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

[Bains]

Hi all, first post on the forums.

Trying my best but appear to be failing to stay awake for Aussies/England game in a couple of hours..can't see England winning though to be honest.

 

[Sw1fty]

the Australia team is expected to be as follows:

Australia 1 Adam Gilchrist (wk), 2 Matthew Hayden, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Andrew Symonds, 7 Cameron White, 8 Nathan Bracken, 9 Stuart Clark, 10 Mitchell Johnson, 11 Glenn McGrath

Brett Lee, Brad Hogg and Ben Hilfenhaus will be the ones missing out.

Very warm day in Melbourne

 

[Tim]

I think England's best chance to win this match is if they chase down and hope that either Pietersen or Flintoff play a good hand.
I can't see the current English attack knocking over Australia in the 2nd innings.

 

[_TiGeR-ToWn_]

England won the toss and will Bat. This could be very disastrous.

Aussies: Gilchrist, Hayden, Pnting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey, White, Clark, Johnson, Bracken, McGrath

Couldn't type the English side out quick enough

 

[_Ed_]

Looks a good batting pitch so I'm hoping for a good contest here. Don't have much confidence in the England attack's ability to defend a total though.

 

[ash chaulk]

England won the toss and will Bat. This could be very disastrous.

Aussies: Gilchrist, Hayden, Pnting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey, White, Clark, Johnson, Bracken, McGrath

Couldn't type the English side out quick enough

England 1 Andrew Strauss, 2 Michael Vaughan (capt), 3 Ian Bell, 4 Kevin Pietersen, 5 Andrew Flintoff, 6 Paul Collingwood, 7 Paul Nixon (wk), 8 Jamie Dalrymple, 9 Jon Lewis, 10 James Anderson, 11 Monty Panesar. 12th Man Sajid Mahmood.

 

[ash chaulk]

why is england batting i wanted to atleast go home and watch the end of the game

 

[Gottaluvcricket]

if england win this series without losing a match....can we say that they will win the WC?

Wake up!! You were dreaming, now back to reality, England can't win A game, let alone a series.

 

[_TiGeR-ToWn_]

The new uniforms are alright, have already switched of channel 9's commentry team. They are beyond a joke, so bad. Mark Nicholas (sp?) is driving me nuts, he over-exagerates and everyone is a champion in his eyes. Argh so over him. Thought he was good, have moved on.

 

[pasag]

Good that England are batting first, always makes things more interesting.

The Australian uniforms are horrible. Arrgh.

 

[Gottaluvcricket]

Good that England are batting first, always makes things more interesting.

Usually makes it a fast game too! More interesting? You're a 'glass half-full' sorta bloke ain't ya

 

[pasag]

Usually makes it a fast game too! More interesting? You're a 'glass half-full' sorta bloke ain't ya

Was thinking along the lines of Gilly and co coming out blasting and within an hour, you know the game is over.

 

[pasag]

Brilliant catch by Hayden. Strauss gone 1/20.

 

[_Ed_]

Strauss was looking in decent touch too so that's a big wicket.

Vaughan's not looking anywhere near as good, looks almost like he could get out any ball.

 

[pasag]

Ohh shocker from Gilly.

 

[_Ed_]

Terrible day so far for Gilchrist by his standards, a sloppy take which resulted in a bye then that bad drop.

 

[_Ed_]

Vaughan's looking a bit more comfortable now.

Edit: Was looking comfortable.

 

[pasag]

Vaughan goneee, Bracken gets another. 2/47

 

[Johnners]

Bracken: Best Woman cricketer ever

 

[Sw1fty]

Bracken: Best Woman cricketer ever

Haha yes he could do with a haircut good bowler though