Australia in New Zealand
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squiz
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New Zealand dismissed for 292, Warne and McGrath taking 3 wickets each
squiz
International Coach
Ponting made 105 off only 110 balls, he's awesome
sohum
Executive member
Hahah great of the Aussies--trying to balance out the run rate, I guess.
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3rd Test Stumps Day 2
New Zealand 1st Inning 292 (H Marshall 76) (McGrath 3/49, Warne 3/63)
Australia 1st Inning 219/4 (Ponting 105)
Australia trail by 73 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Revise odds after Day 2
Odds:
New Zealand - 16/1
Draw - 2/1
Australia - 2/5
Betting will be open until 27th March at 21:00 GMT.
New Zealand 1st Inning 292 (H Marshall 76) (McGrath 3/49, Warne 3/63)
Australia 1st Inning 219/4 (Ponting 105)
Australia trail by 73 runs with 6 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
Revise odds after Day 2
Odds:
New Zealand - 16/1
Draw - 2/1
Australia - 2/5
Betting will be open until 27th March at 21:00 GMT.
dayne
Club Cricketer
ricky ponting is the man! i dont really like him but boy, has he got the aussies right back into it, shame that he got out so quickly after making his century though..
m_vaughan
Chairman of Selectors
Well played Ricky Ponting.
When will Shane Bond return??
When will Shane Bond return??
I backed NZ for 10 rep, I rekon if we are ever going to win, itll be now.
We are still in it, a few early wickets today for us or in a few overs time with the second new ball and we may have them at a simular score to what we have, mabee 50 odd in front. Surely Gilchrist can't do it again. Pontings Innings was great, he totally made use of the short 50 metre boundry scoring was it 5 sixes???
Hes back playing provincially, hes only bowling a small amount of overs, hes been taking a few wickets each match and broken a few hands, hes come back pretty darn good, he made his maiden first class century last week, he bats at number 10/11 for the black caps. Whether this shows that we have weak bowling in provincial cricket or that bond isn't a bad batter im not sure, I remember him smacking a few fast 20's or 30's in ODI's, anyway he doesn't wan't to rush back into international cricket, like last time, if he is out again, he is going to quit, and thats fair enough. Can't wait until hes back playing though, next season look out.
This is test cricket, not an ODI, Flemings knock was pretty good, you have seen the bad form hes been in, you saw the battle between him and McGrath. It isn't boring or dissapointing at all, you can sit there all smug knowing you have a faultless Australian team, all the batsmen averaging over 50, all the bowlers with amazing averages and strikerates. How would you play against the best bolwing attack in the world? Play carelessly? We have inexpericanced batsmen, due to many injuries, hell we can make a better 11 from injured and dropped for poor form players. You Australians can pull another international superstar out of your ass when ever you want, Australia A is probably better then all the other international teams, you should play them, you might get a challenge.
We are still in it, a few early wickets today for us or in a few overs time with the second new ball and we may have them at a simular score to what we have, mabee 50 odd in front. Surely Gilchrist can't do it again. Pontings Innings was great, he totally made use of the short 50 metre boundry scoring was it 5 sixes???
Hes back playing provincially, hes only bowling a small amount of overs, hes been taking a few wickets each match and broken a few hands, hes come back pretty darn good, he made his maiden first class century last week, he bats at number 10/11 for the black caps. Whether this shows that we have weak bowling in provincial cricket or that bond isn't a bad batter im not sure, I remember him smacking a few fast 20's or 30's in ODI's, anyway he doesn't wan't to rush back into international cricket, like last time, if he is out again, he is going to quit, and thats fair enough. Can't wait until hes back playing though, next season look out.
MWaugh said:
This is test cricket, not an ODI, Flemings knock was pretty good, you have seen the bad form hes been in, you saw the battle between him and McGrath. It isn't boring or dissapointing at all, you can sit there all smug knowing you have a faultless Australian team, all the batsmen averaging over 50, all the bowlers with amazing averages and strikerates. How would you play against the best bolwing attack in the world? Play carelessly? We have inexpericanced batsmen, due to many injuries, hell we can make a better 11 from injured and dropped for poor form players. You Australians can pull another international superstar out of your ass when ever you want, Australia A is probably better then all the other international teams, you should play them, you might get a challenge.
sohum
Executive member
With all due respect to Australia, I think their second-string team is too hyped up. Don't feed me with a list of domestic performers who you think will make a very big impact in international cricket--every decent cricket-playing country has a few of those. I'm sure many of the stronger teams would make a meal of the Australian A team. Not the same with the Aussie team.
squiz
International Coach
only 3 more wickets needed for McGrath to be only the 2nd fast bowler to reach the 500 test wicket mark
