***Official*** NatWest Series/Challenge

[Magrat Garlick]

I wish this game was under International Cricket Captain rules

Edit: Oh, and what on earth has happened to the Lord's wicket? It's been flat all season when Middlesex has played....

 

[Jdz]

25 people viewing this thread, woah.

Umm, well nobody loses really. The Wide and No Ball didn't help our cause (Aussie's).

 

[superkingdave]

sh*t i just realised, i had a tenner on Australia to win - what happens?

 

[PY]

sh*t i just realised, i had a tenner on Australia to win - what happens?

Knowing the bookies, you lose.

It was the only scenario you didn't gain something.

 

[Jdz]

sh*t i just realised, i had a tenner on Australia to win - what happens?

You lose, nobody won.

 

[Scaly piscine]

sh*t i just realised, i had a tenner on Australia to win - what happens?

The bookies make a lot of money?

 

[chekmeout]

What are the International Cricket Captain Rules.. lesser number of wickets?

 

[superkingdave]

yeah i thought that, but it was a closed bet there were only two choices and sometimes they refund the stake in situations like that.

 

[PY]

Slightly OT, Trescothick is favourite to score the most runs in the Ashes for England......how on Earth?

 

[BoyBrumby]

Any thoughts for MOS?

Symonds for me. He came back very well after his little, er, curfew breaking. Hussey has done v well too.

We've bowled well, but (KP's innings aside & honourable mentions to Colly & Geraint today) no-one has looked comfortable against the Oz bowling.

I'm great, me!

 

[superkingdave]

ha ha i dont know how but they paid out at 1/2 - the odds i hot were 2/1 so must be some kind of quarter the odds thing?!??

 

[Isolator]

Lee only bowled one bad ball in his final over, although it did go for a boundary.

I think he should have been looking for six yorkers. Even prior to this over Giles had been frequently backing away... surely Lee should have gone for a few yorkers first up here (ie. in the 49th over). That ball that went to the boundary wasn't a bad ball, really, because Giles was pretty lucky to edge it, but it was bad bowling, bad thinking on the part of Lee. I found it really annoying. In fact, up to that point I had wanted Australia to win, but Lee's over infuriated me so much that I immediately switched over to supporting Inkland, out of sheer spite.

 

[Adamc]

Wow. Incredible match, neither side deserved to lose, so a very fitting result in the end. Off to the Natwest Challenge for bragging rights then.

 

[luckyeddie]

figured, so you still rather read eh eddie??

Sorry. Was the barb aimed at me? You asked whether it would make any difference to the usual suspects' opinion of Geraint Jones, and I said 'no chance'.

My opinion is that Jones is perfect for ODI's - just so long as he bats at 7. Always has been, always will be. To try to turn him into another Churchy is a mistake, I said so at the time, and I also said that experiment was doomed to failure. So it was.

Would I pick Read for The Ashes?

Oh, yes.

Why?

Because Read is a better keeper. Saying that, Geraint is, like Gilchrist, a perfectly capable catcher of the ball. If we have 5 hard, bouncy tracks this summer, then the Giles question won't come into the equation (that would be a huge shame, no-one should run scared of Warne when there are enough Aussies to be worried about already) and then you want a catcher, not a keeper, and the gap narrows.

Next question....

 

[James90]

What made that game was the passion shown from both teams. From the early English collapse I wished for at least a reasonably close result. GoJo played a jem and for a while I half-wanted him to see them home But after he got out I became Australian again and I must say needing 19 off the last two overs with Lee and McGrath bowling I didn't think the poms had a chance.

Symonds Man of the Series and well deserved. Bah! It's 4.15am and I've suddenly become really paranoid. My cat just started scratching in it's litter and I thought we were being robbed. Aah she just moaned! I better get to sleep! FREAKING OUT!

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Wow. Incredible match, neither side deserved to lose, so a very fitting result in the end. Off to the Natwest Challenge for bragging rights then.

Yeah, this result has actually given the NWC a point! It's 1-1 with two no results now. Harmison and Flintoff will feel like they have the wood over Hayden, Gilchrist and Ponting, and McGrath and Lee have the English top order hopping around as well, so psychological points have landed, but nobody has come out on top in the ODIs yet.

 

[Adamc]

We'll go over to the Ashes thread for the NatWest Challenge I guess, so I think the Ashes thread will be the one which breaks the record.

This thread includes the Natwest Challenge (see the title). I'm sure the Ashes thread will beat it though.

 

[King_Ponting]

Does anyone know why channel 7 isnt covering the presentations?

 

[Magrat Garlick]

What are the International Cricket Captain Rules.. lesser number of wickets?

Correct.

Oh well, I suppose a tie is fitting...

 

[Adamc]

Does anyone know why channel 7 isnt covering the presentations?

Because Channel 7 are stupid and need revenue from paid advertising. Foxtel covered the presentation up until Vaughan started his speech, whereupon they crossed back to BJ and MW. Funny that...