Australia in West Indies

[hearts on fire]

Katich MUST play the first test!

And then sit out.....

NO! i take that back..................

Katich MUST play this WHOLE series!

[brod]

Katich MUST play the first test!

And then sit out.....

NO! i take that back..................

Katich MUST play this WHOLE series!

Instead of who??

[hearts on fire]

jeeze, you got me there................ well if he performs in the first test and the rest of the team performs well, will they leave Michael Clarke out? I don't think so but i don't have a clue who else they could drop..................

[brod]

jeeze, you got me there................ well if he performs in the first test and the rest of the team performs well, will they leave Michael Clarke out? I don't think so but i don't have a clue who else they could drop..................

Hes got no hope..just like Stewy Law all those years ago, came in for Steve Waugh (injured) for one test, made fifty - back to Queensland

[hearts on fire]

Well............................. I HOPE YOUR WRONG!

[Dogwatcher]

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[brod]

UNIVERSITY OF WEST INDIES VICE CHANCELLOR'S XI vs AUSTRALIA
Tour Game (50 over)

AUSTRALIA 6/337
SE Marsh 38
SR Watson 95 (85 balls)
MEK Hussey 50
MJ Clarke 53 (35 balls)
DJ Hussey 55 (6 sixes)
CL White 34
JR Hopes 0*

UNI OF WI 126 (33.1 overs)
D Ramdin 43
NW Bracken 3/25 (8 overs)
DJ Hussey 2/4 (2.1 overs)
MG Johnson 2/24 (5 overs)
SR Clark 1/13 (4 overs)
JR Hopes 1/13 (3 overs)
SR Watson 0/17 (3 overs)
CL White 0/29 (8 overs)

[MightyEagles]

1st ODI is on tonight. 11pm on Fox.

[MightyEagles]

Symonds is out of tonights game.

[Hazbeen]

Symonds is out of tonights game.

Is he having a rest or injured?

[MightyEagles]

Not sure.

[Adelaide Hawk]

CL White 0/29 (8 overs)

They seem determined to make this guy into a bowler don't they?

[smithy]

Symonds is out of tonights game.

Is he having a rest or injured?

Injured back.

[brod]

Sean Marsh to debut.

The Aussie line up is just nowhere near what it was not all that long ago
Marsh
Watson
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
White
Hopes
Haddin
Lee
Johnson
Bracken

[brod]

WEST INDIES vs AUSTRALIA
1ST ODI - Kingston

Australia 8/274
SE Marsh 81 (97 balls)
SR Watson 31 (27 balls)
RT Ponting 5 (20 balls)
MJ Clarke 9 (23 balls)
MEK Hussey 44 (58 balls)
BJ Haddin 50 (52 balls)
CL White 8 (8 balls)
JR Hopes 9 (9 balls)
B Lee 12* (5 balls)
MG Johnson 3 * (1 ball)

JE Taylor 1/30 (7 overs)
CH Gayle 1/55 (10 overs)
FH Edwards 0/22 (3 overs)
DJ Bravo 2/54 (8 overs)
SJ Benn 1/39 (10 overs)
RR Sarwan 1/34 (5 overs)
DJG Sammy 2/31 (7 overs)

[MightyEagles]

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
SE Marsh c Gayle b Sammy 81 129 97 7 1 83.50
SR Watson lbw b Bravo 31 59 27 4 0 114.81
RT Ponting b Taylor 5 24 20 0 0 25.00
MJ Clarke c Ramdin b Sammy 9 24 23 0 0 39.13
MEK Hussey c Pollard b Gayle 44 89 58 1 0 75.86
BJ Haddin c Pollard b Benn 50 56 52 4 1 96.15
CL White lbw b Sarwan 8 17 8 1 0 100.00
JR Hopes b Bravo 9 11 9 1 0 100.00
B Lee not out 12 8 5 0 1 240.00
MG Johnson not out 3 1 1 0 0 300.00
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 13) 21

Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 273 (5.46 runs per over)


Did not bat NW Bracken


Fall of wickets1-75 (Watson, 12.5 ov), 2-96 (Ponting, 18.3 ov), 3-117 (Clarke, 24.3 ov), 4-140 (Marsh, 30.4 ov), 5-231 (Haddin, 44.4 ov), 6-248 (Hussey, 47.1 ov), 7-251 (White, 48.1 ov), 8-269 (Hopes, 49.4 ov)



Bowling O M R W Econ
JE Taylor 7 0 30 1 4.28 (2w)
CH Gayle 10 0 55 1 5.50 (3w)
FH Edwards 3 0 22 0 7.33
DJ Bravo 8 0 54 2 6.75 (2w)
SJ Benn 10 0 39 1 3.90
RR Sarwan 5 0 34 1 6.80 (1w)
DJG Sammy 7 1 31 2 4.42 (1w)



West Indies innings (target: 274 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR
XM Marshall c Haddin b Lee 6 13 11 1 0 54.54
CH Gayle lbw b Bracken 20 37 26 3 0 76.92
RR Sarwan c Hussey b Lee 2 25 11 0 0 18.18
ADS Fletcher run out (Haddin) 26 70 43 2 0 60.46
DJ Bravo lbw b Clarke 33 51 37 4 0 89.18
KA Pollard c Haddin b Johnson 11 30 20 0 1 55.00
D Ramdin b Watson 31 55 38 1 0 81.57
DJG Sammy b Bracken 33 59 35 2 0 94.28
JE Taylor c Haddin b Bracken 11 11 10 0 1 110.00
SJ Benn c Clarke b Bracken 7 9 6 1 0 116.66
FH Edwards not out 1 2 2 0 0 50.00
Extras (w 8

Total (all out; 39.5 overs) 189 (4.74 runs per over)


Fall of wickets1-11 (Marshall, 2.6 ov), 2-29 (Gayle, 7.5 ov), 3-29 (Sarwan, 8.1 ov), 4-80 (Bravo, 19.1 ov), 5-92 (Fletcher, 22.5 ov), 6-111 (Pollard, 27.1 ov), 7-163 (Ramdin, 35.4 ov), 8-178 (Taylor, 37.5 ov), 9-186 (Sammy, 39.1 ov), 10-189 (Benn, 39.5 ov)



Bowling O M R W Econ
B Lee 9 1 37 2 4.11 (2w)
NW Bracken 5.5 0 31 4 5.31 (1w)
MG Johnson 7 0 42 1 6.00 (3w)
JR Hopes 5 0 14 0 2.80
MJ Clarke 4 1 15 1 3.75 (1w)
CL White 6 0 32 0 5.33
SR Watson 3 0 18 1 6.00 (1w)




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[james07]

CL White 0/29 (8 overs)

They seem determined to make this guy into a bowler don't they?

ive got no idea why they persist with this bloke, everytime ive seem him play at international level he does nothing, i wouldve thought they could use the onedayers to blood the next spinner for test good opportunity for it

[Lightning McQueen]

CL White 0/29 (8 overs)

They seem determined to make this guy into a bowler don't they?

ive got no idea why they persist with this bloke, everytime ive seem him play at international level he does nothing, i wouldve thought they could use the onedayers to blood the next spinner for test good opportunity for it

I think they're using the same tactic as they did with Bob Holland, he debuted at 38 for memory.

[Rik E Boy]

Equating Cameron White, who has little to no control over the ball and Dutchy Holland, the venerable master of his craft is quite amusing and I don't really think you intended to do this. Holland played at a time when pace was king and also at a time when Roo Yardley had a boom year to get the jump on other tweakers. Full credit must go to Dutchy for being good enough to make his mark on test cricket for when he got his late call up.

Not as late as Victorian Don Blackie mind you, who made his test debut at age 46!

regards,

REB

[brod]

Brad Haddin is to return to Australia due to his broken finger, and Ronchi will debut tonight for Australia. This is the Aussies only change, while the Windies have replaced Sarwan (injured) and Ramdin (dropped) with Powell and Browne.