SA Footy

NZ V AUSTRALIA A

The Enzedders have been given a marvellous opportunity to win the series.
The latest news is that Binger LEE will now miss the series with leg injury.
Missing in action now are:
GIL'christ' the worlds very best keeper batsmen
PONTING arguably the best o/d batsman in the world
SYMONDS the most destructive middle order allrounder in the world
LEE arguably the best o/d bowler in the world

If you were a NZ barracker and you were asked which 4 aussies you would want
to be left out of a best AU X1 you would probably choose those 4 players.
MCGRATH + HUSSEY would be the other 2 in a top 6 of outs.

As for todays game:
NZ were nearly good enough to beat our strongest team in Australia recently.
By definition+ on thier postage stamp grounds they are probably favoured to
win the Hadlee/Chappell series

Hadlee /Chappell
Was that named after Dale Hadlee and Trevor Chappell .....

mal wrote:Was that named after Dale Hadlee and Trevor Chappell .....

LMAO!

If Australia lose this series by 2-1 or worse, then they will drop to second on the ODI Rankings. South Africa will move to top.

Have we got enough players over there to play today if Clarke doesn't? From the World Cup squad Ponting, Gilchrist, Lee, Symonds are all missing while Tait is still back in Australia last I heard. So if Clarke drops out that only leaves 9 players and from memory Jacques was the only one to go outside the squad.

what times does it start? is it on tv/radio??

i think on fox from noon

ca wrote:Have we got enough players over there to play today if Clarke doesn't? From the World Cup squad Ponting, Gilchrist, Lee, Symonds are all missing while Tait is still back in Australia last I heard. So if Clarke drops out that only leaves 9 players and from memory Jacques was the only one to go outside the squad.

Over there who could play = VOGES/HADDIN/JAQUES/JOHNSON

TAIT I believe is flying over to join the troops as well.
CLARKE may not play with a Bingled Hip

mal wrote:

ca wrote:Have we got enough players over there to play today if Clarke doesn't? From the World Cup squad Ponting, Gilchrist, Lee, Symonds are all missing while Tait is still back in Australia last I heard. So if Clarke drops out that only leaves 9 players and from memory Jacques was the only one to go outside the squad.

Over there who could play = VOGES/HADDIN/JAQUES/JOHNSON

TAIT I believe is flying over to join the troops as well.
CLARKE may not play with a Bingled Hip

Yeah the 9 includes Haddin and Johnson who are in the World Cup Squad, Jacques makes it 10, Voges 11.

It has started already!

Aus 1/16

Jaques 1 c Vettori b Bond

Hayden 5*
Haddin 6*

Team is (in batting order)
Hayden
Jaques
Haddin
Hussey
Hodge
Watson
White
Hogg
Johnson
Bracken
McGrath

2/16

Haddin 6 b Bond

Not the start to the series that Jaques & Haddin were after. Pressure is on Hussey now! I think Hodge would have been the best man to come in at 3, and Haddin coming in at 5.

blink wrote:2/16

Haddin 6 b Bond

Not the start to the series that Jaques & Haddin were after. Pressure is on Hussey now! I think Hodge would have been the best man to come in at 3, and Haddin coming in at 5.

True
Good toss to win the ball is moving about disconcertingly.
2/26 [9] Australia A needs HUSSEY to score a big one or we are in deep shit.

an update care of baggygreen.com

'Vettori to Hussey, no run, beaten! Hussey moves forward and defends but the ball pitches outside off stump and goes straight through after beating the outside edge
31.4 Vettori to White, 1 run, White gets off the mark by pushing it off the back foot through cover point
Here's an update on the weather, it was cloudy and windy earlier but the sun's out now. The bowler's have ruled the roost though and the batsmen have found it really hard on a difficult pitch. Cameron White is the new batsman.
31.3 Vettori to Hodge, OUT, Fleming fumbles and then takes it! Hodge tries to cut once again and gets a thick edge on it, it flies quickly at stomach height to Fleming at first slip who doesn't take it cleanly at the first attempt, he manages to grab it as the ball bounces off his palms '

Typical disgraceful NZ pitch. They have the worst pitches in the world.

pafc1870 wrote:Typical disgraceful NZ pitch. They have the worst pitches in the world.

Spot on. Swing like a bitch early doors then out comes the sun so the team that wins the toss wins the game one wicket down. Probably why Cricket isn't the big sport in NZ that it is here.

regards,

REB

Rik E Boy wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Typical disgraceful NZ pitch. They have the worst pitches in the world.

Spot on. Swing like a bitch early doors then out comes the sun so the team that wins the toss wins the game one wicket down. Probably why Cricket isn't the big sport in NZ that it is here.

regards,

REB

i disagree why cant bowlers have a chance now and again, as a rule close low scoring games are much more netertaining than the high scoring ones

MAY-Z wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Typical disgraceful NZ pitch. They have the worst pitches in the world.

Spot on. Swing like a bitch early doors then out comes the sun so the team that wins the toss wins the game one wicket down. Probably why Cricket isn't the big sport in NZ that it is here.

regards,

REB

i disagree why cant bowlers have a chance now and again, as a rule close low scoring games are much more netertaining than the high scoring ones

That is the case usually, but not when the wicket goes from being a shocker to a belter, as REB said!

White gone! c & b Bond 13

Aus 6/108 (39.3)

Hogg 0*
Watson 4*

Big, big trouble now! Bond is starting to get back somewhere near his top form 3/14 off 8 overs, with 2 maidens.

NOW WHO WAS THE PERSON THAT ONCE SAID THAT
WINNING THE TOSS CAN BE TO MUCH OF AN ADVANTAGE.....
6/112[40]
WHITE 13 failed in a pressure situation again, is the end near.

Im stunned how the wicketkeeper batted number 3 today
Haddin is an exceptional batsman batting in the middle order
but batting 3 is a bit too presumptious.
Surely Hodge or Watson should bat 3 before him.

blink wrote:

MAY-Z wrote:

Rik E Boy wrote:

pafc1870 wrote:Typical disgraceful NZ pitch. They have the worst pitches in the world.

Spot on. Swing like a bitch early doors then out comes the sun so the team that wins the toss wins the game one wicket down. Probably why Cricket isn't the big sport in NZ that it is here.

regards,

REB

i disagree why cant bowlers have a chance now and again, as a rule close low scoring games are much more netertaining than the high scoring ones

That is the case usually, but not when the wicket goes from being a shocker to a belter, as REB said!

what evidence do we have that the pitch is getting for batting? from what i can tell it has been tough all innings and with nz batting at night i dont see it becoming any easier

and why does everyone refer to a bowler friendlywicket as a shocker, and a batter friendly wicket as a belter. the game is not only about watching batsmen tee off on road like pitches every game

In one dayers you like to see a few more runs scored, the game is designed for that but I agree May-Z about what you are saying generally, I like to see a battle between bat and ball (In other words Test Cricket). I've no idea of the particular conditions for this wicket but from the matches I have seen from NZ, the scenario I described is not an uncommon one. You're probably right about the wicket not getting any easier to bat on tonight though.

I reckon we'll be thirty runs short of a decent total and that this will be our fourth loss in five one day games. Brilliant World Cup preparation!

regards,

REB