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***Official*** Australia in England (The Ashes)

vic_orthdox

vic_orthdox

Global Moderator
Barney Rubble said:
Somerset's top 4 are all left-handers - could that indicate a weakness in the Aussies, maybe? Usually, one would assume not, but perhaps times are changing.
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In addition, you have Kasprowicz, who has proved to be most adept at bowling to left handers in recent times, get tapped up which will happen on the odd occassion, and Gillespie is very capable of sliding one across the lefties as well and is not playing.
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
I wish I could see this game, it would be interesting to see how seriously Australia are taking this. They wouldn't want to appear to be too worried about a match against a domestic side, but they would want to avoid the embarrassment of losing this as well.

Another tight over from Watson, 86 off 90 needed.
 
Barney Rubble

Barney Rubble

International Coach
I thought it was unlikely - I was under the impressions that the Aussies wouldn't have any trouble with anything so mundane as a simple leftie. Ah well - it was probably a little fruitless trying to find an inherent weakness in the Aussie game.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
marc71178 said:
If someone can explain to me how Solanki is in the squad and Bell not, I'd be grateful.
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somehow we hae to get into the minds of the selectors to able to answer that :sleep:
 
FaaipDeOiad

FaaipDeOiad

Hall of Fame Member
Barney Rubble said:
I thought it was unlikely - I was under the impressions that the Aussies wouldn't have any trouble with anything so mundane as a simple leftie. Ah well - it was probably a little fruitless trying to find an inherent weakness in the Aussie game.
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Brett Lee has a slight weakness against left-handers, imo. Nothing severe though, and Kasprowicz is actually something of a leftie specialist.
 
andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
aussie said:
somehow we hae to get into the minds of the selectors to able to answer that :sleep:
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shouldnt be very hard... there's plenty of idiots on cw, we could just ask them :D
 
L

Legglancer

State Regular
reminds me of this match in sydney ! :D

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)
R M B 4 6
MS Atapattu run out (Ponting) 101 178 124 5 0
*ST Jayasuriya b Watson 122 146 105 12 4
PA de Silva b Watson 13 16 15 1 0
DPMD Jayawardene not out 37 54 38 2 0
RP Arnold st Gilchrist b Symonds 0 3 1 0 0
+KC Sangakkara c Maher b Bichel 25 26 20 2 0
WPUJC Vaas not out 5 8 5 0 0
Extras (lb 12, w 20, nb 8) 40
Total (5 wickets, 50 overs, 218 mins) 343

DNB: HP Tillakaratne, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne.

FoW: 1-237 (Jayasuriya, 33.4 ov), 2-267 (de Silva, 37.6 ov),
3-283 (Atapattu, 41.2 ov), 4-284 (Arnold, 41.4 ov),
5-329 (Sangakkara, 47.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7 0 41 0 (2nb, 3w)
Bichel 10 0 70 1 (2nb, 5w)
Watson 10 0 72 2 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 50 1 (2w)
Hogg 9 0 75 0 (3nb)
Martyn 5 0 23 0

Australia innings (target: 344 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist b Vaas 6 3 3 1 0
ML Hayden c Jayawardene b Fernando 35 67 39 3 0
*RT Ponting c Tillakaratne b Gunaratne 15 22 16 2 0
DR Martyn b Jayasuriya 40 94 69 4 0
MG Bevan c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya 41 62 51 3 0
A Symonds c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 4 12 9 0 0
B Lee b Jayasuriya 20 33 22 0 0
JP Maher c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 15 27 27 1 0
SR Watson not out 35 40 35 3 0
GB Hogg st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4 10 7 0 0
AJ Bichel c Sangakkara b Gunaratne 28 33 24 2 1
Extras (lb 12, w 4, nb 5) 21
Total (all out, 49.3 overs, 208 mins) 264

FoW: 1-6 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-35 (Ponting, 5.4 ov),
3-78 (Hayden, 14.3 ov), 4-143 (Martyn, 28.3 ov),
5-150 (Bevan, 30.3 ov), 6-152 (Symonds, 31.3 ov),
7-188 (Maher, 38.5 ov), 8-188 (Lee, 38.6 ov),
9-201 (Hogg, 41.3 ov), 10-264 (Bichel, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 6 0 29 1 (2w)
Gunaratne 8.3 0 54 2 (1w)
Fernando 9 0 46 1 (5nb, 1w)
de Silva 6 0 40 0
Muralitharan 10 1 44 2
Jayasuriya 10 1 39 4
 
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Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
With twelve overs to go after this one, you'd think Lee will be brought back. Could finish it off if he finds the right line and length.
 
aussie

aussie

Hall of Fame Member
it would be nice to see Watson coming back well in his second spell, it will give him some much needed confidence going into the NWS. I was of the opinion that he should have been selected in the Ashes squad but thats doesn' t seem likely since he will be replacing Warne at Hampshire.
 
King_Ponting

King_Ponting

International Regular
Legglancer said:
reminds me of this match in sydney ! :D

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)
R M B 4 6
MS Atapattu run out (Ponting) 101 178 124 5 0
*ST Jayasuriya b Watson 122 146 105 12 4
PA de Silva b Watson 13 16 15 1 0
DPMD Jayawardene not out 37 54 38 2 0
RP Arnold st Gilchrist b Symonds 0 3 1 0 0
+KC Sangakkara c Maher b Bichel 25 26 20 2 0
WPUJC Vaas not out 5 8 5 0 0
Extras (lb 12, w 20, nb 8) 40
Total (5 wickets, 50 overs, 218 mins) 343

DNB: HP Tillakaratne, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne.

FoW: 1-237 (Jayasuriya, 33.4 ov), 2-267 (de Silva, 37.6 ov),
3-283 (Atapattu, 41.2 ov), 4-284 (Arnold, 41.4 ov),
5-329 (Sangakkara, 47.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Lee 7 0 41 0 (2nb, 3w)
Bichel 10 0 70 1 (2nb, 5w)
Watson 10 0 72 2 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds 9 0 50 1 (2w)
Hogg 9 0 75 0 (3nb)
Martyn 5 0 23 0

Australia innings (target: 344 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist b Vaas 6 3 3 1 0
ML Hayden c Jayawardene b Fernando 35 67 39 3 0
*RT Ponting c Tillakaratne b Gunaratne 15 22 16 2 0
DR Martyn b Jayasuriya 40 94 69 4 0
MG Bevan c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya 41 62 51 3 0
A Symonds c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan 4 12 9 0 0
B Lee b Jayasuriya 20 33 22 0 0
JP Maher c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya 15 27 27 1 0
SR Watson not out 35 40 35 3 0
GB Hogg st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4 10 7 0 0
AJ Bichel c Sangakkara b Gunaratne 28 33 24 2 1
Extras (lb 12, w 4, nb 5) 21
Total (all out, 49.3 overs, 208 mins) 264

FoW: 1-6 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-35 (Ponting, 5.4 ov),
3-78 (Hayden, 14.3 ov), 4-143 (Martyn, 28.3 ov),
5-150 (Bevan, 30.3 ov), 6-152 (Symonds, 31.3 ov),
7-188 (Maher, 38.5 ov), 8-188 (Lee, 38.6 ov),
9-201 (Hogg, 41.3 ov), 10-264 (Bichel, 49.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 6 0 29 1 (2w)
Gunaratne 8.3 0 54 2 (1w)
Fernando 9 0 46 1 (5nb, 1w)
de Silva 6 0 40 0
Muralitharan 10 1 44 2
Jayasuriya 10 1 39 4
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I remeber that match there is no way sri lanka should have lost that match after the start they got. Whoops misread the scorecard they actually won...
 
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andyc

andyc

Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Adamc said:
With twelve overs to go after this one, you'd think Lee will be brought back. Could finish it off if he finds the right line and length.
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very true. it'd also give him a good chance to prove himself
 
Adamc

Adamc

Cricketer Of The Year
King_Ponting said:
I remeber that match there is no way sri lanka should have lost that match after the start they got.
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Interestingly, Jayasuriya was dropped off Watson's bowling twice in that match. Watson wasn't terribly pleased.
 
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