Story Australia - The New Breed [2010/2011 Ashes Series - Magnificent Melbourne]

[OffCutters]

Yeah...lets stop fantasizing and get back to reality.

Sorry for going off-topic Hooper, btw great presentation mate, good to see you smashing them Kiwis.

 

[hedger_14]

yeah, a poor season so far by the Aussies so hopefully you's can get back on track. Its funny how one comment can lead to a discussion well off topic.

 

[OffCutters]

True, poor season so far by the Aussies..(We know whose fault this is ) Good to see we`re slowly getting back on track.

And at the other comment, thats also true, it all started with my unrealistic Mitchell Johnson comments.

 

[Jaztheman]

The top three for Australia were pretty damn special but it was the bowlers that stole the limelight. Tait, Clark and Siddle were very good over the two innings but Mitchell Johnson was just that little bit better. He's got the fire in his belly now and I'm expecting to see him continue these performances. With Vettori injured, Australia's chances of a whitewash get even bigger.

Very good presentation, Jordan, although the next update will be better cause of the logo's.

 

[Hooper]

The Clarke and Clark show

The difference in this test was the combination of Clark and Clarke, Clark starring with the ball, 6-63 and Clarke with the bat, 101 not out.

Australia has crushed New Zealand, defeating the hapless Kiwis by 5 wickets in the second test match. It was all the same for the New Zealanders as they backed up their poor first test batting form with another horrible first innings as paceman Stuart Clark ran rampant. Clark, 6-63, claimed career best figures as NZ only managed to make 249. Australia were off to a flyer as they cruised to 167 without loss with Hughes and Katich both notching up half centuries. A mini collapse left the Australians in trouble at 6/279. But Michael Clarke and Mitchell Johnson came to the rescue, with Clarke scoring a majestic 101* and Johnson chipping in with a very handy 84 as they two piled on 138 for the 7th wicket. With Australia declaring at 8-434, the New Zealanders had a tough job in first wiping the deficit, then piling on enough runs for a decent chase for the Australians. But it was Johnson with the ball this innings as he snared 4-71, bowling the Kiwis out for a lowly 273. With only 80 odd runs for the Australians to chase, the match was always theirs. But some good bowling from Oram and Vettori (who somehow managed to play the second test with a fractured hand) had Australia in some early trouble at 5-78. But the Australians were too strong in the end and NZ now have dropped the series at home and as Australia continues its unbeaten streak in tests this cricket year, a fantastic effort.


Man of the Match: Stuart Clark - 6-63 & 2-70

Scorecard

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New Zealand v Australia
2nd Test Match - 6 Mar 2010
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New Zealand - 1st Innings
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T McIntosh      c Hussey b Clark          39
P Fulton        c Hussey b Siddle         39
J Ryder         c Ponting b Clark         11
D Flynn         c Hussey b Clark          10
L Vincent       b Clark                   0
B McCullum      c Hussey b Clark          1
J Oram          b Siddle                  24
J Franklin      c Ponting b Johnson       37
D Vettori       c Hussey b Johnson        21
S Bond          b Clark                   44
I O'Brien       not out                   10
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Extras: (nb7,w2,b4)                       13
TOTAL: (all out, 83.1 overs)              249

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       28      2       89      2
S Clark         28.1    6       63      6
P Siddle        14      1       45      2
S Tait          13      1       48      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-72  2-92  3-105  4-105  5-107  
6-110  7-154  8-184  9-195  10-249

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New Zealand v Australia
2nd Test Match - 6 Mar 2010
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Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        st McCullum b Vettori     81
S Katich        c Vettori b Oram          83
R Ponting       c Vincent b Franklin      31
M Hussey        c McCullum b Vettori      0
M Clarke        not out                   101
D Hussey        lbw b Bond                31
B Haddin        lbw b Bond                2
M Johnson       c Bond b Vettori          84
S Clark         c Fulton b Oram           0
P Siddle        not out                   6
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb5,w2,b4,lb4)                   15
TOTAL: (8 wkts, 140 overs)                434

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                O       M       R       W
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J Oram          34      4       87      2
I O'Brien       22      2       60      0
S Bond          30      4       104     2
D Vettori       46      7       146     3
J Franklin      8       1       29      1
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Fall of Wickets:
1-167  2-173  3-173  4-219  5-273  
6-279  7-417  8-418  

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New Zealand v Australia
2nd Test Match - 6 Mar 2010
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New Zealand - 2nd Innings
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T McIntosh      c Haddin b Clark          52
P Fulton        c Katich b Johnson        14
J Ryder         c & b Johnson             44
D Flynn         rtrd ht                   31
L Vincent       c Haddin b Johnson        6
B McCullum      c Ponting b Johnson       42
J Oram          lbw b Tait                2
J Franklin      lbw b Clark               22
D Vettori       lbw b Siddle              29
S Bond          not out                   11
I O'Brien       b Siddle                  0
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Extras: (nb4,b12,lb4)                     20
TOTAL: (9 wkts, 83.5 overs)               273

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       25      3       71      4
S Clark         21      5       70      2
S Tait          17      1       64      1
P Siddle        17.5    2       48      2
M Clarke        3       1       4       0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-23  2-105  3-132  4-143  5-179  
6-221  7-237  8-273  9-273  

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New Zealand v Australia
2nd Test Match - 6 Mar 2010
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Australia - 2nd Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b Oram                13
S Katich        b Oram                    1
D Hussey        lbw b Bond                1
R Ponting       lbw b Vettori             26
M Hussey        not out                   29
M Clarke        c Vincent b Vettori       9
B Haddin        not out                   7
M Johnson       
S Clark         
P Siddle        
S Tait          
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Extras: (nb1,lb4)                         5
TOTAL: (5 wkts, 29.3 overs)               91

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                O       M       R       W
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S Bond          8       0       27      1
J Oram          9       4       12      2
D Vettori       7       0       32      2
I O'Brien       5       2       10      0
J Franklin      0.3     0       6       0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-2  2-3  3-36  4-64  5-78  


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Australia won by 5 wickets
Man of the match: S Clark
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[OffCutters]

Great bowling by Stu Clark,nice century by the vice-captain as well.

Great presentation mate, i`m looking forward to the next update.

 

[Hooper]

New Zealand by 7 Runs in Thriller

New Zealand celebrate a wicket late on Day 5

New Zealand have prevented Australia from the unthinkable and claimed victory in the 3rd and final test match from Christchurch. Chasing a record 479, Australia fell short of the mammoth total by just 7 runs as paceman Shane Bond dismissed Peter Siddle for the 10th wicket on day 5 with just 3 minutes left in the game. Australia started the run chase on day 4 with no chance of winning but Phillip Hughes had a different idea. Hughes scored a blinding double hundred but fell minutes before he could smash Australia to victory. Hughes with the support of Ponting 48, Clarke 68 and Dave Hussey 85, managed to get Australia within a whisker of winning the greatest test of all. But Shane Bond managed to get the breakthrough then proceeded to rip through the tail of the Australians just 7 runs short of a day and half long record run chase. Earlier, the match was set up by a 97 from McCullum as New Zealand scored 400 in their first innings. This loss doesn't mean much to the series as Australia had already secured the series by game two. Australia finish the cricket season in winning form. The Australians went unbeaten in the cricketing year of '09/'10 in the test format, which included a series draw for the 2009 Ashes and a couple of good series wins against the West Indies and Pakistan.

McCullum's first innings score 97 was instrumental in New Zealand's attempt at victory

Man of the Match: Phil Hughes - 58, 205

Scorecard

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New Zealand v Australia
3rd Test Match - 13 Mar 2010
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New Zealand - 1st Innings
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T McIntosh      c Ponting b Siddle        15
P Fulton        lbw b Siddle              29
J Ryder         lbw b Clarke              86
L Vincent       c Clark b Johnson         70
B McCullum      c & b Clarke              97
N Broom         c Hussey b Siddle         20
J Oram          c Tait b Siddle           4
J Franklin      c Ponting b Siddle        56
D Vettori       not out                   15
S Bond          c Ponting b Clarke        0
I O'Brien       b Clark                   4
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Extras: (nb7,w3)                          10
TOTAL: (all out, 120.3 overs)             406

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       28      2       87      1
S Clark         27.3    5       72      1
P Siddle        29      2       113     5
S Tait          22      2       91      0
M Clarke        14      3       43      3
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Fall of Wickets:
1-39  2-48  3-200  4-209  5-262  
6-266  7-373  8-400  9-400  10-406

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New Zealand v Australia
3rd Test Match - 13 Mar 2010
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Australia - 1st Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b Oram                58
S Katich        c Vincent b Vettori       25
R Ponting       lbw b Vettori             8
M Hussey        st McCullum b Vettori     18
M Clarke        b Bond                    28
D Hussey        c McCullum b Oram         14
B Haddin        c Broom b Vettori         34
M Johnson       lbw b Oram                7
S Clark         lbw b Vettori             15
P Siddle        not out                   16
S Tait          lbw b Bond                11
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Extras: (nb9,w3)                          12
TOTAL: (all out, 93 overs)                246

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                O       M       R       W
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J Oram          24      4       53      3
S Bond          19      0       63      2
I O'Brien       13      2       42      0
D Vettori       30      8       75      5
J Franklin      6       0       13      0
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Fall of Wickets:
1-51  2-59  3-80  4-127  5-151  
6-160  7-175  8-209  9-215  10-246

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New Zealand v Australia
3rd Test Match - 13 Mar 2010
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New Zealand - 2nd Innings
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T McIntosh      b Siddle                  36
P Fulton        lbw b Clark               8
J Ryder         c Hughes b Johnson        45
L Vincent       b Clark                   32
B McCullum      c Hussey b Tait           24
N Broom         lbw b Tait                61
J Oram          c & b Tait                69
J Franklin      lbw b Johnson             23
D Vettori       b Johnson                 13
S Bond          not out                   0
I O'Brien       c Hussey b Johnson        0
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Extras: (nb6,w2)                          8
TOTAL: (all out, 106.3 overs)             319

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                O       M       R       W
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M Johnson       23.3    3       82      4
S Clark         33      6       93      2
P Siddle        28      4       56      1
S Tait          22      2       88      3
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Fall of Wickets:
1-18  2-72  3-114  4-133  5-156  
6-279  7-304  8-314  9-319  10-319


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New Zealand v Australia
3rd Test Match - 13 Mar 2010
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Australia - 2nd Innings
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P Hughes        lbw b O'Brien             205
S Katich        c Broom b Bond            1
R Ponting       c Vincent b O'Brien       48
M Hussey        c Vincent b Bond          20
M Clarke        c Broom b Vettori         62
D Hussey        c McCullum b Vettori      85
B Haddin        run out                   32
M Johnson       lbw b Bond                3
S Clark         c Broom b O'Brien         0
P Siddle        lbw b Bond                0
S Tait          not out                   3
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Extras: (nb8,w2,lb3)                      13
TOTAL: (all out, 139.4 overs)             472

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                O       M       R       W
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S Bond          33.4    2       140     4
I O'Brien       24      6       79      3
J Oram          33      5       102     0
J Franklin      6       1       19      0
D Vettori       43      5       129     2
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Fall of Wickets:
1-11  2-106  3-147  4-261  5-428  
6-466  7-467  8-467  9-469  10-472

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New Zealand won by 7 runs
Man of the match: P Hughes
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Allan Border Medal Night

Just a reminder to all that the Allan Border Medal presentation night will happen just after the final match of the upcoming ODI series in New Zealand.

Poll added to who will win the Allan Border medal for the best player in both Test and ODI formats.

Captain Ricky Ponting with last year's AB medallion
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[OffCutters]

Pfft....wtf happened there? Disgraceful effort.

Great knocks by Hughesy.

Hughesy for the AB Medal!

 

[Hooper]

Well vote then you sod.

Winner of vote gets 100,00vcash.

 

[Jakester1288]

Well vote then you sod.

Winner of vote gets 100,00vcash.

What happens if, say it's Hughes, and there are 5 people who voted for him?

Split the cash?

 

[Hooper]

I'll add another 100,00 then split the 200,000 between them.

 

[hedger_14]

i think it should be $100000 each but then he'll make it so someone else gets the award.

 

[mattfb]

What an innings by Hughes and if someone else scored a ton then you probably could of won.

Great presentation mate, kiu!

 

[Hooper]

i think it should be $100000 each but then he'll make it so someone else gets the award.

Lol, Im not made of cash!

I'm not going to rig it, I'm doing a simple 3-2-1 voting system on each match. No cheating can be done - the stats are all there.

 

[OffCutters]

Oh pfft, didnt see the bloody poll.

Voted for Hughesy.