in perth.
Hayden continued his run of starts, and will want to make big runs in the next 2 tests or he might well find himself on the bench if Australia has one the series by Sydney, with Jaques coming in to replace him. That being said, he has looked in good touch, but he really needs to continue on with 1 of those starts.
Ponting & Hussey were once again simply magnificent!!!! They steadied the ship after two early wickets, whilst at the same time kept the scorecard ticking over at more than the required rate. I was a touch dissappointed to see Ponting to go just 1 run short of yet another well earned Half Century.
Clarke proved this test match that he has indeed learnt his lesson, and matured as a batsmen. I don't think he'd left as many balls go as he did in this match in all of his previous test innings. The old Clarke would've been tempted and slashed at 1 and got caught behind, but the new Clarke looked a class act, and showed all the hallmarks as to why he's touted as 1 of the future stars of Australian cricket.
Martyn did himself no favours for the Perth test match, with another splendid innings of 4. If Watson is fit, he surely must come into the team. Whilst it will be said that we should go into Perth with an unchanged line-up due to the win etc. people seem to forget that Michael Clarke & Simon Katich suffered that exact same fate during the West Indies series last summer when they were dropped from a winning side.
From an England perspective, they can take away quite a few positives from Collingwood, Hoggard & Pietersen's batting & bowling, however, the selectors must surely have learnt that at least 1(preferably 2) of Anderson, Harmison & Giles MUST go if they want to take 20 Australia wickets.
Collingwood, Hoggard, Clarke & even Hussey could probably count themselves unlucky not to have received the MOTM award, but no-one could deny that Pontings 1st innings century put Australia back in the match. If the match had petered out to a draw, i would've given it equally to Hoggard & Collingwood, but simply because Australia won, the man with the biggest impact in that win Must take it.
Not only did he score that century, but for the most part, his captaincy was once again very good, and his second innings dig helped steady the ship.
All in all, a brilliant 5 days of cricket, and bring on Perth
NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Collingwood. Can bat that bloke. Really showed grit and determination in staying out there even if everyone else wanted to have a go at wide balls outside off.
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Never seen a more overrated and overhyped player I reckon. Even more so than Pathan.Nnanden said:Harmison`s stats after two matches - one wicket @ 288 at a strike-rate of 427.
Oh my goodness.
Its actually damn annoying. Someone that has all the physical attributes of a great fast bowler (height, bounce, pace) is just so crap.
Matt79
Hall of Fame Member
I wasn't so much having a go at Collingwood as pointing out that Ponting was more deserving of MOTM. I think Collingwood let himself get outsmarted by Ponting once Punter moved the field out to allow him an easy single. A lot of overs, Collingwood took it first ball, then was stuck off-strike for the next five, before he again took a quick single and spent the next 5 balls off strike, before...Nnanden said:
It made it rather to easy for the Aussies to contain the English to little over 1 an over, and placed an undue burden on the junior partners in the last few partnerships.
Before people, some of whom have been ferocious in their criticisms of Ponting as a captain, put Collingwood up for MOTM, they should consider Ponting outwitted him.
That said, Collingwood overall played a fantastic game and has surely cemented his place as a regular in the English XI for some time.
Begs the question, assuming either can come back from their current health problems, are there still spots for Trescothick and Vaughan?
Langeveldt
Soutie
Phew, days like these make me soo glad to be a SA fan, even if we can't beat the Aussies either, at least it isn't so soul destroying and we aren't expected to compete..
andyc
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Nnanden said:
Even Gillespie went better last year.
But seriously though, what is the point of Giles being in the team? I mean, they say that he can bat, but he was out for a duck today. They say that Monty's a bad fielder, but Giles dropped Ponting on 35, which cost England 107 runs. And then Monty can actually take wickets.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Are you serious?Steulen said:
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
That's astonishing. Surely they can't name an unchanged lineup for Perth can they?Steulen said:
I think this Test really might have destroyed England. To get outplayed completely and lose in Brisbane was one thing, but to dominate for much of this game, and to compete more than evenly for most of the rest of it and STILL lose is another thing entirely.