Aus vs WI

[brod]

Bloody wish that Watson hadnt hit that sweep shot for six, then he wouldnt have tried it again and he couldve concentrated on hitting the ball like he did towards the end.

[the wonder elephant]

agreed brod last over was good but what was he doing before that looked ordinary trying that lap shot will take some getting though 323 windies best effort against aust at home is 9 4 313 so will be hard haydens innings was pure beauty slow early while assessing the pitch but once he got the pace was brutal looking forward to watching taity and pidgion bowl bit of rain should have juiced the pitch up nicely pidgey to run amok

[the wonder elephant]

f!"£"ng rain now the have e.t on tv might have to slip in a quick power nap surely highlights of an old world cup game would have been a better option 4 channel eddie to show instead of this shite

[mal]

AU 5/234 [40.5]
WATSON joins the belligerent HAYDEN

For those who were zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
here is WATSONS innings
after his
18[11]
12[4]
14[9]
previous 3 games


X
PROD NO RUN
1 ON DRIVE
1 PUSH SQUARE LEG
1 FLICK FINE LEG [dont like typing FLICK the word looks like ****]
X PROD OFFSIDE
2 FULL TOSS CLIP SQUARE LEG
1 PUSH MID ON
1 FLICK SHORT MID WICKET
1 DRIVE TO LONG ON
1 BACKS AWAY ON DRIVE
1 ON DRIVE his signature shot
1LEG BYE BACKS AWAY TO SQUARE LEG HIT ON PAD

RAIN 5/286]46.2]

6 AMAZING AUDACIUOS SWEEP OFF COLLEYMORE OVER FINE LEG
X YORKER SQAURE DRIVE MISSES
5/297 [47]

HES OUT
HAYDEN C SAMUELS B BRAVO 158[143]
what a batsman Id almost forgotten he was batting
this was a better innings than his record v SA
this was on the biggest oval in the West Indies
best innings hes played in o/d internationals
he went for the big shot, got out[should have pushed singles to get WATSON on strike!!!]
at least they crossed to put WATSON on strike

back to WATSON

x wide outside off poor shot attempted sweep DUMB DUMB DUMB
X slower ball; yorker swishes , misses, come on Shane bat properly
1 off drive to deep long off, much better shot
19[19]
AU 6/300
thats 6 scores of 300+ last 6 games

1 full square drives to 3rd man
LEG BYE sweep to wide ball on off stump DUMB shot
20[21]

over 50

x SLOWER BALL BY BRAVO MISS OUTSIDE OFF STUMP
1WIDE LEG SIDE
4 FULL TOSS, SMASHED OVER MID WICKET
4 WIDE OUTSIDE OFF STUMP A GLORIOUS COVER DRIVE THAT SINGES THE TURF
1 ON DRIVE TO LONG ON
4 SLOWER BALL SMASHES OVER COVER, EXQUISITE STROKE
AU 6/322


WATSON 33[26 BALLS]

NOW SCORED 77 [50 BALLS] on this tour
he continues his brilliant batting form overseas
after tours of INDIA + NZ

Hope he gets out soon [so he can have an average ]

Good news for the WATSON fear club
this game looks like a washout and this innings will not be recorded
But will always be remembered on the SAFOOTY archives ....

[Westsider]

washed out
now the west indies bat tonight

a 1 dayer over 2 days... i dont mind the extra day though, means australia havent wasted their batting performance
and now the windies have to bat on a pitch which has been covered for 24 hours

[rod_rooster]

Credit where it's due. Watson did bat well.

[Dissident]

I had to start at 7:30 this morning, I was up at 6. Watched all of the Aussies innings.

"Extra shot please love. Thanks".

It's helping.



Damn you pup, learn to drop the ball. He is so great at playing the nice little shots but take some pace off when the field is out and there's so many singles. It's like he's trying to hit the ball between two players for an easy one. DROP the ball inside the circle.

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

[rod_rooster]

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

At this stage yes easily.

[Dissident]

Thought this was a nice line from a LARA interview when asked about McGrath:

"There are places on the pitch where batsmen want the ball to land - he never bowls there."

Probably the best way to put it!

[mal]

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

At this stage yes easily.

Hes batting like a left handed Kevin PIETERSON.

[rod_rooster]

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

At this stage yes easily.

Hes batting like a left handed Kevin PIETERSON.

Pietersen has a long way to go before he is in the same class as Matthew Hayden.

[Dissident]

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

At this stage yes easily.

Hes batting like a left handed Kevin PIETERSON.

If anything, Pieterson bats like a right handed Hayden... IF ANYTHING.

Hayden isn't a ****

[mal]

And Ricky PONTINGs on drives look like WATSONs on drives

[RoosterMarty]

Will the game be on 9 tonight? I haven't heard anything yet but surely they will show it and scrap what other rubbish program they have scheduled.

[Stumps]

I had to start at 7:30 this morning, I was up at 6. Watched all of the Aussies innings.

"Extra shot please love. Thanks".

It's helping.



Damn you pup, learn to drop the ball. He is so great at playing the nice little shots but take some pace off when the field is out and there's so many singles. It's like he's trying to hit the ball between two players for an easy one. DROP the ball inside the circle.

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

Super call diss about "pup" last night he was good enough to play a "release" shot often enough to keep it ticking. Lara acting like the harbour bridge helped him and the aussies too. Hayden man of tournament at this stage but ponting is hitting the ball so well i reckon he has a ton or two left in him. Poor old hussey cant take a trick can he-

[Stumps]

the above message seems sarcastic but wasnt intended to be diss - just saying he got away with it last night but wont always

[mal]

Hayden .. man of the tournament?

At this stage yes easily.

Hes batting like a left handed Kevin PIETERSON.

Pietersen has a long way to go before he is in the same class as Matthew Hayden.

I wonder who the number 1 ranked o/d player in the world is

[RoosterMarty]

Do rankings really mean that much though? Ponting would be my #1 yet KP is there? South Africa are ranked #1 but Australia smashed them the other night....

[RoosterMarty]

Will the game be on 9 tonight? I haven't heard anything yet but surely they will show it and scrap what other rubbish program they have scheduled.

I just read that it will be on 9 at 11pm and Fox at 10:45pm Adelaide time.

[JK]

Hayden man of tournament at this stage but ponting is hitting the ball so well i reckon he has a ton or two left in him.

I actually thought Ponting looked scratchy by his standards against SA ... Not knocking the bloke, it's only the best who can contribute a quality score when not always finding the middle of the bat.