***Official*** VB Series 2006

[alternative]

Yes i agree Dizzy deserves another chance, i don't see the point of having dorey in the team..

I dont understand how the selectors list dorey ahead of dizzy, its just beyond me..

 

[andyc]

Yes i agree Dizzy deserves another chance, i don't see the point of having dorey in the team..

I dont understand how the selectors list dorey ahead of dizzy, its just beyond me..

Hey alternative, welcome to CW. Awesome avatar

And I agree there with you, and pretty much everyone else there.

 

[Dixie Flatline]

McGrath not playing.

Shaun Pollock out of the South African side.

 

[parttimer]

Smith showing alot of faith in Van Der Wath to have him opening the bowling to Gilly after he's been smashed around so much. Nice start for him tho

 

[33/3from3.3]

C'mon SA

 

[Jdz]

Pretty good start so far.

 

[Jono]

Gilly just owning this SA bowling attack. No Pollock, Nel, Ntini or Kallis. No chance really.

 

[andyc]

Gilchrist is playing incredibly

 

[Lostman]

looks like tuesdays game will be really interseting

 

[James90]

looks like tuesdays game will be really interseting

Looks like this one will be interesting. Gilly moves onto 81 from 53 balls.

 

[andyc]

That was positevely cringe-worthy stuff from Greig as he was going on about the quota system

 

[aussie]

australia going well, Gilchrist looking superb...

 

[aussie]

Everyone's allowed to have a poor game every now and then. Lee goes for 80+ occasionaly, and he's the best ODI bowler in the world, and McGrath goes for 5+ an over everytime he comes up against Hayden in a domestic game. That was really Hopes' only poor bowling effort in his ODI career, and I don't know many bowlers who can contain Sanath when he's in that sort of mood.

exactly i've been pretty impressed with Hopes with his batting & fielding, avery good addition to the OD team.

 

[Arrow]

16 overs past, and this game is over already.
Such a damn pity SA lost so many of its strike bowlers this series. Would have made it very tough for the aussies.

 

[aussie]

kinda odd thta Symo was sent in at 4, could have been much more destructive coming in later on in the innings.

 

[Blaze]

Looks like this one will be interesting. Gilly moves onto 81 from 53 balls.

 

[Jdz]

kinda odd thta Symo was sent in at 4, could have been much more destructive coming in later on in the innings.

Him getting sent in at 4, confused the heck outta me, since I was on and off with watching the game.

 

[Slow Love™]

kinda odd thta Symo was sent in at 4, could have been much more destructive coming in later on in the innings.

Seemed strange to me, too. Symonds likes to pace himself early before he unleashes, and it looked like Ponting was indicating he had to keep the pace right up from the get-go - the only thing I could think of otherwise was that he thought they'd barely lose a wicket on that track, and he was concerned that Symmo wouldn't get enough time on it.

Ian Chappell made a very strange call in the fourth over of the match, when the Aussies were around 30 for no loss, and he proclaimed that Australia were obviously going to score far too much for the Saffies to chase, so they'd be looking on to the following game in Hobart as a must-win. As it stands, it does look like we're going to post a very high score, but making that call in the fourth over seemed bizarre, given that it's not that rare for Gilly to get us off to a similarly quick start in any game where we might score 250 or less.

 

[Jono]

Just been announced that McGrath will not be available for selection during the VB Series finals.

 

[Jono]

Seemed strange to me, too. Symonds likes to pace himself early before he unleashes, and it looked like Ponting was indicating he had to keep the pace right up from the get-go - the only thing I could think of otherwise was that he thought they'd barely lose a wicket on that track, and he was concerned that Symmo wouldn't get enough time on it.

Ian Chappell made a very strange call in the fourth over of the match, when the Aussies were around 30 for no loss, and he proclaimed that Australia were obviously going to score far too much for the Saffies to chase, so they'd be looking on to the following game in Hobart as a must-win. As it stands, it does look like we're going to post a very high score, but making that call in the fourth over seemed bizarre, given that it's not that rare for Gilly to get us off to a similarly quick start in any game where we might score 250 or less.

Chappell just point blank doesn't rate the SA batting line-up other than Boucher.