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[LancashireTom]

Australia Defeated

Australia were on the end of the most embarrasing defeat in cricket history today when the Netherlands beat them by 20 runs, the innings had started brightly for Australia but when the first few wickets began to fall, the crowd sensed an upset and the wickets began to fall, the pressure got to the batsmen and they tried to get quick singles that werent there when they were well up with the current run rate which resulted in the Netherlands dismising Australia for 210 in a contest to rank among the best in cricket history!!! Next for Australia is a ODI Semi against the West Indies.

AUSTRALIA 210 ALL-OUT 41 OVERS

Gilchrist 52 Adeel Raja 2/58
Hayden 52 Kloppenburg 2/61
Bevan 22

Ricky Ponting was speechless and locked himself away in the changing room for 3 hrs with his team contemplating his future as captain.

 

[LancashireTom]

Nethrlands VS West Indies at Rawalpindhi

Live on Channel 4

Mark Nicholas is the Host for this hgame between the Netherlands and the West INdies in Rawalpindi.


This 50 over game is a day/nighter so it is a crucial toss to win it is being played at the fine stadium in Rawalpindi.

Rawalpindi Stadium, Rawalpindi

Name: Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Established: 19th January 1992

Pitch type: Grass

Capacity: 15000

End names: Pavilion End, Shell End

Home Team: Rawalpindi Cricket Association, Pakistan.



Introduction :


Pakistan, with an eye on the World Cup of 1996, unveil another new Test venue for the second Test against Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi. Karachi staged Pakistan's first Test match and now Rawalpindi becomes the country's 14th Test ground. Perched on the edge of the city of almost four million people and only three miles away from the capital Islamabad, the newly-built ground has seating for 15,000 people. Rawalpindi was used last January for the fifth and final one-day international against Sri Lanka, which Pakistan won by 117 runs to win the one-day series by a margin of 4:1

 

[LancashireTom]

The Toss



M.Nicholas is down on the pitch withthe match referee and the capatains awaiting the toss in ths PCB Knockout semi-final.

Standing Umpires: Aleem Daar, Darryl Harper
3rd umpire: Nigel Llong
Match Referee: Clive Lloyd

C.L-Brian its your call(tosses the ball into the air)
B.L-Tails!!!
C.L-Its a heads, Klopenburg you have won the toss what will you do?
J.K-We will have a bat please.

M.N-So congratulations Kloppenburg on your win over Australia how are you feeling now.
J.K-Well we are really on a high but it is important that we play our normal game today and dont get carried away.
M.N-So whats your reason for batting first?
J.K-Well its a nice hard wicket which may offer spin later in the day and we would prefer to bat under natural light rather than the floodlights.
M.N-Good Luck.(Calls Lara over) So Brian your batting under the lights how do you feel.

B.L-Well would would have batted second anyway i am confident we can chase any total set.
M.N-Are you wary of another upset?
B.L-We wont let that happen. After beating New Zealand in the last game chasing we are confident of not only progressing but winning the tournament. No disreect to Holland i wish them luck but i believe 2 games in 3 days against test playing nations may be too much but we will ensure we play at our best.
MN- Good Luck Brain, Hope its a good game. So thats the news from the middle Holland have won the toss and will bat first, the batsmen will be out any minute so we'll take a break, be right back. Dont miss it.

A look at the pitch

 

[LancashireTom]

Here Comes the Teams

Here Comes the West Indies they will be looking to progress and not succumb like Australia.





And here are the Netherlands openers of Van Nortwijk and the Captain Kloppenburg. They will be hoping to survive the new ball na imposing themselves on this wicket. To help Holland set a decent total to defend.

 

[LancashireTom]

Here are the two teams.



Holland are unchanged from the win over Australia Zuiderent is in at 3 and will be hoping to make another big score. However the Windies also have a lot of godd batsmen in their side you will also hope to score big and see the West Indies Through.

There is a big crowd in here today and the stadium is buzzing they will hope to see a good days cricket. The atmosphere is always better as well under the lights. Stay tuned for updates.

 

[LancashireTom]

Holland Update 10 overs played.



Van Nortwijk started off very positively hitting Drakes down the ground for 4 early on off the 3rd bowl of the day.

However just two overs later Van Nortwijk on 10 was caught in front of his stumps by a Collymore slower ball. Zuiderent came in and looked nervous he was eventually caught by Sarwan on 17 with the score on 32/2 after 10 overs.

 

[LancashireTom]

Replies are welcome i will soon be putting up the Cricket schedule for the Netherlands year.

 

[LancashireTom]

I will also post some more ingame screenshots as the match progresses, has anybody got ant screenshots they would like to see?

 

[LancashireTom]

Tour Intinerary

Feb 5th-15th
One day Knockout Tournament in Pakistan. (Current)

Feb 25th-28th
4 Day game at Dhaka against Bangladesh.

March 11th-April 10th

Embark on tour of Africa- 2 ODI'S Vs Kenya at Port Elizabeth
- 1 ODI Vs Zimbabwe in Harare
- 1 4 Day game at Harare Vs Zimbabwe
- 2 ODI's Vs South Africa A at Cape Town and Johannesbourg
-ODI Vs Namibia at Durban



May 2nd

OD Vs Hampshire at Hove

May 9th-12th

4 day game against Canada at Hove

May 25th-June 12th

Knockout Tournament in England.

June 25th-July 28th

3 Match Challenge Series all 4 day games at Hove Vs India A

August 10th-20th

Minnow Tri-Series.

September 3rd-26th

3 Match series 4 day games Vs Australia A "Thwaites Cup"

October 11th-January 20th

Embark on Tour Of Southern Hemisphere.

1 OD Vs Canterbury
1 OD Vs Northern Districts
1 4 Day Game Vs Canterbury

1 OD Vs NSW
1 4 day game Vs Australia A
1 OD Vs Queensland
1 4 Day Game Vs Tasmania.

 

[LancashireTom]

Wont be able to post anything tomorow as im off to the ashes but stay tuned Scrrenshots and Stats will be uploaded.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Watching eagerly