Australia A in England

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Australia A v Derbyshire
First Class

Day 2

Australia A 4d/362
EJM Cowan 109
GJ Bailey 81
JA Burns 74*
PJ Forrest 52
M Klinger 25
Derbyshire 2/184
MA Starc 1/36
NM Lyon 1/50

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The fast bowler James Pattinson will not be part of the Australia A tour of England due to an abdominal strain.

The Western Australia fast bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile is set to join the Australia A squad, which had already gained Alister McDermott after he was brought in to replace in the injured Pat Cummins, who suffered a side strain.

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Jackson Bird takes a wicket...who still has 0fa...Mitchell Johnson

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Aussie A couldnt take another wicket.

Derbyshire declared at 3/269
Khawaja 56*

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Klinger fails out for 10

[NFC]

Don't know much about Joe Burns at all.

[am Bays]

Don't know much about Joe Burns at all.

Wasn't he one of the Kelly gang??

[The Dark Knight]

Don't know much about Joe Burns at all.

Wasn't he one of the Kelly gang??

That was Joe Byrne.

[brod]

This is just getting out of hand now

Ben Cutting, the Queensland fast bowler, has become the third paceman to withdraw from Australia A's tour of England due to injury, flying home following the conclusion of the tourists' opening match against Derbyshire.

Cutting, 25, had not been selected in the XI for the match, and was diagnosed with a back problem that necessitated his return home.

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Durham v Australia A
First Class

Day 1

Durham 5/88
AC McDermott 3/32
JM Holland 1/8
NM Coulter-Nile 1/22

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Durham v Australia A
First Class

Lunch Day 2

Durham 197
AC McDermott 4/38
JM Holland 3/59
NM Coulter-Nile 2/43
Australia A 159
LM Davis 40
TD Paine 40
M Klinger 21
Durham 5/49
NM Coulter-Nile 2/4
AC McDermott 2/24
MA Starc 1/15

[the joker]

Must be a good pitch

[brod]

Durham moved along to 5/122

[Media Park]

Durham ended all out 185
Ian Blackwell 62
Starc 2-51, McDermott 2-38, Coulter-Nile 3-32, Holland 3-49

AUS A 0-56 (stumps day two)
Liam Davis 38* (42)
Ed Cowan 18* (36)

Needing another 168 runs.

[Coach Bombay]

come on england take a quick few. Need Kilnger and Cooper to get a bat

[Media Park]

At 0-99 chasing 224 with ample time, the Australian A side has self destructed, losing by 19 runs amid former Pommy international, 34-year old spinning all-rounder Ian Blackwell's career best 7-52.
0-56 at the close yesterday looked to have the Aus A side sitting pretty, and that was further improved to 0-99 before Ruel Braithwaite claimed two wickets in five balls, before Blackwell claimed the next seven to fall, in a span of 7-78 (really 9-79 if you include Braithwaite), that took just 20.4 overs.
Tim Paine 26* and Alistair McDermott 12 looked to try and snare a win regardless of the carnage, putting on 16 runs in five overs before Claydon struck to end the tourists match.

[the joker]

come on england take a quick few. Need Kilnger and Cooper to get a bat

wish they didn't bat. 8 balls between them and didn't trouble the scorers

[brod]

Backwell has been playing 2nd XI cricket since May

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England Lions v Australia A
1st Unofficial Test
Old Trafford

DAY 2

England Lions 5/191 (87 overs)
EJG Morgan 50
NRD Compton 46
MG Johnson 2/26 (18 overs)
NM Lyon 2/66 (24 overs)
JM Holland 1/43 (25 overs)

[the star]

Backwell has been playing 2nd XI cricket since May

The uk first class scene has a disibility pension that if an injury ends your first class career you can get a payout, still allowed to play cricket but can not be seen to be making a living from playing cricket - second eleven cricketers are paid very little in the uk, think you will find he was attempting to cash in on this, but was knocked back, also think in that time he started officiating league cricket games up that way.