**Official**VB Series 2005 Australia,Pakistan,West Indies.

[Mr Casson]

The one Bravo muffed was never going to be caught. Clarke would have been as unlucky as Gilchrist to get caught by it. And the one Rana dropped was extremely tough; he should have taken it considering the position he managed to get himself into, but it was still a tough chance. I wouldn't say Clarke has been looking like gifting his wicket.

 

[Tom Halsey]

Clarke has definitely struck me as quality.

 

[Mr Casson]

Clarke has definitely struck me as quality.

You sir, are a king.

 

[Portugal_85]

G'day all, newby here!

Thought I'd weigh into the Aussie lineup debate.

1. Gilchrist
2. Hayden
3. Ponting
4. Martyn
5. Clarke
6. Lehmann
7. Symonds
8. Hogg
9. Lee
10. Gillespie
11. McGrath

Current line up. For the future, obviously Lehmann will be first to go, replace him with Watson (no good bringing Katich in, he is a top order Test batsman, not a 1-day player). Symonds is on shaky ground, he will go next, replaced by Cam White. Down the track Hayden will go, sub in Brad Haddin purely for his batting.

In reality Katich will get the call up, but IMO he is not fit for 1-day cricket.

 

[Josh]

Brett Lee was clearly the key. He's a good ODI bowler, but I don't think anyone honestly expected him to so superb on the day.

I expected it

 

[Josh]

Clarke has definitely struck me as quality.

Geez I think I knew that straight away

 

[Josh]

I'm glad Lehmann stayed Not Out...

 

[Josh]

Here we go...Symonds played a lazy shot & is out.

Time to go

 

[Portugal_85]

Two failures if he is caught. In both innings he hasn't looked good until he's been dropped.

Every batsman has a bit of luck from time to time. At least he wasn't giving chances to the keeper or the slips.

What amazed me was his confidence, I haven't seen such a confident rookie in a long time.

 

[marc71178]

Geez Afridi has talent!

That four he hit off McGrath down the ground was off an absoulutely perfect yorker, never seen that done before..

I think that sort of thing shows how key it is to have wickets in hand for the late overs, and no matter how good the bowler is, he CAN be hit for boundaries in that circumstance.

 

[marc71178]

Imagine Afridi and Cairns in Partnership and running hot in the last 10 overs.....maybe 150 could be on

Or even better, Afridi and Flintoff.

 

[BoyBrumby]

I've just been watching the highlights on Sky. Afridi's little knock was very good value; he must be an enormously strong guy. He certainly isn't built like Cairns or Freddie. McGrath just loathes being carted too!

You don't see Symonds shell too many either, difficult chance tho it was.

 

[Shahid_afridi]

i know that doesnt fit in this thread but does anyone know whether ARY DIGITAL is going to broadcast the pakistan vs india series in march????
plzzzz help me guys
if ARY doesnt show it plz tell me which one will broadcast it!!

 

[PAKMAN]

Or even better, Afridi and Flintoff.

after watchin Cairns in the charity match the Afridi Cairns duo sounds much better

 

[Tom Halsey]

Erm, no, taking the last year into account, I'd back Fred over Cairns. Needs to get his brain back though.

 

[shaka]

No team wants to bowl to Razzaq during the last 10 overs of an ODI match. He must be one of the best exponents of this part of the innnings.

 

[Tom Halsey]

I reckon they'd back themselves to get him out...

 

[age_master]

Two failures if he is caught. In both innings he hasn't looked good until he's been dropped.

gotta take advantage when that sort of thing happens, cant say either were easy chances

 

[Neil Pickup]

Or Cairns and Flintoff

 

[Sehwag309]

i know that doesnt fit in this thread but does anyone know whether ARY DIGITAL is going to broadcast the pakistan vs india series in march????
plzzzz help me guys
if ARY doesnt show it plz tell me which one will broadcast it!!

Why don;t u email ARY, but lemme tell u...in this series, all TV broadcasters go wild and want a piece

email me inningsdefeat@hotmail.com, a guy who works for ARY chats on another site but doesn't disclose his position to everyone