Gee it looked pretty dire at 2/2 for Aust, chasing Eng 350 odd…but kudos to Inglis, Short et for sticking fat and chasing it down with a couple of overs to spare. I believe Inglis has 100’s across all 3 formats now…and one of a few, to have a strike rate for at least one of those format 100’s, at over a 100.
Arly days yet, but it ooks like a lot of flat tracks being produced though, which means the bowlers are going to feel some heat during this comp…whilst the batsmen fill their boots.
Interesting decision to bowl Marnus at the death but it paid off with 2 wickets, including Duckett. TBH Johnson was pretty poor so he might have gone for more runs in that 50th over. It was a road of a pitch so 350 was not going to be a completely safe score for the poms, they probably needed 380. Once the dew came in, it was very difficult for the bowlers and the England attack were too much of the same type of bowling. Inglis is making it very hard for the selectors to leave him out of the team for the WTC final.
Aussies have a chance to make the semis now but I think our inexperienced bowling attack will be found out by the better teams ( India, NZ and South Africa)
How come India get to refuse to play in Pakistan and on their 1 oval of choice? Oh, I forgot, the real controllers of world cricket is BCCI.
58 its,something to do with Pakistan relationship with the Taliban,from Afghanistan.Traditional Allies but not getting on to well these days.Chance of Terrorist activity in Pakistan.
I understand that gtr, but I’m pretty sure India has played there over the years. I guess the terrorists wouldn’t be too fussed about which country’s players get killed. It’s all about them making a statement.
All to do with where they can see some advantage and parking themselves in the Emerites for the entire tournament does give them a stable bae and an advantage. lets face it they would be crying a river if they cant give themselves any sort of unfair advantage.
So if India make the finals they get to play at their “home ground” if other teams make finals they dont get a choice …seems perfectly fair to me.
A very weak effort from the ICC, but would we expect anything different fromthe weak kneed mob.And Isn’t the head of the ICC an Indian?
[quote=“gtrxuone post=240690 userid=2215”]58 its,something to do with Pakistan relationship with the Taliban,from Afghanistan.Traditional Allies but not getting on to well these days.Chance of Terrorist activity in Pakistan.
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The Pakistanis are not permitted to play in the IPL either.
Thanks for the heads up HLAS.Seems incredibly unfair for the Pakistan players.But probably a win for our BBL.Having the opportunity to recruit the best available from Pakistan
58 have spoken to a number of Afgans over the years.Since the 1980’s war between the Soviets and Mujahideen in Afghanistan.Pakistan has allways interfeared in Afgan polotics..I think the Taliban has told Pakistan no more
And the Pakis,arnt happy about that.
The Australia v South Africa game has been abandoned due to rain. A pity as I think it would have been a good contest with the Saffers better bowling attack maybe giving them the edge.
[quote=“mikeh post=240747 userid=926”]The Australia v South Africa game has been abandoned due to rain. A pity as I think it would have been a good contest with the Saffers better bowling attack maybe giving them the edge.
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While SA may have the better bowling attack, I think maybe we have a stronger bat?? Either way, pity we didn’t get to see them play it out.
Could be a handy point to pick up and makes tonigh’ts game between the bangers and the poms a knockout event
All the rest of the matches in this group look like knockout matches now PH…wouldn’t surprise me if Eng beat Afghanistan and SA, and scrape through…
A shame the game was washed out last night. Not sure what happens from here in..Will the rain last night make it hard for Australia to get through.
Might be a biit off topic, but I have to give great credit to Steve Smith as our skipper through the Sri Lankan tour and in the game V the Poms.
The way he has used his second string bowling attack has been superb.Even his use of Marnus late in the game was first.I am sure that Cummins would never have leant that way. class. He will be hard to remove from the position I reckon.
Would Cummins think of stepping aside?
So The Ghan’s have rolled jolly old England. What was the excuse this time from the whingers, which Ghan cheated and most importantly, did the Pomms achieve a moral victory?
That being said, Australia will need to be right on their game as the Ghan’s will be playing without fear and full of confidence given there are few expectations on them.
Tournament is turning into a joke with all the rained out games and another one likely tonight which would see Australia into the semi finals on the basis of just one win.
Meanwhile India lord it up in Dubai, well rested, staying in the same hotel waiting for their next opponent to come over. They have been treated totally differently from everyone else and the whole thing has been set up for them to win
[quote=“mikeh post=240802 userid=926”]Tournament is turning into a joke with all the rained out games and another one likely tonight which would see Australia into the semi finals on the basis of just one win.
Meanwhile India lord it up in Dubai, well rested, staying in the same hotel waiting for their next opponent to come over. They have been treated totally differently from everyone else and the whole thing has been set up for them to win
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BCCI and ICC same dog, different name.
Looks like rain tonight !!!
Another shame.
Oh and England, the Nation that keeps on giving.
Looks like young Connolly got thrown to the wolves last night. Hopefully the kid can recover over time…good confidence booster getting Rohit lbw I guess…strange logic from the selectors opening with the kid…especially when he was a traveling reserve…surely Labs, Inglis or Carey could of opened, if the selectors had no faith in FMG.
Looks like the Kings of Dubai are odds on to win the Dubai Cup now…apparently Dubai is the new home of ?
Baffling decision to throw the kid to the wolves. Carey should have opened given the form he was in. Having said that it was the poor game awareness of the most experienced ODI players in Smith and Maxwell in throwing their wickets away at a crucial time that cost Australia the chance to get to 300, which would have been a challenging score on that pitch.
Will be a good contest between NZ and the Saffers tonight, could be a high scoring game