***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[marc71178]

Nafees on 50*, Clarke starts his spell with a maiden over. 129/5 off 29 overs

Good for him - saw him bat very well on Saturday - another positive from this tour.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Shot, Andrew.

 

[Barney Rubble]

words of wisdom from Hussain

"As a captain you have to create a situation, not react to it."

Golden

True words indeed. Although creating situations is incredibly difficult to do - even with only 6 games' captaincy experience I have been through that plenty of times!

 

[Pratters]

Good for him - saw him bat very well on Saturday - another positive from this tour.

Yes Shahriar Nafees is a very positive development. And found him a stylish batsman too.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Aussies are looking at a run a ball from here on in. Shouldn't be too testing, but if they lose a couple of wickets or the Tigers bowl a couple of very tight overs there could be a twist in the tale yet.

 

[Pratters]

Wimbledon starts again.

 

[Pratters]

Hussain comes to commentary now. So it was possibly some one else I quoted earlier.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

This is a great innings from Clarke. Showing his awesome talent once again.

 

[Pratters]

Rain! Australia 7 runs ahead. One more wicket Bangladesh!

 

[Barney Rubble]

Good spell from Rafique. He's a useful bowler.

 

[Barney Rubble]

Rain! Australia 7 runs ahead. One more wicket Bangladesh!

Come on Mahmud! Get those demon pies going!

 

[Pratters]

ooh just a bit of angle and could have gone to the fielder. 6

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Australia should cruise it from here, with 33 off 36 after that no ball. Michael Clarke easy motm for doing a Bevan if he doesn't get out.

 

[Barney Rubble]

ooh just a bit of angle and could have gone to the fielder. 6

Well, that's helped a lot. Still looking Australia's game - wickets needed very soon. Either way, Bangladesh have once again put up a fantastic fight against an Australian team in far better shape than it was a while ago.

 

[Pratters]

*switches to the demon Sharapova vs Williams match with frequent refreshes of this thread*

 

[Jono]

*switches to the demon Sharapova vs Williams match with frequent refreshes of this thread*

That's what I'm doing, terrific start to the match. Both had break points and couldn't capitalise.

 

[luckyeddie]

The rain made such a huge difference to this wicket. I think it's a bit unfair on the Australians (excluding Hayden perhaps) to criticise their batting much.

Oh come on.

 

[Pratters]

http://forum.cricketweb.net/showthread.php?p=510565#post510565

Come to the awesome Wimbledon thread every one once finished with this match for Strawberries and cream when the cricket is over!

 

[Barney Rubble]

Another six from Symonds this time, that looks like it for Bangladesh.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Oh come on.

You don't agree the pitch was doing a hell of a lot more in the first 10-15 overs of Australia's innings than it was before?

Under the circumstances, I think all the Australian's aside from Hayden batted quite well. Obviously you could also include Martyn since he didn't make many runs. Ponting looked uncomfortable but managed to survive the tough period, and Gilchrist, Clarke and Symonds all played very well indeed.