the Aussie made 336 for 4 out mad hitting by hodge and hussy ..

thang kodness

i dont think i could have faced another poor effort from teh aussies

You spoke to soon.

Owned with an over to spare could some one put a contract on taits head plz and watson too ..

I think this means we're not #1 at ODI's anymore....I wouldn't put money on Aus to win the WC either...

so f***ing over cricket.

Typical bandwagon supporter.


"LOLZ IM #1 FAN WHEN THEY ARE WINNING ROFL!!!!111"

Will still do well in the WC fellas, don't freak out. Our form isn't great, but every good team needs a little shake up every now and then. Plus look at the team we have in NZ - No Ponting, Gilly, Clarke, Lee, Symonds. Take away a team's Captain, VC/Keeper/Opening batsman, 2 form bastmen/all rounders and opening bowler and I think any side would struggle.

Will still do well in the WC fellas, don't freak out. Our form isn't great, but every good team needs a little shake up every now and then. Plus look at the team we have in NZ - No Ponting, Gilly, Clarke, Lee, Symonds. Take away a team's Captain, VC/Keeper/Opening batsman, 2 form bastmen/all rounders and opening bowler and I think any side would struggle.

amen

Seriously, even when gilchrist is in the team, u might as well say "no gilly".

Replacing him with Jaques isn't really changing the way the team is performing, aside from that one insane 100 in Perth, Gilchrist has been in poor form since the previous Ashes, in both forms. He isn't the same player he was a few years back.

Australia also needs to figure out why White is in the team, if the idea is he is an all rounder, let him bowl, he's been with the one day squad for over a month now, and gets SFA overs, its no wonder he isn't bowling well. Aust should hvae let him bowl 8-10 overs a game in the dead rubbers leading into the finals, to make him a stronger all around option for us. If he could do 8 good overs and be an awesome pinch hitter down the order, it'd have been awesome for the team. Symonds + White + Watson would mean 20 overs covered by 3 guys who could bat and we'd only need 3 specialist bowlers in our best ODI team (one of which is Brett Lee - who can bat). That would be an incredibly strong batting line up. Similar to an old South Africa team with Klusenar and Pollock coming in way down the order.

we need to fix our bowling

i still think we should have clarke in the side

im just nervous about taits randomness

cant help but think white was unlucky not to go to the world cup

also, watson needs to find form, with bat and ball, QUICKLY

Shane warne Fusion's Twenty20 all-star was on yesterday in MCG.

Where can I get a scorecard?

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/match/251495.html

No no no, the Warney match :P

piss hayden off and open with Watson.

leave White at #7 and when Symonds comes back he replaces Hodge at 5, or Watson as opener and Hodge goes to open.

OR he is a direct swap for white and either Watson or Hodge bat 7.

so when was our batting the problem?

why the hell was clarke dropped?

Dropping clarke has to be the biggest bonehead moves by the selectors EVA..IMHo

amen

Clarke is injured, Clark was dropped. Honestly Clark hasn't really convinced me in ODIs. There's no doubt he's a crucial element in the future of the test attack, but even when he's taken wickets in ODIs he's been expensive as far as I can remember. Maybe when McGrath is gone there will be a more clear role for him given he's a similar type of bowler? But at the moment I think the Aussies are struggling for balance in their attack.

The attack has a few problems.

No decent spinner - which is their own fault because they left Hogg out in the cold for the CBA series with no explanation. Hopefully he comes good.

MacGrath no longer intimidates opposition batsman, he just sooks and walks back to his mark.

Tait and Lee are both hot and cold

Watson is bowling like he's in cotton wool and they are missing the variety of Symonds.

Clark is an average one-day bowler, if Lee doesn't get fit - pick Hilfenhaus.

piss hayden off

lol

181 from 166, 10 x 4 and 11 x 6 - GG Matty :)

is it just me or was this spot that was set in f***ing concrete for watson in the australian team since before the ash's turned out to be the biggest piece of gay ever ?

babelfish is down atm so you'll have to wait for a reply to your post paveway.

piss hayden off and open with Watson.

haha

lnk da b82rez 2ge4

9th highest individual ODI score. Will go on record as saying I am a Hayden ODI knocker, so this has completely taken me by surprise. GG.

And Watson getting amongst the runs at last too - all good signs.

zomg

a 1 handed six with a broken toe is the new hawtness

in all seriousness though

how f***ing small are the grounds over there!?

farken hell, since when do we get pantsed by nz

OWNED again dam Kiwi's are playing good cricket FFs our bowlers couldnt defend that total we are no chance in the world cup and im a totally one eyed Aussie supporter all the bowlers need a good enema IMHO...

god damn wtf is going on?
world cup should be good now though with all this attacking batting, I expect the poms and kiwis will be going in very aggressive now

anyone watch the game?

Hayden batted like s*** and was slow early and like his last century, gave up 3 easy catches before he made 50. He then broke his tow and cut loose.

Watson dominated the opening partnership while Hayden played himself in to save his spot. His injury is a blessing in disguise.

spidz I watched the first half (our batting) and just now watched the game highlights on sky sports.

Watson didn't look at all comfortable early on, I thought he could have gone at any time... and yeh Haydo's was playing for his place in the team, was just pushing and prodding, not smashing it like he normally does... that is until he got hit..

Our bowling is f***ed, no question about it, can't really blame the field either, we took a pearler (Voges) and a run out (Voges again) so we are aiming up there, the bowlers need to take a good look at themselves... twice now over 330 and we can't defend it.

Hayden may or may not play in the World Cup... wait and see with that

also we had the f***ers at 4/41 and couldn't put the nail in the coffin, that pisses me off to no end.

And I feel sorry for Hussey, 4 times captain and 4 loses - poor bugger....

4 times captain and 4 loses - poor bugger....

wow thats s***

i seem to remember teh kiwis are short a couple of their top players too (injuries to Oram and someone else i cant remember :P)

3-0!

words cant begin to describe how happy i've been these last 5 ODIs

they also can't describe how gay you are

or black, Tung is pretty black... and gay.

s*** tung, a team accuses your god of chucking and you go jihad on them

world cup is coming ladies
tung will soon return to his normal cricket watching state

ie
sad, embarassed and broken

I wouldn't so much call it an accusation, as a statement of fact.

world cup is coming ladies

2 weeks and 2 days to be precise

getting pumped

Pity you have to have PayTV to see anything prior to the Super 8s round.

No Aust vs SA for Australian FTA tv..

Australia vs. the Dutch. lol.

get foxtel povos

brett lee is gone for the world cup :(

but clark (edit) is back in!

last edited by Spook at 08:59:59 24/Feb/07

You mean 'Clark.' :)

Bah - it's only covered by DirecTV here in the US. So I guess I'm gonna have to stick with Streaming Media quality again.

At least the games will be on at a decent hour for me!

I'll get all the games live :D

They start at 1pm for me, so that's bloody handy, I'll see the second innings at home and monitor the first from work.

<3